Childcare Educators - Early Years Outreach
Early Years Outreach is a Middlesex-London Health Unit program that supports Early Childhood Educators and childcare professionals in London and Middlesex County through e-Newsletters, virtual presentations, learning opportunities and online information and resources.

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eNewsletter
Subscribe to the Middlesex-London Health Unit Early Years Outreach Email Updates and Alerts. Updates are sent out every month and on an “as needed” basis.
Previously Sent eNewsletters
Developmental Checklist and Resources:
Look See Checklist by ndds
The Electronic Look See Checklist by Nipissing District Developmental Screen is a developmental checklist that follows your child from one month of age to six years. It provides a snapshot in time of your child's development, and a starting point for discussion with a health/child care professional.
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Developmental Resources
Early Child Development Resources for Parents
Early Child Development
This section of our website is geared towards parents and caregivers of babies and young children. It has great information, videos and resources about the building blocks of early child development such as physical activity, attachment, literacy, brain development, and more. Here, you can also discover information about the Middlesex-London Community Early Years Partnership. These resources are also useful for childcare educators.
Healthy Eating
Ontario Dietitians in Public Health (ODPH) Child Care Healthy Eating Resources
These child care nutrition resources were created to support child care providers across Ontario in planning and preparing healthy food for children in their care. They reflect current best practices for creating supportive nutrition environments in the child care setting and will help providers meet the food and drink requirements set out in the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 (section 42 of Ont. Reg. 137/15).
Diététistes en santé publique de l’Ontario Ressources en français
Ces ressources sur la nutrition pour les services de garde d’enfants ont été développées dans le but d’aider les fournisseurs de services de garde à planifier et à préparer des aliments sains pour les enfants sous leurs soins. Elles reflètent les pratiques exemplaires courantes pour la création d’environnements alimentaires sains dans les services de garde et aideront les fournisseurs de services de garde à respecter les exigences relatives aux aliments et boissons de la Loi de 2014 sur la garde d’enfants et la petite enfance (article 42 du Règl. de l’Ont. 137/15).
Immunization Requirement Resources
Non-COVID Immunization Resources:
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies:
Infectious Diseases
A Guide to Common Infections
Various types of infections, signs and symptoms, how it's spread, when it’s contagious, when to exclude from school and if it's is reportable to public health. Please note that this was written prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and to follow the COVID-19 guidance documents below regarding any COVID-19 symptoms.
COVID-19 Guidance Documents and Resources for Child Care Centres
Find COVID-19 guidance documents and resources child care centres.
Webinars/Presentations (recordings)
Previously Sent eNewsletters and New Alerts:
- May 5, 2022
- April 12, 2022
- March 18, 2022
- February 24, 2022
- February 16, 2022
- February 10, 2022
- January 26, 2022
- January 13, 2022
- January 10, 2022
- January 7, 2022
- January 6, 2022
- December 29, 2021
- December 21, 2021
- December 16, 2021
- December 9, 2021
- November 17, 2021
- October 15, 2021
- September 22, 2021
- September 15, 2021
- September 7, 2021
Date of creation: March 20, 2014
Last modified on: May 5, 2022