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Topics for families
CCCF provides high-quality resources for parents and families on a wide range of early childhood topics. ECEs can also share these resources with parents of the children in their care and seek their advice as well – everything from home safety, promoting cultural identity, brushing teeth, and nap time help, to guidance for social and emotional challenges or coping with the loss of a pet or family member. Choose from our list or search for topics on our search page.
Why do Children Lie? Helping Young Children Tell the Truth
Read more about why children lie, and how adults can help them tell the truth.
Promoting Indigenous Languages in Early Learning and Child Care
Here are a few ideas for how child care practitioners and families can help promote Indigenous languages in early learning and child care
Risky Play
Watch the free replay now! Learn strategies in this webinar from outdoor play experts to help think through the risks and benefits involved in outdoor play. Gain confidence in your ability to navigate risky play in your programs.
Take the Child Care Checklist: How Healthy & Sustainable Are You?Â
Everyday actions like choosing safer cleaning products & toys to composting programs — can help a child care program create healthier spaces for children and staff. Take the checklist today!
Download the Plan: Providing Healthy Sustainable Child Care Environments
Our sector and child care and early learning stakeholders have created a vision to ensure that all children in Canada have the opportunity to thrive in child care settings that are healthy and sustainable. Download the plan.
