Our Programs and Fees
Our regular program operates Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00am to 4:30pm. Because of Covid, extended before or after school hours are no longer
available.
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The program year runs from September through to the following June in any given year and a separate summer program is offered in July and August.
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The Centre currently offers infant and toddler educare programs. Parents are invited to share their knowledge about their children and to visit during the day. Our programs are open-ended and flexible but within a routine framework. Each child is free to make choices, as long as he/she remains within the guidelines of consideration for others.
Infant Program
(Birth to 18 months)
This program provides gentle nurturing care to the infants of working mothers. Here, the caregiver will strive to be in tune with each infant's unique cues and needs and will work in partnership with the family to ensure consistent care in order to create a trusting reciprocal relationship.
Toddler Program
(18 months to 3 years)
Our Toddler program offers very young children unique years of self-development in a safe, tender atmosphere of special understanding, respect and support. We strive to present our young students with a world of beauty that will nurture their sense of ease, joy, and peace.
Preschool Program
(3 to 5 years)
Our preschool activities involve the use of both Montessori and Waldorf pedagogical materials and methods, in a safe and supporting setting, with increased age-appropriate variety, depth, and complexity. Young children benefit from a strong sense of routine and predictability, and we work with a very regular rhythm for our daily and weekly activities. Music and verses accompanied by movement, stories, circle time, practical activities of cooking and baking, gardening, sewing, and artistic activities of painting, modeling and drawing, all contribute to the balanced, joyful, and healthy development of young children.
Daycare rates
(as of July 1, 2024, with Government subsidies applied)
Infant/Toddler 0 to 36 mos
Monthly Fee: $1,415.00
Full days: 8 hours per day
8:30am – 4:30pm
With Gov't subsidy in place, parents pays:
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5 days per week: $515.00 / month
4 days per week: $412.00 / month
3 days per week: $310.00 / month
2 days per week: $225.00 / month
1 day per week: $125.00 / month
Preschool - 3 to 5 yrs
Monthly Fee: $1,103.00
Full days: 8 hours per day
8:30am – 4:30pm
With Gov't subsidy in place, parents pays:
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5 days per week: $550.00 / month
4 days per week: $448.00 / month
3 days per week: $360.00 / month
2 days per week: $258.00 / month
1 days per week: $139.00 / month
Irregular or drop in Full days
If available space - $95 per day
Friendly Payment Reminder
Payments are due within the first week of each month. To help make our bookkeeping easier, kindly provide payment at no earlier than the 1st of the month.
Note
If your child turns 3 years old, but due to developmental unreadiness, or lack of enrolment space at the 3 to 5 yr. level, the 1 teacher to 4 children ratio requires us to continue charging the infant/toddler rate until your child can be placed at the 3 to 5 yr. level.
Additional options
Regarding Extended care:
Our regular program runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and most parents are satisfied with an 8-hour day for their child. However, to accommodate the needs of some parents, working out of the area, extended care is provided from 7:45 to 8:30 am.
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If a child is dropped off at 7:45 am and picked up at 3:45, or dropped off at 8:00 am and picked up at 4:00 there is no extra cost. However, for any care beyond 8 hours or any pickup after 4:30 extended care fees apply. The teachers strongly encourage
afternoon pickup just prior to or no later than 4:30 pm.
To cover teacher overtime costs, we must charge extended care fees at the rate
of 50 cents per minute.
You know your child best!
Your insights can help your teacher understand and support your child better. Our dedicated educators would love to talk about your child within school hours. If possible, inform or direct questions to your child's teacher or attending teacher at morning drop-off before activities have begun. For sensitive issues feel free to make an appointment.
Unless urgent, last minute, end of the day conversations are discouraged to allow timely dismissal of teachers.
Government Assistance
Government assistance is available to those who are eligible from Ministry of Children and Family Development. Click here or phone 1-888-338-6622 for more details.
Morning Schedule
8:00: Centre opens for arrival of extended care children. Free play according to child's individual interests.
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8:30: Arrival and greeting of Regular Program children.
8:45: Teacher-directed table activities. Teacher presentation of Montessori or Waldorf pedagogical materials to children, cooking, science or math activities. Children use materials according to individual choice.
9:45: Clean up - Put activities away, hand washing, diapering or toileting as needed.
10:00: Snack time - Caregiver prepares (parent provided) snacks for the children and joins children at table to model healthy eating habits and table manners. This is a time for language development and socializing.
10:30: Outside play - Children reminded to use the toilet before going out. Gross motor development and exercise with individual gardening, nature walks within the 9 acre property, climbing, sand and water play and other outdoor activities.
12:00: Children come in for lunch (provided by parents and prepared by staff) Wash hands, joined at tables by teacher. Children are responsible for putting leftovers in the garbage and clean up of their eating area.
Afternoon Schedule
12:00: Lunch - followed by hand and face washing, brushing teeth
12:30: Morning half-day children depart with parent or guardian. Afternoon Half-day children arrive
12:45: Diapering and toilet time for full day children before nap.
1:00: Nap Time - children needing to sleep retire to their own sleeping mat in darkened room with soft music. Children's individual rhythm is respected and, gradually, as children wake on their own, they join their peers in the main playroom. Those children not sleeping have quiet time with books, teacher read stories.
2:15: Sleeping children wake and prepare for outside play.
2:30: Outside Play - on nice days; indoor activities on bad weather days.
3:15: Wash up and prepare for afternoon snack. Children put leftovers in garbage and dishes in the tub.
3:45: Teacher-directed table activities. Teacher presentation of Montessori or Waldorf pedagogical materials to children, cooking, science or math activities. Children use materials and self-selected activities according to individual choice.
Continuation of self-selected activities or organic gardening, or other outside activities.
4:30: Departure of regular program children, according to individual choice.
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5:00: Parent pick up of extended care children. Centre closes.