Dipti Chawda, a four-year-old child enrolled at Sankarda 5 Anganwadi Centre (Undipura), lives with her parents and two brothers in a small nuclear family in Sankarda village. With a limited monthly income and parents who are not well educated, Dipti had minimal exposure to foundational learning activities at home.
When Early Childhood Education (ECE) sessions began, the Field Supervisor noticed that Dipti struggled to identify even basic colours such as red, blue, and yellow. This gap, highlighted in November 2024, was also reported by her parents, who shared that she had little opportunity for colour-based learning due to their limited time and educational background.
To support Dipti, the project team, together with the Anganwadi worker, introduced a series of engaging and child-friendly strategies. Activities such as colour-sorting games, flashcards, and object-association tasks were regularly integrated into ECE sessions. Additionally, concept drawings on the Anganwadi walls played a significant role in reinforcing her understanding, providing her with consistent visual cues.
Within just three months, Dipti showed remarkable progress. She can now confidently identify both primary and secondary colours and easily relate them to objects around her. Her participation in learning activities has increased noticeably, and she has begun initiating conversations about colours at home and in the Anganwadi centre. This transformation reflects significant improvement in her cognitive and perceptual development, marking an important milestone in her early learning journey.