Sick with the flu: Helpful visuals for parents
When children display symptoms of the flu, parents are often unsure when they should call the doctor or when to take their child to the hospital. Children with the flu can typically be
treated at home with rest and fluids. A trip to the emergency room (ER) should not be necessary for most cases of the flu. However, there are certain warning signs parents can watch for to know
when to seek medical attention.
New Canada Food Guide
The iconic Canada Food Guide has provided Canadians with a snapshot of healthy eating recommendations for over 75 years, and Health Canada has just released the first updated edition in over a decade! The
new Canada Food Guide suggests a focus on drinking water, plant-based diets, and home-cooking.
VIDEO: What is Executive Function and Self-Regulation?
The Centre on the Developing Child at Harvard University has a new,
5-minute video that explains how we use executive function and self-regulation each and every day to manage ordinary, and sometimes challenging tasks. It also shows how science offers an explanation for how we navigate tasks successfully, and what can send us off course.
Promoting Healthy Attachments with Children
Attachment facilitates the development of emotional regulation, social skills, and empathy. It plays an important role in children’s overall development and learning. Early childhood educators are consistently
learning and creating opportunities to build healthy attachments with the children in their care and supporting families in their own attachment with their children.
Fact Sheet: The Basics of Asthma, Allergies and Anaphylaxis
This simple resource provides
key information about asthma, allergies and anaphylaxis, the causes and symptoms, and what you can do to help.
Children take longer to learn two languages at once compared to just one — don’t fret
Some bilingual children from immigrant families develop each language at a slower pace because their learning is spread across two languages. This research shows strong evidence that the rate of language growth is influenced by the number of languages a child is learning - which challenges the belief that children are linguistic sponges who quickly absorb the language or languages they hear and become proficient speakers of both languages!
Refrigerate Right – Tips for Storing Food Safely
Did you know that it’s important to cover and place the food in a way that helps to keep it from getting cross-contaminated with drippings or juices from other foods when you store food in a refrigerator?
Here's how...
Addressing Challenging Behaviours
Whether a child hits others, uses inappropriate language, or throws a tantrum, all educators have to address challenging behaviours in the classroom. Learn more about how
focusing on prevention, social-emotional learning and self-regulation tools can help.
Five Wellness Lessons From A Toddler
In the wake of World Mental Health day, the amount of stress in our modern day lives is obvious. And while stress itself is not considered a mental health problem, it often leads to depression and anxiety, which are the most common mental health issues. Yet there’s a natural source of inspiration – and even stress relief – in our lives that we may just have overlooked. The average toddler expresses qualities we have long since abandoned due to overwhelming ‘busy’-ness. Here’s
five things that come naturally to toddlers that we can use to improve our general well-being!
Keeping home languages alive key to English success for newcomer kids
A language workshop for parents in northeast Calgary is highlighting the
many benefits of keeping home languages alive and encouraging parents to pass on their spoken language to their kids.
