"When we get it right for our kids, we get it right for all of us"
Tim Sale, founding chair of Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet
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Early Childhood Education
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Research clearly indicates that a child’s early years are critical to lifelong development. Providing children with a strong start in the early years will result in positive outcomes for families, communities and the province as a whole.
The Early Childhood Education Unit provides leadership and support to school divisions in the area of early learning for children up to age 8 years. Through a collaborative approach, the unit partners with school divisions, other government departments (provincial, federal), Early Learning and Child Care, educational stakeholder groups, and parents to promote developmentally appropriate programming and services that help to prepare children for successful school entry and optimal learning in the early years.
The unit monitors and supports Education grants, including Early Childhood Development Initiative and Early Literacy Intervention Grant .
Another responsibility of the unit is to provide statistical and research support to Manitoba Education, and to help connect research and data to practice, in particular related to the use of Early Development Instrument (EDI) data to improve programming and student success in early years education.
Early Childhood Education Unit Brochure (
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The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Unit mandate is to increase the connection between early childhood education and the formal Kindergarten to Grade 12 education system. Our goals are to increase children's readiness for school and to support their success in the early years.
What's New!
Learning Fair for Manitoba Kindergarten Teachers
Early Childhood Education Bibliography ( 501 KB)
Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators ( 5.78 MB)
This report highlights (Pages 338-342) how early childhood education is associated with better performance later on in school.
CMEC Statement on Play-Based Learning ( 575 KB)
At the recent World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, organizers, keynote speakers, scientists, experts, and political figures underscored the enormous benefits of early learning.
To receive occasional email updates from the ECE Unit regarding current early childhood development information please contact Debra Mayer.
