WoodGreen works to meet the needs of families with young children by providing high-quality child care services, enriching learning opportunities and parenting supports that promote healthy child development. We offer several child care locations in the east end, along with nursery school spaces, a summer camp program and parenting programs. Committed to continual learning and excellence, we work with a variety of partners to deliver our many child care services.

What can you expect?
About our child care programs
Nursery school spaces
RAC summer camp
Supportive parenting programs
Piloting new models of early learning
Child care subsidies available
Locations

What can you expect?

We understand how difficult it is for parents to find child care that they can trust.WoodGreen provides a safe, stimulating and enriching early learning environment where children are cared for by professionally trained staff giving parents peace of mind. Our curriculum is based on the most up-to-date practices and is designed to respond to each child's individual needs and interests. We also regard parental involvement as an integral part of our program.

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About our child care programs

WoodGreen's child care centres are provincially-licensed and provide care for children from birth to age 12. All of our locations also offer the following benefits:

• Professionally-trained ECE (Early Childhood Education) and ECA (Early Childhood Assistant) staff
• A full-time resource teacher who works with children and families who have special needs
• Programs for kindergarten aged children located in school or kindergarten children are escorted to and from school
• Field trips and special activities
• Nutritious hot lunches, plus morning and afternoon snacks
• Staff who speak various languages including Chinese, Vietnamese and Portuguese
• Barrier-free access (most sites)

Child care age groups
We offer child care for the following age categories:

Hours of operation
Our child care centres operate Monday to Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (our Woodfield location opens at 7:00 a.m.). We are open year round, except for statutory holidays.

Communicating with parents
At WoodGreen, we work in partnership with parents, providing them with developmental checklists and one-on-one interviews with staff to discuss their children's progress.We also keep parents informed about what's going on in our centres through regular newsletters.

Supporting children with special needs
Committed to running an integrated program for children with special needs and their families, our full-time resource teacher works to address a range of special needs throughout all of our centres.We also support families by providing effective strategies for parenting a child with special needs.

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Nursery school spaces

WoodGreen runs an enriched, early learning nursery school program for children ages 3 to 5 at 2 of our child care centres. Half-day, morning nursery school spaces are made available to children from the community at Debbie Yeung C.C. and Woodfield.

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RAC summer camp

In partnership with the Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre and Ralph Thornton Centre,WoodGreen runs the RAC (Riverdale Action Centre) summer camp for children throughout July and August. The camp offers a half-day program (a.m. or p.m.) for 3 to 5 year olds (KinderRAC) and a full-day program for 6 to 12 year olds (SeniorRAC). Children can sign up for a 2-week session, with registration taking place in May.

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Supportive parenting programs

In partnership with The Child Development Institute, Public Health and community agencies,WoodGreen offers various parenting programs and workshops on issues such as child guidance/behaviour management strategies, social skills for children, and information about important health matters.

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Piloting new models of early learning

WoodGreen is proud to operate a Toronto First Duty site, a unique new early years concept which integrates kindergarten, child care and parenting supports into one comprehensive program, with a special emphasis on early literacy. The Bruce/WoodGreen Early Learning Centre, located in Bruce Public School, is offered through a partnership with the City of Toronto, the Toronto District School Board, the Atkinson Foundation and several community agencies.
Toronto First Duty

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Child care subsidies available

Subsidies are available to eligible families who need assistance with their child care costs through: City of Toronto Children's Services
55 John Street, 10th Floor, Station 1104
Toronto, Ontario (King & John) M5V 3C6
Tel: 416-392-5437
Toronto Children's Services

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Locations

For more information please call: (416) 469-5211 ext. 1158 or e-mail childcare@woodgreen.org
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