Before and After School Program For Lord Selkirk Our licensed school-age care program is back for the 2024-25 school year, servicing the Lord Selkirk Elementary school with before and after [ … ]
Category: News & Events
Thanks for a year of School-Age Care!
Our year-long school-age care adventure comes to a close this month, and we are so happy to have had the opportunity to meet the kids and families of Lord Selkirk [ … ]
Welcome To Buddings Family Community!
Good Bye to 2Loops Online Store! We opened the 2Loops Family (online) Store during the pandemic to connect with families virtually with a way to recycle and reuse their children’s [ … ]
Rental Space After Daycare Hours!
We are located at 1438 Cedar Cottage Mews ~ Is your child’s birthday coming up or looking for a space to set up a play date? Do you need a [ … ]
Changes Coming in 2024
Our Buddings story in 2023 had twists we didn’t imagine this time last year. We had to make huge decisions, and changes, fast – to keep up with a changed business/childcare/…world. Everyone [ … ]
Friday Night Film Club for 9 – 12 y.o.
Friday Night Film Club will run weekly from 6 – 8pm at 1438 Cedar Cottage Mews on Friday nights through the winter, inviting kids aged 9 and older to learn [ … ]
All Day Kindergarten care on School Closures and Pro D Days
Calling all KINDERGARTEN kids!!! Just in time for the PD-Day on Nov. 24, Storybook Buddings is pleased to offer ALL-DAY (Kindergarten) KINDER-CARE for school closure days for $80/day. School-age program families can purchase the flat-rate [ … ]
Buddings Kids Club – Kindergarten to 12 years old
School Age Care in Cedar Cottage has arrived! Introducing our newest licensed program: Buddings Kids Club! Starting in 2023, our popular, flexible childcare at Storybook Buddings accepts children from 18 months to [ … ]
2Loops Arrives at Storybook on Oct. 21!
Spooky Storytime with Ayumi at 11am 👻 The 2loops Family Store has made the move to East Vancouver and our monthly kids’ stuff pop-up shop at Storybook Buddings will happen this weekend! [ … ]
Saying Goodbye to Broadway in 2023
Keeping our eyes on the road Since the BC NDP adopted their “$10/day” childcare platform in 2017, fee reductions have benefitted almost 100,000 families, providing up to $900 in subsidy for [ … ]
Summer Club teaches kids about the world
What is the Summer Club? Our new school-age kids program is starting on July 11, running every afternoon from 2:30 – 6pm, at 1438 Cedar Cottage Mews, in East Vancouver. Summer Club is a [ … ]
School Age Info Night
School Age Care in Cedar Cottage What's happening? Flexible occasional care for toddlers and preschoolers at our Storybook Centre has been a great option for families since 2018, even when [ … ]
Spring Swap – Apr. 1, 2023 (no joke)
Spring Swap: Apr. 1, 2023, from 10am – 1pm Our kids’ toy & clothing swap is back at Buddings Broadway this Spring, with good quality kids’ stuff, aged 0 – [ … ]
Application for SBK School Age Care in 2023
Storybook Afterschool Club from 3 – 6pm Our Storybook centre at Knight and Kingsway, is nestled amongst half a dozen schools, nextdoor to the library, and local to hundreds of [ … ]
Membership Update 2023
Introducing the Benefits Membership Earlier this year, we introduced our service-focused feature, Hours By Request, as a support for families who like daycare to be really flexible. The add-on for [ … ]
Fall Training Opportunity – Work with kids!
Ready to become a Responsible Adult? If you love sharing the world with children, or have always wondered if working with kids is for you, our autumn internship opportunity is [ … ]
Fall Season Happy Hours from 3 – 5pm
Fall Hours – From Oct. 1 – Dec. 16, 2022 After the summer bustle, autumn at daycare is a calmer affair. The bigger kids have gradually entered their classes, and the [ … ]
2loops IRL – July 23, 11 – 2
Our kids’ toy + clothing swap RETURNS! 2LOOPS: Keeping Kids Clothes in Circulation Our family stuff exchange program started in 2014, at Buddings Broadway, when we hosted our first kids clothing [ … ]
Package Options: Hours By Request
Flexible prepay system Since 2011, Buddings has been the most flexible daycare in town, because our convenient website lets families choose from packages of hours, that get cheaper when you commit [ … ]
2022 Spring into Nature
Welcome to Spring at Buddings, where babies are being born, little leaves are budding and unfurling, and a new season of play and learning is ready to poke its head [ … ]