It's a Zero-Waste Year! The year is 2021. The global pandemic has shown us how interconnected our world has become, and how technology, and innovation, can help us solve real [ … ]
Zero Waste Spring – Buddings turns 10!
To celebrate our 10 year anniversary, this February, Buddings Daycare Company is transitioning –> BC Benefit Company, and applying for B Corp. certification! Happy Birthday, Buddings! Benefit companies commit to operate in [ … ]
The world of Miriam Mak
Miriam Mak joined Storybook as a volunteer at the end of 2020, and brings the afternoon delight to the Broadway team daily in 2021. Warm, personable, and detail-oriented, she’s diligent with [ … ]
“Sear-Sha” is spelled S-A-O-I-R-S-E
2021 is a new year, and with the ringing in, we welcome a shining new face to the team at Storybook. Saoirse Roycroft grew up on Vancouver Island, acting and [ … ]
What’s teacher Lynn doing?
With the arrival of 2021, Buddings celebrates the one-year work anniversary of our most popular teacher (by far!), Lynn Truong. She’s the first face we see most mornings, our muffin-making [ … ]
Lucky and Talented Codie Shiels
We met Codie Shiels shortly after she arrived from Ireland in Feb. 2020, and loved her energy right away! The pandemic might have chased another person home, but Codie accepted the [ … ]
Aïda Soldevila steps up!
Aïda Soldevila has been with Buddings since Feb. 2018, and what a whirlwind it’s been! 2018: All the way from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, when she first joined our team, we were [ … ]
Ayumi’s back in the house!
Ayumi Kato and her partner had only been in Canada for a few weeks when she first joined the Buddings team in 2017. She had worked in daycares for 10 years [ … ]
Adriana rejoins the team!
Adriana Hasonova joined the Buddings team in Feb. 2018, and dazzled us dozens of times over, with her amazing artistic ability, caring creativity, and the soft and sweet explanations she always has [ … ]
Petition: Subsidy for Flexible Care
Let’s start a petition! When I was a child, my mum would respond to all my complaints about injustices by telling me to do something about it. To “start a [ … ]
Be kind, be calm, be safe
Buddings has always held that decisions about family health should be left to families, and that will continue to be our position. Informing ourselves, taking responsibility for our actions, [ … ]
Safe and Social (distance) Daycare
First posted on Apr. 3, 2020 (updated Sept. 2, 2020) Childcare in BC is an essential service, and Buddings has been operating under the pandemic since Apr. 7. We have [ … ]
Back to School
This September, it’s Back to School! The summer of transitions is over, and while questions remain unanswered, the seasons are changing. Autumn is whispering in the leaves. At Buddings, we’re thinking positively, and [ … ]
No Subsidy for Occasional Care
When we opened in 2011, the Occasional Child Care license was brand new. No outside space required, broader care perspectives, and a double-wide age range, capped at 40 per month. And [ … ]
Summer Dance Camp – at Buddings and online!
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Buddings Presents: Summer Transitions 2020
Change is… happening! Summer 2020 is a season of transitions – in centres, online, for the teachers, and for the whole world! As we recover from the shock of the [ … ]
Behind the Code
Facing the COVID-19 challenges leads to personal choices for everyone. For businesses, the risks and mitigation strategies are also framed by government instruction, and financial support structures. But finally, it also depends on [ … ]
Code of COVID Conduct
Please click here for a video of our space and arrival instructions What it means: Assumption of Infection: we will treat everyone as possible coronavirus contact, maintaining distance, washing [ … ]
Buddings Moves Online
This season, the Buddings Big Kids Club, all the teachers, and the whole wide world, are practicing physical and social distancing, in an effort to curb the spread of the [ … ]
Spring Things Swap
The days are flying by, cool and wet, but warm in the sunshine, and we’re gearing up for our annual As usual, we will be accepting any and all infant- and [ … ]