Exploring Awaits Child Care Center Inc.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! 💙

We are incredibly honoured and grateful to announce that Exploring Awaits Child Care Centre Inc. has been recognized in the CommunityVotes awards, receiving:

🥇 Platinum – Daycare
🥇 Platinum – Child Care Services
🥇 Gold – After School Programs

To every single one of you who took the time to nominate us and vote for us, thank you. Your support, trust, and encouragement mean more than words can express. It is truly a privilege to be part of your children's lives and to watch them learn, grow, and thrive each day.

This recognition belongs to our amazing team as well. Their dedication, compassion, patience, and commitment to providing high-quality care and meaningful experiences for every child are what make Exploring Awaits such a special place.

We also want to thank our incredible children. Their laughter, curiosity, and smiles are the reason we do what we do every single day.

We are beyond grateful to be part of such an amazing community. Thank you for believing in us and allowing us to continue doing what we love. Here's to many more years of learning, growing, and exploring together! 💙

🎉 Voting Period is Closing Soon! 🎉

Hi, families!!

It's that time of year again... the St. John's Community Votes are open for a short period of time, and we would absolutely love your support!

We're incredibly honored to have been nominated once again in three categories:
💙 Daycare
💙 Child Care Centre
💙 After School Program

Over the past few years, our daycare family and community have shown us an amazing amount of support which helped us place among the top businesses in these categories, and we truly can't thank everyone enough. Every single vote means the world to our team and is a wonderful reminder of the incredible community we're so lucky to be a part of.

If you have a few moments to spare, we would be so grateful if you could cast your vote for your favorite child care centre. 😉 The voting link is below, where you'll find all of the categories we're proud to be nominated in.

https://stjohns.communityvotes.com/2026/03/parenting-and-childcare

Thank you, as always, for your continued support, kindness, and for trusting us with your little ones. It truly means more than words can say! 🥰

CommunityVotes St. John's 2026 Official 2026 Community Voting Awards Platform for St. John's, NL. Where the community votes for their favourites every year.

Today we’re celebrating not only the wonderful fathers of our daycare kiddos, but also the grandfathers, stepdads, foster dads, uncles, guardians, and all of the incredible father figures we’ve had the pleasure of getting to know through our daycare family over the years.

Thank you for trusting us with your little ones each and every day. We know there is nothing more important in this world than your children, and being part of their lives is something we never take for granted. Watching them grow, learn, laugh, explore, and become their own little people is such a privilege, and we are grateful for the trust and support you give us along the way.

Dads play such an important role in the lives of their children. From the piggyback rides and bedtime stories to the words of encouragement, life lessons, silly jokes, and countless acts of love that often happen quietly behind the scenes... your impact is felt every single day. Whether you're working long hours, coaching from the sidelines, fixing broken toys, helping with big feelings, or simply being there when your child needs you most, it all matters. We see it, and we appreciate it more than you know.

To every man who helps love, guide, support, encourage, and nurture the children in his life; thank you. We hope today brought you lots of love, laughter, and appreciation!

Happy Father’s Day from all of us at Exploring Awaits 💙

🩵 Tomorrow marks the beginning of what we consider to be the most important celebratory week of the year. From May 24th-30th, 2026 is Early Childhood Educators Week. 🩵

Call it bias if you'd like, but we firmly believe that our communities, our province, our country, and our future depend on amazing Early Childhood Educators (like ours) to help make the world go round!

Every day, these incredible professionals show up ready to give pieces of their hearts to the children in their care. They are often among the first people to greet your children in the morning and among the last they see at the end of the day. In many cases, children spend more waking hours with their ECEs during the week than anyone else.

They comfort tears and celebrate triumphs. They teach children how to share, how to be kind, how to solve problems, how to communicate their feelings, and how to believe in themselves. They cheer loudly when milestones are reached, provide reassurance during difficult moments, and create safe spaces where children feel loved, valued, and accepted exactly as they are. They wipe noses, clean cuts, help them dress, read the same story for the hundredth time (because who can say no to the belly laughs that come from their favorite silly book). They answer endless questions, encourage curious minds, and somehow manage to turn everyday moments into meaningful learning experiences. They help build the foundations that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

What many people don't see is that these educators don't simply care for children, they genuinely love them. They celebrate their successes, care for and help them when they're struggling, worry about how they're doing when they're home sick, and invest countless hours, energy, patience, and compassion into helping them become the best versions of themselves. The work of an Early Childhood Educator is not just a job. It is a profession built on passion, dedication, knowledge, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to children and families.

This week, we celebrate all ECEs, but especially our incredible team of Early Childhood Educators who dedicate their life to nurturing, teaching, supporting, and advocating for children.

To our staff: thank you. Thank you for the love you give, the patience you show, the lessons you teach, the comfort you provide, and the countless ways you make a difference every single day. We see you. We appreciate you. We value you. And we are endlessly grateful for everything you do.

Happy Early Childhood Educators Week 🩵

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the amazing women, past and present, that have been a part of our daycare family 💐

Today we’re celebrating not only the wonderful mothers of our daycare kiddos, but also the grandmothers, stepmoms, aunties, foster moms, guardians, and all of the incredible mother figures we’ve had the pleasure of getting to know through our daycare family over the years!

Thank you for trusting us with your little ones each and every day. We know there is nothing more important in this world than your children, and being part of their lives is something we never take for granted. Watching them grow, learn, laugh, and feel safe and loved means so much to us, and none of that would be possible without the trust and support from all of you.

Moms truly do it all. The early mornings, the busy schedules, the endless worrying, the bedtime cuddles, the right snacks packed, the tears wiped, the cheering on, and the unconditional love you give every single day; even on the hard days. We see it, and we appreciate it 🩷

We also want to send a huge Happy Mother’s Day to our incredible staff. Whether you’re raising children of your own, loving your fur babies, the auntie everyone counts on, or simply one of the many women who pour love, comfort, patience, and care into any child in their lives; you matter so much too!

Our staff love these daycare kiddos like their own. They celebrate their milestones, comfort them when they’re sad, laugh with them, teach them, guide them, care for boo-boos, and help them feel safe and loved while they’re away from home. The bond they build with the children is so special, and we are beyond lucky to have such amazing, caring women as part of our daycare family!

To every woman who helps love, raise, support, and shape the lives of children.. today is for you. We hope you feel celebrated, appreciated, and loved today and every day.

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us 🩷💐

🐣🌷 Happy Easter! 🌷🐣

To our lovely families and sweet little ones (past and present), and our amazing staff! Today we are feeling especially grateful. 💛

Thank you to our families for trusting us with your children each and every day. It is truly an honour to be part of their growth, learning, and happiness. To our incredible staff, your kindness, big hearts, and genuine passion create the warm and caring environment that makes our centre so special. And to our wonderful children, you fill our days with laughter, curiosity, and joy. Watching you learn, play, and grow has been the greatest gift of all!

Wishing everyone in our community a beautiful Easter filled with love, laughter, and special moments with those who matter most. 🐰💐