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Nobody's Perfect is a group program for parents of children
aged 0 to 5 years. It helps parents develop an understanding
of their children's safety, behaviour, discipline, physical
and emotional development. It encourages parents to have confidence
in their ability to be good parents as they learn to recognize
and build on their own strengths and existing coping skills
The Nobody's Perfect Group meets once a
week for 6 weeks.
Topics include
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- How to keep a child healthy
- How to prevent accidents
- How to encourage a child to learn
- How to handle common behaviour problems
Child care is provided for Nobody's Perfect
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Mother Goose |
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A group experience for parents and their babies and young
children, focusing on the pleasure and power of using rhymes,
songs, and stories together. Parents gain skills and confidence
which can enable them to create new and positive family patterns
during their children's crucial early years.
The group of parents and children meet with the teacher once
a week. The teaching is directed at the parents with the children
joining in, playing or napping. Sitting in a circle on the
floor, the parents learn rhymes and songs which lead naturally
to holding, touching and bouncing the children. Each session
ends with a story told to the parents - giving them the same
sort of pleasure in language and listening that they can give
to their children with rhymes and songs.
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School's Cool is a 6 to 8 week innovative
learning readiness course which provides
age appropriate and developmentally appropriate
instruction to children ages 3 to 5
Children will be exposed to a variety of
new and exciting experiences designed
to help and build their social, language,
reasoning and self-help skills. The goal
is to enhance a child's entry into kindergarten
or other structured learning environments.
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Also included in this program is a parent session, designed
to assist parents in understanding and enhancing their child's
learning experiences in the home, school and community. First
time school parents are given materials and information that
will assist them in helping to make the transition to school
as smooth as possible for their children as well as for them.
The course takes place every second morning
from 9:30 to 1:00. Children are expected
to bring a lunch and their back pack just
like they would for kindergarten. We will
provide the mid-morning group snack which
will be prepared by our School's Cool
students!
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You
Make
the Difference |
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Kids need someone to help them learn to
talk.
In this program parents learn special
ways of to help their child communicate
and interact with others.
Children who do not develop good language
skills are more likely to have difficulty
learning problems later on.
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Aims
of You Make the Difference
- Help parents recognize that they have the power
and ability to foster their childless communication
skills.
- Give parents specific
ways to connect and communicate
with their child that
will help them learn during
everyday activities
- Help parents become more
confident by giving them
information and support
- provides a forum for early identification and referral
of children who show signs of language delay.
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What
happens at You Make the Difference
- Parents and children attend
program for 2½
hours a week for 9 weeks
- 90 minutes of group learning
for the parents while
their children are taken
care of by qualified child
care staff
- Time for each parent to practice what they've learned
with their children, receive guidance from the group
leader and be videotaped so they can see the difference
they make in helping their child learn.
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