Municipal Childcare Centres
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The Municipality of Greenstone currently operates three licensed Childcare facilities, Geraldton Day Care Centre, Friends of the North Day Care Centre, and Beardmore Family Resource Centre - Beardmore Child Care Centre. The centres have Early Childhood Educators, Teacher’s Aids, and Cooks. Our Cooks have been trained under the Canada Food Guide and hold Safe Food Handling Certificates.
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OUR MISSION STATEMENT
We are an excellent, quality service providing childcare to meet the needs of the families of our communities.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We believe that every child is an individual and that every child has the right to a healthy, happy safe environment.
We strive to create an environment that enables a child to develop a positive self-image. Our goal is to provide this type of environment while also offering educational experiences for the children. The experiences are geared to encourage growth in the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual domains. We are an excellent service that our communities can be proud of.
The Centres are open to children from 18 months to 12 years of age. We offer various attendance options to ensure we meet individual needs of our families. For example, a Parent may only require childcare for two or three days per week. Parents are welcome to discuss their attendance requirements with the Manager to determine which program within the Centre best meets their needs. The Centres currently offer the following programs.
Toddler Program
This program is available to children 18 months to 2 ½ years of age. Parents must supply disposable diapers and inside shoes. It is also advisable to bring more than one change of clothes for this age group.
Pre-School Program
This program is available to children 2 ½ to 4 years of age. Parents are asked to supply a change of clothes and indoor shoes.
JK, SK, and School Aged Children’s Program
This program is available to children who attend school. We offer care before and after school care as well as school holidays and PD days.
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Emergency / Drop In Program
This Program is set up to assist Parents who only need care in an emergency or on a temporary basis.
Integrated Program
Our Centres are inclusive, which means that we provide care for children with special needs. Our Resource teacher carefully prepares individual program plans for special needs children in order to help their progress in specific developmental areas. Staff work with such areas as speech, muscle development, socialization and behavioral difficulties. The Integrated Resource Teacher works in close conjunction with the Program Staff to ensure that children receive optimal benefit from out entire Program.
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A child’s development during the early years is very important. At our Centres we have excellent qualified staff who work together to provide a program that is safe and healthy and which promotes development in all developmental domains – physical, intellectual, social and cognitive.
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Parents are a very vital part of our Program. The triangle consisting of the Parent, Child and Educators is an important relationship to all concerned. Parents are always welcome to drop in and spend some time with their child during the day. Educators are always willing to discuss a child’s day and address any questions and/or concerns a Parent may have.
All the staff at both Centres are committed to ensuring that we provide an excellent quality service to the community.
Enrolling Your Child
Parents are asked to contact the Centre to determine the availability of space for their child. Once it has been determined that there is an opening, an interview time will be arranged. Parents may pick up an Admission Forms package or download a copy prior to the interview to complete and bring back to the Centre on the Interview date. At the time of the interview admission and discharge procedures, monthly calendars and fees/payments, and daily routines will be discussed.
Contact Information:
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Municipality of Greenstone
Cassie Harris Acting Day Care Manager
P.O. Box 70
Geraldton ON
P0T 1M0
Email: daycare@greenstone.ca
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Geraldton Day Care Centre
403 3rd Street West
Geraldton Ontario
P0T 1M0
Tel: (807) 854-1744
Fax: (807) 854-0271
daycare@greenstone.ca
Friends of the North Day Care Centre
153 Kenogami Drive
Longlac, Ontario
P0T 2A0
Tel: (807) 876-4675
Fax: (807) 876-4926
Beardmore Family Resource Centre - Beardmore Child Care Centre
296 Walker Street East
Beardmore, Ontario
P0T 1G0
Tel: (807) 875-2794
Email: denise.cote@greenstone.ca