CMAS
Terrific Toddlers
The third of four workshops from the 2011 Professional Development Conference for LINC Childminders. This workshop designed for caregivers working with children ages 18-36 months, this workshop will provide an overview of the developmental, social and emotional characteristics of this age group. Amy McKague from kidsLINK also presents the use of Authentic Choices as a strategy to support toddlers' growth and development, with an emphasis on nurturing their sense of autonomy and independence.
Meeting the Distinctive Needs of Newcomer Children in Childminding Settings
Here is the second of four workshops from the 2011 Professional Development Conference for LINC Childminders. Judith A. Colbert, PhD. supports caregivers by exploring the distinctive needs of young newcomer children. She raises issues associated with identifying and meeting the needs of young newcomers, distinguishing between needs that require a better understanding of culture and settlement issues, and needs arising from disabilities or conditions that call for specialized intervention. Mentoring for Personal and Professional Growth with Glory Ressler
Here is the first of four workshops from the 2011 Professional Development Conference for LINC Childminders. Mentoring is a powerful vehicle for personal and professional growth. Glory Ressler, from Mentoring Pairs for Child Care project, facilitates a fun and informative exploration of what mentoring is, and ways to apply mentoring. View the workshop
The Immunization Schedule for Ontario has Changed!
Did you know that children in Ontario no longer need an MMR at 18 months? To avoid confusion, pass along this new schedule to anyone who maintains files and works directly with families. Read More
Six Reasons to Love Your Job!
If you work with immigrant children,1) You are leading the way in a growing professional field!
Canada welcomes 250,000 immigrants each year, including over 8,000 children and youth, speaking over 80 different languages. You work with these families each and every day. When there is a crisis in another part of the world, and refugee families arrive here in Canada, for many of them, you are their first contact!
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Free Multilingual Resources!
The Best Start Resource Centre offers multilingual resources for parents in their home language. Languages available include: Arabic, Filipino, Hindi, Punjabi, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Tamil and Urdu. The resource “You and your baby…” is also available in two Aboriginal languages.
You can download the resources online at: https://resources.beststart.org/product-category/resources/languages-other-than-english-and-french/
Programs can also order print versions of these resources in languages other than English and French. The Best Start Resource Centre will consider special requests from registered charitable organizations who may have funding limitations.Healthy Smiles, Healthy Kids!
Good oral health is important to childrens’ overall health. Yet, for some, regular dental care may not be affordable. Healthy Smiles Ontario is a program for children 17 and under who do not have access to any form of dental coverage. If eligible, children will get regular dental services at no cost. Read More
Play it Fair! Human Rights Education Toolkit for Children
Equitas is an International Centre for Human Rights Education, and they’ve developed a toolkit that helps promote human rights, non discrimination and peaceful conflict resolution within non-formal education programs for children. By encouraging acceptance of differences, the Play It Fair! Program is equipping children and youth to work together to solve conflicts and participate in the diverse communities in which they live. Read more2012 Theme: CONNECTING GIRLS, INSPIRING FUTURES
If every International Women's Day event held in 2012 includes girls in some way, then thousands of minds will be inspired globally.
Each year around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. Read More