Woodlands Childcare Inc.
91 Porteous Avenue R0C 3H0 Woodlands, MB, Canada

Music with Grace & Madison is cancelled today and Monday, November 9. We will let you know when these classes will be rescheduled.Music with Grace & Madison is cancelled today and Monday, November 9. We will let you know when these classes will be rescheduled.

Make sure to contact the Centre if you are interested in coming on Monday, October 19!

With Thanksgiving in October we decided to start the month by adding something to our pumpkins that we were thankful for every morning in the preschool room. W...e have already filled up one pumpkin and have moved onto another. It is heart warming listening to our childrens answers to add to the pumpkin. There is always something to be thankful for and we have sure felt it lately. Happy Thanksgiving See more

Our annual Spooktacular Halloween party was a success! All the costumes were amazing! The staff planned special activities including an eyeball dig, secret potions, Halloween art projects, glow stick dance party and a special snack.

There has been a lot of interest in obstacle courses lately, especially in the mornings. It started with a small group on the loft, but with everyone wanting j...oin as well the course needed to grow. Our children created signs and set out various objects to add to their course. Everyone was able to participate In the process with a lot of team work and patience. I wonder what they will come up with next !?! See more

We added a loft to our preschool room. Our children had a huge in putting it together, feeling very accomplished and proud when we were finished. It is an awesome addition to our room adding endless possibilities for play.

And just like that summer is over ........... Time sure does fly when your having fun! Every summer at the centre is exciting but this summer felt extra special.... We took the time to slow down, enjoy each other and just have fun. Some special activities we were able to participate in were waterslides, a foam party, Zumba, and Oak Hammock Marsh. Every Friday we included a special snack into the program. Some of the snacks included unicorn bark, milk and cookies, chips and dip, donuts, pizza and a BBQ. We had countless activities all summer long such as rock painting, hopscotch coding, lots and lots of minute to win it games, bug hotel building, water gun painting, cooking smores in the sun, shadow art and many many more. We ended off having a potluck and a big lunch together. It was really nice to have everyone together before everything changed again. We had a smooth transition to the new school year and look forward to what the future brings. See more

Our school-age program had a very busy summer this year. They spent most mornings outside doing a variety of activities. Some favourites included; capture the... flag, mission impossible tag, soccer, grounders, and man tracker. Afternoons that were too hot to be outside were spent doing experiments, making slime, and playing board games. The children also enjoyed frog hunting, water balloon fights, and playing in the sprinkler. The centre was lucky enough to have water slides three times throughout the summer, a foam party, and a special presentation about bats from Oak Hammock Marsh. Some other highlights from the summer included crazy olympics, special treat fridays, and show and tell. We finished off the summer by doing a spirit week with the highlight being costume day. It was an amazing summer!! See more

Mark your calendar for our Mini Market on October 4th from 10am- 4pm! If you are a vendor interested in being part of our market please contact Derek Anderson or Cassie Tully

WE ARE HIRING!! We are currently accepting applications for a fulltime ECE II. We are looking for individuals who are energetic, enthusiastic, motivated, flexi...ble, nurturing, fun-loving, creative and have a passion for working with children. A successful applicant must have experience working with infants, preschool and School-age. Must work well with others, work independently, demonstrate leadership skills, and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. We believe music is a special asset to our Program. Applicants must love to dance like no one is watching and sing like no one is listening. Random dance parties are part of our daily routines. Our staff take pride in creating a natural, calming, and nurturing environment for our children and go above and beyond to provide quality care for the children we are blessed to have in our program. Applicants must have ECE II classification, current First Aid and CPR, as well as clear Criminal Records Checks, Vulnerable Sector Search and Child Abuse Registry checks. Lucky applicants will have the opportunity to: Be part of an amazing and supportive team. Make a Competitive wage (based on experience) 2 weeks vacation after your first year of employment. Paid sick days Paid 30 minute lunch Pension Plan Benefits through Health Source Plus Participate in 24 hours Professional Development each year. We believe that the Annual MCCA Conference is a valuable resource for our Staff to attend each year. 1 hour paid Planning time per week so you are able to provide creative and interactive activities for our children. We cannot wait to meet you! Please email resume & cover letter to [email protected] See more

