Professional Development

Video: How to Develop Literacy Skills With Dual Language Learners

Find ideas for helping young dual language learners with their expressive and receptive language skills through reading, writing, and speaking in this helpful video.

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Academic Earth

Academic Earth offers free online lectures and courses for Early Childhood Education

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Affiliated Services for Children and Youth

Affiliated Services for Children and Youth offers professional learning opportunities to early years and child care practitioners and other professionals working with children.

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Videos to share with parents

Parenting can be hard - but you can support the parents in your program by providing them with information and tools to help them feel successful! These simple videos for parents of preschoolers have tips from other parents, show ideas in action and are available in both English and French.

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Video: Investigating Nature with Toddlers and Preschoolers

Watch as preschool and toddler children engage in a variety of fun learning activities while investigating insects, worms, gardening, and other aspects of nature - and get ideas for developing your own plan!

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Refugees Welcome: TED Talks Video Playlist

Not since World War II have so many people been forcibly displaced by war and persecution. In response, TED has developed a playlist of 10 videos on why it's important to help refugees thrive, and personal stories of starting over.

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Video: Hypothesizing About Bugs

Watch how preschool children make hypotheses about bugs, talk about observations and test their hypotheses in this great small group activity!

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Alberta Child Care Association

The Alberta Child Care Association (ACCA) is a nonprofit, member based society with a mission to strengthen and advance a unified early learning and child care profession in Alberta.

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Alison

Alison Free Online Courses from the World’s Top Publishers

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Association des services de garde en milieu scolaire du Quebec

Association des services de garde en milieu scolaire du Quebec En tant que membre, vous êtes assuré d’avoir accès à des avantages essentiels à l’amélioration de la qualité des services offerts aux enfants, tels que des ressources compétentes, des informations justes et des services de qualité.