READY-TO-USE PARENT WORKSHOP: Building Resilience in Young Children
Everyone has the capacity for resilience. Building resilience is something we work on throughout our lives, and parents play the biggest role to play in helping their children develop strengths that support resilience. The purpose of this
ready-to-use parent workshop is to provide practical tips and simple messages for parents about how to build resilience from infancy to age 6.
4 quick recipes for sensory play that you’ve probably never tried before
Children can spend hours exploring with touch, language and imagination, but you don’t have to spend a lot of money and time creating exciting sensory materials. Here are four
sensory play ideas you can make with everyday ingredients you already have!
Kids in Motion: Ideas for Active Play, Every Day
Babies, toddlers and preschoolers love to play and move.
Kids in Motion is full of information about children's natural need to be active, ages and stages of development, and activity ideas for encouraging active play, every day.
Does your team know the 5 steps to follow if a child has a severe allergic reaction?
Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that can be life-threatening. Training, awareness and planning are essential to managing risks and keeping children safe. Train staff quickly and easily with this
quick-tip-tutorial!
If you use Borax in your program, this Health Canada advisory is for you!
Health Canada is advising Canadians to avoid using boric acid for arts and crafts projects, such as homemade slime, or modelling clay.
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A Guide for Newcomer Parents About School in Canada
The
Canadian Multicultural Education Foundation has
a guide that will help to address some of the questions that immigrant and refugee parents may have about the school system in Canada, and give them the opportunity to address how their parenting role may be different in Canada than it was in their home country.
New Quick-Tip Tutorial: Importance of Fire Drills
Planning, practice and training is the best way to keep children safe. Staff must know how to respond to a fire emergency - even if they are there on an infrequent basis. Learn about basic fire drill standards and practices for your CNC program in this
quick-tip tutorial.
Ontario Expands Free Dental Care for Kids
More than 323,000 children from low-income families are getting free dental care through the new Healthy Smiles Ontario program. Let parents know they can apply
here.
Do your staff have the information they need to work safely?
The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (
WHMIS) changed in February 2015. Health Canada recognizes that small businesses don't have the staff or resources to provide health and safety education or updates to employees, and has developed free
courses and
fact sheets to prepare, inform and support you.
Four reasons children should learn their home language
To speak or not to speak? How important is one’s home language or mother tongue? These are questions that immigrant families ponder. While there is no clear answer to the questions, here are four factors to consider.
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