EDI
(Early Development Instrument)
The EDI is a questionnaire completed by teachers for all Kindergarten children in all 37 public school divisions. The EDI provides a population-based, community-level measure of how well communities are preparing Manitoba’s children for school.
The EDI measures school readiness in five areas of early childhood development:
- Physical Health and Well-Being
- Social Competency
- Emotional Maturity
- Language and Cognitive Development and Communication Skills
- General Knowledge
The EDI helps us answer the following questions:
- Are Manitoba children getting what they need in their first years of life?
- How ready are Manitoba’s children when they begin school?
The current EDI results are not available. For more information, go to
Early Development Instrument (EDI) | Province of Manitoba (gov.mb.ca)
Resources
Community Resources
- Bookmates
- Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs
- Children’s Health and Environmental Partnership (CHEP)
- Council of Early Child Development
- Healthy Child Manitoba
- Healthy Canadians
- In Motion
- Manitoba Child Care
- Manitoba Child Care Association
- Manitoba Education Early Childhood Education Unit
- Manitoba Parent Child Coalitions
- Manitoba Parent Zone
- Nobody’s Perfect Parenting program
- South Eastman English & Literacy Services
- Triple P
- Family Doctor Finder
Parent Links
- A Parent’s Guide to Early Childhood Development – English DVD
- A Parent’s Guide to Early Childhood Development – French DVD
- Caring for Kids
- Child Encyclopedia
- Child Encyclopedia (second language)
- Daddy123
- EcoKids
- Leap BC – Physical Activity Resources
- New Dad Manual
- Research 4 Children Development of Preschoolers
- Zero to Three
- Dad Central
- Breastfeeding videos and tutorials