WE ARE HIRING!! We are currently accepting applications for a fulltime Childcare Assistant. We are looking for individuals who are energetic, enthusiastic, mot...ivated, flexible, nurturing, fun-loving, creative and have a passion for working with children. A successful applicant must have experience working with children, work well with others, work independently, and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. We believe music is a special asset to our Program. Applicants must love to dance like no one is watching and sing like no one is listening. Random dance parties are part of our daily routines. Our staff take pride in creating a natural, calming, and nurturing environment for our children and go above and beyond to provide quality care for the children we are blessed to have in our program. Applicants must have current First Aid and CPR, as well as clear Criminal Records Checks, Vulnerable Sector Search and Child Abuse Registry checks. Lucky applicants will have the opportunity to: Be part of an amazing and supportive team. Make a Competitive wage (based on experience) 2 weeks vacation after your first year of employment. Paid sick days Paid 30 minute lunch Pension Plan Benefits through Health Source Plus Participate in 24 hours Professional Development each year. We believe that the Annual MCCA Conference is a valuable resource for our Staff to attend each year. Paid Planning time so you are able to provide creative and interactive activities for our children. We cannot wait to meet you! Please email resume & cover letter to [email protected] See more

It has been 5 magical years of being open! Happy 5 years Woodlands Childcare Inc. Thank you to everyone who has been and still are apart of our amazing Centre. ...We feel so blessed to be able to provide High Quality Child Care to our children and their families. Each child that we have cared for still holds such a special place in our hearts. Thank you for allowing us to be apart of the beginning of your childs education and life long learning. See more

Since school age has been opened for the summer the group has spent most mornings outside. They can be found participating in activities such as grounders, fly...ing kites, creating shadow art, splatter painting and more! The afternoons are mostly spent inside but are just as exciting doing experiments including bottle rockets and making their own ice cream. They enjoy just dance videos to get rid of some energy and really enjoy playing board games and Kinex. See more

Here are some pictures of our beautiful garden this year! So far we have been able to pick lettuce and beets. We also have peas, beans, carrots, radishes, tom...atoes, zucchini, apples and grapes to enjoy when they are ready. A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Gertrude Jekyll See more

We are so happy to be coming to work again to be with our daycare family. Below are a few pictures of some fun we have been having! We are well underway with ...our summer program jam packed with lots of fun activities. We have tried to roast marshmallows in the sun, made and dug for fossils, painted with a pendulum, hopscotch coding, minute to win it games, waterslides and many more! Stay tuned for more from our preschool room! See more

We still have tickets left for our LC Spring Raffle Fundraiser! License #5098 $2.00 per ticket... $20 per book If you would like tickets email [email protected] We can also arrange drop off or pick up. If you would like to e-transfer we can fill out tickets for you. Please send e-transfers to [email protected] 1st prize- $500 LC gift card 2nd prize- $250 LC gift card 3rd prize- $100 LC gift card

Our new face paint prop box has been a huge hit in the preschool room. It is amazing to watch the concentration and creativity that shines through when the children are painting each others faces.

There has been some talk in our room about St. Patricks Day. We have read books and talked about some traditions that happen. In one of our stories it told us that leprechauns find gold at the end of a rainbow so today we made fruit loop rainbows in our group time.

We are loving our hot lunches from Granny! Today was a taco and sundae bar. What a way to end the week!

We are in search of Teacup and Saucer donations for our Mothers Day Spring Tea! Drop of at the Centre anytime between 7-530 during the week.

The infants are finding so many ways to explore their senses. They were banging on pots and pans to explore the sense of sound. They would bang the pots then cover their ears because it was loud, they adjusted how hard they would hit so it wouldnt be too loud for themselves.

The infants have been practicing twisting the lids off of an apple sauce pouch. This develops their fine motor skills and is also a life skill for when they have one in their lunches.

More ways for the infants to explore the sense of sound is with our boomwhackers. Each tube is a different length so when you bang them it makes them make different sounds.

Due to Inclement Weather, the Centre is CLOSED todayDue to Inclement Weather, the Centre is CLOSED today

Expanding on the infants interest in senses, we had a taste test. We tasted; vinegar, lemons, cinnamon, powdered sugar, salt and shredded coconut. They did not like the taste of the salt, but surprisingly they all loved the cinnamon and wanted more!

The infants were exploring their sense of sight through light and reflection! We hung our small mirrors in the window to watch the sunlight reflect off of them... when we spun them around. We also love all the small circles that shine around the room when we put our sequenced pillow in the sunlight.

