Grab Bag Instructions: Collect items to create your own grab bags for interactive discussions with prenatal moms. Print and laminate the comments about each item for repeat use.
Grab Bag Labels for Parts 1 & 2: Download and print the labels to place on your container that holds the grab bag activities to spark discussion about the developing babies for Parts 1 and 5 of the Prenatal Education Program.
Prenatal women can use this worksheet to think about how they envision the births of their babies. They can take this completed sheet with them when they go in to labour to help communicate their desires.
Prenatal women can use this worksheet to help make their plans for labour and delivery.
Be a sugar detective! Too much sugar can be bad for you. Unfortunately, sugar can be “hidden” on a food label under many different names. Watch out for these words on the ingredient list.
Did you know? Eggs are a budget-friendly source of high-quality protein? They are also a source of zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D, folate, riboflavin and vitamin B6.
Did you know? High iron foods include meats as well as meat alternatives such as beans, lentils and eggs.
Point of decision prompts seek to nudge individuals towards healthier choices in the moments when they are choosing and have been shown to increase the number of times the behaviour suggested on the prompt is chosen. For example, a point of decision prompt placed next to the elevator call button that suggests taking the stairs instead increases the chance that an individual approaching the elevator will chose the active option to get from one floor to another.
Download and post this set of 19 physical activity prompts in your school, workplace and community to encourage simple, every day ways to be more active.
Click the image to download the Point of Decision PDF Prompts
This poster features the image of a 6 month old infant drinking water from an open cup. Drinking from an open beginning at 6 months helps infants with speech development, achieving a healthy weight and reduced the likelihood of cavities. Learning to drink with water helps infants develop health eating patterns and makes for easy clean up as they learn and spill. Share this poster in clinics, early childhood centres and community spaces where parents and caregivers gather to encourage the use of an open cup.
This pamphlet shares information about how and why to teach infants to drink from an open cup at 6 months of age. Drinking from an open beginning at 6 months helps infants with speech development, achieving a healthy weight and reduces the likelihood of cavities. Learning to drink with water helps infants develop health eating patterns and makes for easy clean up as they learn and spill.
The Workplace Physical Activity Toolkit is a step-by step guide to establishing a workplace that encourages employees to be physically active. Creating such a workplace requires a combination of practices, programs, places and policies that together create an environment and organizational culture of healthy, active living.
Positive youth development is an evidence-based approach to helping young people group up strong and resilient, based on building relationships with the young people around you and helping them to find opportunities to learn, grow and give back to the community. The Building Vibrant Youth Video Series showcases examples of northern Saskatchewan adults using the approach to support youth in their communities to educate audiences about positive youth development and to inspire others to do the same.
