Face to Face Time with Our Children

Face to Face Time with Our Children

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. It’s imperative that parents spend face-to-face time with their children because that is how children learn. In this video, Maureen explains that there is no such thing as an interactive television show. Parents need to engage and communicate with their child.

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Children Need More than One Cheerleader in Their Life

Children Need More than One Cheerleader in Their Life

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. Children need more than one cheerleader in their life. Kamloops is a community that provides a vast list of resources for children. The more supportive people we have involved and surrounding children and parents, the better our community will be.

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Early Literacy Skills

Early Literacy Skills

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. Attachment is key for learning. For the first six months in a child’s life, face to face contact is the most important aspect of learning.

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It's as Simple as Going Outside and Looking Around

It's as Simple as Going Outside and Looking Around

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. Early literacy and learning is as easy as exploring outside with your child. Children have a tendency to ask questions and are very curious about the world. Talking with your child and exposing them to different things, is the key to early learning. Maureen also suggests reading to your child every single day so it becomes second nature.

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Children Learn by Doing

Children Learn by Doing

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. Children learn by doing. If we involve our children in our everyday lives, it will become much easier for them to learn and they will be much happier. If we pay lots of attention to our children, it will be reciprocated.

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Lives Change Because of the Mother Goose Program

Lives Change Because of the Mother Goose Program

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. The Parent-Child Mother Goose Group is an all encompassing program in our community. It’s a free service and has accommodated many individuals. In this video, Maureen shares an example of a child that has benefited tremendously from the Mother Goose Group.

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All Parents Have the Same Problems

All Parents Have the Same Problems

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. All parents have the same challenges in raising a child. It doesn’t matter whether you’re low income or high income; children go through the same stages of childhood development. In this video, Maureen explains that parents need to get back to the basics.

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Books Can Open the World to You

Books Can Open the World to You

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. Books can open the world to you. Reading is an activity that is very soothing for children and parents. Reading creates an opportunity to have conversation. The first key to reading, is letting your child pick the book!

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We Know Our Children Best

We Know Our Children Best

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. A parent knows their child best. Parents will often have an intuitive feeling if their child is not developing at the same rate as other children. Maureen suggests parents pay attention and listen to their intuition. More often than not, the parent is right.

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Mother Goose Brings Families Together

Mother Goose Brings Families Together

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. In today’s society, it’s typical for both parents to be working. The Parent-Child Mother Goose Group brings families together. Relationship building is important for community involvement, early childhood development and raising our children.

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The Most Rewarding Thing About Being a Parent

The Most Rewarding Thing About Being a Parent

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. For Maureen, the most rewarding thing about being a parent is seeing confidence in her children. She loves watching her children interact with each other as their relationship grows.

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We Are Going to Make Mistakes

We Are Going to Make Mistakes

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. Maureen’s advice for other parents is to accept that they will make mistakes. Parents need to be open and willing to forgive themselves. We all have bad days—as long as we try our best.

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Parents Should Ask for Help

Parents Should Ask for Help

Maureen Doll is the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative Coordinator. Parents should ask for help because it's impossible to raise a child on your own. Maureen says that asking for help doesn't necessarily mean asking a professional for help. This could be a family member, friend or neighbor.

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