How social-emotional learning helps children with anxiety
Giving kids a solid foundation of mental wellness at a young age seems to fend off more serious problems later. Early childhood programs that use social-emotional learning (SEL) — an approach to teaching children that helps them understand and manage their emotions — may help build mental wellness. And
safe, positive environments and interactions are key!
Infographic: Understanding Stress Behaviour
Do you know the difference between misbehaviour and stress behaviour? The Mehrit Centre has developed this infographic to explain what stress behaviour is, signs to watch for and tips for helping children.
Webinar: Strategies That Promote Language and Literacy Development in Dual Language Learners
Are you creating purposeful learning experiences that foster English language acquisition? Do you have strategies for supporting DLLs in each stage of language development?
This webinar is designed to support early childhood educators as they improve children's success with language and literacy development.
Discipline Without Punishment: Preschool Podcast
This
preschool podcast describes the long term impact of punishment on children and why a relaxed, non-punitive approach is more effective than a punishing children to change their behaviour.
Report: Parents Play an Important Role in Early Literacy Learning for Immigrant and Refugee Children
This report explains the important role parents play in supporting home language maintenance and language learning. It information on topics like: cultural models of learning and teaching, how literacy activities and practices differ among families, codeswitching and transferring knowledge across languages.
How Social-Emotional Learning Can Help Challenging Behaviour
Teaching social-emotional skills is an effective strategy for managing and reducing challenging behavior. Fortunately, teaching social-emotional learning (SEL) skills doesn’t mean singling out children- integrating SEL concepts into your programming and daily routines can benefit all children!
Here are a few ideas for managing challenging behavior by introducing opportunities for social-emotional learning.
NEW! Eat Right Be Active Booklets
We all want children to grow up healthy and feeling great- and these booklets can help! They are full of everyday ideas that busy parents and caregivers can put into action so
toddlers,
preschoolers, and
school-agers can eat well and be active.
$100 Million Grant Awarded To Create Early Years Programming For Refugee Children
Sesame Workshop, in partnership with International Rescue Committee, was selected to create early education programming for children displaced by Syria’s civil war. The effort promises to create a scalable, measurable model that can be replicated to educate refugee children around the world.
Learn more...
Self-Care for Child Care Professionals
Working with young newcomer children can be incredibly rewarding, but it does come with challenges that can take a toll on your mind, emotions and body - so it’s important to make time for yourself. If you're looking for self-care tips,
this article is for you!
New Online Tutorial- Managing Risk: Supervision of Children
Most serious occurrences and injuries are predictable and preventable, but when supervision strategies break down, children can be at risk. We know that children must be supervised at all times, but what does that actually mean?
Managing Risk: Supervision of Children provides a list of common mistakes and risks to consider when developing or reviewing your policies and procedures, checklists, tools and strategies for keeping the children in your care safe. At the end of the tutorial, you’ll also find resources, references, a facilitator guide and added group discussion questions so that you can easily facilitate your own team training.
