We’ve been providing convenient and reliable daycare, child care and preschool programs in Burlington since 1985. Our first school opened in an attractive red brick house on Lakeshore Road over 30 years ago. More recently, we were selected by the Halton Region initiative to offer daycare in two of their long term care facilities.Since 2005, we’ve offered Burlington child care at The Orchard School at Creekway Village retirement facility located at 5200 Corporate Drive. We’ve also been offering exciting and creative Oakville preschool programs at The Village School located in the Post Inn Village long term care facility at 203 Georgian Drive in Oakville. Our programs in these two facilities, which cater to many older citizens of our community, allow ample opportunities for intergenerational activities which benefit both the children and the residents of these buildings. Most recently we were selected by the Halton Catholic District School Board to operate the child care centre and before and after school program in the newest Oakville school, St Gregory the Great Catholic Elementary School. This daycare centre hosts a nature based outdoor environment that links new research about the impact of a nature based environment supporting effective learning, growth and development of children.We’re proud of our reputation for providing first rate Halton child care to the parents and children of the region for many years.If you would like to visit any of our three schools, give us a call at 905-643-3141.We’ll be pleased to give you a tour and answer all of your questions about our facilities and the Halton child care programs we offer.We’re unique in this region as we operate as a non-profit entity. Most other Halton child care facilities are run for profit. As a non-profit daycare, we invest any excess funds back into our equipment, facility improvements, and curriculum support materials in order to better serve your children and provide enriched programming.
At the Parkview Children’s Centre, we know that finding quality programs for your child is important to parents. You desire an attractive, interesting, safe and creative placement for your children. Our three schools accept infants, toddlers and preschool aged children from infants to 4 years of age. Our St. Gregory School also offers a before and after school program as well as camps during school breaks and throughout the summer. We’re open from 7:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. We find these hours and the range of programs we offer meet the Burlington and Oakville daycare needs of most parents in our community.Our schools are designed to be attractive and comfortable places in which young children can spend their days. The use of natural colours throughout our Oakville and Burlington daycare buildings and the amount and quality of light in each of our schoolrooms are features that help to make your child’s day pleasant, comfortable and creative. We know that physical environment is important to the mood or tone of a building. We focus on creating an ideal environment for young people which encourages them to interact with others and to learn and play in a positive fashion.Oakville and Burlington Infant, Toddler and Preschool Programs Based on Research
We strongly believe in the education model known as the Reggio Emilia program. This approach to preschool educational foundations has been acknowledged as nurturing, creative and successful for over 50 years. It believes that the child is competent, inventive and full of ideas. It is the teacher’s job to support children as they explore their world by asking questions and by designing and completing projects.Listed below are some other tenets of the Reggio Emilia approach to teaching young children. You’ll find many of these elements in our Burlington and Oakville preschool programs:
- Nature and art are utilized in classroom activities
- Children explore their world and are supported in their curiosity by professionally trained staff
- The program is based in projects and interactive play
- Students use natural materials from the environment in their projects
- Collaboration between children, teachers and parents is valued and encouraged at our schools
- Relationships between people and the natural world are explored
- Teachers are encouraged to listen closely and to provoke further thought in the children
- Children are encouraged to ask questions and find resources to answer those questions
- Children are regarded as resourceful, curious, imaginative and inventive
- Children communicate through language, movement, building, music, sculpture and drawing
- Teachers are encouraged to be nurturers, partners and guides to the children.
- Assessment is based on productions and performances– not tests– as found in traditional schools
- The curriculum evolves to support the child’s interests and abilities
- A classroom atmosphere of joy and playfulness pervades in our Halton child care schools
- The school day is based around inquiry and project based learning
What does some of the research say about this approach to education found in our Oakville and Burlington daycare programs? “Over the past six decades the Reggio approach to early childhood education has become a ‘gold standard’ that many have tried to replicate.” (Moss 2005). Other research has noted that the Reggio Emilia approach is “….one of the best systems of education in the world.” (Edwards, Gandidni and Forman 1993). The respected author and teacher Lella Gandini writes: “Parents are an essential component of the program– a competent and active part of their children’s learning experience….their right to participation is respected and supported; it takes many forms and can help to ensure the welfare of all children in the program.”
At Parkview Children’s Centre we believe it takes a village to raise a child. One parent writes: “The Reggio Emilia approach promotes a community of families working together to give the best relationships, education, and respect towards one another while having fun.”
One of the Best Burlington and Oakville Child Care Programs
Our professionally trained staff work well with children to encourage them to grow emotionally and intellectually at both our Oakville and Burlington child care facilities. Our bright and modern learning centres are furnished with leading edge materials to encourage and support your child’s curiosity and creativity.
Our three educational daycare programs are licenced and inspected by the government. We’re proud of our inspection reports that confirm we meet, and exceed in many cases, the rigorous standards set by the ministry responsible for child care facilities in the province. This ensures that your children will learn and play in a safe and well managed environment.
Parkview Children’s Centre was the only group selected by the Region of Halton “Quality First” program to provide daycare programs in two of their leading long term care facilities located in Oakville and Burlington. Our respected programs are the proud recipients of the 2015 Burlington Post Readers’ Choice Diamond Award based on the experience of the parents in our schools.
When you’re looking for a creative, caring, supportive and an activity based Oakville or Burlington preschool you need look no further than Parkview Children’s Centre. With three schools to serve you,we may be located just around the corner from your home or office. Give us a call or drop in to our Oakville or Burlington preschools. We’ll be pleased to show you our fine facilities and explain our positive and successful approach to looking after your children.
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One of the Best Burlington and Oakville Child Care Programs
Burlington Daycare – Parkview Children’s Centre – The Orchard SchoolOur professionally trained staff work well with children to encourage them to grow emotionally and intellectually at both our Oakville and Burlington child care facilities. Our bright and modern learning centres are furnished with leading edge materials to encourage and support your child’s curiosity and creativity.
Our three educational daycare programs are licenced and inspected by the government. We’re proud of our inspection reports that confirm we meet, and exceed in many cases, the rigorous standards set by the ministry responsible for child care facilities in the province. This ensures that your children will learn and play in a safe and well managed environment.
Parkview Children’s Centre was the only group selected by the Region of Halton “Quality First” program to provide daycare programs in two of their leading long term care facilities located in Oakville and Burlington. Our respected programs are the proud recipients of the 2015 Burlington Post Readers’ Choice Diamond Award based on the experience of the parents in our schools.
When you’re looking for a creative, caring, supportive and an activity based Oakville or Burlington preschool you need look no further than Parkview Children’s Centre. With three schools to serve you,we may be located just around the corner from your home or office. Give us a call or drop in to our Oakville or Burlington preschools. We’ll be pleased to show you our fine facilities and explain our positive and successful approach to looking after your children.