Resources
ARCQE respectfully continues to work to identify numerous resource sites and articles that can assist early learning educators in enriching their understanding of cultural context and application for early learning settings.
Building Relationships with Families
- Department for Education: EYFS Communication and Language – Relationships
- Edutopia – 5 Strategies for Building Strong Relationships With Preschool Families
- FIRST 5 Santa Clara County: The Power of Relationships in Early Childhood Development (Part 1)
- AFFECT: Getting to Know Your Families – General Strategies
- CECE Early Childhood Videos at Eastern CT State U: Learning About a Child’s Family Culture
- My World Abroad: Login to your account
- Ohio Ready to Learn: Building Positive Relationships with Children
- CECE Early Childhood Videos at Eastern CT State U: Building Positive Relationships with Young Children
- naeyc: Relationships
- Zero to Three: Who am I? Developing a Sense of Self and Belonging
Culturally Responsive Environments
- Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre: Responsive Feeding Environments in the Early Years Seminar
- Inclusion Collaborative: Keynote: Why Cultural Responsiveness Matters for Social-Emotional Development
- Flight: Alberta’s Early Learning and Care Framework
- Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education: The Culturally Responsive Learning Environment
Culturally Sensitive Program Philosophy of Mission Statement
Developmental Screening
Holistic Child Development
Languages
- MFNERC – First Nations Language & Culture: Basic Cree Commands in the Home – Part 1
- ielanguages: Learn Basic French Phrases
- TalkInFrench: Basic French Vocabulary for Babies and Toddlers: Colors, Shapes, Common Objects
- Native Languages – Native American Vocabulary: Blackfoot Words
- Caring for Kids New to Canada: Language Acquisition in Immigrant & Refugee Children: First language use & bilingualism
- Galt Museum & Archives: Conversational Blackfoot
- Resourcing Parents: Bilingual Children and Families in Early Childhood Services
- Duolingo – The world’s best way to learn a language!
- Bilingual Kidspot: Learn Arabic for Kids
- MFNERC – First Nations Language & Culture
- My First Blackfoot Word Book, (Jason Eaglespeaker)
- Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority: Supporting Home Languages
- CMAS Canada: Supporting Home Language Maintenance
Métis, Inuit, and Indigenous Supports and Resources
- Birch Bark Baskets Bins – Contact & Address Info
- City of Lethbridge to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day June.21 – Lethbridge News Now
- Conversation Guide – Alberta Treaties 6, 7, 8
- Indigenous Peoples Day – Galt Museum & Archives
- Kin Park National Indigenous Peoples Day – Tourism Medicine Hat
- National Indigenous Peoples Day – Gov. of Canada
- Orange Shirt Society: Phyllis Webstad – On Orange Shirt Day
- Rupertsland Institute: Empowering Educators
- Rupertsland Centre: Piiskishkeweetak en Michif | Heritage Michif Words and Phrases
- Rupertsland Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Rupertsland Institute: Augmented Reality App
- Rupertsland Institute: RCTL Activity Book 2021
- Storyhive: Drumbeat, Heartbeat, Warrior Women
- Warrior Women ᐅᓅᑎᓂᑫᐤ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐤ –
Multiculturalism in the Early Years Classroom
Reviewing Children's Picture Books
- Hijabi Librarians
- Common Sense Media: Books That Promote Diversity and Inclusion
- Murphy Library: Curriculum Center & Curriculum Collections: Evaluating Children’s Books
- Social Justice Books: Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books
- CT State Library: From Diversity to Inclusion: How to audit your collection and Why
- Ten Steps of Reviewing Children’s Books
- The Black Bookshelf Project
- Lee & Low: The Importance of Multicultural Children’s Books
Ressources en français
Socioeconomic Factors and Poverty
Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Families
- RAP Workers: CULTURAL COMPETENCE
- SAGE Journals: Culturally Responsive Assessment Practices
- Raised Between Cultures Guidebook
- Centre for Newcomers
- Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association
- Infants & Young Children: Adapting a Developmental Screening Measure
- University of Alberta: Guides & Toolkits
- Centre for Newcomers: Life Skills for Immigrant Women
- Newcomer Women
- Raised Between Cultures Guidebook
- Statistics Canada – Welcome to Canada: 150 years of immigration
Transitions and Continuity
- Early Years Scotland – Supporting and Understanding Transitions in Early Years
- Brookes Publishing – Supporting Each and Every Child During Transitions
- Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Care: An Intercultural Perspective (Carole Massing PhD, Mary Lynne Matheson)
- npcprimary – Transition from Early Years to Primary
- Department of Education – Transitions Focus on Early Years Practitioners
- Transitions and Continuity
- naeyc: Welcoming Refugee Children into Early Childhood Classrooms