Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a global organization dedicated to protecting kids from unintentional injuries. When we talk about preventing injuries, we’re not talking about skinned knees, bruised shins and scraped elbows. Those are the telltale signs of a curious child, exploring the world, pushing limits and seeking adventure. But there are things we can all do to ensure that those bumps and bruises don’t turn into more disabling injuries and deaths. Safe Kids Worldwide has lots of
safety checklists, videos, resources and reports here to support your work with families.
Free Printable Games and Activities
Download and print these
free classification, matching and memory games and activity templates for the children in your program!
Webinar: Extending the Book Experience: Strategies That Promote Language and Literacy in Dual Language Learners
Are you familiar with strategies that support DLLs in each stage of language development? Are you creating purposeful and intentional learning experiences that foster English language acquisition? Based on the planning guide,
10 Best Practices for Developing Book Experiences for Dual Language Learners, this webinar will support early childhood educators as they improve overall academic success with language and literacy development.
Resource: Raising Teens in a New Country: A Guide for the Whole Family
This guide was created for parents and teens who are new to the U.S, and for service providers who are working with newcomer families. It's full of great information and conversation starters that could be used in parent or teen workshops and supports.
Planning a summer school-age program?
Creating Quality School-Age Child Care Space has helpful sections on space planning, programming and activities that are full of ideas to help you!
Playing with Rainbows: A National Play Program for At-Risk Refugee Children is now available, free of charge!
The
Playing with Rainbows manual, developed by YWCA of Canada, outlines a play-based group model designed to facilitate healing in school-age children and youth who have been traumatized by experiences of war and migration. You can
download the manual, free of charge.
Video – Early Childhood Trauma: A Quick Overview
Trauma in early childhood can present in lots of different, complex ways. As early childhood educators though, you're in an incredibly important position to be able to help children with the healing process. This video gives
a quick overview of childhood trauma, and three things you can do to help!
Disinfection Options in Child Care Facilities
This
helpful little handbook explains how germs are spread in child care facilities. It also explains the difference between cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting; the use of household bleach as a sanitizer/disinfectant; and the use of acceptable alternatives.
I Can See My Feelings: Download this children’s book for free!
This beautiful picture book is a great tool for teaching young children about feelings. "I have lots of feelings. To me they seem quite new. They show upon my face, and I see them on yours too. To help me learn about them, grab a mirror and this book. Let’s have some fun together, learning how these feelings look."
I Can See My Feelings is available to download and print for free!
Online Training: Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
This
online training is divided into eight modules on topics like: Introduction to Autism, Setting the Stage for Learning, Observing and Understanding Behaviour, Setting Goals, Developing Functional Play, Enhancing Social Skills and more... if you're working with a child with ASD, it's a great way to learn the basics and find excellent articles, tutorials and websites to further explore!
