For school aged children they are ready for some freedom! This age craves the opportunity to problem solve, and get things done themselves. Our out-of-school program is designed to give
children the freedom they need to grow and blossom. The OSC are co-constructors in developing intellectually by exploring and experimenting the environment around them. The infants will be encouraged to use thinking skills and language throughout the day. Each child’s care, play, learning, and development are nurtured as teachers work within a practice of relationships, appreciating family, social, and cultural practices and traditions and embracing a strong capable image of the child, as a mighty learner and citizen.
Children are supported to develop self-regulation skills- the ability to adapt their behaviour, attention, emotions, and thoughts in response to what is going on around them (sitting still when appropriate, the ability to defer reward and positive self-talk are a few examples). Children are supported to express pro-social behaviour- voluntarily choosing behaviours that help and benefit others, such as sharing and cooperation. In the OSC program, your child will continue to practice their academic skills through art activities and games. They will also play outside daily in our large playground, and inside in the room’s vast centres (construction, manipulative’s, loose parts, puzzles/games, kitchen/house, music, and tabletop activities). During the summer and school breaks, our OSC have an action-packed schedule that includes sledding, nature walks, swimming, and field trips. Children will also experience in house field trips such as a petting zoo, yoga, dance, special guest readers and puppet shows are brought into the centre.