Mobile Early Learning Quill Lakes

10/13/2026

Hey all!
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend!! 🍂🍁

The weather has certainly shifted into that extra crispy feeling, hasn't it!? I don't mind the cozy mornings and evenings - slippers on my feet and tea in my hands just make these days a little more rewarding! (Perks from working from home a couple days a week! 😉)

I'm sharing a couple handouts that you may have seen/grabbed if I visited your community in the last few weeks, but wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to either have one more fall adventure outdoors with their kiddos, or maybe you want in on the bingo action for yourself!

I know those calendars are filling up.
A little outdoor break, or a reminder for yourself to slow down. Use as you please. ☺️

10/08/2026

I'm sharing the Provincial Mobile Early Learning: Early Childhood Development poster for the month of October and I have to say -- food is hard at any age!!
🥙🥪🍕🥩🌮🍳🥗🥔🫑🥦🥕🥒🍑🍎🍇🍓🍌

I personally love food; I'm super passionate about the science behind it and I think it deserves more attention than we give it.
It is literally the bottom line to learning, particularly in the early years! When our bodies and brains are nourished properly, that's when the real learning happens!

Here's some great info if you're interested! ☺️

https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/healthy-living/healthy_eating_for_children

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-guide/eating-support/cooking/make-healthy-meals-plate.html -2

10/02/2026

We made it. It's Friday!!!

I originally had planned to post something in regards to outdoor play/fun as we head into the weekend...but we're allowed to change our mind. 😉

I think it's fair that Mon-Thurs can be reserved for early learning here, and Friday's are for the adults.

Fridays can bring a lot of extra energy with everyone unloading the week at home -- it can be loud and messy and maybe slightly overwhelming...

💫SO! Can you look at a Friday afternoon as a transition period rather than a disaster? Can the pile of backpacks and shoes and artwork from daycare or school in the middle of the floor be a marker for some deep breathes? Some relief that the schedule/routine isn't a priority at this moment? Can you use it to connect with your little ones before making any other demands from them or yourself?
Adults need transitions too. We need time to process all the things and all the feelings that are being dropped at our feet.
So take 5 minutes to connect! Have a little conversation. Give them hugs. Exchange some smiles and give them eye contact.

A quick change/shift in our own perspectives might be the thing that launches the weekend into being fabulous.
Still feral (I'm almost certain).
Still fabulous.

09/30/2026

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🧡 EVERY CHILD MATTERS. 🧡

Today is Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Today we honour the Survivors of residential schools and remember the children who never came home.

As of 2026, investigations have identified at least 2,971 potential unmarked graves or burials at 31 former residential school sites across Canada.

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has documented more than 4,000 children who died within the residential school system. In 2025, another 1,143 names of children were verified for the National Student Memorial Register.

And we still do not know the full number.

Many former residential school sites have not been fully searched. Records remain incomplete. Children remain missing. Families and Nations are still waiting for answers.

Orange Shirt Day cannot simply be about wearing orange.

It means listening to Survivors.
Learning whose land you live on.
Understanding the Treaties.
Challenging residential-school denialism.
Supporting Nations searching for their children.
Demanding institutions release the records communities need.

The last federally operated residential school closed in 1996. This is not ancient history. Survivors are still here.

2,971 potential unmarked burials.
More than 4,000 documented deaths.
Thousands of children.
Thousands of families.
And the search is not finished.

They were children.

They had names.
They had families.
They were loved.
They should have come home.

🧡 Every Child Matters.
🧡 Every Survivor Matters.
🧡 The children who never came home matter.

Today we wear orange.

Tomorrow, we keep doing the work.

09/28/2026

Hello Families!!! I'm Dawn and I'm new here.

I thought I'd introduce myself on this platform given that I'll be sharing all things early learning - and most times it's nice to have a face associated with a name. ☺️ So hey... How are you... I'm so happy you're a part of this community.

I officially started this position just over a month ago and honestly, I have to remind myself that it is in fact my real job and I'm not just dreaming! I absolutely LOVE to create early learning programs and LOVE to connect with people in rural communities and learn about their everyday lives; the challenges, the joys, the sleep schedules, the insane hockey schedules...all of it!

I've been so fortunate to have put on some miles already and visited some amazing communities. Everyone has been so incredibly kind and it's even more exciting to see your little ones interact with the programming made available by this program.

I look forward to learning more about you, your little ones and your communities!! Check in soon!
-dawn

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09/25/2026

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