May is child care recognition month in British Columbia. Child care providers from across the province were awarded on May 11th for their dedication to quality care and to the immensely important service that they offer families in BC. Award categories included: licensed care, Aboriginal providers, innovation and local governments that have demonstrated leadership in [...]
Multi Lingual Kids teaches new languages to children, starting at birth and up to 8 years old. They do this through fun games and activities and say that it improves self esteem, social skills and more! What do you think?
The first-ever Canadian daycare to meet the “Living Building Challenge” (an eco-friendly building standard) has been opened in Burnaby, British Columbia. UniverCity Child Care Centre is adjacent to the Simon Fraser University Campus and cares for children of students, faculty and staff. The facility is an open-plan space that feels more like a home than [...]
Based on this article from the Greater Good: The Science of Meaningful Life. We’ve heard about all the benefits that daycare has for children: socialization, a head start for kindergarten, etc. But there are more benefits for moms as well. A study done earlier this year by Chicago-based sociologist Mario Small, indicates that the benefits [...]
Puzzling Eggs 1. Cut out a large egg shape from a piece of paper (you can do multiple sheets at a time for a group of children). 2. Draw a simple puzzle onto your egg. 3. Cut the puzzle out, then mix up the pieces and pass them out to the children to solve. If [...]
Jackman Community Daycare makes cooking a part of their regular routine and can’t even count the ways it helps their students learn With the focus on fighting childhood obesity in North America in the past few years, many pieces of advice have been repeated over and over. One of the most prominent themes when it [...]
“Most parents do not ask about discipline because they are so far from the mindset that discipline should even exist anymore,” Judy Trickett, a daycare provider based in Ontario, explains of her experience. Judy’s blog “What Do I Know? I’m Just the Babysitter” is a humorous, often sarcastic series of stories based on her daily [...]
By Andrew Sunderland Fredrich Nietzsche famously said that, “without music, life would be a mistake.” The early adoption of music into a child’s life has been linked to improving spatial reasoning, as well as problem-solving, evaluation, and analytic skills. Not to mention the joy and creative expression that music brings into a child’s life. It [...]
How yoga can enhance early childhood education “Yay!” thirteen young children chant as Mai Meret, owner of 123 Kids Yoga, walks into a classroom at Courtleigh Place Child Care Centre. They see her bright, familiar smile and her bagful of yoga mats and they know that today is “yoga day.” “Yoga is good for people [...]
