Program gives children a head start
To the 80 or so children about to attend a new Aboriginal pre-school program, the singing, drumming, story-telling and language learning in Blackfoot or Cree will be lots of fun.
But the program goes beyond play. The Calgary Aboriginal Head Start Program is also designed to help three-to-six-year-old children see themselves, life and learning in a positive way.
"We try to get (the children) ready for school," said Magdalena Hellebrand, program director for the Head Start program at the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School in southwest Calgary.
