Family Guides
Child Care Meal Program: What to Ask and What to Look For
A child care meal program shapes years of eating. Here is what to ask about menus, allergies, and how food is actually handled at…
The Kinder Journal
Notes on childhood, space, and the first years.
Reflections from our teachers and designers on how environment, rhythm, and material shape the way children grow.
Family Guides
Naps at Child Care: What to Expect and What to Ask
Naps at child care often go differently than at home. Here is what to expect, what good programs do, and what to ask before…
Family Guides
Returning to Work After Parental Leave: A BC Timeline
Returning to work after parental leave in BC means finding care at the hardest age. Here is the timeline that works and what to…
Family Guides
Child Care vs Nanny: An Honest Comparison for BC Families
Child care vs nanny is not really a cost question. Here is what each is genuinely better at, and how the answer changes as…
Family Guides
Sea to Sky Child Care: Searching Across the Whole Corridor
Sea to Sky child care works as one connected market, not three towns. Here is how to search across the corridor rather than within…
Child Development
Outdoor Play in Early Childhood: Why It Does the Real Work
Outdoor play early childhood programs build in is not a break from learning. Here is what it develops and what to ask about wet…
Child Development
Emotional Regulation in Toddlers: How Co-Regulation Works
Emotional regulation toddler brains are still building depends on borrowing an adult's calm. Here is how co-regulation works and what helps.
Family Guides
Child Care Ratios BC: What They Are and Why They Matter
Child care ratios BC sets determine how much attention your child receives. Here is what they are, why they change with age, and what…
Family Guides
Licensed Child Care BC: What It Guarantees and What It Does Not
Licensed child care BC regulates is inspected and held to enforceable standards. Here is what licensing covers, what it does not, and how to…
Family Guides
Toddler Care Squamish: A Guide to Ages 18 to 30 Months
Toddler care Squamish families need sits between infant and preschool. Here is what the eighteen to thirty month band actually requires.