Chickadee Childcare

Horizon School Division is offering developmental check-ups for children ages 3-5 years.

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Early Childhood Services Horizon School Division - Alberta

We love playing with Picasso Tiles here at Chickadee Childcare.

These magnetic tiles help teach a variety of concepts including color recognition, fine motor skills (eye-hand coordination & pincer grasp) and problem solving skills, including experimentation while working through the challenge of building a stable structure.

Building with Picasso tiles also helps children to begin to understand the delicate nature of balance and the relationship between angles and shapes as they create different structures.

Picasso Tiles can also be used for playing with light and shadows.

There are so many fun ways to incorporate these into play.

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Today I'd like to share a piece of furniture our dayhome acquired back in December. Introducing the Magnus Couch!! It's more than just a couch, as it has 14 individual MAGNETIC pieces that can be used to create and build all sorts of things.

Over the course of about 2 months since getting it, it is still used on a daily basis. The children have full creativity to change its shape and create different structures to expand their play.

This couch allows the children to meet their needs for tumble play, dizzy play and whole body coordination. Providing them an opportunity to expel energy with low-risk to themselves.

Super excited to announce that this month I will be participating in 'Introduction to Infant and Early Mental Health' workshop this month.

Course materials came in last night!!

Had a fun smiley snack today to help brighten up a cloudy day.

Child: wow a smiley face
Child: it looks like a flower
Chile: it looks like a monster (after adding goldfish crackers to their bowl)

Keeping it simple with today's lunch, grilled cheese sandwich and fresh vegetables.

On June 20, 2022, Alberta Health Services re-opened its ambulatory clinic at the Coaldale Health Centre.

Services offered include treatment of minor cuts and burns, sprains, simple fractures, sore throats, headaches, earaches and/or ear infections.

The clinic is open from 5:30pm - 10:30pm on weekdays and 10:00am - 3:00pm on weekends.

Getting ready for our first of many water days

Update photos of the backyard space and assortment of backyard activities.

I am truly excited for how the backyard space has progressed over the past 9 months. I can't wait to show the children some of the new play opportunities available to them!