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Mitchell Resources - Resource Kits

Child’s Play – by Safe Kids Canada

This video and handbook provides information about playground safety for childcare centres, schools and communities. Includes check-lists.

Children’s book with cassette tape

 Come sit by me - a kit for children about AIDS

Family Law Information Kit - This kit provides the following resources:

 Grieving Kit - This kit provides numerous brochures:

How to talk so kids will listen – by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

This group workshop kit provides 6 cassette tapes for the workshops, as well a the chairperson’s guide which includes notes, handouts and assignments.

Kool Kids Asthma - by Lung Association

This kit includes:

Literacy Connections: A school workshop for parents and volunteer readers – All about learning to read and loving it! - by UPS Canada

This video is divided into three parts, each part focusing on a specific aspect of reading: reading aloud, shared reading and shared discussion, and guided reading.  Tips on reading with children are provided. Two contrasting scenarios are given, one demonstrating the non-supportive way to respond to a child, the other demonstrating a positive way to support a child’s reading.

This video has great clips to show to a class, parents or volunteers. Along with the manual for workshop leaders, it provides a ready made workshop on helping children learn to read.

Make a Joyful Noise - by the Oberkotter Foundation

This kit contains a book and a video (20 minutes). This kit is produced by an organization that advocates for teaching deaf children to speak not to sign. The booklet addresses finding out your child is hard of hearing, what are your options for communication, introduces oral deaf education, and addresses advocating for your child.  It presents almost solely the oral deaf education option.

 

Language Kit:  This kit entitled 'Making the connections' contains the following booklets:

This guide simply presents tips on connecting with your child. Using OWL – Observe, Wait and Listen – you can help encourage your child to talk. There are a few things to remember when playing with your child that will help build connection between you two and to encourage your child to talk. They are: allow your child to lead, adapt to share the moment and add language and experience. This book is very easy to read.

Help me talk: a parent’s guide to speech and language stimulation techniques for children 1 to 3 years

This handbook is for parents who wonder if children are slightly behind in their use of speech.  It provides ten strategies for helping your child learn that using their words more often. It is written for parents by a speech and language pathologist.

This handbook is very user-friendly, and is divided into different chapters that address different topics about communicating with your baby. Each chapter provides many opportunities to reflect on your interactions with your child. It is very simply written, providing straight-forward advice and suggestions, even including games and rhymes that you can do with your infant. It would be an excellent resource for first time parents.

Parenting with the ZAP Family: Learn how to make the most of your child’s early years

This video and handbook guides you through infancy, the toddler and preschool years. It provides an overview of the development that occurs at that stage, and addresses how to interact with your child at that age to encourage healthy development. It touches on common questions such as tantrums and sleeping and eating habits. This material can easily be used as a workshop for parents.

 Separation Survival Kit - This kit provides the following resources:

Siblings without Rivalry – by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

This kit provides group workshop material including 6 cassette tapes to run a parent group about helping siblings to get along.

 Story stretcher kits:

Story Stretchers are kits that are based on a children’s book. Besides a great book, each kit comes with activities that you can do with your child.  It may be a memory game, matching game or puzzle. Most of them come with a colouring page. The activities are developed to help your child’s learning, using the topic of the book.  And each kit comes with an instruction page so you know the purpose of each activity.

Story Stretcher Kits available in Mitchell:

Perth Care For Kids is committed to supporting the importance of early childhood education and development by offering a variety of flexible, quality programs and services for children, families and caregivers.

We are proud to be the host agency for the Perth-Middlesex Early Years Centres.