Our child development centre offers the following programs:
Program |
Children |
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Full-time/Part-time Daycare (Toddler (18 months to 2 years olds), 3 Year Olds and 4 Year Olds) |
children between 18 months and 5 years |
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children in junior and senior kindergarten |
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school aged children between 6 and 9 years |
- For more information about one of the programs listed above, click on one of the program links.
- For a detailed explanation about our programs, visit our Program Content page.
- For a description of the developmental needs met by our program, see Developmental Needs below.
Developmental Needs
Our child care and preschool programs are planned with the following developmental needs of the preschool child in mind:
The Need for Companionship
This need is strong in the young child. It is strong enough for the child to take a chance on meeting unfamiliar people and coming to terms with children different than himself or herself. Through good programming and positive experiences, the child learns that he or she is prized and respected away from home. This is an important experience because it also widens the child's sense of trust to others outside his family. It is the role of the teacher to ensure that inter-relationships with peers and adults is a positive one for the child.
The Need for Competence
Our child development centre presents a balance of activities. There is time and space, indoors and outdoors, for trying out new skills and practicing them endlessly. Children are encouraged to participate in new experiences. Success is built into the program by the expertise of some astute caregivers.
The Need for Independence
Children want to do things by themselves and to be recognized in their own right. In our child development centre, a child learns to accept reasonable limits, even to begin setting his or her own limits in situations when choices can be made. The children learn to work out problems on their own, not at first perhaps, but eventually he or she learns by doing and re-doing. Learning to take responsibility for behaviour is a big step in a child's development. Having sympathy for others is also a learned behaviour. The better a child likes himself, the better he or she is able to have compassion for others.
The Need to Know
Children want to touch, to listen, to look, to taste, to smell. At our child development centre, children are able to observe and investigate and play with things and ideas.