School Readiness: Communication Skills and General Knowledge – Alka Burman
"Communication skills and general knowledge” refers to the ability to communicate one’s own needs clearly and to understand others.Alka Burman, Early Literacy Specialist, discusses these concepts.
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School Readiness: Emotional Health and Maturity – Alka Burman
“Emotional health and maturity” refers to a child’s prosocial behaviour. It is the ability to recognize and express both positive and negative emotions in ways that are healthy, respectful and appropriate to the situation and to empathize with and comfort others.Alka Burman, Early Literacy Specialist, discusses these concepts.
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School Readiness: Language and Cognitive Development – Alka Burman
Language and cognitive development is one of the more well-known areas of school readiness. Alka Burman, Early Literacy Specialist, discusses these concepts.
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School Readiness: Social Knowledge and Competence – Alka Burman
“Social knowledge and competence” refers to a person’s ability to get along with others. A child’s social competence is displayed through their ability to interact appropriately with their peers, family members and other adults around them.Alka Burman, Early Literacy Specialist, discusses these concepts.
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Learning to Play and Playing to Learn: Getting Ready for School
Looking for information on preparing children for full day kindergarten and beyond?
Available in both French and English,
Learning to Play and Playing to Learn is an easy to read parent resource filled with up-to-date information, helpful tips, checklists, and resources.
This brochure will provide answers to the questions of caregivers and newcomer parents alike, on topics such as:
What does a Kindergarten day look like? and
How can I help my child be ready to learn?
Resource Kit for New Immigrant Parents
https://cmascanada.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Parenting_Resource_Kit1-2.pdf
Today’s Parent
Today's Parent magazine is about helping parents build happy, healthy families. Speaking to families of children from birth to 14, articles tackle the complete range of parenting issues, including health, education and behaviour.
Todaysparent.com provides:
- a library of information on all of the ages and stages of a growing family,
- fun tools and features,
- Pregnancy & Birth,
- Newborn,
- Baby & Toddler
- and their French–language counterparts.
ABC’s of Feeding Preschoolers
This short and easy-to-use resource helps answer nutrition questions and concerns, and offers ideas on feeding young children.
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