Windsor Latchkey

Latchkey Day Care believes we are a vital extension of the family and the school community. Our goal is to develop positive relationships with children, families and school communities and provide for ongoing communication, feedback and evaluation on a regular basis.

We believe all children are naturally strong and capable learners. Teacher collaboration and guidance are offered in a safe, licensed, supervised, inclusive and supportive atmosphere where children are encouraged to explore, create, build, problem-solve and try out new skills. We look to each child to help guide us in their day-to-day learning. We value and respect children and believe their theories and ideas are an important source of curriculum. We believe this approach is the most developmentally appropriate and is consistent with our understanding of how children learn.

Latchkey Day Care & Learning Centre provides an educational approach that is seamless, inclusive, and complimentary to the school day program and meets the requirements established by the Ministry of Education. Our programs are based on current child development research, recognizing that children learn through play and inquiry.

At Latchkey Day Care, Registered Early Childhood Education teachers carefully watch for opportunities to extend each child's thinking and learning within child-initiated activities. They pose problems, ask questions, make suggestions, add complexity to tasks, and provide information, materials and assistance, as needed, to enable each child to maximize their development and learning opportunities.

Daily classroom activity, adult-to-child and child-to-child interactions create "teachable moments." It connects learning with experience and prior learning. It responds to children's immediate interests rather than focusing on a narrow, individual, or calendar driven topic.

 

The learning environment is set up to encourage independent and group exploration of classroom materials. Latchkey Day Care & Learning Centre offers the materials and tools to inspire children’s learning in all areas of growth and development. Our key focus areas are Mathematics, Science and Technology, Gross Motor Activities, Language, and The Arts (music, drama, visual).