Our Program
We believe all children have unique needs and that the daily schedule must be flexible to meet the individual needs of each child. We embrace the varied experiences of each family and strive to ensure each child has time to learn, to play, to establish relationships, to grow, to nourish themselves, to rest, to be active and to feel a sense of belonging. Our program is designed to implement these important elements into our daily schedule while achieving the important goals outlined in our Program Statement.
Our organization provides ongoing professional learning throughout the year for our employees. We access the many resources available in our community, including the resources available through the Ministry of Education. We strive to access resources from the international community to encourage deeper and more critical thinking about how young children learn best. We hope to share our learning and understandings with the families enrolled at our centre through regular communication, educational materials and learning workshops.
Our program statement has been developed in accordance with the four foundations of How Does Learning Happen? We want to ensure we are providing engaging opportunities for learning, to ensure the promotion of a sense of belonging, to enhance the well-being of children, families and staff members, and to support the expression of all in co-constructing knowledge.
We look forward to sharing our journey with our families and most importantly we look forward to sharing in your child’s journey through their early years. This is the time when your child will learn the most and we can’t wait to share in this experience.
Our Pedagogy
We understand that children feel a sense of belonging when they are engaged learners. Engaged children require the time, space and materials to master skills. Competent educators learn alongside the children to create new stories of learning. These stories are shared with families to encourage continuous learning together as we observe our newest generation grow. Our hope is to encourage a more peaceful, democratic society where all members feel a sense of belonging.
Ontario’s pedagogy for the early years, How Does Learning Happen provides our organization with guidance to learn and grow together with our families.
How does learning happen?
Ontario’s pedagogy for the early years.
Ontario Ministry of Education. (2014).
“Every child has a sense of belonging when he or she is connected to others and contributes to their world.”
(OME, 2014, p. 23).