Circle Time Ideas
Each month, a theme based activity sheet is distributed to our local Program Leaders. Please click on the links below to find new ideas for your group or just to enjoy together as a family.
Love, Laugh, Learn: Weekly Resources from Bookmates
BOOKMATES Love Laugh Learn Cooking Edition
Community-Level Early Development Instrument (EDI) Results
The Early Development Instrument (EDI) focuses on the outcomes for children as a health‐relevant, measurable concept that has long‐term consequences for individual outcomes and population health. The data derived from the collection of the EDI facilitates and encourages community, provincial, national and international monitoring of the developmental health of our young learners.
In relation to developmental benchmarks (rather than curriculum-based), the EDI measures children’s developmental health at school entry in five general domains:
- physical health and well-being;
- social competence;
- emotional maturity;
- language and cognitive development; and
- communication skills and general knowledge
Further information can be found on the EDI Fact Sheet.
The EDI data is collected on 4 or 5 year olds by their Kindergarten teacher. The teacher uses his/her observations after several months of classroom/school interaction with the child to complete the questionnaire. To view a sample of the questions asked, click here.
Community-level EDI reports (shown by rural municipality) are shared with Manitoba’s child care community, parent-child coalitions and school divisions to assist these groups in identifying the strengths and needs of their communities.
Below, you will find data for the North Eastman region for the following year.
- North Eastman Community EDI Report 2018/2019
- North Eastman Community EDI Report 2016/2017
- North Eastman Community EDI Report 2014/2015
- North Eastman Community EDI Report 2010/2011
- North Eastman Community EDI Report 2008/2009
- North Eastman Community EDI Report 2006/2007
- North Eastman Community EDI Report 2005/2006
Special Reports
- UNICEF – Innocenti Report 2013 – Child Well-Being in Rich Countries
- North Eastman Community Health Assessment 2008/2009
- Manitoba Child Health Atlas 2008
- How are Manitoba’s Children Doing? 2012
- Science of Early Child Development
Powerful Advocacy Videos
Below are a few great advocacy videos in relation to the importance of investing in Early Child Development:
Community Services Listing
Please click here SHCC Resource Guide Final Copy October 2022! (survivors-hope.ca) for up-to-date community service listing information for the North Eastman region!
Additional Family Resources
Here are some additional links you may find helpful to your family.
- Offord Centre for Child Studies
- Fraser Mustard Institute of Human Development
- Human Early Learning Partnership
- Children’s Therapy Initiative (CTI)
- Triple P
- Invest in Kids
- Canada Health
- La Leche League Canada
- Manitoba in Motion
- Healthy Start for Life – Dietitians of Canada
- Family Resource Programs
- Parents Matter
- Aboriginal Canada Portal
- Active Healthy Kids
- Safe Kids Canada
- Caring for Kids
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- Aboriginal Children’s Circle of Early Learning
- Sesame Street
- Manitoba Child Care Program
- Canadian Council on Learning
- Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development
- Canadian Fathers Involvement Initiative
- 24 Hr Cribside Assistance for Dads
- Dads Today
- Destroy the Mask of Post Partum Depression
- Opening the door to better Mental Health for Youth
- Because Life goes on…Helping Children and Youth Live with Separation and Divorce
- Coping with Anxiety in Pregnancy and Following the Birth
- Self-Care program for Women with Postpartum Depression and Anxiety