Founded in culture : Strategies to promote early learning among First Nations children in Ontario

FOUNDED IN CULTURE: Strategies To Promote Early Learning Among First Nations Children In Ontario FOUNDED IN CULTURE: Strategies To Promote Early Learning Among First Nations Children In Ontario FOUNDED IN CULTURE: Strategies To Promote Early Learning Among First Nations Children In Ontario 1 2 FOUNDED IN CULTURE: Strategies To Promote Early Learning Among First Nations Children In Ontario TabLE OF [...] The following key concepts and strategies emerged from the review: How to define early learning •. Key informants define early learning as a developmental process that begins at conception and continues to age 6. •. Aboriginal early learning is holistic and includes developing the intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of a person. [...] The resource was developed through: •. a scan of the early learning literature related to First Nations children in Ontario; and •. key informant interviews with experts working in education, Aboriginal organizations, Aboriginal child care facilities, and Aboriginal early learning programs in Ontario. [...] FOUNDED IN CULTURE: Strategies To Promote Early Learning Among First Nations Children In Ontario 11 The goal of the off-reserve Aboriginal CAPC program is to: •. strengthen families and communities; and •. support community development and healing. [...] Connections to extended family and the community The extended family continues to play an important role in the raising of Aboriginal children as evidenced in the Aboriginal Children’s Survey.