CCS Montreal
451 rue de l'Eglise H4G 2M6 Montreal, QC, Canada

So many great things to do this winter in Montreal! Need indoor and outdoor March Break events? Check out Montreal Families for more ideas!

Excellent news! People aged 70 and over can now get the COVID-19 Vaccine. Go to https://portal3.clicsante.ca/ to make an appointment or call 514-644-4545.

Thank you to everyone involved in augmenting the important contribution of Blacks to Québec Canada. Until next year!

More exciting events coming your way from CCS! We are so excited to be offering a three-part Wellness Workshop with LaSalle-based Naturotherapist Crystal Baran. Join us over Zoom Sunday March 7, March 14, and 21 from 11:30AM - 1PM to chat healthy eating, movement, and mindfulness! Register here https://foodmoodfitnessworkshopseries.eventbrite.ca Questions? Contact Antoinette @ [email protected].

Quebec is ramping up the vaccination campaign! Mass vaccination has begun for folks 85 years and older. More details herehttps://www.quebec.ca//progress-of-the-covid-19-vaccinati/

It's wonderful that CCS Family Programs were able to resume last week, with small group sizes and strict COVID-19 protocol. Our educators are thrilled to reconnect with parents and their little ones!

Local Author of "Stay Safe Little One" reads a very special story about Covid-19

Survey on how the pandemic is affecting young children and their parents: more family time, but increasing challenges Although the pandemic has created some positive changes in several families’ pace of life, it has also created many challenges for parents. Those were among the results of a survey conducted by the Léger firm and made public by the Early Childhood Observatory during Early Childhood Week. 68% of the parents surveyed considered that being a parent is more stres...sful now than before the pandemic. To read more about the study visit: http://grandesemaine.com//survey-on-how-the-pandemic-is-a/

Featured in our newsletter this month: Activities to help get outside, and when it simply is not possible to play outside, bring the outdoors in. Five Senses Fall Scavenger Hunt: Sick of Scavenger Hunts yet? Us neither! We love this one from CBC Parents: https://www.cbc.ca//p/view/printable-autumn-scavenger-hunt Shapes Walk: This is a great way to keep kids engaged on walks to the grocery store, to school, a hike, or simply a visit to the local park, and bonus, squeeze ...in some some math! What geometric shapes (circles, squares, rectangles, triangles etc.) can you find outside? How many of each kind? https://buggyandbuddy.com/math-kids-finding-shapes-playgro/ Mud painting + Mud Kitchen: An easy way to paint outdoors! Grab some empty yogurt tubs, old spoons or other unused kitchen utensils, paintbrushes, and paper (or leftover cardboard boxes). Scoop up some mud and use it as paint. Even if it hasn’t rained, you can add some water to the dirt to get the same effect. If your kiddo is sensitive to textures, gloves can help them feel more at ease. This may end up turning into a mud kitchen, another fun, free outdoor activity! https://thimbleandtwig.com/mud-kitchen-play-ideas-for-kids/ Magic Potions: Halloween may be over but the magic lives on. We love this idea from Run Wild My Child: Give each kid a jar and let them collect their items. Once they have all their ingredients, add about a cup full of vinegar, a squirt of dish soap and a few drops of food colouring. Swirl everything around. Then top with a spoonful of baking soda to get the potion brewing and bubbling! Make sure to do all this outside, because it does get messy! https://runwildmychild.com/fall-outdoor-activities-for-kids/ If it is simply too cold for an outdoor adventure, check out this list of ways to bring the outdoors inside: https://lovevery.com//outdoor-activities-you-can-bring-in/ To read the full newsletter: https://mailchi.mp//supporting-families-during-the-covid-1 Don't miss our free workshop for parents on winter outdoor play: gearing up for the outdoors, activity ideas, safety, and sharing resources. https://bit.ly/LetsPlayOutsideWorkshop

CCS is offering a FREE 3-month subscription to Kids Cook Real Food! Kids Cook Real Food is an online video eCourse connecting families to healthy food by helping kids master basic cooking skills. Families will have access to all 32 lesson videos aimed at different age groups for three months.... Includes PDF lesson plans for each skill, printable flash cards to improve memory. Recommended by the Wall street journal as a top cooking class for kids and featured in Huffington post, Tasty, Amazon Kindle top 100 list, Buzzfeed and many others. Please contact Deborah Radcliffe-Branch at [email protected] or call 514-503-1552 to get your FREE PASS.

: CCS is celebrating the 5th edition of Early Childhood Week from November 15th to 21st, 2020. An adorable interview to bring to light an important parenting challenge, now more relevant than ever: work-life balance.

Let's Play Outside! A Free workshop for parents on winter outdoor play: gearing up for the outdoors, activity ideas, safety, and sharing resources. Join Forest and Nature School Practitioner Megan Cohoe-Kenney as she chats all things winter: how to dress to stay warm, ways to motivate our little ones to get outside, outdoor games and activities, and how to stay safe in the cold. After working outdoors for many years and supporting outdoor play in her community, Megan has... all kinds of tricks to share to make winter not only bearable but actually enjoyable. To register visit https://bit.ly/LetsPlayOutsideWorkshop For more information, please contact Megan Cohoe-Kenney at [email protected] or 514-825-6976