Discovery Child Care brings nature into the classroom and takes the classroom into nature, offering an environmentally aware foundation of early learning for children, from infants to school-age.
We follow an Emergent Curriculum philosophy which means: Your child will be provided with hands-on, play-based learning opportunities that will encourage active exploration, autonomy, choice, problem solving and plain old fun! Your child’s individual interests, abilities and needs will be considered when planning our indoor and outdoor programs.
A balanced, developmentally appropriate and challenging program focusing on the areas of physical, intellectual, creative, social and emotional growth will be available for your child daily. We base our programs on the ELECT document (Early Learning for Every Child Today; A framework for Ontario early childhood settings, Best Start Expert Panel on Early Learning, 2006)
Your child will be involved in indoor and outdoor activities every day. We spend a minimum of 2 hours outside everyday (and even more when the weather permits).
At Discovery Child Care Centre we call our playground a “Nature Classroom” It is seen as an extension of the indoor classroom and is not only for the purpose of releasing physical energy (although that certainly is important too!).
Children will have the opportunity to interact daily with materials found in nature and in the process become thoughtful stewards of the earth we share.
Locations & Contact Information:
Harvie Road Location
Address: 101 Harvie Road, Barrie, ON L4N 9C9
Phone: 705-733-2052
Email: harvie@discoverychild.on.ca
Big Bay Point Location
Address: 377 Big Bay Point Road, Barrie, ON L4N 8A2
Phone: 705-792-1917
Email: bbp@discoverychild.on.ca
Visit our website www.discoverychildcare.on.ca to find out more information about our age specific programs.
