November/December 2022

Hello Jennifer,

As we move towards the holiday season at Wee Watch it's an exciting time! Our Providers and children have been busy enjoying the fall season inside the home and out! Our Facebook and Instagram pages are full of amazing examples of the programming Wee Watch offers and our Providers take to the next level! Check out our social pages to see tons of happy and engaged children – including your own! 

Did you know that November 13th is World Kindness Day? We do, all our Providers and children will be reading "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?", a book about kindness, as part of our Together Wee Can Read, Learn & Grow Programming. They will learn all about kindness and explore this theme while they participate in play-based learning activities that reinforce it.  It’s perfect timing as we head into the holiday season, so we thought we would reinforce this theme through our newsletter this month as well by sharing information about tolerance and inclusion in both articles and activities.

On a separate note, saving on childcare fees is on a lot of parent’s minds these days. All of our agencies have opted in to participate in the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care System (CWELCC) that aims to save parents money on childcare fees over the next 5 years. At this time each agency is progressing through the application process with their respective Municipalities. For full information on the status of each agency in the process, please contact them directly.

From all of us at Wee Watch, we wish you all the happiest of days spent with your families and friends over the holiday season!

Sincerely,

Lisa Parise

You’ve heard it before, kids are sponges! They’re constantly observing and forming opinions about themselves and others, which means early in their learning lives, it is important to teach them how to value the beautiful diversity in our world. We have a very multicultural and diverse community in Canada and being purposeful about how we discuss and interact with people of different races, religions, gender identities, disabilities, and abilities, is important for children developing with a sense of security, confidence and inclusion. Exposing your children to a wide range of books, toys, foods, music, experiences, and people are some ways to teach your children about diversity and multiculturism. Below are some ideas on how to do this:

Get comfortable talking about differences

Have honest, age-appropriate conversations with your child about differences they may see or notice in their friend’s vs themselves. For example, if your child points out another skin color, you might say, “Yes, people do have different skin colors, isn’t that beautiful? One way to describe the beauty in this difference is to give the example of crayons in a colouring box – wouldn’t it be boring to colour only with 1 colour every day? Isn’t a picture more beautiful because it has many colours and mixes of colours together.

Discuss what’s happening in the news/world

It is never to early to discuss about what is happening in the news or the world, because with social media being so prominent, it is important that your child knows what is ‘real news’ vs ‘fake news’, and they may ask questions about what they have heard or read. Take advantage of time in the car or at the dinner table to have honest discussions about what they have heard and what they want to know more about. Get their opinion on what’s happening, and ask how they are feeling about what they have been hearing or reading (what makes them feel happy, uncomfortable, angry, or sad).

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Every Provider and child has access to our Wee Learn educational curriculum! Wee Learn and all its associated programming was designed by a team of childcare experts to help children meet their developmental milestones and to prepare them for success in school and beyond! Our program is focused on play based learning for all ages and stages! 

Try some of these activities which align with our program:

Together Wee Can Read, Learn & Grow

Each year Wee Watch organizes exclusive and educational events and activities around a theme that all Providers across Ontario participate in called "Together Wee Can".

Wee Watch will be celebrating and promoting literacy all year through our Together Wee Can Program for 2022, “Together Wee Can Read, Learn, & Grow!”. Through this program, we have selected a wonderful book to focus on each month and developed special activities that correspond with the chosen book and theme.

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"Halloween is a great way to switch up simple activities making them feel new and exciting! One of our Providers in Nepean put together some Halloween loose parts in a bin and gave the children Halloween buckets and some “spoons” for a spooky scoop, fill, and pour activity.



Filling, scooping and pouring activities help develop fine motor skills as well as using math concepts such as less and more. These tasks help children coordinate their hand movements with what they are seeing and feeling."

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"Today is Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day! This day gives us the opportunity to show YOU our appreciation for the countless hours you spend enriching the lives of Providers, children, and their families.

We recognize the commitment, hard work, and dedication of Early Childhood Educator’s and staff that work with young children. The work you do is challenging, meaningful and important not only to us, but to the Providers that you support and the lives of children that you impact.

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