We provides parents with a variety of child care services that include: Vancouver Preschool, School Age Child Care, Preschool Summer Camp and School Age Summer Camp. Little Rae Kids Club offers a home setting for children 3 to 8 years old and we are fully licensed and insured child care provider. We offer parents both full and part time spaces for each of our programs. We encourage parents to inquire early and reserve a spot for their children 3 months before their first day at the centre. Little Rae Kids Club spaces are limited and we tend to fill up fast.
Pooh Corner Daycare provides high quality care for children .The centre comprises a completely renovated heritage house and an extensive playground beside Lost Lagoon. ECE accredited staff provide professional care in a stimulating and warm environment.
Children pass through sensitive periods of development early in life. Dr. Montessori described the child's mind between the time of birth and six years of age as the 'absorbent mind'. It is during this stage that a child has a tremendous ability to learn and assimilate from the world around him, without conscious effort. During this time, children are particularly receptive to certain external stimuli. A Montessori teacher recognizes and takes advantage of these highly perceptive stages through the introduction of materials and activities which are specially designed to stimulate the intellect.
Family Montessori School Society is the longest operating non-profit Montessori preschool in Vancouver. Our first school, located in False Creek near Granville Island on Sitka Square, opened in 1980. Our second school was originally situated at the Dunbar Heights Baptist Church, but was relocated to the Jericho Hill Centre on West 4th Avenue in 1995. The two schools operate as one non-profit society and are governed by a parent-run volunteer Board of Directors. Our schools offer both morning and afternoon classes and run five days a week. Up to 20 children are enrolled in each class. In keeping with the Montessori philosophy, we aim to balance the classes so that each session has a mixed age group and a balance of genders. Both sites offer an integrated preschool and kindergarten program for children between the ages of two years eight months and six years old.
The provincial government has placed Parent Participation Preschools under the jurisdiction of the Community Care Facilities Licensing Act. In order to be a member of the Council of Parent Participation Preschools and to protect the quality of care children receive in all such preschools, it is required by childcare licensing that all persons who participate (assist) in any daycare or preschool center must have adequate knowledge of children.
Welcome to Extra Steps Learning Centres! We offer fun, friendly 021 (7)preschool programs and summer day camps for young children in beautiful Vancouver, Canada. Our programs are play-based and are designed to promote children's physical, emotional, social, intellectual and linguistic development in order to help them get ready for kindergarten and beyond. At Extra Steps, we pride ourselves on getting to know each child as an individual.