Interaction

 

Interaction is CCCF’s bilingual flagship magazine. We bring you engaging articles on emergent issues in early childhood development, stories from child care and early learning practices across the country, and news on the latest research, resources, and government policy in the field.

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Volume 23, Number 2, Fall 2009

Connecting Children to Nature – Part 2
Greening Child Care

"The focus section looks at creative use of outdoor space, recycling  and re-using materials to transform backyards into  wonderlands for children, and ways to connect with the  people in your community to get children outside and make green projects happen. This marks Part 2 of the Connecting Children to Nature theme of Interaction." — Claire McLaughlin, editor.

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Two new resource sheets, (#37 and #94, ) National Child Day; Building a Foundation for Numeracy , accompany this issue.

Spring 2009: TABLE OF CONTENTS
OPINIONS

Behind the Scenes
Claire McLaughlin

Inside the Federation


From Where I Sit: The UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child @ 20
Lisa Wolff, UNICEF Canada

Book Review: Third Edition of Well Beings
Reviewed by Sharon Sangster

ECE Retention – Is it All About the Money?
Lindsay Buset

PRACTICE

Food for Thought? A Sensitive Approach to Sensory Curriculum
in Infant and Toddler Programs: ELCC
Tina Bonnett

Holding, Walking and Rocking: Time Out for
Strollers, Car Seats and Swings
Suzanne Major

Paying Attention to Play: Seeing the Complete Picture
Diane Nyisztor and Barbara Marcus

Health Watch: A Checklist and Guide to
Reduce Environmental Health Risks in Child
Care Settings

IDEAS

Building Partnerships Between Parents and
Child Care Staff through Informal Communication
Brooke Fletcher & Michal Perlman

Communicating with Parents
Evelyn Fletcher

FOCUS

Introduction
Claire McLaughlin

Pollinating our passion for the outdoors: working in a community of
researchers, educators and children for natural landscapes
Enid Elliot, Ph.D and Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Ph.D

Getting Back to our Ancestral Heart: Inviting Nature
into the Child Care Environment
Candice O’Grady

Aniingngualaurtaa – Let’s Play Outside – Nunavik
Mary Caroline Rowan, Annie Nulukie and Margaret Gauvin

Back Yard Project: Developing an Appreciation of Nature by
Living, Growing, Re-using and Recycling at Sonshine Daycare
Denine McCormack and Kathleen Carlson

Building a Tree Circle
Rusty Keeler

NEWS

Research Updates
Across Canada and Beyond
Calendar
Resources