Growing Together Toolkit for mothers and babies
The
Growing Together Toolkit is for community service providers who support mothers and their young children and families. The toolkit presents strategies to build healthy relationships with babies and toddlers and focuses on mothers who are dealing with depression, anxiety, substance use, trauma or other challenging life circumstances.
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.
The Power of Positive Adult-Child Relationships
In a typical day, educators and caregivers may spend the majority of their time "correcting and directing," leaving little time for "connecting." This article invites you to consider how to shift this balance to
spend more time forming connections with the children in your care.
Children’s Storybooks that Promote Resilience
Reaching In Reaching Out has a list of English and French storybooks that illustrate resilient thinking and coping in action- and promote cultural competence too! Each book is annotated and categorized by the resiliency abilities it supports.
All About Care for Newcomer Children (CNC) – Multilingual Parent Resource
This
new and improved version of one of our most popular resources, is now available in 21 languages and is ready for use in all provinces.
A Parent’s Guide to Gradual Separation – Available in 20 languages
When parents register their child for Care for Newcomer Children (CNC), many CNC programs that practice gradual separation have been challenged to explain their gradual separation/entry process to parents - especially when there isn’t a shared language. We’ve developed a
multilingual resource for parents that will help!
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.
Are you looking for multilingual parent resources?
Did you know that the
FRP Canada Multilingual Parenting Information Sheets are available in 16 languages? They are an easy way to provide parents with information on topics like guiding children's behaviour, literacy and numeracy, play time, family life, and the importance of being active.
Welcome to Canada video is available in Arabic!
Did you know that the Welcome to Canada video,
Your First Two Weeks in Canada, is available in Arabic. The video is intended to help newcomers prepare for their life in Canada and explain some of the initial steps that they should take upon arrival.
Videos to share with parents
Parenting can be hard - but you can support the parents in your program by providing them with information and tools to help them feel successful! These simple videos for parents of preschoolers have tips from other parents, show ideas in action and are available in both
English and
French.
