Child Care Centres

Kinark Child Care Centres

CHILD CARE PHILOSPHY
Kinark Child and Family Services believe high quality child care services should be available to every child and family within the community.
Child care services should be provided in a warm and nurturing atmosphere that recognizes the individual needs of each child, and that respects different cultural and ethnic values.
Quality child care services are best provided through developing a partnership between parents/guardians and professional staff.  Through this partnership, parents and guardians can be actively involved and be influential in all aspects of the program.
Kinark believes children should experience a child-centered program that supports all aspects of the child’s development, that encourages the child to explore, and that enhances the child’s self-image.

TRIPLE P
Our professional child care team is trained in a world-renowned program called Triple P (Positive Parenting Program).
Triple P places an emphasis on developing positive attitudes, skills and behaviour. This helps prevent problems arising and fosters family relationships that encourage children to realize their full potential.
Triple P has been developed and scientifically proven over 30 years by The University of Queensland Parent and Family Support Centre in Australia, with international collaboration. Triple P is widely used in Australia, Canada and increasingly, throughout the world.

PROGRAM GOALS

  • Ensuring a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment to support children  to realize their potential by providing:
    • Age appropriate equipment and activities.
    • Qualified, mature Early Childhood Education staff, with a demonstrated understanding of the needs of all children.
    • Ongoing staff training and development opportunities.
  • Offering each child an extensive variety of stimulating activities to fulfill his /her needs in every area of development:  emotional, social, cognitive and physical.
  • Promoting maximum independence and positive self-esteem in each child, through appropriate teacher guidance (timely intervention and redirection), with teachers acting as facilitators.
  • Consistently offering a friendly atmosphere encouraging children’s free expression in both their verbal and physical activities.
  • Expanding children’s sense of responsibility towards themselves and others.
  • Providing a program with an appropriate balance between structure and flexibility to meet the needs of the individual, as well as the group of children.
  • Ensuring maximum parental input into the program to achieve the best possible care for each child and his/her family.
  • Involving the community in the daily operation of the Child Care Centre to ensure strong support for each developing child.
  • Communicating a strong sense of “fun” in learning, which will enhance each and every child’s development.
  • Providing information to parents to assist in the development of solid and effective parenting skills.
  • Providing consultation to parents with respect to specific parenting concerns or issues.

LOCATIONS & AVAILABLE SPACES

Fairwood Public School
201 Fairwood Drive
Keswick, Ontario 
L4P 3Y5
(905) 476-5447 ext. 108
Ages 6-12

Jersey Public School
176 Glenwoods Avenue
Keswick, Ontario
L4P 3E9
(905) 476-7777 ext. 1007
Ages 6 - 12

Lakeside Public School
213 Shorecrest Road.
Keswick, Ontario
L4P 1J1
905-989-0303
Ages 6 – 12

Sutton Multi-Use Facility
Black River Rd
Sutton West, ON
L0E 1R0
(905) 722-9630
Ages 2.5 - 12

R.L. Graham Public School
70 Biscayne Boulevard
Keswick, Ontario
L4P 3M8
905-476-5449
Ages 2 - 12

FOR INFORMATION
For more information and pricing, please download our 2009 Child Care Handbook.