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Roxana Radu: Journey to CNC
Roxana Radu’s journey to CNC was unusual. While following her plan to teach ESL to adults, she had an experience that changed her life and goals. We had a chance to talk to Roxana about her unconventional journey to CNC.
It’s National Home Fire Safety Week – How will you help keep families safe?
Do you know the risks and how to prevent them? Canada Safety Council has information on holiday fire safety issues, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and fire escape plans. Share this information with parents today!How to select toys for short term or mobile children’s programs: Quick Tip Tutorial
You may not know the number of children, their ages and needs until they arrive. And staff may have to bring toys to different locations, so they need to be easy to transport and store! How can you plan for so many variables? This quick-tip tutorial will help you plan for uncertainties and select the toys you need for a mobile or short term program. In it, you'll find 7 key factors to consider, a printable list of toy suggestions, and ideas for developing your own mobile kits.Changing Outcomes Through Child Profiles
The process of child observations is a key strategy used in CNC programs to plan for each child. Observations are a way to collect data on the child their interests and their growth. How this is done varies from program to program. The Catholic Cross Cultural CNC program introduced a model that moved away from just collecting information when the child enters the program to a more defined portfolio system.How to Improve Your Cultural Awareness and Understanding
The National Centre for Cultural Competence has a Curricula Enhancement Module Series on Cultural and Linguistic Competence. It is intended for health and mental health professionals, but has modules that will help early learning and care professionals improve their cultural awareness and understanding as well!
Observing Immigrant and Refugee Children: What’s Different?
Observations are key to supporting the development of every child. This is especially true for immigrant and refugee children settling into their new country. Yet, for newcomer children, observation takes on an added dimension of complexity. Ann Hutchings is supervisor at the Graybridge Malkam CNC program in Ottawa. She shares a few key things to consider when observing immigrant and refugee children.How to stay current as an Early Childhood Educator
Since the research around early childhood education is constantly evolving, it can seem difficult to stay on top of what’s new. Leading early childhood educators keep learning, discover new techniques, keep up with the latest trends and research in the field, and respond to these changes by incorporating them into their curriculum. Read more...Looking for PD in Nova Scotia?
Did you know that Mount Saint Vincent University has professional development workshops for Early Childhood Educators? Find out more and register now!
Can Technology Help with Child Observations?
The staff at Newcomer Centre of Peel have a commitment to meet the individual needs of the child. This is not easy, as the program has over 100 children with 15-16 per class. Given these large numbers, caregivers were having trouble finding time to record observations. If they tried to jot down an observation as it happened, it took attention away from the group. When they waited until the end of the day, they struggled to remember what took place. They tried different observation techniques, including notepaper on a wall and a shared camera. None of these worked well. This is a frustrating situation faced by many programs. Read how a CNC program brainstormed a better way to observe and document using technology.Quick Tip Video – How to Make Transitions Fun
This 2-minute video will show you how you can use attention getting games to make transition times fun for the children in your program!