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Click to open document	It’s Child’s Play This article from ETFO’s VOICE magazine outlines the importance of a play based curriculum for young children. It may be reproduced.
Click to open document	Starting School This brochure was produced for distribution to parents as their children enter the public school system. Copies may be ordered from ETFO’s shopETFO.
Click to open document	New to the Early Years… Teaching and learning in Kindergarten is not the same as in other grades. This flyer was developed to assist teachers new to kindergarten to make important decisions about appropriate programming for young learners.
Click to open document	Play Makes Program Unique In this issue of VOICE the August conference, welcoming DECE’s into the ETFO family was profiled.
Click to open document	Playing is Learning This pamphlet is designed to promote play-based learning, not just in primary grades but in all grades. In it, ETFO outlines the reasons play-based learning is important. Please share this pamphlet with your staff and with your school council.

Ministry Documents

Click to open document	Early Learning for Every Child Today – a Framework for Ontario’s Early Childhood Settings This document from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services provides both a theoretical framework for setting up appropriate programs for young children and a developmental continuum. It is to be used in conjunction with the Kindergarten program in Kindergarten classrooms.
Click to open document	The Kindergarten Program This curriculum document to be used to guide a teacher’s programming for Junior and Senior Kindergarten children. It is to be supplemented with the ELECT document.
Click to open document	Supporting English Language Learners in Kindergarten: A practical guide for Ontario educators This document has been designed as a resource for teachers, administrators, and other school staff as they support ELLs in achieving the overall expectations of the Kindergarten program.
Click to open document	The Full-Day Early Learning – Kindergarten Program. For those schools who are part of the Full Day Early Learning initiative, this draft curriculum document was developed to kink curriculum expectations with play-based activities. It is an excellent resource to guide all early years educators.
Click to open document	Full-Day Early Learning–Kindergarten Program, The Extended-Day Program. This resource offers succinct background information for educators on the new directions in Kindergarten programs across Ontario.
Click to open document	Full-Day Early Learning–Kindergarten Program, for Four- and Five-Year-Olds. This resource offers succinct background information for educators on the new directions in Kindergarten programs across Ontario.
Click to open document	with Our Best Future in mind Implementing Early Learning in Ontario – Pascal Report. The Pascal report was presented to the government in June of 2009 and has been the catalyst for the full day early learning initiative.