Prince Edward Island Announces New Preschool Excellence Initiative
PEI is moving forward with a plan to revitalize the early childhood system, by helping to build an accessible, sustainable and quality-driven system – while recognizing the importance of parental choice.
To implement this system, the province is increasing funding to the early childhood sector by 63 per cent, from $5.35 million to $8.7 million.This plan represents Prince Edward Island’s largest ever increase in investment in early learning. It provides support to Island children from birth to age four, their parents and their educators. In brief, the Preschool Excellence Initiative, will:
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Centralized Waiting List Technology Offers Easy One-point Access to Parents and Service Providers Looking for Child Care Options
The Centralized Waiting List offers one point of access; reduces the number of calls for the parent; eliminates the arduous process of putting their child’s name on multiple wait lists; informs parents of the child care options; facilitates the access of children with special needs by offering them an equal chance of obtaining a licensed child care space; provides support to licensed child care services in the management of their waiting list; and identifies child care needs within the community.
Read article by Andrew Fleck Child Care Services (AFCCS) a multi service family agency in Ottawa
Health Watch: Got wheels? Get a helmet!
May 31 to June 5 was Safe Kids Week. Activities with wheels are fun and are good ways to get exercise. But it's important to stay safe so that kids can keep active. Head injuries are the #1 cause of serious injury and death to kids on wheels. A helmet could save your child's life!
With summer just around the corner, the number of kids enjoying wheeled activities like cycling, in-line skating, skateboarding and scootering is about to rise. But before hitting the streets this year, parents need to know one key thing: helmets save lives. Various injuries can occur from a fall, but the most serious are those to the head. Head injuries can often lead to death for kids on wheels – particularly in those children not wearing helmets. According to a Safe Kids Week research review, helmets can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 per cent.
Top five tips to protect your child’s head
- Ensure your children wear a helmet every time they ride.
- Get the right kind of helmet. Choose a bicycle helmet for cycling, in-line skating and scootering. Skateboarders need a special skateboarding helmet that covers more of the back of their head.
- Ensure the helmet fits your child. The helmet should rest two finger widths above the eyebrow. The side and chin straps should be snug.
- People of all ages should wear a helmet when they ride. Remember: You are your child’s best role model.
- Children under 10 should not ride on the road. They do not have the physical and thinking skills to handle themselves safely in traffic. Children over 10 need to practice before they can ride on the road.
Read more from Safe Kids Canada ; and the CPS website, Caringforkids.cps.ca.
