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LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE EXTRA LEARNING SUPPORT THAT’S AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN

Where do you go for support if you suspect your 3-5-year-old child has learning challenges? How do you know when your child might need some extra support?

An innovative early years program at LDS – Learn. Develop. Succeed. is a place to begin. LDS is a nonprofit charity dedicated to empowering all children, youth, and adults with learning differences. They recognize their unique strengths and help students develop the tools needed to achieve lifelong independence, confidence, and success. You can learn more about their core values and programs here. 

Starting off with our list of recommended books, we begin with two titles, Adventure With Moose and Les adventures D’Ori.

ReadAbilities Publishing House Ltd. – Celebrating Neurodiversity in Children’s Literature

Samantha Clusiau-Lawlor and Renée Tessier, two long-time friends from Ottawa, are on a mission to fill a crucial gap in children’s literature. As the co-founders and authors behind ReadAbilities Publishing House Ltd., they noticed a significant lack of books featuring neurodiverse characters. Determined to make a difference, they set out to create a series of books that not only educate children and families about neurodiversity but also help remove any stigma associated with it.

Even though I’ve worked in preschool classrooms and after school programs for over a decade, I have never thought this deeply about how children learn best. Thinking past the curriculum and the philosophy of most education programs, I was brought deeper into what this all meant. These questions came to me after my visit to Westside Montessori Academy which is when I began to fully appreciate the benefits our children receive from a Montessori education.

What better way to start your Spring lesson planning than with the tried and true book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which continues to expand into a whole collection of titles you can use to plan a fun Spring Classroom Theme around!

This story, written and illustrated by the infamous Eric Carle, was a must use every spring in my own preschool lesson planning! The original story offers such unique artwork in a style that is Eric Carle’s alone, and pulls the children into the fun activity of going through all of the days of the week as this very hungry caterpillar munches and crunches his way through a whole lot of food choices, some healthy and some sneaky!