Parents-On-The-Go! Spring Newsletter
Check out the Spring edition of the Parents-On-The-Go Newsletter! Parents On The Go Spring 2011 Lots of fun and useful information for New West parents and children!
Parenting Workshop with Barbara Demaris May 31st
The Parents Advisory Group of the New West ECD Committee presents a parenting workshop with Barbara Demaris on May 31st, 7-9pm at Olivet Baptist Church. Topics include Stress and Anger Management for Parents; and Positive Discipline. View flyer for more information. Parenting Workshop May 2011 To register, call Patricia at 604-764-1358.
Services to Newcomer & Ethno-minority Children, Youth, and Families (AMSSA 2011)
The 2011 AMSSA report “Regional Consultations on Services to Newcomer & Ethno-minority Children, Youth, and Families can be found here: Newcomer_Ethnocultural_minority_children_youth_families_AMSSA_ 2011
The Linguistic Genius of Babies
(From BC Early Years Community Developers): TEDTalk: The Linguistic Genius of Babies Patricia Kuhl, the co-director of the Institute for Brain and Learning Sciences at the University of Washington shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another — by listening to the humans around them and “taking statistics” on the sounds they need [...]
Joining the dots: A better start for Scotland’s Children
(From CRRU): Joining the dots: A better start for Scotland’s children Report by Professor Susan Deacon for the Scottish government on how to “renew the national effort on children’s early years”.
Through their lens: Inquiry into Non-parental education and care
(From CRRU): Through their lens: An inquiry into non-parental education and care of infants and toddlers Report from New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner attempts to look at policies affecting the care and education of under-2s from the perspective of what is in children’s interests.
State of the world’s mothers: Champions for children
(From CRRU): Save the Children’s twelfth annual Mothers’ Index compares the well-being of mothers and children in 164 countries. Canada ranks 20th of 43 developed countries. http://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9def2ebe-10ae-432c-9bd0-df91d2eba74a%7D/SOWM2011_FULL_REPORT.PDF
