A letter to early educators working with refugee children
There seems to be a lot of talk about politics. But not enough talking about you, the early childhood educator. You are very important. In the language of resilience research,
you are a most valuable protective factor. You are giving children hope that good adults can look out for them. You are letting them control their confusing world by allowing them to play and learn.
Keeping home languages alive key to English success for newcomer kids
A language workshop for parents in northeast Calgary is highlighting the
many benefits of keeping home languages alive and encouraging parents to pass on their spoken language to their kids.
Checklist: Planning for a Multicultural Child Care Environment
Use this helpful
checklist for planning a multicultural child care environment to see how your program is doing, and identify areas for improvements!
Webinar: Trauma-Informed Care in ECE- Key Strategies for Healing and Behavioural Change
Children with a history of trauma often “act out” their distress through behaviors that are challenging for adults to understand. This
webinar will focus on understanding the message of challenging behaviour and strategies to help children heal.
Webinar – Young Children in Refugee Families and Early Childhood Programs: Ways to Mitigate the Effects of Trauma
Young children in refugee families often endure significant direct or indirect trauma from their experiences during conflict, flight, or resettlement. The issue of trauma has gained increasing visibility across the early childhood field, yet relatively little research has explored the specific traumatic experiences and needs of young refugee children or strategies to address them. High-quality early childhood programs can have enormous benefits, particularly for the children of immigrants and refugees. Join this
webinar where experts will discuss the effects of trauma on the development of young refugee children, and practical strategies that child-care providers in Canada are using to support the resiliency of refugee children and families.
Promising Practices in Refugee Education
Launched in March 2017, the
Promising Practices in Refugee Education initiative set out to identify, document and promote innovative ways to effectively reach refugee children and young people with quality educational opportunities. On their website, you'll find thought-provoking information and ideas, case studies and reports from around the world!
Webinar: Using Loose Parts to Create Culturally Sustainable Environments
A culturally sustainable environment embraces and values the multi-ethnic and multilingual capacities of young children and families. It is how tradition, history, and culture come together to improve the quality of life- culturally, economically, socially, and environmentally. Not just for today, but for future generations to come. A culturally sustainable environment supports children’s development, renews and maintains their humanity to create enduring relationships with nature and with other people in the community and from around the world. In
this webinar, you will learn how to use loose parts to design environments that foster culturally sustainability.
Migration Matters: Young Children of Newcomer Families
Drawing from Statistics Canada and research,
this edition of Migration Matters summarizes recent trends on the socioeconomic status, education, and mental health of young children of immigrant families. It also provides resources of research and best practices to meet the needs of immigrant children and families.
Multicultural Principles for Early Childhood Leaders
This Head Start resource is divided into 10 chapters, with each chapter presenting one multicultural principle, the research and guidance to support that principle, and questions and/or discussion activities. You can download the individual chapters, or the entire resource here to use for professional learning activities, or for personal professional development
here.
Teaching Diversity without the Tourist Approach
One of our greatest strengths in CNC programs is our diversity. Unfortunately, even with our varied backgrounds, caregivers sometimes fall into the trap of teaching children about diversity mainly through special cultural holidays or events. This is referred to as the “tourist approach” because it gives a narrow view of a culture. This article,
Teaching Diversity without the Tourist Approach, shares some ideas for how to integrate culture into child care programs in a more holistic way.
