Helping Children Make Connections at a New School
As adults, we sometimes overlook how difficult it can be for a child to acclimate to serious changes in their life such as starting at a new school. There …
Learning at Home Pre-Kindergarten Week 24
Social-Emotional Development Take A Breath Sometimes children just need to take a breath and decompress especially with the ‘new normal’ of life. Take a m
Learning at Home Preschool Week 24
Social–Emotional Firework Breath Sometimes children have so much energy that releasing it through active breathing helps them relax. Try this technique wi
Learning at Home OSC KidZone Week 24
STEAM Activity: Making Edible Shattering Glass Glass is made up of tiny grains of the purest sand where heat is added so that it becomes holt and molten o
Recipe: Wacky Snacky – Banana Butter Roll Ups
Wacky Snacky – Banana Butter Roll Ups Pita Wrap Bananas Wow Butter (or Peanut/Nut Butter) Additional Toppings: Honey, Rasins, Granola, Chocolate Chips Inst
Learning at Home Infant Week 24
Social-Emotional Be My Shadow What to do: One-year old’s are becoming skilled at copying not only your movements but also trying to copy your words. Copyca
Learning at Home Toddler Week 24
Moving and Shaking Body Blast Break What to do: Children are not meant to be still for long periods. Energy needs to be released to optimize growth and lea
Learning at Home Infant Week 23
Social-Emotional Lunch Buddies Social Engagement starts with observations and copying behaviours. At feeding times, position your child where they are faci
Learning at Home Toddler Week 23
Family Connections for Toddlers What could you do? Toddler emotions can be large and intense. But no matter how little they are, their feelings are valid a
Learning at Home Pre-Kindergarten Week 23
Social-Emotional Development Belly Breathing Belly breathing is also known as deep breathing or abdominal breathing. This is an effective strategy to inter
Learning at Home OSC KidZone Week 23
STEAM Activity: Water Pollution Experiment Use this experiment to support children in learning about how hard it is to undo the pollution that fills our wa
Learning at Home Preschool Week 23
Social–Emotional Five Finger Breathing Numbers are a great way to practice some breathing skills with children. Have your child sit or stand with their bac