NNDSB’s youngest learners draw important lessons from regular and repeated access to nature.
Over the course of the last two years, 19 kindergarten teachers and early childhood educators from the Near North District School Board (NNDSB) have participated in a forest practitioner course provided by the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada (CNAC) held at the Canadian Ecology Center and supported by the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit.
South Shore Education Center kindergarten teacher Rhonda Hyatt said that many of the principles of the forest and nature school are included in the kindergarten program.
“Early in the spring,…
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Most beautiful national parks in the world: The first National Park was established in 1872 when US President Ulysses S. Grant signed an agreement creating Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Wyoming. It was designated as a public park or recreational area for the use and enjoyment of the general public and set aside. The concept was caught on fast, and now there are more than 1,000 national parks in more than 100 countries, guarding locations with breathtaking natural beauty, geographic wonders, and distinctive flora and fauna that are accessible to the general public and unaltered by man.
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Full-day kindergarten planned for Nunavut following a pilot project at five schools
Full-day kindergarten could soon be offered at schools across Nunavut.
This fall, the Department of Education will begin testing an all-day kindergarten program in five schools in the territory. If the pilot project is successful, the program will gradually be made available to other schools.
“There’s so much that has been reported to be beneficial in running a full-day kindergarten,” said Department of Education Deputy Minister Rebecca Hainnu, a mother of two and a former teacher, vice-principal and principal at Clyde River’s Quluaq School. “It will support the development of early language acquisitions in Inuktitut, in Inuinnaqtun, or in English…
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Please emoji 🤏 if you remember the feeling of it, or the emotion of it, but don’t really remember…
Omemee school to expand with new kindergarten and childcare spaces: MPP – Peterborough
The province of Ontario has approved expansion for a kindergarten addition and a child care center at Scott Young Public School in the village of Omemee, the area’s MPP announced Friday.
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott said the province has given the Trillium Lakelands District School Board approval to proceed to tender for a two-room kindergarten addition and a child-care center for the school on Walnut Street in the village.
The $5.9-million project includes additional funding of $2.4 million, says Scott, creating 104 new kindergarten spaces and 49 new child care spaces.
The board said the kindergarten addition is a…