Helping Children Make Connections at a New School

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 …

Aug 24, 2021 2 min
Learning at Home Pre-Kindergarten Week 24

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

Aug 26, 2020 4 min
Learning at Home Preschool Week 24

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

Aug 26, 2020 3 min
Learning at Home OSC KidZone Week 24

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

Aug 26, 2020 5 min
Recipe: Wacky Snacky – Banana Butter Roll Ups

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

Aug 26, 2020 1 min
Learning at Home Infant Week 24

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

Aug 26, 2020 4 min
Learning at Home Toddler Week 24

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

Aug 26, 2020 4 min
Learning at Home Infant Week 23

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

Aug 21, 2020 4 min
Learning at Home Toddler Week 23

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

Aug 21, 2020 4 min
Learning at Home Pre-Kindergarten Week 23

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

Aug 21, 2020 5 min
Learning at Home OSC KidZone Week 23

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

Aug 21, 2020 4 min
Learning at Home Preschool Week 23

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

Aug 21, 2020 3 min