Posts Tagged ‘grit’
Today’s children are taught reading, writing and math before they start kindergarten with an emphasis on the earlier the better. We are so concerned with the intellectual development of our children that we barely touch on their social and emotional development; which is really odd considering that we human beings are affected by emotions in […]
Thanks to the generosity and local community spirit of a private corporation, Metro Label, and working with Community Liaison Officers from Toronto Police Services – Division 42, a group of schools in the Scarborough area of Toronto will now be using Tools for Life® Resources in their Early Learning classrooms. Tools for Life is […]
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Tools for Life is pleased to announce the launch of its Early Years resource for ages 2½ to 4. Informed by the Ontario Ministry of Education research resource, How Does Learning Happen?, this Early Years program supports educators in establishing a safe and trusting, play-based learning environment in the Centre where children feel they belong […]
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“If there could be anything that would best encompass the role of the Tools for Life program, it would be “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.” We at Country Hills Public School not only feel that the Tools for Life program has given us strategies in dealing with difficult times, but the ability to teach and maintain the program, year after year.”
Country Hills Public School