A new pre-school education programme launched in Northern Ireland is proving successful in encouraging young children to respect each other's differences.
An evaluation of the pilot, which started in February last year and involved three- to five-year olds in ten pre-schools, was published last week.
The programme will now be extended to reach more young children in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, so that every child in an early years setting will be able to access it by 2008.
The Media Initiative for Children is a collaboration between the early years organisation NIPPA and the US-based Peace Initiatives Insitute.
The initiative combines animation and activities in early years settings to help young children understand more about physical, racial and cultural differences. Children watch a series of cartoons featuring characters playing in the park and situations where they are excluded and included, to highlight issues of prejudice.
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