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     society and to create a 
     
     milieu in which children's 
     
     activities, creativity, 
     
     imagination, ideas and 
     
     ' thinking can be widely 
     
     portrayed and demonstrated; 
     
     d) to recognize and enhance 
     
     the role of parents and the- 
     
     act of parenting, and to 
     
     find ways and means to 
     
     support partnthood and the 
     
     family in Canadian 
     
     society; and 
     
     e) to enhance in children 
     
      concept of their personal 
     
     identity and worth as 
     
     individuals belonging to 
     
     a given cultural, linguis— 
     
     tic, religious, social or 
     
     ethnic group and to the 
     
     Canadian and world 
     
     ccmmnmities. 
     
    

    
     The Commission is planning 
     
     a year—long program 
     
     centered on the theme, 
     
     "Come Share with Die". The 
     
     theme represents the child's 
     
     invitation to share with 
     
     him in his world, to bring 
     
     what we have and stand with 
     
     him, seeing the world 
     
     afresh through his eyes, 
     
     and adding his vision to 
     
     our om experience. The 
     
     members of the Commission 
     
     believe that Canadian 
     
    
   
   
    
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     daildren are articulate, 
     
     lively and creative and 
     
     would like to’ know what they 
     
     have to say about a world > 
     
     that is now cannon to us all 
     
     but in whid'1 they will still 
     
     be living after we have 
     
     gone. To help the sharing 
     
     process the Commission has 
     
     given eadi month a focus 
     
    
   
   
    
     around which issues and 
     
     concerns can be centered. 
     
     The monthly themes are: 
     
    
   
   
    
     January - The Giild as Person 
     
     February - 'Ihe Giild as 
     
     Citizen 
     
     Mardi - The Child as Creator 
     
     April — The Child, Nature 
     
     and the Environment 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     on, etc. After these 
     
     activities they have a 
     
     free play period in which 
     
     they play with the various 
     
     equipment that is there for 
     
     their use. Most of the 
     
     ' equiprent is borrowed from 
     
     the Early Giildhood Educ— 
     
     aticn lending library as 
     
     the Centre is not financi— 
     
     ally able to pay for 
     
     equipment of its own. 
     
    

    
     After lunch, a meal 
     
     consisting of something 
     
     such as soup, sandwid'i 
     
     and dessert provided by 
     
     Beaver Foods, the children 
     
     take a nap until 2:00 p.m. 
     
     After their nap, they 
     
     participate again in the 
     
     same type of program as in] 
     
     the morning. . 
     
    

    
     The Katimav1k Program is 
     
     now building some outdoor 
     
     equipment for the children. 
     
     This equipment consists of 
     
     a fort, a raft, and a 
     
     sandaox. In later spring, 
     
     they will be planting a garden. 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
     Carolyn 
     
     like to ride the tractor. 
     
    
   
   
    
     May — The Health and Well- 
     
     Being of the Guild and 
     
     the Family 
     
    

    
     June — The Exceptional Guild 
     
    

    
     July — The Guild's Right to. 
     
     Belong 
     
    

    
     August — The Child at Play 
     
    

    
     September - The Child as 
     
     learner and Worker 
     
    

    
     October — The Guild as 
     
     Neighbour 
     
    

    
     November - The Guild, Books 
     
     and the Media 
     
    

    
     December — The Gaild, the 
     
     Family, the Community, 
     
     and the World. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'Jhe Minister of Health and 
     
     Welfare Canada, the Hon. 
     
     ani'que Begin, has released 
     
     $1,000,000.00 to the ‘ 
     
     Commission to fund I.Y.C. 
     
     projects. Any individual 
     
     or community group interested 
     
     in developing a special 
     
     I.Y.C. activity or program 
     
     with, for or about children, 
     
     can apply to the Secretariat 
     
     for funds. Application 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
            
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     forms and general information 
     
     concerning project funding 
     
    

    
     can be obtained by writing 
     
    

    
     the Secretariat or various 
     
    

    
     Commission members. 
     
    

    
     Adults are urged to 
     
     consider the ways in which 
     
     you can enrich the liws 
     
     of children this year - 
     
     your own, the drildren of 
     
    
   
   
    
     your friends and your 
     
     community, the children of 
     
    
   
   
    
     our country and the 
     
    
   
   
    
     children of the world. 
     
     Befriend them. Take the 
     
     time to listen to them, 
     
    

    
     to think about them, to 
     
     care for them, to work 
     
     with them and to have fun 
     
     with them. If you want to 
     
     be involved in a project, 
     
     and do not have one of 
     
     your own, offer your ser- 
     
     vices to an organization 
     
     that already has a project. 
     
     The Island representative 
     
     on the Canadian Commission 
     
     for I.Y.C. is Jerry 
     
     Sutton who works out of 
     
     the Dept. of Social 
     
     Services. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The real test of the 
     
     Year will be the differ— 
     
     ence it makes in the lives 
     
     of children in the years 
     
     to come. Will drildren 
     
     remain at the centre of 
     
     world concern? Will there 
     
     be a progressive improve- 
     
     ment in the global record 
     
     of implementing the 
     
     rights of children? r11'1e 
     
     Commission will define 
     
     some ways of maintaining 
     
     children in the national 
     
     consciousness. The rest 
     
     will be up to you. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Jenniferr 
     
     I like the stove the best. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Ilike the doll carriage.