OSC

Our Out of School Care program has 14 spots where we provide at least 1 to 14 child-worker to child ratio. The daily schedule and routine include play-based learning, a variety of staff-directed and individual activities, including a greater focus on academic activities and games, as well as included in the fees breakfast, healthy snacks and lunches prepared in-house.

Our preschool program encourages a meaningful and nurturing connection in a safe and calm environment. It focuses on all three areas: fine motor/gross motor, social/emotional, language and cognitive

Fine motor/gross motor. School age children love group guided classes whether it’s Zumba class or  dance party everyone will be up on their feet jumping, dancing and having a great time. The staff implements a variety of engaging small and large group large motor activities, games, dances to promote balance, muscle strength, stability, posture, and coordination. Additionally, staff implements a vast variety of gross motor skills to stimulate the children's senses, curiosity, exploration and creativity; few examples are crafts, art projects, sensory tables etc.

Social/emotional. 

The staff helps establish and maintain positive relationships with peers and adults. Additionally, through a variety of activities and verbal communication the staff helps children with  navigation of impulsive behaviour and emotion, form positive self-esteem and become confident, resilient, more independent and responsible for children’s action. Through a  variety of academic and play based learning activities children will learn how one can form opinions about right and wrong, and understand different points of view to broaden their perspective and adjust to a larger social world.

Language and Cognitive. 

“A room without books is like a body without a soul”(Cicero), that’s why we have a whole library in our centre. Children at this age get highly interested  in variety of books, and the staff in the centre encourages reading and story telling or picture story telling , whether it is as a small group activity or an independent reading where children learn and expand their knowledge of science, cultures, behaviour management etc. Additionally ,the  staff implements a variety of games and crafts that  include writing and reading. Moreover, children enhance their language and cognitive abilities through circle time where they learn new songs, poems, engage in drama role play, etc.