Gardening with young children can be a joyful experience for child and adult to share. Let go of adult notions of “gardening success”; for children, it is the process that is important, joining in the work, looking touching, smelling, engaging directly with soil and plants. Click here for a variety of ways to engage infants and toddlers in gardening experiences.
Read MoreThe Best Start: Healthy Baby Healthy Brain website offers a group of three short videos showing interactive play between parents and their babies and toddlers: Everyday Play, Play using all the Senses, and Language, numbers and play. The ideas incorporated in the videos demonstrate the type of play of which new parent-baby interaction brain-echoing research is confirming the value.
Read MoreThe Kelty Centre has developed a list of recommended resources for those wishing to learn more about supporting the mental health of newcomer children and youth. For more information, click here.
Read MoreThrough the Province’s Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (ELCC) with the Government of Canada, the Province is in the process of converting around 2,500 licensed child care spaces – with a priority on infant and toddler spaces – into low-cost spaces at existing child care facilities across B.C. Parents with children in these prototype sites will pay no more than $200 a month per child for full-time enrolment during regular business hours, regardless of the care type. For some low-income families, child care could be free.
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