Health and Safety
Small Steps, Healthy Wins: Training & Parent Resources
Small Steps, Healthy Wins is a clinician-designed training with practical, family-centred, evidence- and strengths-based resources that can also be shared with families to support small, meaningful steps toward healthy everyday routines.
Keeping CNC Spaces Safe: Everyday Electrical Safety
Creating safe CNC environments includes paying close attention to how electrical products are used in care and program spaces. This Health Canada resource provides clear, practical guidance to support safe everyday use of items like extension cords and power bars.
Buckle up! Child car seat safety
Properly installed child car seats are crucial for children's safety in a vehicle, yet choosing and installing a car seat can be confusing! To assist the newcomer parents in your program, you can help by sharing these Health Canada resources and visuals.
Food, Feeding and Physical Activity in the Early Years
In this workshop Nicole Fetterly, Lead Trainer at Appetite to Play will enhance your knowledge, skills and confidence in creating childcare settings that support physical literacy, healthy eating and healthy child development. Planning tools, self-assessments, recipes, games and activities will be shared. An overview of the resource-rich Appetite to Play website will be included.
Handout: Online Workshop Resources
6 Mood-Boosting Yoga Poses to Try With Kids
Kids aren’t immune to stress and anxiety. There are a number of yoga postures (asana) and breathing techniques (pranayama) that can benefit children’s mental health and well-being and are easy to do with kids of all ages.Here are six wonderful poses that can help reduce stress and enhance well-being for children.
Toy Safety
Health Canada offers a wide range of resources to help you keep your CNC program safe for children and families. From guidelines on magnets and children’s jewellery to safety tips for soft vinyl toys and small toy parts, you’ll find valuable information to support a safe play environment.
Head Injury in Preschool: Pamphlet for Parents
When a child suffers a head injury, it can be concerning. This pamphlet is intended to provide parents with some information that will help them better understand what has happened, and hopefully alleviate some worries!
6 Active Games You Can Play with a Pair of Socks
Looking for creative indoor active games for your program? Here are a few simple games that kids can play with sock balls with limited space and equipment—including single-player games for the kids to enjoy!
Halloween Safety: Tips for Families
Halloween can be a fun and exciting time for kids. Here are some safety tips to share with parents and children that will help keep everyone safe and happy this Halloween!
Activities for Anxious Kids: How to Help Children Cope with Anxiety Through Play
We all have a range of feelings. We feel happy, sad, silly, disappointed, excited, amazed, surprised, angry, or brave. But we all, including kids, sometimes feel anxious. Anxiety is the feeling of worry, nervousness, fear, or unease. Even if these feelings in kids seem small to adults, they can be very real and important for a child. But they’re also very normal. Parents and caregivers can help by recognizing what anxiety looks like and providing activities and opportunities for play for anxious kids.