Ideas to share with parents: Activities for kids during winter break
Winter holidays are coming, and children will be out of school for two weeks! Some will travel abroad with their family, while many others will stay at home. No matter where they are, here are
a few ideas to share with parents to help keep their children active and engaged during the upcoming winter holidays.
Tips for Pronouncing and Remembering Childrens’ Names Correctly
Mispronouncing a name can have a significant impact on how they see themselves and their cultural background. This article has some
tips for pronouncing and remembering childrens' names correctly.
Low or No-cost Strategies to Acknowledge and Reward Staff
Take an audit of your day or week… how are you showing your CNC team that you appreciate them? It's so important to provide consistent appreciation and acknowledgment of the meaningful and challenging work our CNC staff do each day. Whether things are challenging, or the program is running smoothly, caregivers need to feel appreciated! Here's a collection of low- or no-cost, actionable strategies that we can use to help
staff find their inner motivation again and decrease burnout and turnover.
Try some holiday fun physical activities!
Active for Life has
a fun list of holiday activity ideas for families that are always popular this time of year.
Have you explored the Devereux Centre for Resilient Children YouTube channel?
Devereux Center for Resilient Children (DCRC) promotes resilience, social and emotional development in preschool children, and promotes the resilience of the adults who care for them. Their YouTube channel provides helpful videos that share guidance and tips, as well as a new 4-part series on culturally responsive care and teaching practices!
Have some soccer fun during FIFA World Cup!
The FIFA World Cup is one of the world’s most widely watched sporting events, with countries around the world participating.
So it's a great time to have some soccer fun with the children in your program! Just about any sport or physical activity will help to develop physical literacy and good movement skills. However,
if you had to pick one sport that developed the most skills and capacities for little ones, it would have to be soccer.
Have you tried making your own games?
During the pandemic, the CNC team at Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s Bayshore site put their heads together to come up with creative ways to re-purpose cardboard delivery boxes. They used their extra time to save money and have some fun making everything from race tracks to carnival-style games for their program. Many of their creations were even laminated for quick disinfection!
Click here to learn more.
200+ activities you can do with kids at home
Children have been home a lot over the last few years. Here's an epic
list of over 200 full of play ideas that you can share with parents: games to keep their minds and bodies moving!
What is high-quality childcare?
Besides the obvious reasons, research shows that high-quality childcare is associated with an incredible variety of benefits for children of all ages. In short, quality care really matters!
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development recently did a comprehensive study on
what makes quality care, and here's
a summary of what they found.
7 Strategies to Support Children’s Emotional Development
Did you know that every person has five emotional needs that must be met before they can be in a position to learn and grow? As an educator, it's important to set children up for success. In order to do this, you need to consider... what are things that trigger you or your children in the classroom? Children’s behavior gives us information that helps us understand how they are feeling - and there is a difference between reacting and responding! Here are
7 tips that can help!
