The Great Canadian Farm Tour
Did you know that March is Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month? This year, you can sign up to participate in 11
virtual farm tours from across Canada. Each one explores something different to show the diversity of Canada’s Agriculture. There are lots of great resources and farm tours to explore on topics like dairy, eggs, maple syrup, and even composting!
Learning about Indigenous Leaders, Language, Revitalization, and Cultures
For
Canada History Week 2021, Historica Canada developed a simple but powerful digital magazine to share more about
Indigenous History: Learning about Indigenous leaders, language revitalization, and cultures. We encourage our programs across Canada to take this opportunity to learn, reflect upon and engage with Canada’s past.
On February 21st, Canada Celebrates Families!
Family Day might not technically be a national, federally-mandated holiday. But most areas enjoy a province-mandated long-weekend for families— in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan as ‘Family Day;’ in Manitoba as ‘Louis Riel Day;’ in Nova Scotia as ‘Nova Scotia Heritage Day,’ and on Prince Edward Island as ‘Islander Day.’ To celebrate, Canadian families across the country find ways to enjoy spending a little extra time together. Here are
50 winter fun ideas for you to share with families to encourage them to get outside for some family fun!
42 Easy Activities to Share With Parents
When parents are trying to work, it can be tricky to find things to keep the kids busy. Here's a great
list of activity ideas to share with parents - and most require no special equipment, just common household items!
A Beautiful Collection of Parenting Resources in Many Languages
The Australian Parenting Website has a lovely
collection of parenting resources that are available in many languages - including articles, posters and videos on topics like daily care, nutrition, sleep, special needs and more... all free and available for you to download and share with the parents in your program.
Promoting the Positive Racial Identity of Black Infants and Toddlers in Early Childhood Programs
We know that the first 1,000 days are a sensitive period in children’s development, but did you know that the early years are also important for positive ethnic-racial identity? Positive ethnic-racial identity is protective and promotive for children’s healthy development - especially children from racially and linguistically minoritized families and communities. Unfortunately, this is an area rarely discussed and educators who care for and teach babies are undervalued and receive low compensation. In this
webinar, participants will examine how Black families and their babies have been dealing with two pandemics – COVID-19 and racism.
New Safe Sleep for Your Baby Booklet
Take a few minutes to read this important information on how we can
help babies sleep safely and share it with families!
Anti-Bias Education: Recommended Books
Anti-bias curriculum is an approach to early childhood education that sets forth values-based principles and methodology in support of
respecting and embracing differences and acting against bias and unfairness. Anti-bias teaching requires critical thinking and problem solving by both children and adults. Here is a
list of books that can help!
Affirmation and Celebration: New Report Offers Recommendations for Supporting Multilingual Preschool-Age Children during the Pandemic
Affirming and celebrating all language practices supports children’s identity, and social and emotional well-being, as well as fosters their learning and development. That’s the top message from a new report that focuses on ways that parents, family members and other adults can help multilingual preschool-age children cope with the stress and trauma of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
Nurturing Your Preschool-Age Multilingual Child Amid COVID-19: The Important Role of Languages describes the language development of multilingual children and how to nurture them through daily conversations and other interactions.
Multilingual mental health resources for newcomers
As part of the
Promising Practices in Accessing Virtual Mental Health: Supporting Refugees during COVID-19 project, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Ontario Ministry of Health, service providers working with newcomers and refugees share these
multilingual mental health resources.
