Our educational programs
for every stage

This development involves acquiring movement, control and coordination of the whole body (gross motor skills: walking, running, jumping…) or of one part of the body (fine motor skills: flipping through pages, colouring, cutting…)

• ✦Organizes physical activities suited to the child’s level of development:
  • •Gross motor skills: crawling on a safe surface, encouraging toddlers to take small steps; for older children: treasure hunts, balancing on one foot, Simon Says…
  • •Fine motor skills: stacking blocks, toys to handle; for older children: modelling clay, cutting, painting…
• ✦Encourages the child to do things on their own: putting on their coat, buttoning it, zipping it up (fine motor skills and autonomy).

This development covers all the abilities and knowledge that help the child organize their thinking, reason, and understand more and more of the world around them.

• ✦Sparks curiosity by watching documentaries related to the theme of the week and asking questions at the end.
• ✦Helps children learn by using their cognitive skills: sorting, memory games, riddles, spatial concepts…
• ✦Organizes creative activities and provides a variety of materials: paint, crayons, glue, glitter, adhesive decorations, papers of different textures…
• ✦Gives the child the opportunity to tell stories from their imagination.

Language is the act of communicating and interacting with others — sharing your thoughts, expressing your emotions verbally and connecting with the people around you.

• ✦Talks to the children often and listens to them attentively to help them develop their language.
• ✦Creates opportunities for children to express themselves and listen (friendship circle, circle time).
• ✦Sings, tells stories and asks open-ended questions to give the child the freedom to express themselves freely.
• ✦Guides the child to make polite requests (please, thank you, excuse me…)
• ✦Encourages and praises the child when they express their emotions verbally.

This development reflects the child’s relationship with their lived experiences. It is essential to allow children to get to know themselves, express their feelings and gain the confidence and autonomy they need to interact peacefully.

• ✦To help children feel good about who they are and respect others.
• ✦To organize group workshops to help children get to know one another.
• ✦To help children express their negative and positive emotions verbally.
• ✦To use tools that reinforce positive behaviour (motivation chart).
• ✦To encourage children verbally: “Super, excellent, well said, well done.”
• ✦To build the child’s self-esteem by giving them responsibilities and thanking them.

A child’s social development involves their ability to live in a group and in society while respecting certain rules. By attending daycare, the child learns to develop this dimension, since childcare is a small society for them. Symbolic play has a great influence on this learning.

• ✦Creates an environment where the child learns to work alone, share and cooperate in small groups (individual and group crafts, walking two by two, carrying an object in pairs…)
• ✦Encourages the child to be positive and to take pride in the results of their efforts.
• ✦Helps the child accept and respect others as well as other people’s property.
• ✦Helps the child feel like a member of a family, a community and a citizen (e.g., walks around the neighbourhood, obeying traffic lights…)
• ✦Guides the child to respect the choices of others and to speak softly so as not to disturb.
• ✦Gives the child choices and guides them to accept the consequences of their decisions.
• ✦Creates opportunities for the child to take part in planning and share their point of view.
• ✦Praises and motivates the child when they behave appropriately or offer help to their peers.