Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent
285 McNaughton Avenue, East N7L 2G7 Chatham, ON, Canada

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Polar Pursuit is a virtual interactive game where participants will compete against others to complete various missions, challenges and scavenger hunts. The best part is that anyone in Canada can participate from their home! You can complete the missions alone or as a small team. Once the game has ended, whichever team or individual has earned the most points by completing the game's missions wins (amazing prizes are up for grabs)! There will also be some door priz...es for the non-highest score as well. Registration is just $20 per team and all funds raised will go to support the work of Dyslexia Canada's mission to ensure that every child in Canada with dyslexia has access to a fair and equitable education. You can learn more and register here: https://www.dyslexiacanada.org//polar-pursuit-virtual-scav

Good afternoon everyone! Today is the last day in our current tutoring term. The LDACK team would like to send out a HUGE thank you to our volunteer tutors who make this program possible. Without our incredible community volunteers, we would not be able to provide this service to the families we serve, so we are very thankful In addition, we would like to send out a GREAT BIG congratulations to the students in our program for all of their hard word and academic accomplish...ments. We are so proud of you all! See you in February for our next tutoring session!

The Ministry of Education’s TVO Learn and TFO IDÉLLO, apprendre à la maison portals will continue to provide supports for students learning remotely by accessing additional educational resources developed by Ontario certified teachers. In addition, secondary students can continue to access TVO’s Independent Learning Centre (ILC) Open House and Portes ouvertes pour les cours TVO ILC in French-language, which provide access to 144 Grade 9 to 12 courses. These ILC resou...rces are designed to provide flexible learning opportunities to help students keep up with their learning or deepen their understanding of a specific subject. TVO Mathify provides free, one-on-one online support by Ontario Certified Teachers, to help students improve their math skills. Eurêka is a service available to French-language students and families that provides resources and supports for all subjects, Grades 1-12. #TVOKids #Mathify #onlinelearning #resources #ontario #elementry #secondaryschool

You are not alone, there's still people here to help during these tough times Kids Help Phone offers 24/7 counselling and referral services across the province. To use this free resource, children can call 1-800-668-6868, or text CONNECT to 686868. School Mental Health Ontario also has a number of great resources for students, parents and families on their website, click here www.smho-smso.ca. In addition, child and youth mental health agencies across the province co...ntinue to provide services. #KidsHelpPhone #mentalhealthmatters #schoolmentalhealth #ontario #learningdisabilities

Great job everyone Happy Friday! #onlinelearning #family #community #learningdisabilities #ontariocanada

Dear teachers, ECEs, EAs, tech support, school office staff, principals, and educators alike... THANK YOU for helping families through their first day of online learning and making this tough situation the best it can be. We appreciate you all very much! ....and to the parents, you're doing great! We know things are difficult right now but we will get through this together.

It's Earth day today, but every day should be Earth day!

When your child missed Tilly's Tales last Saturday so you work it into her virtual learning schedule

Hi everyone, we hope your week is off to a good start so far. As the lockdown continues, we want to thank the team at CK Public Health for all their hard work to keep us safe. It's not an easy task and we're grateful for the dedication. Let's continue to lead with kindness and compassion for each other. ... #wecandothisck #communitycare #apartbuttogether

Send us a picture of your puppet and let us know what book character you're creating, we'd love to post your work on our page Get creative and make literacy fun!

Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak

We're going WILD this morning! Come along, bring a paper bag and some white glue with you Tilly will be giving some literacy DIY ideas in this mornings episode of Tilly's Tales

Chatham-Kent Public Library is continuing Curbside Service at all library locations as of April 8, 2021. For the detailed hours of Curbside Service, please contact your local branch or visit CKPL online at www.ckpl.ca. There's one day left for Spring Break programming, offered virtually. Contact your local CKPL branch for more details. CKPL's Virtual Library is open 24/7, please visit www.ckpl.ca/virtual to learn more.

To all of our families celebrating Ramadan in Chatham-Kent, Ramadan Mubarak! If you'd like to learn more with your children about what Ramadan is and how it's celebrated around the world, check out the link below https://www.globetrottinkids.com/ramadan-information-activ/

DIY chocolate fruit pops Alphabet Mystery by Audrey Wood

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

Bring your left over Easter chocolate and your favorite fruit with you to watch this episode of Tilly's Tales from your kitchen at 10:30 am

LDAO is presenting an online workshop for parents and caregivers trying to navigate the school system. The course is called Partnering with Schools for Student Success, and promotes a collaborative approach to advocacy, based on knowledge and understanding on both sides. Explore perspectives of parents and schools, promote an understanding of the needs of students and of special education and behaviour management processes in schools, and teach strategies for successful ne...gotiation. Scenarios will be used to help illustrate the ideas presented. Read more and register for this workshop here: https://www.ldao.ca//partnering-with-schools-for-student-/ This workshop is presented in partnership with the Integra Program of the Child Development Institute.

