Compass Early Learning & Care

We're opening another program in Apsley and are looking for support! Whether it be materials for our renovation, contributions of labour, or financial support, we would be so grateful for any potential collaborations!

We still have space in our August 10-14 camp week!

Join us for a week of nature connection, learning and overall fun times 🤗

Check out the link in our bio for more information 👀 🌲

We’re hiring for multiple positions! Check out the link in our bio to learn more 👀

It’s the first full week of July which means Summer Camps have officially begun! We are pleased to announce that subsidies are now available for our camp programs. 🦉

If you’re still looking for fun-packed, land-based and affordable care options for your kids this summer, see the link in our bio for more details. 🍃

Summer has arrived, and with it, Camp Season! 🔥

We are so excited to begin our camp season, starting next week. Children will embark on exciting quests,
forest exploration, various hands-on learning experiences, identification of flora and fauna, animal dwellings, tool techniques, tree climbing, fort building & so much more! 🐜

If you’re interested in registering for camp, the following weeks still have spaces available:

KLT Dance Nature Sanctuary, July 20-24 and August 10-14.

Go to the link in our bio for more information and to register! 🔗

Great news! Now the Provincial Government just needs to sign on with the Federal Government to extend the Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care agreement.

Compass is expanding child care spaces across the regions we work in and this will allow us to continue to help meet the needs.

Ottawa adding $5.4B for child care; provinces, advocates had warned progress at risk The federal government is giving provinces and territories an additional $5.4 billion over two years for the national $10-a-day child-care program, money the minister is framing as stabilizing the program. The program that started rolling out across th...

Happy International Day of Play! ✨

Play is the language of learning—where children explore, wonder, create, and make meaning of the world around them. Today, we celebrate the joy, curiosity, and endless possibilities that emerge when children are given time, space, and trust to play.

Happy Pride Month! 🌈

Join the fun at Palmer Park (175 Water St) in Port Perry on June 20th from 9am to 5pm. The Port Perry Price parade will take place at 11am and there will be activities and celebrations throughout the day in the park. Compass ELC will also have a booth with a play space for kids! 🖍️

Check out northdurhampride.ca for more details. 👀

Last week, members of Compass ELC met with MPP Dave Piccini to discuss child care and workforce challenges. MPP Piccini was interested in the impact of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) plan in Northumberland County and confirmed the Province’s commitment to renewing the agreement with the federal government, pending resolution of a few outstanding issues.

Compass ELC’s CEO Sheila Olan-MacLean emphasized the importance of regulated child care in ensuring safe, high-quality services, and advocated for continued prioritization of non-profit providers. It was noted that if public funding is extended to for-profit operators, any publicly funded property purchases or renovations should remain public assets if the business closes.

MPP Piccini welcomed the addition of 26 new Kindergarten Before and After School spaces under the CWELCC model, which will reduce costs for families and address local demand in Campbellford. These spaces resulted from advocacy by a family member, Cassandra Hartley (pictured on the left), who was concerned her child would not be able to secure one of the limited Before & After School child care spaces.

The meeting concluded with a discussion on reducing barriers for educators trained in other provinces or countries, with the goal of increasing the number of Registered Early Childhood Educators in Ontario.

"Children are active constructors of knowledge. They are not empty vessels waiting to be filled; they are already full of curiosity and ideas"

How can this shift in worldview change our systems of care? How different would the world be if we valued every child in this way?