We had great summer with lots of field trips one of our favorite is visiting Elk Island Park. Thanks to all the parent volunteers.

Children visited Prairie garden to explore Flora and Fauna.

Our children really enjoyed their visit to Salisbury green house. Some important dates for April and May. Yoga days: April 8th and 29th May 6th and 20th  Rainbow music: will be visiting on the following dates -April 21st, May 19th. We are closed Monday May 18th for Victoria Day. Parents please join our Facebook group Riverbend Child Development Centre.

Field trip to Telus world of science – February 2nd (only for Kinder and Jr. Kinder). Clay project – Feb 5th Valentine’s Party – Feb 13th The Center will closed on Monday Feb 16th for Family Day Music class – Feb 17th Chinese New Year on Thursday, Feb 19th. Yoga day – Jan 28th, Feb 11th and 25th March Dates Music and movement classes will be on March 17th and April 21st Spring Break for school children is from March 30 – April 3th.we will be open till April 2nd Yoga Days March 11th and 25th We will be celebrating St Patrick day on March 17th.. Children can wear green clothes on that day. We will celebrate Nawruz “Persian New Year” on March 20th  We will be CLOSED for Good Friday on April 3rd and Easter Monday on April 6th.

In December our children visited  the Harris family as they prepare for and celebrate Christmas. Help them decide what cookies to bake, decorate the tree and prepare for the Christmas pageant. Choose from either decorating a tree using the lyrics of the 12 Days of Christmas as Inspiration, or dressing up and creating a tableaux of the nativity scene.

In the past years our program participated in Seeds of Empathy program. Seeds of Empathy is designed for Early Childhood settings to foster social and emotional competence and early literacy skills and attitudes in children three to five years of age while providing professional development for their educators. Seeds of Empathy is unique in that it powerfully engages children experimentally through a community family – an infant and parent, building on the attachment relationship demonstrated between the two.  

Parents and teacher helping children in making Christmas ornament during our field trip.