Aurora

Infant

Ages 6 weeks – 18 months

Our Aurora Infant daycare program provides an inviting and playful atmosphere, with a dedication to each child’s personal and social development. Assigned crib for sleep time, we encourage self-help skills for your infant as they grow and develop their fine motor skills and learn how to eat and walk!

Fine Motor skills, creative skills and sensory development are integrated with daily activities, as well as French-speaking and teaching based on foundational Christian principles.

Areas of focus for your baby’s development include physical, social and emotional skills with a focus on independence, self-reliance and autonomy. Our caregivers are truly passionate about working with infants and helping them learn and grow as they naturally develop more of a unique personality throughout these early years. Through curiosity, discovery and lessons centred around play, your child will improve their thinking skills as well as conversation and language development.

Toddler

Ages 18 months – 2½ years

Our Aurora Toddler child care program, empowers these “little explorers” to really hone in on their interests and curiosities and learn more about the world around them each day.

At this age, expressive language and autonomy are the developmental focus, as well as answering the “why” question to everything! With small class sizes, children gain a wealth of social development skills, establishing connections with their caregiver and their peers.

Activity, dramatic play, and gross motor are emphasized during these years of early childhood development. Children learn through creative play and working with their caregivers to discover and create, utilizing their critical thinking skills with their active imaginations. Potty training is also a significant focus at the age of two, and children must be able to be comfortable and dry using underwear instead of diapers before they can graduate to the preschool level.

Our Aurora toddler child care program, provides dedicated indoor and outdoor space allowing for safe play with attentive caregivers nearby. The outdoor area is coated with a rubber material, meaning slips, trips, and falls are less likely. There are pergolas for shade during the scorching summer months, with fencing so that our children are safe and secure in their own dedicated space.

Preschool

Ages 2½ years – 4 years

Learning to work cohesively with others is a BIG step for preschool-aged children, and our daycare prioritizes sensory, creative and dramatic play during this age. This is typically the age where working with others and learning how to self-regulate emotions in a group social setting are essential to getting along with others. We help our little learners develop these skills, as well as learn how to get dressed and undressed independently when switching from indoor/outdoor activities.

The preschool age group is where children learn, grow and develop their critical thinking skills. Our caregivers help our learners to develop their conclusions regarding their environment by asking open-ended “how” and “why” questions. This type of guided instruction helps children to introspectively process their own actions. This means that through almost every minute of play, your preschool-aged children are learning about the world around them and how they fit in with their peers around them as unique individuals. We also encouraged continued development with fine-motor skills, which are essential at this age for activities such as picking up a pen or pencil to colour or create on paper.

Kindergarten

Ages 4 – 5 years

Private Senior and Junior Kindergarten are often preferable for parents compared to the larger class sizes at a regular elementary school. We help our JK and SK little learners with cognitive and social development with GENESIS, ELECT, and Ontario Curriculums. Our smaller class sizes mean that your child will have more direct one-on-one instruction and be able to foster deeper connections with their caregivers and their peers.

Angelic Treasures works closely alongside JK/SK parents to include them as active participants in the development of our little learners, with active communication between caregiver and parent throughout your child’s time with us.