The warm weather was taking its time coming to Woodlands and we were all getting restless. Here are some activities we have offered to keep our bodies and mind...s active in our room. We have been fishing, playing hockey, exercising, and trying out some science experiments. Always an exciting time in preschool. See more

Our children LOVE messy play! Not only is it fun but there is a lot of learning that comes with this type of play. We improve our problem solving skills, its ...full of social interaction, and even improve our fine/gross motor skills. As long as this type of play continues to be an interest we will continue to offer it in our room. See more

Our infants have been super interested in their senses. Anything they can touch, taste, smell, hear or see! We had a blast going bare foot through our sensory ...obstacle course with sticky mactac, artificial turf, and climbing rocks with grooves and different heights to climb over. After we explored the ways these materials felt on our feet we brought out bubble wrap to pop the bubbles under our toes and squish the bubbles with our fingers. See more

Our infant program has changed a lot over the past 4 years. We have transitioned our room to be: -nearly plastic free -calming, comfy, home like -natural by b...ringing nature in through wooden toys, dried wild flowers, leaves, sticks, tree stumps and plants -neutral colours instead of bright tones. We consider our environment to be our 3rd teacher. The 1st Teacher is the child them self: learning by leading their own exploring that comes from their questions and curiosity. The 2nd Teacher is play: children learn so much by simply playing with a variety of objects and expanding their knowledge through problem solving, creativity, imagination, cognitive, social and emotional development. The 3rd Teacher is our environment: by offering a space that invites children in and fosters independence and exploration - this allows the children to explore freely and learn. Here is a before and after of our hard work over the past 4 years of creating an environment that reflects our philosophy, values and what we believe quality childcare looks like.

Reminder that "Music with the Grace" starts tonight- Monday, January 13 @6:30 pm. Come & get your music on!!

We always knew our children were creative but since the break they have stepped it up! We have a rock concert everyday usually with QUEEN headlining. Our imag...ination with our kinetic sand has grown to people with moustaches. The farm yards we are building consist of a lot more realistic materials. We usually have a bunch of robots wondering the room and we are always very proud of everything we are creating. See more

The start of the new year has been awesome in the preschool room. Group times are still very popular and interesting. We keep our children in mind when planning activities and it shows with the concentration and participation during group times.

We are always looking for new ways to excite our children and expand their creativity. Recently a staff member created this amazing painting space in the presc...hool room. It was a huge hit and everyone had a blast. We believe in process over product and this is a great example of why we do this. This process lets us pay more attention to the experience. We were able mix colours, paint a new material, paint with friends close by (social interactions), experiment and be free with our imaginations. See more

Just before rest time, as we were closing the blinds one of our children were holding a pillow covered with sequins. Another child noticed sparkling shadows on... the wall. They were coming from the pillow and the reflections off the sun, so we turned this moment into an experiment. Opening and closing the blind and taking turns holding the pillow, we tried this over and over again. The children loved seeing the sparkly reflection from the sun on the wall and realized when the sun went away so did our shadows. See more

We set up the overhead projector in the infant room with our dinosaur toys. The light was shining onto our tent so we could see the dinosaur shadows from the inside and the outside! We were roaring loud like dinosaurs!

The infants took a walk to the hill and found a worn down area that was like a slide! We spent the whole morning climbing up the hill and then giggling all the way down! Climbing up the hill was such hard work!

The bales in our yard are still a huge interest while playing outside. Today the wind was a bit chilly so we built a wall to protect ourselves. Some of us hid... behind the wall while others felt a bit more risky. We challenged ourselves by jumping off two bales instead of one. Adding that extra height makes our jump more scary and exciting. By jumping from this height on our own we feel very proud of ourselves as well as a sense of accomplishment after landing! I wonder what we will create tomorrow........ See more

One of our favourite things to do at group time is go on a walk. Today we walked to the big hill. We love running up and down the hill, gaining speed to see h...ow fast we can run on the way down is so exciting. Not all of us run, some walk, roll, or slide down on their bum. No matter how we get up or down, we are smiling and laughing the whole time. This tells me we need to come back again soon! See more

On November 20, we celebrated National Child Day in our Centre. We all wore blue to help raise awareness to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the ...Child, and had a day full of activities to celebrate our commitment. This is an example of an activity where we asked our children to draw a Right they believe they have. Make sure to stop and take look to see the Rights they came up with. See more