Resources
Immigration Initiative at Harvard
The Immigration Initiative at Harvard is an online space for scholars, students, policy makers, community leaders, and practitioners, with the goal of translating evidence-based research into promising practices. Be sure to check out their series of resources for educators.
Helping Newcomer Parents Start the School Year Strong
There are lots of multilingual resources on our website for you to share with parents to help start the school year strong! We’ve compiled a list of our favourites.Singing My Story: Building Capacity with Newcomer Youth Through Songwriting, Recording, and Creative Arts-based Pedagogies
CYRRC research suggests that art and music are integral in helping newcomer and refugee youth reclaim their stories and share their lived experiences. This study by York University and COSTI Immigrant Services explored the role music played in culture, integration, wellbeing, and creative expression for newcomer and refugee youth by involving youth in the co-composition and professional recording of original songs.
Principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching in Early Childhood Education
There can be no recipe or script for culturally responsive teaching because every group of families and children has differing backgrounds and unique needs, capabilities, and interests. Early childhood educators need to know about this diversity in order to adapt their practice to suit the cultural practices, beliefs, and values of the child and their family, and to support all children to participate fully while maintaining their cultural identities. This guide offers some general, research-based principles and suggestions to empower ECEs, in concert with families, to discover different ways of dealing with issues of diversity.
Buying second-hand products?
These Health Canada resources will help you avoid dangerous second-hand items.
Summer Safety
Here are some important reminders for keeping children safe during the hot summer months, while promoting the healthy benefits of outdoor play!
WEBINAR: Co-Regulation or Compliance? Supporting the use of co-regulation strategies with children
Early childhood teachers are expert problem solvers. But often, they issue many instructions and demand compliance, missing the big opportunities to build regulation skills with children. This paradigm-shifting webinar will shed light on how you can play a pivotal role in shaping children's emotional well-being, and explore the transformative power of co-regulation.
Why Heritage Language is Important for Children’s Development & Learning
This Immigration Initiative at Harvard Educator Brief explains how important it is to preserve heritage languages for children’s academic outcomes, cognitive development, and social-emotional well-being. It also provides tips for working with families and communities to nurture children’s heritage language skills.
Pausing to Reflect on Biases
If we look hard enough in the mirror, we will see that we are all biased. I am biased. You are biased. And these biases affect how we interact with others, form judgments, and develop societal attitudes. Personal biases can be implicit (unconscious) or explicit (conscious), and at times, they are easily spotted, while other times, they show subtly in our decisions or interactions with others. Either way, as early childhood leaders, it is essential to pause and reflect on our own biases and help staff understand the importance of reflecting on their biases.
Heatstroke Prevention Safety Tips
Did you know that heatstroke can be deadly and requires immediate medical attention? An average of 38 children die each year in hot cars, so it's important to be prepared and take action. This Heatstroke Prevention Safety Tips poster can help.