Earlyon Child & Family Centre, Port Colborne
92 Charlotte St L3K 3E1 Port Colborne, ON, Canada

We miss you all so much, but we've been having a great time seeing some of you online! As our centres still remain temporarily closed, we are asking you to join us at our NEW page @earlyonvirtual and we have an Instagram account with that handle, too! We have revamped our online virtual sessions and have a great schedule put together with fun sessions for everyone in your home. Please go to our new page and join in on the fun! Thank you and we hope you are keeping well and staying safe during these times. From all the ladies at your Port Cares' EarlyON Centres :)

End your week with our fun and interactive Friday programs! Explore & Learn - 2 PM - Please bring a couple apples, tooth picks, a knife, and OPTIONAL: paint. To receive the Zoom links: please send a PM through Facebook or e-mail [email protected]

Enjoy interacting with the EarlyON team and other families during our Thursday programs! Let’s Play - 2 PM - Please bring q-tips, food colouring, water, and paper towels! To receive the Zoom links: please send a PM through Facebook or e-mail [email protected]

Get comfy in your pajamas and watch Night Time Tales with Miss Barb!

Cuddle in with your favorite animal and get ready for two stories about animals: When the Leaf Blew In and Bedtime Hullabaloo!

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, for these two fun movement programs! 9 AM - Music & Movement - Well be dancing up a storm and doing some yoga to calm down! 4 PM - Brain Break - Well be doing some movement games and dancing to action songs!... To join in our programs, send us a PM or e-mail to get the zoom links.

Tuesday programs include: 9 AM - Babies & Music - Come sing songs with EarlyON staff that will get your little one moving. 11 AM - Toddler Time - Well be singing songs and reading a story.... To join in, send us a PM or E-mail to get the Zoom link!

Monday programming includes: 9 AM - Infant & Toddler Sensory - Well be making sounds with various kitchen containers and utensils! 11 AM - Lets Play - Well be practicing using our scissors by cutting newspaper, magazines, or paper!... 4 PM - Brain Break - Join in a fun movement session to get that energy out! To join any of our programs, send a PM or E-mail to get access to the Zoom link!

New week. new schedule! To register for our programs, send a PM or e-mail with the program name so we can get you that Zoom link!

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Here is our Friday programming: 8:30 AM - Toddler Time - Well be singing songs, reading a book, and doing puppet plays! 11 AM - Pre-School Story Time - Well be reading a story that will take you on an adventure!... 1 PM - Baby & Me - Get moving with us by singing action songs and doing some beginner yoga moves! To join in our programs, send us a PM or e-mail to get the zoom link.

This week is just flying by! Join us for our Thursday programming: 9 AM - Grandparent Morning - Well be reading a special story and doing a scavenger hunt! 2 PM - Lets Play - Gather magazines, newspapers, flyers, and kid friendly scissors! Well be practicing cutting and gluing!... 4 PM - Brain Break - Join in on a music and movement session where we dance our energy out! To join EarlyON staff in any of our sessions, please PM or e-mail us to get the sessions Zoom link.

Bring your bear, favorite stuffed animal, blanket or cuddly. Two stories with bears: Bear Counts and Kiss Good Night

Here is our busy Wednesday programming! 9 AM - Music and Movement - Start the day with getting your body moving with some fun movement games, music, and yoga! 1 PM - Babies & Music - Well be singing interactive movement songs to get your babies brain activated and to get them moving!... 1:30 PM - Baby Babbles - Sit down, grab a coffee or tea, and have a chat with EarlyON staff and other parents! 4 PM - Brain Break - Another music and movement session where we play movement games and get that energy out! To get the link to any of our programs, send us a PM or e-mail!

We hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend! Come join our Tuesday programs on Zoom! To get the link, send us a PM or E-mail. 9 AM - Babies & Music - Get your babies brains activated with singing songs and connect with other parents! 11 AM - Toddler Time - Well be reading stories and then getting your toddler active by singing songs with actions!

A new week means a new weekly schedule full of fun, interactive Zoom programs! Take a look and send us an e-mail or PM with the program you would like to attend and we will get you the Zoom link!

Its Friday tomorrow! Join in our Friday Zoom programs by sending us a PM or E-mail to get the zoom links! 8:30 AM - Toddler Time - Well be reading stories, singing songs, and doing puppet plays! 11 AM - Pre-School Story Time - Well be reading longer stories to experience an adventure!... 1 PM - Baby & Me - This is our music and movement for babies and parents! Well be dancing and doing some yoga to center ourselves.

