North Toronto Early Years Learning Centre

About Us

Thank you for your interest in the North Toronto Early Years Learning Centre. With our two locations, 11 Bedford Park Avenue and 27 Castlefield Avenue, we are building a very unique and special place for the families of North Toronto.

There has been a lot of research done lately about the early years and how critical learning opportunities are during this time. Equally important is the environment the children learn in. Both of these things greatly affect the future learning successes of children.

Because we at North Toronto Early Years Learning Centre recognize the need to develop a child's emotional intelligence - or EQ - is equally important as the need to develop the child's IQ, our teachers have received specialized training.

We have worked with noted parenting expert and best selling author Alyson Schafer, Breaking the Good Mom Myth... and cohost of The Parenting Show on Rogers Television (www.alyson.ca), to ensure our classroom teachers are of the highest caliber. With the help of Alyson, we set up our classroom routines to encourage cooperation and a sense of belonging to all children.

Alyson Schafer is a psychotherapist and one of Canada's leading parenting experts. Her book "Breaking the Good Mom Myth" (John Wiley and Sons 2006) is a national best seller that has moms across North America in stitches as they read Alyson's humorous but pragmatic methods for getting past perfection and raising great kids.

Alyson has extensive television experience. She hosts TV's The Parenting Show a live call-in advice show and was the resident parenting expert on CBC's The Gill Deacon Show. Alyson has also appeared as the guest expert on the Montel Williams Show, CityTV's Breakfast Television, CTV News, Global News, The Agenda and many many more.

The media relies on Alyson's comments and opinions. You can find her interviewed and quoted extensively in such publications as Cosmopolitan, Readers' Digest, Canadian Living, Today's Parents, and Canadian Families.

A popular public speaker, Alyson uses her wit and wisdom peppered with humorous real life examples and eye-catching props to engage her audiences. She has spoken at Sick Kids Hospital, Kraft Foods, Ford, Unilever, The Globe and Mail, Suncor Energy, RIM, GlaxoSmithKline, and more.
Working with Alyson, our teachers have received training in classroom management skills, as well as how to build self-esteem and what is needed to really encourage a child. Our goal is to develop social skills and positive attitudes toward cooperation and team work in the children. These are the skills the children need to be successful not only in school but in life! For the parents, Alyson will be holding workshops on a variety of parenting challenges.
Our teachers have also received training from Meri Soltis - an Early Literacy Specialist and founder of KinderQ^TM - our Kindergarten Enrichment program. Meri is a certified reading recovery teacher and worked as an Early Literacy Coordinator for the T.D.S.B. In her role as coordinator, she was trained in all the best literacy practices around the world, as well as in what current research shows to be the best strategies and concepts for teaching children how to read. For the parents, Meri will be holding workshops on "Supporting Literacy at Home".

In addition to our outstanding teachers, the centre is unique for many reasons:

Programs are available 2, 3 or 5 days per week and flexible drop-off and pick-up time are available to accommodate busy schedules.
We see the whole family as our client and will work to bring the services needed to build strong families. We offer extended care through an occasional drop-in playgroup in the afternoons and bi-monthly Parent's Night Out hours so time-deprived adults can rejuvenate.
The school offers a lunch program for students 2.5 years and older, and a before and after school program for students attending Blessed Sacrament.
The facilities include bright cheery classrooms, and a gymnasium for gross motor development.
Once children are safely in the centre the doors are locked to ensure complete protection.

We invite you to browse our web site and and we hope you choose North Toronto Early Years Learning Centre for your child!

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March 2010