Get ready! Our next Toy and Clothing Swap has a new venue, and you’re going to love the fall focus: Falling in Love. Our usual $1-per-item protocol remains in place [ … ]
Storybook Tales
Summertime Rhyme went flying by… When Jenny Bachhuber returned this July, my BKC responsibilities lifted, and with help from Ayumi (pictured here, always smiling ;), the two centre managers Sarah and Ehlssie, and the [ … ]
Buddings Daycare Presents
absolutely free everyone’s invited On July 21, from 2 – 5pm, join us for an afternoon of waterslides and watermelons, at the Buddings Daycare Summer Party: East Side Waterslide. The [ … ]
Photo Privacy Policy
Sensitivity to privacy is always a concern for us at Buddings. We update our privacy policies as often as necessary, to make sure information, whether medical, financial, personal, or confidential, your information [ … ]
Packing your buddy bag – What to bring
The toys, snacks, and children’s necessities, come in all shapes and sizes, and when they arrive at daycare, it’s time to put the things away. At Buddings, we are not nut-free, [ … ]
What Goes Around? BIG KIDS CLUB MORNINGS ~ at Storybook!
Round and around All the things that are round High in the air And down on the ground … Hey! Even dots are round! The new MORNING Big Kids Club over at [ … ]
Buddings Twice a Week – for social!
According to UBC’s Institute for Early Childhood Education and Research proficient social skills are a key indicator for early school success. Social skills don’t develop in a vacuum, and they can’t [ … ]
Buddings Integration
If your child is under 3, unfamiliar with separation, or simply likes to start things slowly, our Integration Program is for you! Upon request, new families will find the child(ren)’s [ … ]
Bee Party – June 16, 2 – 4pm
Cross-pollination of crops by bees affects 30% of the food we eat, and 90% of the survival of wild plants, so if we want the world to be a healthy, [ … ]
Storybook Buddings Opening Party – June 1, 2018
Families love flexibility! Despite their different schedules and reasons for valuing flexibility, when asked, all the parents who attended last month’s Lunch & Learn with MLA George Heyman, at Buddings Daycare [ … ]
Flexible Daycare in the news! – Apr. 2018
On Apr. 27, 2018, the CBC’s Zahra Premji, and Fairview MLA George Heyman both stopped by our Broadway centre to talk to parents about flexible care. The piece starts around [ … ]
Open House – May 6, 2018
The Big Kids Club spring season has certainly sprung, and now that summer is right around the corner, our May 6 open house is the time to… join ‘er. Join the [ … ]
We have a pet! Lots of pets…
On Saturdays this spring at Broadway, the kids and teachers are learning about animals! We recently adopted a guinea pig, and here’s what we’ve learned so far: He eats carrots [ … ]
Storybook Toy Opening Party – Mar. 27, 3 – 6pm
This month, the Buddings teachers have taken on a shopping challenge: How to buy toys and games for preschoolers and toddlers that meet our values of sustainability, inclusivity, open-endedness, and [ … ]