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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.
Take the Child Care Checklist: How Healthy & Sustainable Are You?
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.
Canada-wide Plan — 13 and Strong!
We made it to 13! Read our update on the historic Canada-wide Child Care Plan. We are so proud that you are a part of the Canadian Child Care Federation.
Free Event: Providing Healthy Sustainable Child Care Environments
Join the CCCF & CPCHE for a free webinar on providing healthy sustainable child care environments. This webinar will focus on indoor air quality and how to stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RETHINKING NAPTIME: CCCF WEBINAR
Join expert sleep researchers in rethinking naptime. We will cover sleep basics, the benefits of naps, the signs children are ready to stop napping, and the benefits of ending naps.
BEST CHOICES: an Ethical Journey for ECEs
The quality of the interactions between young children, families and early childhood educators has a significant, enduring impact on a children’s lives. Join us for our next ECE webinar: an introduction to ECEBC’s new online PD course based on the popular Best Choices resource.
