Brittanys Family Child Care Home

✨ Meet another of our Homes Conference panelists!

We’re excited to introduce Omolara Adekunle (Lara), who will be joining us on August 22 for an engaging panel discussion featuring experienced home child care providers from across Saskatchewan.

With a background in teaching, over a decade of experience in early learning and child care, and experience as a child care director, Lara brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective to the conversation. In 2025, she took the next step in her journey by opening her own licensed Group Home Daycare in Saskatoon.

📅 August 22, 2026
📍 Holiday Inn Express & Suites – East University, Saskatoon

Join us for a full day of professional learning, connection, practical tools, and inspiration designed specifically for home child care providers. Hear from experienced providers like Lara, learn from knowledgeable speakers, and connect with others working in home child care across Saskatchewan.

We can’t wait to welcome you! 💙

https://seca-sk.org/news/seca-homes-conference

🌟 Meet our Homes Conference Panelist: Jamie Drummelsmith! 🌟

We are excited to introduce Jamie Drummelsmith, also known as Mr. Jamie, who will be joining us at the SECA Homes Conference on August 22nd!

With over 11 years of experience in early childhood education, Jamie has built his career around creating meaningful learning experiences for children. After beginning his journey in Ireland and moving to Saskatchewan in 2015, Jamie spent 10 years working in a daycare before turning his dream into reality by opening Preschool na Éirinn, a space focused on connection, creativity, and child-centred learning.

Jamie brings a wealth of experience, passion, and a genuine love for the early years profession. We can’t wait for attendees to learn from his experiences and hear more about his journey in home-based early learning.

📅 August 22, 2026
📍 Holiday Inn Express & Suites - East University Saskatoon

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate the incredible work happening in home-based child care across Saskatchewan!

Register today: https://seca-sk.org/news/seca-homes-conference

🎉 Meet one of our Homes Conference panelists!

We're excited to welcome Brittany Villemaire to our panel of experienced home child care providers. Brittany brings decades of experience in early childhood education, leadership, and advocacy, and we're looking forward to the valuable insights she'll share during this engaging discussion.

Join us on August 22 to hear from Brittany and our other incredible panelists as they share their experiences, challenges, and successes in home child care.

Have you registered yet? Click the link below, we can't wait to see you there! 💙

https://seca-sk.org/events-calendar =126&wid=1001&cid=2011

Hello Families.

I will have one full time preschool space (29 months and then over) that will be available in August 2026. Please reach out for more information.

We're excited to launch our first SECA Book Club featuring Balanced and Barefoot by Angela J. Hanscom!

Join fellow early childhood educators for meaningful conversations about outdoor play, child development, and creating environments where children can thrive.
✨ Free for SECA members
✨ Participants only need to purchase their own copy of the book
✨ Online meetings
✨ Limited to 15 participants

📅 Meeting Dates
• July 7 – Kick-Off Meeting @ 7:00pm
• August 11 – Mid-Reflection Meeting@ 7:00pm
• September 8 – Final Discussion @ 7:00pm
🎉 Register before June 29th for a chance to win a copy of Balanced and Barefoot!
📝 Registration closes July 3rd

This opportunity is currently open exclusively to SECA members. If spots remain available, registration will open to non-members.

A huge thank you to Co-operators for sponsoring this program and helping us provide this learning opportunity free of charge to our members! 💙

Link Below:
https://seca-sk.org/news/seca-book-club

🎉SECA welcomes today's announcement of up to $5.4 billion in additional federal funding for early learning and child care.

This investment recognizes the critical role that affordable, accessible, inclusive, and high-quality early learning and child care plays in supporting children, families, communities, and Saskatchewan's economy.

As part of our ongoing advocacy efforts, SECA has continued to engage with government officials and policymakers at both the provincial and federal levels. In recent months, this has included meetings with Saskatchewan's Minister of Education and representatives from the Early Years Branch to share member feedback and discuss priorities impacting the sustainability of child care programs.

We are encouraged by this investment and hopeful it will contribute to strengthening the sector and supporting long-term, equitable funding solutions for programs across Saskatchewan.

Read SECA's full statement here: https://seca-sk.org/news/new-federal-funding

Today is Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day! We HAD to share this text from Michele....

"You know you are an Early Childhood Educator when...

🧸 You spend half your day counting children.
🎨 Glitter becomes part of your daily outfit.
📚 You get excited over new school supplies.
😂 You accidentally use your "teacher voice" on adults.
🪑 Sitting on tiny chairs feels completely normal.
🍎 You know every child's favorite color, snack, and cartoon.
🎵 Nursery rhymes get stuck in your head all weekend.
👂 You can recognize a child's cry from across the playground.
🧃 Opening snack packs quickly becomes a professional skill.
💖 Hugs, drawings, and little smiles make your whole day better.
🌈 You celebrate small victories like major accomplishments.
☕ Cold coffee is just part of the job.
⭐ Every day is exhausting, messy, loud... and absolutely worth it."

Today is a remembering.

Across this land, Indigenous women, girls, gender diverse, and Two-Spirit people are still missing. Still being searched for. Still being called home.

They are loved.
They are named.
They are not forgotten.

Every absence holds a life that should still be here —
a voice, a laugh, a presence woven into family and community.

This is not random.
This is not isolated.

It is the result of colonial violence that never ended —
only shifted.
Into systems.
Into policies.
Into the conditions that continue to make Indigenous lives less safe, less protected, less believed.

We do not look away from that truth.

Because remembering is not passive.

It asks something of us.

To speak.
To listen.
To examine the systems we are part of.

To ask:

Who is believed?
Who is protected?
Who is still being failed?
And what are we willing to change so that harm is not repeated?

Awareness is not enough.

We hold space for grief.
We hold space for truth.
And we commit to work that restores safety, dignity, and connection — not just in words, but in action.

Because this is about those we have lost.
And it is about those still here.

Today, we wear red.
We remember.
We honour.

No more stolen sisters.

Ever feel like you’re saying “don’t” all day long… and nothing’s changing?

When we use “don’t,” kids have to figure out two things at once. What they should stop doing and what they should do instead. That extra step can be overwhelming, especially for younger kids.

When we shift to clear “do” language, everything becomes simpler. Kids know exactly what’s expected, which makes it easier for them to follow through.

Instead of correcting, you’re guiding. And that shift reduces frustration for everyone.

Try it today with one small change and see what happens. 👇

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