If parents did these 5 simple things they would greatly improve their child's readiness for school and reading. These suggestions come from a former Reading Recovery Teacher and a mother of a very early reader.

These cue cards include strategies on how to support teens with time management, organization, screen time, peer pressure, homework, and risky behaviour.

Partnering with Newcomer Families
Strategies for working across language and cultural differences to make families feel at home in new schools

Series of lessons and family activities to help students make sense of the pandemic & support their well-being.

"Peekaville is a small town nestled within lovely forests where humans and animals live and play in harmony. Peekaville oozes warmth and c reat i v it y. Peekaville is home to Leo the Hedgehog, Cody, Menka and the rest of the Peekapak Pals.In Peekaville, creativity and creation reign. It’s a world where kids have their own interests and talents that extend into architecture and electrical engineering, and robotics and programming.Peekaville’s mix of animals and humans, as well as different interests and talents, provide an accessible way for children to learn about diversity, respect differences and value the uniqueness of every being. Kids of all kinds, human and hedgehog alike, learn from one another.With such diversity around them, the kids of Peekaville must develop and hone crucial skills, like empathy, respect, kindness, and teamwork so everyone lives together harmoniously."

The Mental Health Commission of Canada advocates use of peer support to offer hope and encouragement and to connect youth and families with those facing similar challenges to them. They offer Peer Support guidelines to assist in implementing such approaches

Perfectionism is not necessarily about being ‘perfect’. Ask yourself this question… Is it ever really possible to be 100% ‘perfect’? So, if it’s not about being ‘perfect’, then what do we mean when talk about perfectionism?
Although there’s no perfect definition, we understand perfectionism to involve three things: Firstly, the relentless striving for extremely high standards for yourself and/or others that are personally demanding. Secondly, judging your self-worth based largely on your ability to strive for and achieve such unrelenting standards. Thirdly, experiencing negative consequences of setting such demanding standards, yet continuing to go for them despite the huge cost to you.

**Site includes workbook and information sheets available for download.

In order to feel good about ourselves, we need to pay attention to the 5 different areas of our life that bring us wellness.
1. Spiritual- How do I fit in this world? What is my purpose in life? What things can I do to feel happy? What can I appreciate?
2. Physical- What physical activity did I do today? Did I eat healthy?
3. Emotional- What feelings did I have today? If I had negative feelings today, how can I change them to positive feeling
4. Intellectual- What is something I learned today? What did I discover that was new?
5. Social- Did I talk with anyone today? Did I spend time with a pet today? Did I get connected to others face to face today?

This document examines the purpose of each type of goal/plan. A chart is included to explore the similarities and differences of PGs, SSPs & IIPs.  

The following is a collection of phonological awareness resources teachers may find useful when setting up their early literacy programs in Kindergarten and Grade 1.

The following resource includes a list of physical warning signs for anxiety along with a website.

PreK-12 Education, Early Learning and Schools

"Play. Learn. Grow. Together!" is a way to reach out to parents of newborn and Kindergarten-aged children with tips and information on how to help them learn at home.

Play. Learn. Grow. Together! debuts with a new website, interactive social media presence and series of informational videos to get parents thinking about simple and easy ways they can interact with their young child to assist in their development and education. Additional tips and videos from our team of early learning experts will be added over time, allowing Play. Learn. Grow. Together! to evolve into a long term, reliable source of early years educational advice."

It is important to keep track of the good things that happen in your life. Use this calendar/chart to do so. It includes:
- What was the experience?
- What moods, feelings, and thoughts accompanied this event?
- How did your body feel, in detail, during this experience? (example: light or relaxed
- Were you aware of your pleasant feelings while the event was happening
- What body sensations, emotions, or thoughts are you experiencing now as you write about the event?

A collection of supports for positive behaviour and intervention in the classroom.
Videos
Tools
Blueprints
Presentations
Training

The Early Years Branch is pleased to provide a provincial Prekindergarten Screening Tool for use by families and school divisions to determine eligibility.

The Prekindergarten Screening Tool will support Prekindergarten selection teams in identifying eligible children and families for the program. The tool will be posted on the Early Learning Portal at https://earlylearning.edonline.sk.ca for download and use.

The following outlines the process teachers can take to ensure student needs are being met in the classroom for tier 1 and 2 of response to intervention.

Processing speed is the pace at which you take in information, make sense of it and begin to respond. This information can be visual, such as letters and numbers. It can also be auditory, such as spoken language.

Having slow processing speed has nothing to do with how smart kids are—just how fast they can take in and use information. It may take kids who struggle with processing speed a lot longer than other kids to perform tasks, both school-related and in daily life.

A Progressive Muscle Relaxation is a great way to relieve anxiety and stress in your body by having you slowly tense up your muscles and then gradually relax them again. This helps us to relax by making us focus on our muscles and how they feel when we relax them from a ‘tensed up state.’ When we practice progressive muscles relaxation regularly, it becomes a valuable tool we can use to help us to relax and calm our body. It will also help us to be able to recognize when our body is experiencing tension and then be able to relax it. The resource includes instructions and how progressive muscle relaxation works.

Just released!
This new practice guide provides four evidence-based recommendations that teachers can use to deliver reading intervention to meet the needs of their students in grades 4-9.
The 4 recommendations outlined in the guide included:
(1) multisyllabic word reading
(2) fluency building
(3) comp-building practices &
(4) stretch text.

Access the guide here: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/29

Webinar on New WWC (What Works Clearinghouse) Practice Guide
Apr 13, 2022 09:00 AM
Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Register at
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/29?fbclid=IwAR0U_Gvg2b

"Rebecca Burgess sees a problem with the way many people perceive the autism spectrum. Her resolution? The comic below. The Tumblr user debuted “Understanding the Spectrum” (below), which gets rid of the linear autism spectrum image (i.e. you’re either “not autistic, “very autistic” or somewhere in between) and replaces it with a round spectrum full of several traits or ways the brain processes information."