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 [ … ]
Tag: families
Start Something Small This Spring
Welcome to Spring! Life starts small. And then it grows. One of our favourite books, by Cynthia Rylant and Brendan Wenzel, Life, teaches us that every animal loves their [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Holiday Party & Regift Exchange – Dec. 14 @ Storybook
Everyone’s Invited! Have you ever received A gift you don’t need? It’s nice, as you see, But not your cup of tea. From sweet old Aunt Pat, or your thoughtful friend Sherry Bring [ … ]
Spring Swap Recap 2019
The sun came out and so did the crowd. Our second Storybook toy and clothing swap drew lots of new neighbours, some tried-and-true swappers, and more than a few friends [ … ]
Making flexible care a priority
Since April of this year, the BC NDP has been delivering on its promise to reduce fees to families for childcare. Their platform paper on the topic acknowledges families’ needs [ … ]
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 [ … ]