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Anita has had regular visits to our StrongStart classroom and is still available to support you!
Anita Olson works for
as Burnaby’s Early Childhood Community Consultant (ECCC).
She has been working with families and young children for well over a decade and as a parent herself recognizes the challenges, complexity and delight parenting brings. Understanding the foundational importance of infant and early childhood development, Anita shares information, strategies and practical tools with parents as they begin and continue their parental journey. Focusing on the parent/caregiver and child relationship, Anita’s work with families aims to create and preserve loving connection and curiosity.
If you are looking for parenting support: email your questions or join the daily Resource Newsletter aolson@fsgv.ca set up a virtual meeting!
phone/text Anita at 604-723-9548
I was able to visit the classroom on Friday and grab some stories and props for circle time on zoom. While I was there I took a few pictures of how beautiful it is at Second Street right now. Missing all of you!
Does this look familiar?
Across the street from StrongStart!
Missing all of you coming through
this door
to see me!
Someone who has impacted me and the way I parent is Gordon Neufeld. He has posted on YouTube a one hour session. I watched it on the weekend and it helped me personally understand stress and the change Covid has brought to our lives. It also reminded me of what is important and will help me parent in the days to come.
He was also on a question and answer panel and it was excellent as well. You will find it here:
Why is playdough important you may ask?
Believe it or not the benefits far out way the mess! Find out why playdough is important for you and your child in this article:
Recipe I use in my video and class:
2 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
2 tbsp. cream of tartar
1/4 cup oil
food colouring
2 cups boiling water
So it has been 4 weeks for some (maybe more for others) that we have been staying home to adhere to social distancing. I am sure that many of you have many tools and tricks up your sleeves to keep your little ones busy and engaged. However sometimes our tool boxes are depleted and in need of some new tools or reminders of old tools we have forgot we had!!! Another StrongStart facilitator sent me this article below and my hope is that you can find at least a few ideas that you can put in your tool box! Please don’t miss #80. It is by far my favourite!!!
87 family activities to help you avoid coronavirus cabin fever
At Second Street we are so lucky to have Ms. Su as our librarian. She has welcomed StrongStart into her Library on Monday mornings. We have enjoyed her reading to us and gifting us with songs new and old. Her love of books is evident in the way she lights up each and every time she reads aloud. Ms. Su is not reading stories from her classroom right now but rather can be found reading from home and her backyard!! She has created a website for students and families to experience books being read out loud. She has been so kind to include stories for little ones and those can be found under her StrongStart tab! Here is the link to her website!
http://www.elainesu.com/books2020.html
Dear Families,
Wow spring has been so beautiful this year and sunny. I hope you have been able to get outside to enjoy the birds, flowers, blossoms and slower pace. I have been enjoying watching my garden grow.
Spring Break feels like a long time ago!! Our classroom was renovated over Spring Break and looks amazing.
I really miss welcoming all of you into the classroom to play, sing, explore and learn together. I especially miss all of your smiles and the element of surprise as I never know who will enter my door each day. I look forward to the day we can be together in person again.
If you and your child would like to schedule a time to connect with me, please email me at Beth.bosnick@burnabyschools.ca.
Just wanted to say hi!
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