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Implementing Children’s Rights into Early Childhood Curriculum
Learn to implement a Children’s Rights-Based Approach to Practice. Through fun activities like storytelling, role-playing, and creative projects, educators empower children to understand and stand up for their rights. By weaving these principles into our curriculum, Early Childhood Educators pave the way for a more caring and inclusive world, starting from the earliest years.
The importance of active play in the early years
Learn from outdoor play experts how to provide opportunities for children to develop physical skills through active play and the lifelong benefits to children. Develop evidence-based active play program strategies for early educators, administrators and parents to Introduce engaging active play programming in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor settings for young children.
A Glimpse into the 2023 Breath of Fresh Air Outdoor Play Summit
Read about the inspiring three-day 2023 Breath of Fresh Air Outdoor Play Summit. From thought leaders, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers dedicated to advancing outdoor play and learning in Canada.
Just Being in the Same Classroom Is Not Enough: How to Promote Peer Interactions That Benefit Children’s Language Skills
This article is reproduced with permission from www.hanen.org, The Hanen Centre. When a child is not developing language as expected, many parents are encouraged to enroll their child in an early childhood setting. The reason given is that their child will benefit from the language they hear in the classroom, both from the teachers and
How to Support Peer Interaction in Early Childhood Settings
f you have a child in your care who’s often left out of interactions, you may be wondering what impact that might have on their development, and if there’s anything you can do to help.
When a Child Is Hospitalized
Hospitalization of a child can be a frightening, stressful event for both children and parents. Read more on how you can prepare for this situation.
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