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The habit of drinking water is acquired from the age of 6 months, when you can start giving baby sips.
While toddlers often make their appetites clear to us, thirst often goes unnoticed.
World Water Day and Canadian Water Week
March 22 marks World Water Day and Canadian Water Week runs from March 22-26. Two good reasons to teach our children the importance of staying hydrated with the best drink for their he alth, water.
Did you know there is a free, he althy and super fun challenge to encourage kids to drink more water? From March 22 to 26, we celebrate water in all CPEs, daycares and family daycares thanks to the Rigol’eau Challenge, an initiative of theCoalition Poids . Playful and educational material including promotional posters, activity kits and certificates to entertain children while teaching them the importance of drinking water, especially at lunchtime, are available at soifdesante. ca/cpe-garderie.
In 2020,700 educational childcare services were ready to participate in the Rigol’eau Challenge for a total of 40,000 toddlers!
This year, invite your CPE/daycare center to register for free by March 19, 2021 by filling out the following form. By registering, CPEs/daycare centers become eligible for the draw for numerous sets of cooking equipment. Price includes cutting boards, child-friendly wooden knives, water dispensers and more, including making flavored waters with kids.
Before the challenge, the daycare can hang posters everywhere to involve parents and consult the tools available to them to take up the challenge.
During the week, the educators will be able to organize the activities planned by the challenge in addition to offering a glass of water to each child to accompany their lunch so that everyone can do a Tchin-tchin.
On the last day of the challenge, each child will receive their personalized participation certificate that they can take home to continue practicing this good habit as a family. New in 2021
On the menu this year, some great new items for even more pleasure, including:
The Rigol'eau song for toddlers that highlights the importance and pleasure of drinking water. (Available very soon at soifdesante.ca/cpe-garderie)
Mr. FunWater Challenge, a challenge for Anglophone early childhood settings is alsooffered.
Good to know: How many glasses of water should my child drink each day?
From 7 to 10 small glasses. Do you think that's a lot? Get some funny straws and colored glasses to make it more attractive. Without forcing your child, offer him the possibility of drinking water at several times of the day and make him more accessible and visible by leaving a glass or a cup of water lying around on the table or in his play area., for example. Several options can help keep your child hydrated! Although water remains the beverage of choice for hydration, plain fortified soy beverage and plain milk are other possible options. Also, why not make tasty waters by adding pieces of fruit, vegetables or herbs to the water, letting them diffuse for about fifteen minutes, then removing them before serving? Most fruits and vegetables can even be eaten afterwards! In addition, certain fruits and vegetables that contain a lot of water, such as cucumbers and watermelons, can also provide your child with the equivalent of a small glass of water when they eat the equivalent of one. chunk.
