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Pleasure and benefits of gardening with children

June 25, 2019June 24, 2019

Summer is here and gardens everywhere are growing. If you have a garden, getting children involved in its maintenance is a great way to get them physically active while developing their interest in vegetables and fruits. Here are some benefits of gardening with your children: Gardening is great physical activity! Digging, planting, spreading compost or …

How to be active in the rain

February 17, 2020June 5, 2018

Just because it’s raining doesn’t mean you have to stay indoors. Here are some ways on how the whole family can be active outside on rainy days: Jump in puddles. Jump over puddles, jump around puddles. Splash each other. Make paper boats and sail them down the sidewalk drain. Catch raindrops in creative ways – …

How to nurture a Healthy start with active play!

February 17, 2020May 14, 2018

Physical literacy is the ability and confidence to move and participate in physical activity in a variety of environments. It is an important part of a child’s development that can be overlooked due to their young age. It is never too early to start age-appropriate physical activity movements that can strengthen a child’s ability to …

How to eat more whole grains at home

December 27, 2019March 16, 2018

Do you think your child eats the recommended amount of whole grains
every day? Canadian guidelines recommend that half of the grain products we eat in a day
should be whole grains. Here are some ways to gradually increase whole grains in the diet.

Cooking and Learning with Children

February 17, 2020March 1, 2018

Cooking is a wonderful learning opportunity for children. Don’t be afraid to invite children in the kitchen to help you. Whether it’s at home, at the childcare centre or in the classroom, children have so much to gain from preparing meals and snacks.. Encouraging children to help you in the kitchen will increase their knowledge …

Make this year’s holiday celebration active!

February 17, 2020January 26, 2018

Looking for ways to spice up family celebrations this holiday season? Why not add some physical activity! Gather all of your family members and go caroling throughout the neighborhood, go skating or tobogganing or even go on a nature scavenger hunt. The LEAP™ HOP Family Resource has a lot of great ideas your whole family …

Active games for your Halloween party

February 17, 2020January 26, 2018

Need some ideas on how to keep the kids active during your Halloween party? Check out these great ideas from Active for Life: Monster Freeze Dance – Put on “Monster Mash” or other seasonal tunes. Have the children show off their silliest monster dance moves, but they must freeze in place when the music stops. …

Engaging parents in health and wellness – what are some proven practices we can learn from?

February 17, 2020April 25, 2017

Healthy Start / Départ Santé will be collaborating with an organization based in Kelowna called The Bridge and delivering the Healthy Together program.

A new phase of parent participation

February 17, 2020February 21, 2017

We know parent engagement parent, involvement, parent contribution – are all important concepts in promoting health and wellness of young children. Healthy Start made no exception in developing its evidenced based programming for early learning settings, by including a parent awareness component. But how do we best engage parents – who we know are busy …

Pleasure and benefits of gardening with children

How to be active in the rain

How to nurture a Healthy start with active play!

How to eat more whole grains at home

Cooking and Learning with Children

Make this year’s holiday celebration active!

Active games for your Halloween party

Engaging parents in health and wellness – what are some proven practices we can learn from?

A new phase of parent participation

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