Resources

• Columbia College Child Care and Early Education Parent Handbook (Revised March 2018)

Interesting Articles/Websites

Food, Nutrition, and Health

• Drug Dangers
• Hernia Mesh Lawsuit
• Health Canada - Healthy Eating After School - Integrating healthy eating into after-school physical activity initiatives
• Canada Food Guide
• EPA - Smoke Free Homes
• The Quit Smoking Community
• Today's Parent Magazine
• Back-To-School Guide: How To Stay Organized, Healthy, And Sane This Year

Getting Active

• Kid's Health Article on Keeping Kids Active
• Web MD - Kid Fitness: When you Child Won't Exercise
• NHS Choices - 10 Ways to Get Active with your Kids
• HealthyChildren.org - Encouraging your Child to be Physically Active

Imagination and Play

• Kathy Eugster - Encouraging Children to Play Imaginatively and Creatively
• Canadian Living - 10 Ways to Encourage your Child's Imagination
• Reader's Digest - 5 Benefits of Encouraging Your Child's Imagination
• Smithsonian.com - Let the Children Play, It's Good for Them!