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Notes for Chilliwack parents

Settling in, school readiness, and how to actually choose a daycare. Written for parents in the middle of deciding.

Starting daycare at three: a settling plan that respects the child’s pace

Choosing Childcare

Starting daycare at three: a settling plan that respects the child’s pace

What to do before day one, a typical gradual-entry ladder, how to handle the goodbye, what educators do, what pickup...

Montessori-inspired vs traditional daycare: what actually changes in a child’s day

Early Learning

Montessori-inspired vs traditional daycare: what actually changes in a child’s day

What “Montessori-inspired” should mean, five moments in the day where it differs from a traditional daycare room, and a plain...

Preschool inside full-day care: how one room and one drop-off works, and why the group stays at sixteen

Choosing Childcare

Preschool inside full-day care: how one room and one drop-off works, and why the group stays at sixteen

How a 90-minute preschool block sits inside a full day of care, what it contains, what a sixteen-child cap changes...