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This page provides some quick links to a variety of information on Early Childhood Learning.

Mapping Literacy

CCL has recently unveiled a series of interactive maps that monitor literacy scores and levels for provinces, regions and more than 50,000 neighbourhoods across Canada.

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Videos
Promising Practices Parent-Child Mother Goose, a song-based program, helps new immigrants and their young children learn the basics of French in Montreal. The Promising Practices series highlights effective lifelong learning practices across Canada.

Reports
State of Learning in Canada: Early Childhood Learning Early childhood learning and development are inextricable— without a strong foundation of physical, emotional, cognitive and social development, successful learning is less likely to follow. (January 2007)

Minerva Lecture Series
The Minerva Lecture Series was created to foster discussion between Canadian learning researchers and citizens from across the country. The Minerva Lecture Series is a unique opportunity to understand how research can inform and affect learning for all at different stages of life.
Early childhood bilingualism: Perils and possibilities Dr. Fred H. Genesee, McGill University
Cultivating a flexible mind: Can you learn how to learn for life? Dr. Jacqueline Leighton, University of Alberta

Lessons in Learning
Lessons in Learning is published to provide Canadians with independent information about 'what works' in learning. Read articles related to Early Childhood Learning in Canada.
Educational toys: Learning to play or playing to learn?, May 5, 2010 Angry Youth: Learning to control aggressive behaviour, March 24, 2010 Learning and the arts: Can Mozart make you smarter?, March 10, 2010 Meeting the Demand for Trained Personnel in Canada’s Environmental Sector, February 10, 2010 Ready to learn? A look at school readiness in young children, September 18, 2008 Mixed Messages: How to choose among conflicting information to support healthy development in young children, May 29, 2008 Bullying in Canada—how intimidation affects learning, March 20, 2008 Parents’ role in their children’s homework, February 7, 2008 Parenting styles, behaviour and skills and their impact on young children, December 13, 2007 Let the children play: Nature’s answer to early learning, November 8, 2006 Why is high-quality child care essential? The link between quality child care and Early learning, May 31, 2006 How parents foster early literacy, February 1, 2006

Lessons in Learning

Lessons in Learning is published to provide Canadians with independent information about 'what works' in learning. Read articles related to Early Childhood Learning in Canada.

Educational toys: Learning to play or playing to learn?, May 5, 2010
Angry Youth: Learning to control aggressive behaviour, March 24, 2010
Learning and the arts: Can Mozart make you smarter?, March 10, 2010
Meeting the Demand for Trained Personnel in Canada’s Environmental Sector, February 10, 2010
Ready to learn? A look at school readiness in young children, September 18, 2008
Mixed Messages: How to choose among conflicting information to support healthy development in young children, May 29, 2008
Bullying in Canada—how intimidation affects learning, March 20, 2008
Parents’ role in their children’s homework, February 7, 2008
Parenting styles, behaviour and skills and their impact on young children, December 13, 2007
Let the children play: Nature’s answer to early learning, November 8, 2006
Why is high-quality child care essential? The link between quality child care and Early learning, May 31, 2006
How parents foster early literacy, February 1, 2006

TVO Series: Gorilla parenting from The Jungle Room
Gorilla Parenting from The Jungle Room takes viewers into the parenting trenches by addressing questions modern parents confront daily. This video series was first broadcast on TVO and produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment with support from CCL.

Profiles in Learning
Profiles in Learning is CCL’s ongoing series of feature articles exploring the unique lives and learning experiences of eminent Canadians.
Reading, writing, arithmetic (and repetition) Robert Bateman’s vision for Canadian kids, May 14, 2009	The confidence to dare Silken Laumann’s bold approach to learning, May 1, 2007

Releases
Parents allowing less time for video/computer games than television, February 23, 2009 Information strategy necessary to measure success in early childhood learning, says CCL, August 29, 2007

Other pertinent links
Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre The ECLKC offers a series of products, free of charge, designed for a variety of audiences interested in early childhood learning. The Bulletin addresses topics on early childhood learning Lessons in Learning: issues penned by the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre Colloquia: PowerPoint slides and notes used in presentations given by members of the knowledge centre Tools for parents: ECLKC worked with Invest in Kids to develop useful tools for parents with children ages five and under Tools for Aboriginal communities Encyclopedia: articles from the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development Other publications: articles and reports on early childhood learning Funded Research: CCL: Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Exchange: Early Childhood Learning

Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre

The quality of a child’s early experience and learning has a direct impact on his or her future success. The Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre identified priorities for research and best practices, and created networks to ensure that the most current knowledge about early childhood learning was shared across Canada. Read more...

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