Kids Islamic Village
10115 Princess Elizabeth Ave T5G 0X9 Edmonton, AB, Canada

A fun activity to do with your kids during the isolation

Difficult times always bring out the best in many people. In order to lift spirits and make a difference in our community during this challenging time, a number of businesses and charities in Central Edmonton have joined hands to offer a bundle of much needed services for our community in such a challenging time. If you are in need of any of the following services offered by our community businesses and charities, please PM Kids Village Daycare and we will be more than happy... to help: 1- Free Parent Portion Childcare: Kids Village Daycare & OSC is offering FREE parent portion childcare services for all essential workers. There will be special fee arrangements for families that do not qualify for a subsidy. 2- Hand Sanitizers and Masks: Downtown iPharmacy is donating 60 ml hand sanitizers and 2 masks for each family. 3- Food Drive: Masjid Quba - Edmonton is accepting non-perishable food donations for the following items ONLY: pasta, rice, tomato sauce, oil, salt, canned fruits or vegetables, canned tuna or fish (no meats), canned or dried beans, cereals and oatmeal. Donated items will be organized by our volunteers into humpers and will be distributed to families accordingly. 4- Grocery Shopping and Delivery: If you are a senior, immunosuppressed person, self-isolating or have any other reason that does not allow you to go shopping for your grocery and medicine, please contact us and our volunteers will help you with this AT NO COST. Just pay for your grocery AFTER delivery. 5- Bidets Supply and Installation: We partnered with a number of bidets suppliers in the area to supply and install bidets in your bathrooms to replace toilet paper. No special plumbing is needed. You can buy your bidet from Amazon and our supplier can help you with installation only. This service is done at a cost price. If you are in need of any of the above services or willing to donate food or volunteer with us, or if you are a business in central Edmonton who wants to participate, please PM Kids Village Daycare & OSC. More services will be added very soon!

Dear Parents: Please review our updated Health Policy as of today April 3rd, 2020 If you have any questions, please call 780 240 6956. Thanks

We are honoured to have been selected by Alberta Health and Childcare Licensing to reopen our daycare FOR ALL FAMILIES requiring childcare during this difficult time. As a token of appreciation for their great efforts, we are offering 15% discount for all healthcare professionals, firefighters, policemen, grocery staff and all other front line workers. Our operation will be limited to 30 persons (children and staff) at one time in the facility with no more than 10 people in...cluding staff in one room. We adhere to strict sanitization practices based on specific instructions from the Chief Medical Health Officer. Please read carefully our Health Policy for reopening our facility (at the pinned post on our Facebook page) and if you have any questions, please call us at 7802406956 Thanks

https://www.facebook.com/cbcedmonton/videos/210923116863784/ Effective immediately, our daycare is closed till further notice :(

Elderly Support Initiative As the COVID19 virus outbreak is a growing concern, Masjid Quba and Kids Islamic Village have taken the initiative to provide a necessary service that may assist our seniors and other vulnerable people during the current global crisis. If you are a senior or other vulnerable member who finds it difficult to buy your household groceries due to:... - physical or mental challenges - lack of supplies at nearby stores - fear of getting the covid19 virus, especially since seniors are the most vulnerable age group. Please contact us at Masjid Quba (tel: 780-426-6373) or Kids Islamic Village (tel: 780-240-6956) for help. We have a group of youth volunteers who will come to your house personally to pick up your list. They will complete your shopping and deliver it to you.The volunteer can be reimbursed for the costs of the groceries upon its delivery. It's our duty to stand by our community in times of need and this is our first initiative to help out the community during this global pandemic.

Dear Kids Islamic Village Family: In response to the COVID19 virus pandemic outbreak, our daycare is taking the following health measure that we wanted to inform you about: 1- Restrict access to common areas: - Starting Monday 16th, 2020, no visitors will be allowed at the daycare.... - Parents will not be allowed past the vestibule area. Please call Teacher Gulnaz at 587-778-7010 5 min before your arrival time to make sure that she has your child(ren) ready by the time you arrive at the daycare. - Parents are not allowed to take off their outdoor shoes at the facility. Children's outdoor shoes will be kept in the vestibule area. 2- Classes will be divided into smaller groups: Starting Monday 16th, 2020, we will divide our classes so that no more than 8 children are in care with 1 teacher. We already hired extra staff and will share their profiles with you on Monday the 16th. 3- All field trips and outdoor activities are canceled until further notice: And that is to minimize the chances of catching a cold or flu due to the fluctuation of temperatures and weather. 4- Stay home if you are sick or suffering flu symptoms: - If you, your child or any of your family members are feeling any of the flu symptoms (cough, fatigue, muscle ache, sneeze, fever...etc), please isolate yourself and your family members for 5-7 days till you make sure that you have completely recovered. - If your child at our facility shows any symptoms of flu, especially fever above 38C, you will be contacted to pick up your child immediately and your child will stay in the director's office till you arrive safely. 5- Hygiene and respiratory etiquette: - Children and adults in the facility will clean their hands on arrival at school, after using the toilet, after lunch and snack breaks and before leaving school. - There will be sufficient hygiene supplies for the children and adult-use at the facility. - Children will be taught the respiratory etiquette of covering the mouth and nose during coughing or sneezing with a tissue or a flexed elbow and disposing of used tissues in a plastic-lined waste container, followed by hand hygiene. - All utensils, cups and other daily use items will be disposable as much as we can. - Parents are asked to please not bring water bottles to the facility anymore. - All high touch surfaces such as taps, doorknobs, and countertops will be cleaned and sanitized frequently. - Children will be asked to avoid touching their face, nose, eyes or mouth or their friends face, nose, eyes or mouth. We will be adding more health measures isA as needed. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact management at 7802406956.But Allah is the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful.(12:64)