Join in our fun and interactive zoom sessions for Thursday! 2 PM - Lets Play, Learn & Grow - Were going to be engineers so bring your blocks or anything you can build with! 4 PM - Brain Break - Well be working on our physical health as we get active and moving through games and music!... To get the zoom links, send us an E-mail or PM through Facebook!

Stories about going back to school. Splat the Cat and The Kissing Hand

We will be offering an extra Babies & Music session tomorrow at 1 PM, followed by our Baby Babbles parent chat social at 1:30 PM! Feel free to come for one or both! Please PM or E-mail to get the zoom link!

Join Port Cares EarlyON Staff for our Wednesday programming: 9 AM - Music and Movement - Well be dancing up a storm, playing movement games, and ending with mindful yoga! 1 PM - Baby Babbles - Parents and caregivers grab a coffee or tea and come sit down to talk to one another with EarlyON staff.... 4 PM - Brain Break - Well be dancing, singing, playing a few games, and ending it with some yoga! To get the zoom links for any of our programs, send us an E-mail or PM through Facebook!

We had a great conversation during our Pandemic Coping Strategies chat session about sharing, hand sanitizer, and masks. Here are some great resources to extend that talk!

Tomorrow is the first day of September and with it we have our new virtual programming schedule! Tomorrow we have: 9 AM - Babies & Music - Well be singing songs and including movement that your little ones will enjoy! 11 AM - Toddler Time - Well be singing songs and reading stories that will excite your little ones!... E-mail or send us a PM to get the zoom links!

Monday is our last day of August and we have two programs on Zoom where you can Join EarlyON staff for a fun interactive session! 9 AM - Lets Play - Well be making walking rainbows with paper towel, jars, and water. 11 AM - Babies & Toddler Art - Well be painting with yogurt and blueberries!... To get the zoom link send us a PM or e-mail!

Join us on Monday August 31st at 1 PM to talk about Pandemic Coping Strategies for parents and children. To get the zoom link send us a PM or E-mail!

Join EarlyON Staff in an interactive singing adventure and story time for toddlers tomorrow at 8:30am! PM or e-mail to get the zoom link!

Tomorrow is our last session for Little Chef! Join EarlyON staff as we create mini fruit pizzas. Bring your childs favourite fruits, some cream cheese, and any kind of bread you have (bagel, naan bread, regular bread, english muffin)! Send us a PM or e-mail for that zoom link!

Tomorrow is our last Thursday Lets Play of August! Join in on this fun science experiment using simple everyday ingredients! How big do you think the balloon will get?

Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar, There was an Old Lady, One duck Stuck, Big Red Barn

Its almost Wednesday again! Come join EarlyON Staff as we sing songs that include movement designed for little ones! Send us a PM or e-mail for that zoom link!

Join EarlyON Staff in a music and movement session tomorrow at 11 AM! Well be dancing to our favourite songs and doing some yoga!

Join EarlyON staff in our Monday programming: 9 AM: Well be creating our very own calming jars for Lets Play. 11 AM: Well be creating our own paint with heavy whipping cream and food colouring for Baby & Toddler art.... To get the zoom links, send a PM or an e-mail to [email protected]

Check out our schedule for some fun and interactive virtual programs on Zoom! If you need the zoom link to any of our programs, send us a PM or E-mail!

Join EarlyON Staff in a parent zoom social on Monday, August 31st at 1 PM as we cover pandemic coping strategies. To register, e-mail us at [email protected] or through facebook messenger.

Here are some songs that we sang for Toddler Time. Enjoy singing them to or with your toddler at home! Join us next week to sing along with us!

Dayna Caves, Registered Dietitian, gave our families some very useful websites to visit during the webinar yesterday and we thought we would share them!

Join EarlyON Staff for Toddler Time. We will be singing songs, reading stories, and doing puppet plays. Join us tomorrow at 8:30 AM. To get the zoom link, send us a PM or e-mail us!

Its that time of year where we have fresh produce so why not make a fresh salad! Get your butter knife ready and have your child cut some veggies or tear lettuce. Everyone loves to help! To get the zoom link, send us a PM or e-mail us!

We are here to help support you!

If you would like to sign up, or have signed up and didnt receive a zoom link, just send us a facebook message so we can get that link out to you! This free session is happening tomorrow at 10 AM.

Join us for a building activity on Thursday using Marshmallows and Spaghetti or tooth picks. If you dont have the materials you can set out your childs legos, building blocks, cardboard boxes, or whatever you have that they can build with!