Programs and Activities
How social-emotional learning helps children with anxiety
Giving kids a solid foundation of mental wellness at a young age seems to fend off more serious problems later. Early childhood programs that use social-emotional learning (SEL) — an approach to teaching children that helps them understand and manage their emotions — may help build mental wellness. And safe, positive environments and interactions are key!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.
Webinar: Strategies That Promote Language and Literacy Development in Dual Language Learners
Are you creating purposeful learning experiences that foster English language acquisition? Do you have strategies for supporting DLLs in each stage of language development? This webinar is designed to support early childhood educators as they improve children's success with language and literacy development.How Social-Emotional Learning Can Help Challenging Behaviour
Teaching social-emotional skills is an effective strategy for managing and reducing challenging behavior. Fortunately, teaching social-emotional learning (SEL) skills doesn’t mean singling out children- integrating SEL concepts into your programming and daily routines can benefit all children! Here are a few ideas for managing challenging behavior by introducing opportunities for social-emotional learning.Tips for providing opportunities for mastery and success for young refugee children
English: Tips for providing opportunities for mastery and success for young refugee childrenFrench: Conseils pour fournir aux jeunes enfants réfugiés des occasions de maîtriser leurs habiletés et d’avoir du succès
Tips for creating a safe space for refugee families
English: Tips for creating a safe space for refugee familiesFrench: Comment créer un endroit sécuritaire pour les familles réfugiées
Tips for helping refugee children understand and manage big feelings and challenging behaviours
English: Tips for helping refugee children understand and manage big feelings and challenging behavioursFrench: Conseils pour aider les enfants réfugiés à comprendre et à gérer leurs émotions fortes et leurs comportements difficiles
20 Strategies for Building Resilience in Children (Backed by Science)
This article succinctly describes 20 practical and powerful strategies for promoting resilience in your program.
30 Games and Activities for Self-Regulation
These 30 games and activities support planning and problem solving, memory, attention, motor control and sequencing. They’re a great way to introduce self-regulation strategies to kids!
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.