Good morning! Join Tilly LIVE at 10am for Tilly's Tales, we`re going to get creative, and a little cold just your fingers though, don`t worry. To follow along today you will need a tray of clean snow, acrylic paint or food colouring, containers for mixing, and a dropper or paint brushes

Bunch O' Munsch book draw

Confused by all the emergency supports you can receive during the #covid19 pandemic? Visit the Financial Relief Navigator to learn what you may be eligible for: https://untdwy.org/3nl5R1F Created by Prosper Canada in partnership with and United Way Centraide Canada

Need a bed time story? Here you go! Don't worry parents, this monster book is sweet not scary. Good night and sleep tight little monsters!

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

On Saturday we had the first of two DIY Card making and Penpal workshops. The participants put together some gorgeous cards that are sure to put a smile on the faces of the residents at Maple City Retirement Residence! Thank you to Holly Snow for helping us put together these workshops and supplying such beautiful cards for the youth to make and send. Another big thank you to everyone who signed up to be a Penpal. Tonight is the second session of this workshop - if you signed up, we will see you at 6pm. We hope you all have fun! ( Pictured is one of the wonderful participants from the first workshop and her great work.)

LIVE in 10 minutes for Tilly's Tales! Sorry for the delay my friends - TillyLIVE in 10 minutes for Tilly's Tales! Sorry for the delay my friends - Tilly

Bunch O' Munsch giveaway - The Fire Station by Robert Munsch

Good morning everyone! We hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful winter weather yesterday. We have an exciting announcement to make: it is our great pleasure to welcome Erica Mahood to the LDACK team! Erica is a resident of Chatham and recently graduated from the University of Windsor with Honours, earning herself a BA in Psychology. We’ve had the opportunity to get to know her as a kind and enthusiastic person thus far and look forward to having her work with us. Welcome aboard, Erica!

Tilly will be drawing a name for the winner of The Serious Goose by Jimmy Kimmel this afternoon! Do you have a last minute silly face submission you need to get in? Hurry, hurry!

Want to win this book from Tilly's Tales today? Try the t-shirt challenge! Send in a picture of your kiddos best attempt at folding one of their shirts, the KonMari way and we'll enter them into our draw next week Here's a video tutorial https://youtu.be/CB7aLywa4PQ

Good morning Over the past couple of months, we have been very fortunate to have two volunteers help us with tutoring. These two have been generous with their time, caring to the children in the program, and dedicated to our organization. To Allie and Cindy, we extend an enormous THANK YOU to you both, from all of us here at LDACK as well as the families in our programs. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

Tilly's Tales - Kiki & Jax by Marie Kondo

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Good morning! Join Tilly at 10am and listen in as she reads Kiki & Jax, written by Marie Kondo. This book is sure to spark joy See you soon for this sweet, and very organized story!

Today we said goodbye to Emilie Paul, who completed her last day working on our team here at the Learning Disabilities Association of C-K. While we are sad to have her leave the team, we’re thrilled to see her off on her new adventure as she opens her own practice, Interconnection Equine Assisted Therapy, where she’ll be offering Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) and animal assisted talk therapy. Emilie is a Canadian Certified Counsellor from Chatham-Kent, recently graduating from Yorkville University with a masters degree in Counseling Psychology. Her passion for helping others is abundant and made visible by her time spent helping children achieve their academic goals in our program and now to help others find peace within themselves in her own practice. Best of luck in your newest adventure, Emilie!

Our Annual General Meeting has been rescheduled to November 26, 2020, which means you haven't missed it! We want YOU to join us in this conference call from 6 til 6:30pm, members and the public are welcome to attend. You can even wear your slippers RSVP by Facebook Messenger, e-mail: [email protected], or phone: 519-352-2024 to receive your participant code. We hope to see you then!

Hey everyone! We have two more funny face submissions to post for the Tilly's Tales book draw taking place later this week. Thank you for sending us in your cool creations Holton and Shadyn, very creative and great use of those loose parts!

The Serious Goose book draw

UPDATE: Congratulations Holton! You're our winner! Tilly will be drawing a name for the winner of The Serious Goose by Jimmy Kimmel this afternoon! Do you have a last minute silly face submission you need to get in? Hurry, hurry!