Make Bedtime Better: The Sleep Guide for Parents
Many families struggle with bedtime routines and helping children develop healthy sleeping patterns.
This guide is full of information about all things related to children's sleep. The topics have been broken down into useful sections to make it easy to find the information and you're looking for.
Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0-4 years)
As young children grow and develop they need to move, sleep and sit the right amounts each day to be healthy - and
this simple visual helps us to understand just how much moving, sleeping and sitting children of different ages need each day!
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.
Why Kids Should Play Outdoors in Winter
In winter and cold weather children’s play is often limited to the indoors. Adult fears about safety and negative attitudes toward exposure to cold weather are the barriers that prevent children from accessing play in winter months, but it's up to adults to focus on the importance of children’s play, regardless of the season. After all, play should not be restricted to warm weather. Let’s
welcome winter with a playful attitude.
Meal planning made easy for parents and caregivers
Healthy eating helps children grow and thrive, but managing mealtimes and helping children develop healthy eating habits can be challenging! This helpful new resource includes:
sample menus, checklists, ideas for picky eaters and saving money, simple, healthy, kid-friendly recipes and more... (Available in English and French)
Fire Safety At Home – Multilingual Resource for Parents
Help the families in your program stay safe with these
basic fire safety tip sheets that are available in Arabic, Bosnian, Somali and Spanish.
Child Safety Information for Parents – Available in 12 languages
Help parents understand how to keep their children safe with these
multilingual checklists on topics like home, child and car seat safety.
Hand in Hand: A Parenting Journey – Parenting Guide for Newcomers
What are the Canadian laws surrounding child abuse? Do I need to change my parenting style? Should I be scared of losing my child?
Hand in Hand: A Parenting Journey answers these common questions from newcomer parents. Developed with input from Canadian families and newcomers, this guide gives families new parenting tools and information about resources to support their parenting here in Canada.
Child Safety Guide: A Checklist for New Parents
This
guide features simple lists of things to do to keep children safe. It features a childproofing checklist, and topics like fire and burns, choking and suffocation, poison, water safety and more!
NEW! Emergency preparedness guide – available in 12 languages
72 hours is a long time without food and water... Being prepared for an emergency can significantly reduce the hardship that families experience during a local or city-wide emergency.
Get Emergency Ready: High-rise Living is available in 12 languages, and
Get Emergency Ready: Your Personal Preparedness Guide is available in English. Share them with newcomer families so they know about risks and how to prepare!
