10 Reasons to Choose Quality Early Learning and Child Care
Expert knowledge Early childhood educators are experts in child development and are trained to create inspiring learning environments!
Intentionality Early childhood educators provide your child the gift of time and attention. They will stop and explore the new flowers or jump in the mud puddles with your child.
Young at heart Early childhood educators know how to have fun! They’re not afraid to be silly and laugh with your child; all while nurturing your child’s creativity and helping to build their self-confidence.
Setting limits Every child needs reasonable boundaries, such as no playing ball inside. Early childhood educators set limits and support families in doing the same.
Love of literacy Early childhood educators read and tell stories, sing songs, and do puppet shows to inspire a love of language and to build early literacy skills.
Confidence boost Early childhood educators provide safe opportunities for your child to be independent and to become confident in their personality and decision making skills.
Inspired learning Early childhood educators ask open-ended questions to inspire creative thought and curiosity, to encourage children to explore, and to make learning fun.
Life skills Early childhood educators use their expertise to develop programs that use play as a tool for teaching math, literacy, science and essential life skills that last for life!
Making friends Early childhood educators are educated to appropriately support children to gain social skills, which are so important in making friends and developing positive relationships!
Helping hand Everyone gets stumped by parenting from time to time - juggling schedules, demands, and behaviours. When it gets tough and you need someone to talk to, reach out to your child’s early childhood educator!
Atlantic Institute on Early Learning and Care - Halifax, NS
July 5th, 2017
The Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation and the Jimmy Pratt Foundation are pleased to support the 1st Atlantic Summer Institute on Early Learning and Care. This event will take place at Mount Saint Vincent University campus in Halifax on August 24th and 25th, 2017. The Institute is organized by a working group representing the four Atlantic Provinces and our goal is to create an agenda that offers learning opportunities with an Atlantic Canadian focus for all levels of the early childhood workforce.
The theme for the institute is Putting Early Learning Frameworks into Practice and the sessions and presenters have been carefully selected to ensure the topics will be most useful to those in the early childhood sector in the Atlantic provinces. Tove Mogstad Slinde, Chair of the OECD’s Network on Early Childhood Education and Care, will be the Keynote Speaker. Tove is renowned as an international expert and will report on how curriculum frameworks are being utilized internationally.
Some other Institute highlights include:
an interactive pre-conference session exploring four online based tools in use across Canada
a welcome reception hosted by the Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain
an overview of the five Atlantic Early Learning frameworks by Kathleen Flanagan
a panel discussion of implications for the ECEC sector