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S) innovators change-makers LET’S DISCUSS ONE OF THE FOUR PILLARS OF THE CEFA CURRICULUM: Y cerarchange-maker Teaching Your Child to Make a Difference SENSITIVE PERIOD OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT: PEER SOCIAL SKILLS Children are capable and competent. Children can make a difference. It is sometimes easy as adults to discount a child’s abilities. It is also important to understand that children are constantly developing their own identities based on the environment around them. Children are always listening and always watching and always learning. When children are shown respect, they learn that they are deserving of respect. When children are shown that they are capable and competent, they internalize these understandings and afford this recognition to other children. When children learn how connected our communities are, it also helps them to understand the dynamics of their own role in their communities. The Change-Makers component of the CEFA curriculum is about learning how to contribute with an astute understanding of community and a deep foundation of respect. Activities are rooted in empowering exercises and activities in collaboration, recognition, community, and the environment around them. OPEN NOW COMING SOON cefa.ca/burlington/ cefa.ca/oakville/ 289-635-2737 647-910-CEFA . . southserviceroad@cefa.ca eighthline@cefa.ca Core Education & Fine Arts 4144 South Service Rd, Burlington 1030 Eighth Line, Oakville £202 ‘Le ysn6ny ‘epsinyy | seaveg eAyeO | 2 woo-uoyeyepisul