Why play? WELCOME HERE ONTARIO CANADA
Why Play:
Birth through 6 months, 6 to 12 mo., 1 to 2 years, 2 to 3 years, 3 to 4 years, 4 to 5 years
Building Active Habits:
Changing wait time to play time
Connecting through Stories;
Family Routines
Parents at Play
Process not Product
Promoting Positive Behavior
Singing through the day
Supporting Children’s Play
The Pleasures of Reading Aloud
HEALTH TRANSLATIONS VICTORIA AUSTRALIA:
75 ways to encourage children: Posters from Kids Talk
FIRST WORDS CANADA:
Resources available in other languages First Words in Canada
https://www.firstwords.ca/translated-resources
Baby and toddler Speech and Language Milestones
Preschool Speech and Language Milestones
First Language Use and Bilingualism
Preparing children to Learn at School
Developing Language through Play and Music
Developing Language Through Reading and Storytelling
Developing Language Through Television and Videos
Kindergarten Expectations: What Can You Do At Home
BEST START ONTARIO CANADA :
Best Start by Health Nexus, formerly Canada Ontario’s Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre, supports service providers working on preconception health, perinatal and newborn health and early child development and education.
BABY WANTS BOOKLET
https://resources.beststart.org/product/k06e-baby-wants-booklet/
This booklet can be downloaded for free
LIFE WITH A NEW BABY
https://resources.beststart.org/product/m03e-life-with-a-new-baby-brochure/
WHEN CHILDREN SPEAK MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE:
https://resources.beststart.org/product/k51e-when-children-speak-booklet/
EARLY START NEIGHBORHOOD:
https://earlystartneighborhood.ning.com/ssip-resources/For+Parents
Take a Minute: Relationships Matter
This flyer was designed to give parents of infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities information on social and emotional development, as well as tips on how they can build strong relationships with their children to improve their children’
Communication Cards: Check Punjabi
http://www.culturaldiversity.com.au/service-providers/multilingual-resources/communication-cards
These are incredibly useful and are available for many languages
These cue cards are available in many languages and can be extremely useful.
RESOURCING PARENTS:
http://www.resourcingparents.nsw.gov.au/Resources/Cald
WEST COAST CHILD CARE CANADA:
West Coast Child Care Canada Parent Resources in multiple languages:
https://www.wstcoast.org/choosing-child-care/multilingual-brochures-parents
Children & Play
Choosing Child Care
Helping Children Learn
Knowing About Child Care Choices
CHILDREN’S SONGS/RHYMES IN PUNJABI:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2BpF8jq1aGbNLKeFU6K-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU6SHbpj5A8
http://sikhville.org/blog/top-punjabi-poems-kids-rhymes-children/
INFORMATION ABOUT HEARING LOSS IN PUNJABI:
http://soundingboard.earfoundation.org.uk/resources/?cat=9&sub_cat_id=0&page=141
NATIONAL DEAF CHILDREN’S SOCIETY: Punjabi
The NDCS has a new booklet called Who Am I? Parent to Parent Being the parent of a teenager can be both testing and rewarding. For parents of a deaf teenager there can be additional challenges. In this publication young people and their parents offer advice to other parents based on their own experiences. This version is in Punjabi.
The NDCS has produced a leaflet called Family Support – Punjabi which outlines the services offered by Freephone Helpline, family officers, benefits appeals advisers and education appeals advisers.
The NDCS has produced a DVD called Communication Begins at Home which follows six young deaf children aged three years or below and looks at how their families communicate with them on a typical day. It is also available in Punjabi.
The NDCS has produced a DVD called All Together in which grandparents, fathers and siblings share their thoughts and feelings about having a deaf child in their family. A number of family activities are shown and activity cards are included in the pack. It is available in Punjabi.
The NDCS has produced a DVD called Positive Parenting which includes information on self-esteem (for children and parents), behaviour management, communication, play and reading, and wider family contact and community. It also includes stories from black and minority ethnic (BME) families of deaf children talking about their own experiences of parenting. This has a voice over in Punjabi.
There is a book about Early Support with Cochlear Implants which was translated into Punjabi by the Nottingham Cochlear Implant Programme and The Ear Foundation. This booklet can now be downloaded free from The Ear Foundation website.
Early Support in Punjabi
The DVD “Cochlear Implants for Deaf Babies and Young Children” produced for Early Support by The Ear Foundation has an accompanying booklet in Urdu and Punjabi. For more information on this video go to www.earlysupport.org.uk
The NDCS also produced a booklet in Punjabi called Understanding deafness: An introductory guide to different types of deafness and hearing tests which can be downloaded from their website. You can also download an English version
The NDCS has also produced a booklet called ‘Helping Your Deaf Child to Learn’ which is available in Punjabi. It comes in two parts and has been written to support parents in helping their child to learn. Parents of deaf children have contributed the information, activities, hints and tips.
In addition the NDCS also produce a DVD called ‘Communication Matters’. It is available with subtitles in Punjabi. Good communication is essential to developing confidence and success and enables deaf children and young people to be part of their families and the world around them. In this DVD Asian children, young people and their families talk about deafness and communication and share the strategies they use at home to foster communication. For more information go to this page on the NDCS website.
DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES FOR FAMILIES PARENTS
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES:
https://www.firstwords.ca/translated-resources
Speech and Language Developmental Milestones at ages: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 30 months of age, 3, 4, 5 years
Baby and toddler Speech and Language Milestones
Preschool Speech and Language Milestones
INFORMATION ABOUT DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS
RESOURCES FROM MEDEL IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES:
https://www.medel.com/en-us/support/rehab/rehabilitation-downloads
Parent information in multiple languages on hearing, hearing loss, ear infections, health care of newborns and young children:
MEDLINE:
Health Information on the Medlineplus website in multiple languages.
https://medlineplus.gov/languages/languages.html
Browse health information in multiple languages, arranged by language. You can also browse this information by health topic.
- Punjabi(ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)
KIDS NEW TO CANADA:
https://www.kidsnewtocanada.ca/care/parent-info
About Kids Health:
Go to the top of the website to choose the language
ROYAL CHILDREN
https://www.rch.org.au/immigranthealth/translated/Translated_resources/
Health Information Translations:
https://www.healthinfotranslations.org/