New Online Tutorial: 10 Simple Ways to Encourage Language in Newcomer Children
How you integrate and support language learning in your program can make all the difference to how children embrace the process. It can also impact how families view the learning of English, and how they appreciate and see the importance of their maintaining their home language. In this tutorial, we look at
10 Simple Ways to Encourage Language in Newcomer Children - and hopefully remind you of all the powerful little things you do each day to support language and learning in your program!
What to look for in a child-centred CNC program: Helping you Manage CNC Webinar
In this webinar, presented by Ryerson/George Brown professor, Rachel Brophy, CNC Administrators have the opportunity to learn more about what to look for in their child-centred CNC program, the power of conversation, and what it means to be a child-centred administrator. There’s also a helpful tool for CNC administrators that includes an observation checklist and a list of conversation starters for discussions around CNC curriculum! Watch the
webinar recording, download the
ppt and
What to look for in a child-centered program: A helpful tool for CNC Administrators now!
New Online Tutorial: 3 Simple Visuals For Every CNC Program
Young children are naturally visual learners as they observe, imitate and learn to read body language. For newcomer children, visual cues can be even more important - especially if you don't have a shared language!
In the
3 Simple Visuals for CNC tutorial, we'll review the three
simple visuals that are essential in every Care for Newcomer Children program.
What to look for in a child-centred CNC program: Helping you Manage CNC Webinar
In this webinar, presented by Ryerson/George Brown professor, Rachel Brophy, CNC Administrators have the opportunity to learn about child-centred care, and what to look for in their CNC program to ensure that newcomer children and parents are receiving the quality care and support they need. There’s also a
helpful checklist for CNC administrators!
Watch the webinar recording or
download the ppt here now!
New Online Tutorial: How Your Early Learning Environment Impacts Behaviour
Did you know that having a well-thought out space can be like having an extra adult there to help guide children's behaviour and 'show them the way'?
The
How Your Early Learning Environment Impacts Behaviour tutorial explores how the early learning environments that we provide for newcomer children can either work for, or against us! Find out more about how the elements of time, space and energy can be used to provide indirect guidance and generally improve the flow of your CNC program.
To facilitate your own team training, the tutorial includes a facilitator guide and group discussion questions.
The Importance of Early Identification for Newcomer Children with Special Needs: Helping you Manage CNC Webinar
In this webinar, presented by Macaulay Child Development Centre, CNC Administrators will have the opportunity to learn about why early identification and support for newcomer children with special needs is so important, and discuss strategies for how SPOs can help better children with special needs and their families. Watch the
webinar recording or
download the ppt here now!
Tutorial: 5 Guiding Principles for the Care of Newcomer Children
Working with young newcomers is challenging and important work. Not only can the children be vulnerable because of the stress they often experience while adapting to a new language and culture, but they can also be feeling the effects of the stress being experienced by their parents as the entire family adjusts to life in a new country! The guiding principles outlined in the 30-minute long
5 Guiding Principles for the Care of Newcomer Children tutorial provide a framework of program expectations and set the stage for flexible early childhood programs that are sensitive, responsive and inclusive.
Cultural Competence E-Learning Modules Series
Sick Kids Hospital has a series of 15 open-access multimedia and interactive e-learning modules on cultural competence with topics like "Parenting Across Cultures," and "Cross Cultural Communication."
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Science of Early Child Development
Science of Early Child Development
