Description:
This BRIEFing NOTE is about multi-age grouping (also called mixed-age or family groupings) in early childhood programs. It is written to inform the dialogue about a proposal by the Ontario government to introduce regulations for multi-age grouping models in the province. It provides details and context for the proposals, briefly reviews pertinent research literature on multi-age grouping and examines-how multi-age settings are regulated in other jurisdictions. The importance of ratios, group sizes and ECE training in multi-age grouping is explored. This BRIEFing NOTE concerns just one aspect of the package of regulation changes proposed by the Ontario government. For more information on these proposals see CRRU's January 2014 Briefing Note Proposed changes to child care regulations - Ontario 2014 and the Ontario government's backgrounder. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Country:
Canada