Halloween Survival Tips – Your Guide To A Healthy & Safe Halloween
With Halloween just around the corner, everyone is excited to get into their costumes and go out trick-or-treating but, of course, there are a few other th…
Help Your Child Cope With Their Fears
Fears are a normal part of being human and necessary for our survival as a species. Fears help us determine what dangers we should avoid for our safety. In…
Meal Planning for Busy Families
By Andrea Holwegner, BSc, RD Strategies for Healthy Suppers Meal planning is one of the biggest challenges for anyone juggling a busy life filled with work…
Recipe of the Month – Turkey Chili
Servings: 4-6 Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hour Ready In: 1 hour 15 mins Ingredients 2 Tsp. Oil (depending on your preference coconut, olive etc.) 2 Oni…
How to Motivate Your Child Without Rewards
Rewards can be great, but we don’t want to have to use them all the time to motivate kids to do the things we ask of them. Research has shown that a group …
Trickster Theatre Takes Residency At BrightPath
BrightPath is always looking to broaden the learning experiences of the children in attendance at our centres and we are excited to add a new partnership w…
Cyber Safety for Children – Some Tips and Hints!
You probably know every detail of the playground your children go to, recognize some of the other parents, know which swing goes highest! These days it’s j…
Get Movin’ – Physical Activity & Mental Health
Most of us as kids were riding our bikes nonstop in the summer. We had two TV channels and no electronics, so there was nothing else to do but to go outsid…
Recipe of the Month – Home-Made Mac n’ Cheese
Servings: 4 to 8 Prep Time: 30 min Cook Time: 40 min Ready In: 1:10 hr Ingredients 1 – 8-ounce package of macaroni 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese 2 table…
BrightPath Cochrane Grand Re-Opening – September 4th, 2018
We are proud to announce the re-opening of our BrightPath Cochrane centre on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018. It appears that we are coming full circle as the…
Body Image for Children – Fat Is Not A Feeling
Our Registered Nutritionist Andrea Holwegner from Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc. speaks about how “Fat is not a Feeling”. She provides tips and tri…
A Difficult Time To Say Goodbye – Dealing With Separation Anxiety
Separation anxiety in children makes drop-off at daycare or going on a date night much “fun” for parents. I remember crying in the car after dropping my so…
