Our Mission is to deliver the highest standard of child care to our beloved Charleswood community.
We do this by following the universally celebrated teaching practices of Dr. Maria Montessori.
We also do this by modelling a love of learning for our students, because we too are lifelong learners.
We believe in a circle of learning where home and school work together as one to ensure happy healthy children. In the words of Maria Montessori, "One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."
We are enthusiastic about the Montessori Method and our trained staff would be more than happy to tour you through our state-of-the-art daycare, show you our various learning centres and explain our programming. There is an article below that we would also recommend you read!
The answer here is simple. Your registration fee covers the cost of setting up your child in our system. We do not see the need to charge your family a yearly fee for a service we have already provided.
This fee is used to pay for your child's field trips, summer visitors and materials used on a day to day basis.
Other centres may charge families more for a part-time spot. This is understandable and likely done because that centre is concerned that the other portion of that part-time spot may remain vacant, causing their business to lose revenue. Because we are a well established child care centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, we do not have this concern and hence our daily fees are the same whether your child is registered in a full-time or part-time spot.
We are open 12 months of the year. Our closure dates are as follows:
Labour Day
Orange Shirt Day
Thanksgiving Day
Remembrance Day (if on a weekday)
Christmas Day (or Christmas Day observed)
Boxing Day (or Boxing Day observed)
Professional Development Day (Christmas week)
New Year's Day
Louis Riel Day
Good Friday
Victoria Day
Canada Day
August Civic Holiday
Please note: When daycares quote you a flat monthly fee, do take the time to do the math regarding your true daily costs. Are you paying for weeks of closure days (winter break, spring break, professional development days etc.)? If so, what is your actual daily fee?
We sure do. And one of the perks of being located so close to Assiniboine Park is we can go there for exploration and play. We also like to visit our furry neighbours at Assiniboine Park Zoo! All this is covered in your child's yearly supply fee!
You can provide your child's lunch or order from our catered lunch menu. Either way you will need to provide snacks.
We proudly exceed Manitoba requirements in terms of staff/student ratios. Having said this, Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) requirements are 1:4 for infants, 1:6 for toddlers and 1:8 for preschoolers. Even on a day when we have more than one staff missing due to illness, we are well above ratio in all of our classrooms.
Sometimes our admin team steps out of the office. For this reason, all of our families have Mrs. H's personal cell number and know that she is lightning quick to respond to parent text messages while your child is in our care. She will text you, FaceTime you, or phone you, right away to ensure your important questions are answered or your messages are relayed to our caring and hard working admin team.
We are listed as a licensed child care centre on the Government of Manitoba's Child Care Search. This means we are regulated by Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC). As such, we follow ELCC's licensing regulations as it pertains to the amount of students in the building at one time, staff/student ratios and the amount of trained staff per students in the building. We currently have over 100 children enrolled in our programs but only 80 are allowed to attend at one time. What that means is some students attend Monday through Friday (full-time), while others attend 2 or 3 days of the week, sharing a spot (part-time).
Like most established licensed and regulated childcare centres in Manitoba, we have a fairly long wait list. Having said this, we may have a space become available during this calendar year depending on the days/times you are looking for and your child's age. So please do not hesitate to apply!
Yes. You can arrange for your school-aged child to be bussed to and from The Prep. You will need to phone Transportation at Pembina Trails School Division to make these arrangements. Once arrangements have been made, simply notify us and we will designate a staff member to escort your child on or off the bus!