Learn how to better engage diverse families in your program!
All parents want the best for their children, and there are plenty of creative ways to support parent involvement in early childhood programs. The McCormick Center has a
collection of resources, training and ideas to help you engage diverse families in your program!
Refrigerate Right – Tips for Storing Food Safely
Did you know that it’s important to cover and place the food in a way that helps to keep it from getting cross-contaminated with drippings or juices from other foods when you store food in a refrigerator?
Here's how...
Addressing Challenging Behaviours
Whether a child hits others, uses inappropriate language, or throws a tantrum, all educators have to address challenging behaviours in the classroom. Learn more about how
focusing on prevention, social-emotional learning and self-regulation tools can help.
Kids’ Health Information for Parents in Different Languages!
To reach optimal physical health and mental well-being, children need to: get enough sleep; make healthy food and drink choices; be more active; and limit the time they spend in front of screens.
Kids' Health pamphlets are available in 22 languages to help parents and caregivers.
Checklist: Planning for a Multicultural Child Care Environment
Use this helpful
checklist for planning a multicultural child care environment to see how your program is doing, and identify areas for improvements!
Webinar- Through a Child’s Eyes: How Classroom Design Inspires Children’s Learning and Wonder
Young children view the world from a different perspective than adults. Young children live close to the ground—so they are always discovering close up: the tiny acorn peeking out from under a fallen leaf, or the dust bunny in the corner of the classroom. Adults, on the other hand, have a completely different perspective of the world. Understanding the difference is important when designing classrooms for young children.
Learn how designing classrooms from children’s perspectives helps improve their behaviours and inspires learning and wonder.
The ndds Celebrates 25 Years with Rebrand: Now Called “Looksee Checklist”!
In celebration of their 25th anniversary, The Nipissing District Developmental Screening Tool (ndds) has announced a new parent-friendly name and look for their signature developmental checklist. The new Looksee Checklist—reflects the simple, approachable quality of the product to appeal to even more parents and child care professionals. The series of checklists follow a child from 1 month to 6 years of age and provides a short list of yes or no questions about the child’s abilities along with tips to help them grow. The
checklists are available in a variety of languages and formats including a redesigned, user-friendly website.
5 Tips for Encouraging Sharing
There has been some debate about encouraging sharing in the early years, and some educators prefer to encourage "taking turns" over "sharing". Either way, it's important for the children in our programs to work on social skills and learn how to share space and objects with their peers. Here are
five ideas for teaching and encouraging sharing in your program.
Menu Planning Resources
These child care nutrition resources were created by the Ontario Dieticians in Public Health (OCPC) to support child care providers in planning and preparing healthy food for the children in their care. They include a
Practical Guide with information on menu planning, food and beverages that should be served, appropriate portion sizes for different age groups, sample menus and templates as well as strategies to create a supportive nutrition environment.
Sensory Processing Fact Sheet
What is
sensory processing? Children with sensory processing issues can be oversensitive to sights, sounds, textures, flavours, smells and other sensory input. Here's a
one-page fact sheet that provides essential information about why some kids struggle so much with sensory input, and how we can help!
