Talk to Your Baby – Multilingual Quick Tips
UK's National Literacy Trust, Talk To Your Baby has produced a series of quick tips for parents and practitioners to help children develop good talking and listening skills. Each sheet is available bilingually in thirteen languages.
Helping You Meet the Requirements: Supporting Newcomer Children With Special Needs
It is important to meet the needs of all children, but early intervention is particularly critical for a child with special needs. This article will explain how you can
support these families…and meet CNC requirements.
Let’s talk About the Early Years
Alberta Health and Wellness, Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health is asking: Are we doing the best we can to ensure positive futures for children? Our growing understanding of the early years in a child’s life provides us with an opportunity to re-think what we do to support healthy childhood development.
Tune-In to ACEI Radio!
The Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) and BAM Radio Network have partnered to bring you ACEI Radio, a program that will focus on the child education issues you really care about.
Each brief segment will help keep you abreast of the latest developments in the on-going campaign to promote and support children around the world.
The Gift of Language
The Gift of Language is a good resource to share with families about why speaking home language with children is important, the benefits of speaking using home language, and ideas for language sharing at home.
Filling in the Learning Gaps: Professional Development Support for Programs During the TESL Conference
In the past, the end of October signaled the LINC child care conference. Unfortunately, it was cancelled this year. However, some programs will be closing on October 25th and 26th, as their adult ESL instructors attend the TESL conference.
While there is no substitute for the level of learning that was offered at the LINC conference, CMAS wants to help fill this gap and support CNC staff whose programs are closed with some
PD options.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Available in French, English, Spanish and Portugese,
this free online encyclopedia covers 47 topics related to the psychosocial development of the child, from conception to the age of five, and presents the most up-to-date scientific knowledge.
No conference this year
Each year, the conference was a wonderful opportunity for caregivers to fully immerse themselves in caring for newcomer children through networking and professional development. Unfortunately, this year the LINC Childminding Conference is not being offered.
With the TESL Conference coming up, some of you may still have a need for CNC Staff professional development ideas and support. For resources that can help you set up a training for your CNC Staff, visit the
Learning Centre on the CMAS website for online workshops, training videos and links. Watch for additional ideas and supports to help you plan for PD early in October.
Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA)
The
MCCA advocates for quality child care and advancement of early childhood education as a profession. Check out their
Fall Workshop Brochure and explore the wide range of resources and curriculum kits available at the MCCA
Resource Library.
Growing Up in a New Land – A Guide for Newcomer Parents
The Best Start Resource Centre has announced the publication of a new booklet
for parents of children 0-6 titled
Growing Up in a New Land - A Guide for Newcomer Parents. This booklet contains information on: support for parents, parenting in Canada, keeping your child healthy and safe, taking care of yourself as parents and additional services for newcomer parents.
Paper copies of the booklet can also be ordered at $1.25 each.
