Paste your essay in here…At this daycare Early Childhood Educators come with a wide background of education and experience. They must go through a rigorous screening process that includes demonstrating their values and skills, providing a police reference check that is renewed every 3 years, and holding a valid Standard First Aid and Infant and Child CPR certification
This daycare is licensed as it ensures the health and safety of children in care. The Child Care Licensing Program strives to provide preventive, protective, and quality services to children in care by ensuring that licensed facilities meet established health and safety standards through monitoring facilities, providing technical assistance, and establishing partnerships with providers, parents, and the child care community. Depending on how young the child ages from the more supervision there will be during the hours of operation.
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Hours: Part time programs are available at limited locations that are not full to capacity. Families can choose from 2 day (Tuesday & Thursday) or 3 day (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) options. You will be asked to sign a part time program agreement form. In the event that a program location reaches its maximum capacity, families will be offered the opportunity to change from part-time to full-time or be given two weeks withdrawal notice.
CLOSED on: New Year's Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day
Philosophy:
committed to providing positive and responsive interactions among the children, parents, child care providers and staff
Educators and Management team maintain an atmosphere of respect and professionalism
engage in meaningful and responsive interactions with the children in order to extend and scaffold on the child’s interests
conscious of positive body language as well as the tone and choice of words when communicating with children, team educators, families and community partners
engage in meaningful and responsive interactions with all team members and with all community partners
The day care we offer is committed to encouraging the children to interact and communicate in a positive way and supporting their ability to self-regulate
we help young children understand that while they are entitled to feel angry (mad) they must learn to express their anger (and other difficult feelings) in ways that do not hurt themselves or others
Children are supported to express a wide range of emotions
Coping with challenges and disappointments; we acknowledge and empathize with challenges and disappointments and assist children with strategies to help overcome challenges
Effective strategies for self-calming – deep breathing, play dough, calm music, water play etc. – These are offered to children as a way to regain control or to expend excessive energy
Reduced waiting times; we examine different strategies for smaller group activities and transitions in order to reduce waiting times
We model appropriate anger management behaviours ourselves and state our feelings (positive learning environments and experiences in which each child’s learning and development will be supported)
We offer a rest, sleep or quiet time that does not exceed two hours to our toddler and preschool programs
Infants sleep and rest on their own schedules
The need for rest and sleep varies at different ages and even among children of the same age
The need for actual sleep and the need to simply rest will equally be respected.
Parental contributions regarding their child’s need for sleep or rest will also be respected, Young children benefit from periods of quiet relaxation to balance their active play
Educators will bring children’s interests into the outdoor environment in order to sustain and enhance interest.
bring the children to the outdoors and the neighbourhood into the daily program in order to further investigate and explore the natural environment
Our Mission:
To promote the child's overall well-being by providing the best possible conditions for growth, learning, and development.
Our Vision:
To provide an environment of equity, respect and inclusiveness for the development of happy successful children who can grow to lead fulfilling lives and contribute to a caring society.
Our Purpose:
To provide quality care and education to children who are between the ages of 3 months and 5 years.
This daycare is the largest daycare location in Mississauga, Ontario out of 2 others. Also including with over 30 years of experience in Early Childhood Education in two locations: London and the greater Toronto area
We offer several unique features not found in other daycare centres. KKC has nearly 40 years experience operating as an non-profit child care provider, coupled with longstanding relationships with the Ministry of Education, Public Health, Children, and Family Services, and with the City of London. The latter is a particularly significant relationship, as approximately 50% of the organizations revenue is derived from City subsidies.
Educators at this daycare have taught children from a diverse cultural mix, its very multicultural as we teach in multiple languages including hindi, Punjabi, english, Ojibwa, Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, French, and Farsi etc. This has provided the Educators the opportunity to specialize in integrating children with language and cultural differences and to share these cultural experiences with all of the children.
Food options at this day care include:
This daycare centre promotes healthy eating by providing nutritious and safe foods in a
supportive environment. Nutritious meals and snacks are planned for each child by our kitchen staff and the Management team according to the Child Care and Early Years Act and the Canadian Food Guide. The kitchen staff ensure a safe food environment in the kitchen and maintains a current Safe Food Handling certificate. Menus are planned using good menu planning principles and include a variety of new and familiar
healthy and appealing foods. Water is encouraged and offered several times throughout the day. All food restrictions and allergies are posted for kitchen staff, educators and supply staff. We make the environment a very Safe, Healthy and happy place. We also have a Health Unit where educators teach a basis for maintaining health and safety in the child care centre. Regular daily playground checks are executed and recorded before any child uses the playground facilities. A Health & Safety Representative performs regular checks of the child care centre in conjunction with the Management team and fire drills are conducted monthly. All staff of the centre practice safe,
appropriate hand washing procedures or use hand sanitizers when running water is not available.