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The Children the Heart of the Matter Conference committee invites you to become a sponsor for our 19th annual conference that brings together parents, educators and other community members who are involved in the care and education of young children. For sponsorship opportunities please visit http://www.childcareoptions.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Sponsorship-Package-2016.pdf 

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Our annual Sidewalk Sale starts next week! Drop by for some great deals and get a head start on your Christmas shopping! The Early Years Learning Store is located in our office at #100-6846 King George Boulevard in Surrey!

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“As hard as it is to believe, there are children as young as 4 or 5 already showing signs of stress and burn-out because parents and teachers are misinformed about their educational needs.  Some have even been mis-educated to the extent that they’ve forgotten how to play.” Read the rest of this post by Janet Lansbury at: http://www.janetlansbury.com/2012/06/dont-let-your-preschoolers-forget-how-to-play/ “Don’t Let Your Preschooler Forget How to Play” post by Janet Lansbury of Elevating Child Care 

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Promoting positive mental health  Video by Canadian Paediatric Society

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Call for Presentations

Are you interested in presenting a workshop at our 19th annual Children the Heart of the Matter Conference to be held on January 15 & 16, 2016 in Surrey BC? If so download the Call for Presentations. Deadline for submissions is May 22, 2015. 

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A big thank you to everyone who helped make our 18th annual Children the Heart of the Matter Conference a great success!!! Including our sponsors:

Justice Institute of BC www.jibc.ca

Xcess Contracting www.xcesscontracting.com

BC Family Child Care Association www.bcfcca.ca

And our supporters:

David Hunter Garden Center www.davidhuntergardencenters.com

Guildford Town Centre www.guildfordtowncentre.com

The Now www.thenownewspaper.com

Sure Printers (82nd Ave) www.surecopy.com

The Surrey Leader www.surreyleader.com

And to the 2015 conference planning committee and to all the presenters and keynote speakers.

And most importantly, thanks to you, our conference participants for attending! 

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We're pleased to announce the winners from our Countdown to Conference, 6 Days of Giveaways!

Winner Day 1 of a $50.00 Gift Card to Guildford Town Centre is Ashleigh M.L. Winner Day 2 of two tickets to Dr. Laura Markham's presentation on January 16 is Christie Chrystal

Winner Day 3 of the Plasma Car Ride-on toy is Sarah Joseph

Winner Day 4 of two tickets to Dr. Laura Markham's presentation on January 16 is Coleen Berg

Winner Day 5 of the Melissa & Doug Easel Accessory Set is Sandy Leung

Winner Day 6 of the $25.00 Gift Certificate to the Early Years Learning Store is Susan Worth Winners you will receive an email from us shortly.

Thank you so much to everyone who entered! Hopefully we'll see some of you this weekend at our Children the Heart of the Matter Conference. Registration for the conference is closed but if you wanted to hear Dr. Laura Markham speak on the Friday evening, tickets will be available at the door. More details can be found on our website at www.childcareoptions.ca

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Check out our Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Article in The Now Newspaper!!! The planning and delivery of this hugely popular and affordable conference has resulted from the collaboration and partnerships of a number of local organizations and service providers. As well as  the generous contributions from this years sponsors:Justice Institute of British Columbia www.jibc.caXcess Contracting www.xcesscontracting.comBritish Columbia Family Child Care Association www.bcfcca.ca Thank you everyone! #CHOM #conference #workshops #training #community #peacefulparent #parents #ECE #earlychildhoodeducators #careproviders#childcareproviders #children #families #ccrr #Surreybc

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Countdown to Conference! It's the last day! Day 6 of our 6 Days of Giveaways is here! For your chance to win today's giveaway, a $25 Gift Certificate to the Early Years Learning Store, simply enter here: http://is.gd/vREpI6 You must follow the steps and click completed after each item. The more items you complete, the more entries you receive. Good Luck! **Prizes will need to be picked up from Child Care Options, #100-6846 King George Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada

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Countdown to Conference! Day 5 of our 6 Days of Giveaways is here! For your chance to win today's giveaway, a Melissa & Doug Easel Accessory Set, simply enter here: http://is.gd/vREpI6 You must follow the steps and click completed after each item. The more items you complete, the more entries you receive. Good Luck! **Prizes will need to be picked up from Child Care Options, #100-6846 King George Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada

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Countdown to Conference! Day 4 of our 6 Days of Giveaways is here! For your chance to win today's giveaway, two tickets to Dr. Laura Markham's presentation on January 16,  simply enter here: http://is.gd/vREpI6 You must follow the steps and click completed after each item. The more items you complete, the more entries you receive. Good Luck! **Prizes will need to be picked up from Child Care Options, #100-6846 King George Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada

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Countdown to Conference! Day 3 of our 6 Days of Giveaways is here! For your chance to win today's giveaway, a Plasma Car ride-on Toy, simply enter here: http://is.gd/vREpI6 You must follow the steps and click completed after each item. The more items you complete, the more entries you receive. Good Luck! **Prizes will need to be picked up from Child Care Options, #100-6846 King George Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada

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Countdown to Conference! Day 2 of our 6 Days of Giveaways is here! For your chance to win today's giveaway, two tickets to see Dr. Laura Markham's presentation on January 16th, simply enter here: http://is.gd/vREpI6 You must follow the steps and click completed after each item. The more items you complete, the more entries you receive. Good Luck! **Prizes will need to be picked up from Child Care Options, #100-6846 King George Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada

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Countdown to Conference! 6 Days of Giveaways starts today! For your chance to win the giveaway, simply click here! You must follow the steps and click completed after each item. The more items you complete, the more entries you receive. Good Luck! **Prizes will need to be picked up from Child Care Options, #100-6846 King George Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada

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Countdown to Conference!

We're excited to announce our 6 Days of Giveaways! We know the holidays are over but we thought it would be fun to continue the spirit of giving with all of you. We're giving you the chance to win some great prizes! Check back everyday for the next six days and find out what we're giving away each day! You don't want to miss out on these great prizes.

Here's a sneak peak in no particular order of the giveaways that you have to look forward to:

  Plasma Car ride-on toy

Two tickets to Dr. Laura Markham's talk: Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

Guildford Town Centre Gift Card

Melissa & Doug Easel Accessory Set 

Early Years Learning Store Gift Certificate

  We can't wait to share more with you tomorrow, so be sure to check out the blog!

  **Prizes will need to be picked up from Child Care Options, #100-6846 King George Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada 

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Check out this wonderful collection of play research on YouTube. There are 13 videos from leading play researchers that highlight the importance of play for later life success. Playground Ideas curated this collection of YouTube videos.

Playground Ideas is an Australian non-profit organization that designs and suppports communities to build play spaces for the world;s most disadvantaged children. View the collection.