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 [ … ]
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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 [ … ]
Flexible Advocacy 2022
Here is the link to our petition! Exciting News… This year, Daycare Manager Ayumi Kato, and our soon-to-be manager Lynn Truong, have taken over the company advocacy efforts, to see [ … ]
10 Years of Buddings
10-Year Introspection Aside from everything else, this 2021 year has also been a whole series of mini-milestones for me: the 10th anniversary of Buddings incorporation, last February; a 10 year anniversary lunch [ … ]
Summer 2021: Out of the Storm
Sail away with us, this summer! Never more than this year, has the rainbow better signalled the end of the bad weather. As we sail into summer, Out of the Storm [ … ]
Zero-Waste Recap
Monitoring our Energy After almost three months dedicated to saving the world, the kids and teachers have accomplished a lot! First off, we learned that tracking consumption is the first step [ … ]
Clothing swap at 2Loops.ca! Now accepting donations!
Map of the clothing destinations Map
Buddings Presents: Zero Waste Spring
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 [ … ]
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, [ … ]
Sickness Policies
Daycare Sickness Policies Childcare in BC is an essential service, and Buddings has been operating safely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic… and since 2011. We follow the specific requirements for childcare centres [ … ]
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!
Click here to register!