Primrose with our 2016 ROOPH award Burke Smith, Past Chair Lana Fletcher, Director Jennifer Amundson, Assistant Director Colin Coros, Chair 2016 ROOPH AWARD Wonderful write up about our center with the seniors! We couldn’t be more proud!
Dear Families, This letter is to inform you of some exciting changes coming to our daycare! First, Jennifer will be starting her one year of maternity leave starting June. 1 in which Whitney will be training and becoming the Assistant Director. Second, Marisa is leaving Shale classroom and taking the Family Support Coordinator position. Lastly,…
Wow! What nice weather! The children are super excited to go outside and find all the puddles! We really think this is the perfect opportunity to expand on vocabulary and messy play! http://www.southernearlychildhood.org/upload/pdf/Science_Concepts_Young_Children_Learn_Through_Water_Play_Carol_M_Gross.pdf Another experience the children enjoyed this week was car track painting! They love to make the cars go super fast and then super slow through the…
This week went by quite quickly! We have been enjoying the change in season as the weather warms up and the snow melts! We went on walks through our neighbourhood and made a visit to the Ottewell Park where we had fun climbing and sliding and swinging! This week we continued our In and Out…
This week in sandstone room we explored our messy side! From playing in the mud and puddles in our yard, to exploring cornstarch and water in our sensory bin, to painting with different objects, we have gotten very messy! The children have enjoyed exploring these new sensory experiences. With the weather getting warmer, this is…
This week in Jasper Room, we focused on the concepts of carrying and lifting. We created a weight scale on which the children could weigh different objects and balance them thereby learning the law of gravity. The children were also very excited to experience our two tiered sand table which once again focused on the…
To All Families, We are now in the process of starting direct debiting for parents for child care fees! To help with this process we need you all to bring in an Automatic Funds Transfer Authorization. Please bring this in as soon as possible! If you have any questions ask the office! We hope to have this…
This week in Quartz you may have noticed some changes in the room, we have been adjusting to make our classroom more welcoming and accessible for all our Quartz friends and families. Two favorite spots in the classroom have been the cozy cube and also the house center. During this week we welcomed four new…
This week went by quite fast. We had a lot going on and there was lots of learning happening. We were lucky to have a long list of visitors this week in the Jasper room. Jen, Sue, Paulette and Marisa came to join in our play and exploration one day and Rory’s mom, Gillian came…
This week in sandstone room we have been enjoying the weather. Now that the weather is getting warmer the snow is turning to water. Our front yard has turned into a large mud puddle which is great to jump, splash, and slide in. Bringing splash pants and rain boots for your children would be greatly…