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The Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC) "believes that purposeful play-based early learning sets the stage for future learning, health, and well-being."

Early Childhood Education
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Early Childhood Education

For Parents/Guardians

This section links parents and guardians to resources that can help you support your children during their early years (prior to starting school) and in the first years of their school journey.

Manitoba Parent Child Coalitions
A Parent Child Coalition brings together community strengths and resources within a geographic boundary through partnerships or coalitions of groups from different sectors. This approach promotes and supports community-based programs and activities for children and families with a focus on positive parenting, nutrition and physical health, literacy and learning and community capacity. View the Parent Child Programs. The parent child coalitions support existing activities and initiate new activities that reflect each community’s diversity and unique needs. There are 26 funded coalitions province-wide. See Map of Coalitions.

Recreation, Leisure and Play
Community recreation and leisure programming offers local opportunities for parents and young children to participate.