Author: Laleh

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ment expliquer à votre enfant de 4 et 5 ans pourquoi il est important de rester à la maison pendant cette période? / Comment expliquer à votre enfant de 4 et 5 ans pourquoi il est important de rester à la maison pendant cette période?

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How to explain your 4 and 5 year old child why it is important to stay home during this time? It sometimes gets difficult to find the right words to explain children about certain situation that occurs in life. COVID-19 is certainly one of those hard situations to explain to a child, especially at this ages […]

Fun with parents

Le bateau / Float the boat

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Âge / Age:  18 months  This activity helps children experience the science of floating vs. sinking. It can also help develop their senses as they touch the dry paper boat, the wet paper boat and the water. Although the activity is a very short one, it is still an exciting activity, which can be expanded later […]

Fun with parents

Basketball avec hula-hoops / Basket-hula-hoop ball

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Domain de développement  / Area of development: gross motor Âge / Age: 3 up This activity is planned in order to offer children a healthy and fun way of knowing what they can do with their big muscles ( gross motor). Also, to encourage children to challenge their gross motor skills through increasing the level of difficulty of […]

Fun with parents

Squishy bags

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Domain de développement  / Area of development: Fine motor (sensory motor)  Âge/ Age 18 months-3 years old  Materiaux / Materials:  Ziplock bags Various paint of different colors This activity aims to give children a learning experience through and an enjoyable moment. Children are to discover the changes in colors when mixing 2 or more primary colors. Children will also […]

Fun with parents

Les Ombres / Shadow People

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Domain de développement  / Area of development: Cognitive and Gross motor. This activity will introduce a few concepts in physics, how light behaves and how we can manipulate it. Also, will be important to introduce to children that darkness can be fun to and mitigate a possible fear for darkness. First, parent asks child if she/he knows what shadows […]

Tips

COVID-19

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Guide autosoins / Self-care guide  Here you can consult what COVID-19 is, self-care tips, how to explain hand washing procedures to your child, how to identify symptoms in your child, and what to do in case of having symptoms. Find the complete Guide autosions PDF version in the following link: https://www.quebec.ca/sante/problemes-de-sante/a-z/coronavirus-2019/guide-autosoins-covid-19/ References: Ministère de la Santé et des Services […]

Long term projects

Idée de projet 3 / Project Idea 3

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Mangeoire pour les oiseaux / Bird feeder  Materiaux / Materials:  Milk and juice carton,  Craft knife,  Disposable chopsticks or bbq sticks,  String, Ruler, Ballpen Acrylic paint, Paintbrush ( if you want to paint it) Start collecting your used milk and juice carton. Do remember to rinse the inside with water and drain before storing them. […]