Gulnaz, our center director, a former teacher in Pakistan and accredited teacher in Alberta. Tasneem, our special needs teacher, a former teacher in India and an assistant teacher for special needs in Alberta. Sadia, our Toddler room teacher, a former teacher in Bangladesh and soon to be a teacher in Alberta too.... Amina, our Quran teacher, a former teacher of Quran in Somalia and Egypt and a sheikha for Quran in Canada with 2 Ijazas. This is only a sample of our amazing team. We have another 6 teachers from 6 different backgrounds to be added to our team soon. From Egypt, Morocco, Afghanistan, Lebanon...and the list goes on. Despite the diversity of cultures in our team, we all have one thing in common: we have a teaching certificate whether from back home or from Alberta and we share the passion for educating young minds, especially if we are educating them about Islam and Quran. Oh, and one more thing in common too, we pray every Salah Jamaha together and with our daycare kids during the daycare operation hours :)

Meet Sheikha Amina, our Quran teacher. Sheikha Amina is from Somalia but her 2 Ijaza in Quran are from Egypt where he lived most of her life before she immigrated to Canada. Amina has volunteered in almost every mosque in Alberta to teach Quraan and help kids of all ages to memorize Quran. Sheikha Amina is Hafiza mashaal Allah for the entire Quran with Tajweed. Amina is a great addition to our program and we are lucky that she accepted to work with us, alhamdu le Allah

Meet Mrs. Sadia Afroze, our toddler room teacher. Mrs. Sadia was a teacher back home in Bangladesh and she is working to evaluate her certificate here so that she can work as a certificated teacher in Canada too. Sadia has a vast experience working in daycares in Edmonton and she is excited to join our team and start the journey with us. Sadia is a new bride, masha Allah, and she claims that she can cook but we didn't have a chance yet to verify that from her husband ;)

Meet Mrs. Juveria Tasneem, our kindergarten support teacher. Tasneem hold a teaching certificate from India and worked as a teacher in India for several years before she immigrated to Canada. In Canada, she got Special Needs Educational Assistant Certificate and worked as a special needs assistant teacher before she joins our team at Kids Islamic Village. As a mother of 4 herself, Tasneem LOVES kids and her true passion in life is teaching, specially special needs. Tasneem was very tired after 4 hours of staff meeting today that she slept while taking her photo :)

Meet Mrs. Gulnaz Nawaz, our center director and Kindergarten principal. Gulnaz has a teaching certificate from Alberta and has been a teacher for different grades in different schools in Canada since 2004. She also has 4 years experience in managing childcare centers of different sizes. Gulnaz is so dedicated to her work at Kids Islamic Village to the extent that she will be opening the daycare at 6:30 am and closing it by 6 pm EVERYDAY. Gulnaz is a great mother of 3 girls and loves reading and walking when ever she has time.

We are awaiting you at our Open House today from 11 AM to 4 PM at our location 10115 Princess Elizabeth ave T5G 0X9 We have very limited spots right now for the daycare and prekindergarten starting March 1st and the Kindergarten starting September 1st. Come and see our Mosque inside the daycare. Open House Special Offers are valid only during open houses. Claim it while you can :)

Thank you for all the families that came over and visited us today. We are still here till 4 pm. See you soon In Shaa Allah

Dear Kids Village Islamic daycare clients, we remind you of today's Open House at our facility at 10115 Princess Elizabeth ave T5G 0X9 from 11 am to 4 pm. Come over, tour our facility and meet the teachers and enjoy the Open House Special Offers. See you soon in shaa Allah

Welcome to our kids Village Mosque. We are the only Islamic & Arabic curriculum in north America that has a REAL MOSQUE with a library and Quran computer lab to memorize Quran. Come and check our mosque at the open house on Saturday February 15th from 11 am to 4 pm at our location 10115 Princess Elizabeth ave T5G 0X9