Preschool-Age
Child Care ​Programs

Our curriculum plans for children’s development based on the skills that they are ready to learn as they develop at their own rate.

We offer a variety of experiences which foster the overall growth and development and promote the success of each unique child.

We customize our curriculum based on appropriate developmental goals for children and their learning needs, reflect the interests of the children, provides opportunity for children to learn social, cognitive, physical, creative, emotional, language and self-help skills.  

We offer Reggio-inspired activities, in a co-learning multi-age setting where children are given the opportunity to actively explore the environment.

Children are provided with a portfolio at the end of their year to commemorate their successes. 
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Private School Kindergarten/Gr.1 Preparatory available! Please inquire.

Preschool Prep

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2 years old
9am - 12pm
Monday - Friday
A program in our flexible child care centre.

Children learn the following throughout the school year:

Social

• Co-learning with peers in a multi-age environment
• Participating in small and larger groups
• Walking as part of a group (holding hands with other children)
• Sharing and taking turns
• How to work as a team
• How to listen to others
• Respect and equality
• Lining up as a group

Cognitive

• Understand basic expectations and daily routines (know where possessions are, routine for drop off/pick up, etc)
• Choosing their own play activities and follow through on them
• Understanding a variety of basic concepts
• Doing an activity for a longer period of time
• Understand and follow basic rules    
• Understanding simple reasoning
• Independence

Emotional

• Empathy
• Separation from caregivers

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Group and Circle Times

• Felt stories and games
• Finger plays
• Story time
• Songs

Routine

• Safety - rules and reasons
• Steps for certain tasks
• Daily schedule

Language/Communication

• Use short sentences to communicate and express needs
• Story telling
• Sequencing

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Health & Wellness

• Hand washing (after using toilet, before and after eating, playing with paint, playdough, etc.)
• Eat meals using utensils, unpack food from lunch kit and clean up after
• Self-help (eating, table manners, social awareness, toileting)
• Remove and put on their coat/loosen shoes
• Toilet training

Math

• Shapes
• Numbers
• Sequence
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Science & Nature

• Colours
• Cooking
• Gardening
• Experiments

Gross Motor Skills & Outdoor Activities

• Special excursions (for regular groups: library, parks, nature walks)
• Dance
• Yoga

Sensory Activities

• Play dough
• Water
• Sand

Fine Motor Skills

• Finger strengthening activities (folding, cutting, gluing, molding, etc.)

Art

• Using different mediums
• Construction
• Drawing
• Painting
• Collage
  
  

Music and Movement

•     Singing, participation, enthusiasm
•     Music on the piano in the School of Arts
•     Dance and movement
•     Rhythms and sounds

Mini Reggio Explorers

Reggio Toddler Time

Reggio Toddler Time

Mini Reggio Explorers

Kindergarten Prep

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3-5 years old
9:15am to 12pm (Morning) / 1pm to 2:45pm (Afternoon) / 8am to 4pm (Full Day)

*Your choice of group piano or dance add-on
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Monday - Friday

Children learn the following throughout the school year:

Social

• Share knowledge with confidence
• Work cooperatively in large/small groups
• Identify activities and topics of interest and talk about what they want to learn
• Learn through working with others

​Cognitive

• Knowledge of concepts (math, reading)
• Talk, draw and write to represent an experience
• Concentrate on tasks for longer periods of time
• Talk about how something is going for them and identify if they need something done differently
• Understand and follow rules

Emotional

• Take responsibility for themselves and their environment

Language Arts

• Reading
  • enjoy, independently, recognize letters, some familiar words
  • alphabets - reading/writing, phonics (sound out letters), write first and last name, recognition of letters in different fonts
• Reading, writing, sequencing
• Letter recognition - different ways of writing in letters
• Phonics
• Recognize some sight words

Math

• Patterning
• Sequencing
• Shapes
• Recognizing numbers 1-10
• Number stories (basic addition)
• Mass/Height

Independence

• Self assessment, self reflection, self regulation (ask to go to washroom)
• Learn independently
• Identify and take care of own personal/self-care needs
• Talk about the change involved in going to Kindergarten

Science & Nature

• cause/effect, testing theories, categorizing, brainstorming (generating ideas), life cycles, observations, safety - rules and reasons

Gross Motor Skills & Outdoor Activities

• Moving to rhythm, follow directions, skip, run, jump
• Participate in games and activities that involve coordinated physical skills

​Art

• Using different mediums - painting, clay, drawing, collaging, folding, process and enjoyment of art
• Use hands to draw, paint, create and build with a variety of materials

Music & Movement

• Singing, rhythm, participation, enthusiasm
• Music on the piano in the School of Arts
• Dance and movement
• Rhythms and sounds

Ready to get started?

Contact us below to get started and we will get back to you!

Come join us for a tour and meet with the Director and teachers!

We are happy to answer any questions you may have about our centre, program, and policies. This gives you a chance to get to know us more and find out about what we have to offer. During child care time, we can get busy so our priority is to care for the children. ​Hence, we are only taking in tours that are scheduled ahead of time.  Please supervise your own children as the teachers need to tend to our children.

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​If you require immediate child care, please call 604-829-1346.