Upper Yonge Village Daycare Programs

YOGA: for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Every Monday, Ms. Lee our YOGA instructor joining our Toddler & Preschool group to provide YOGA lessons.

These are conducted outdoor if weather permitting, if not in the classroom. The Instructor engages the children in simple child friendly yoga.

This gives the children the opportunity to self -regulate, learn to meditate and enjoy the pleasures of group exercising.

Music lessons: for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers

Every Tuesday our Music Teacher Tim Machin joins all four groups for a music lesson. During these the teacher shares with children the wonderful world of music. Such activities give the children the opportunity to explore a variety of different sounds of music, learn new songs and engage in group and individual learning and singing opportunities including foundation for: Rhythm, beat, patterns , explore variety of musical instruments, By exploring new rhythms children also learn about introduction to other cultures and provide foundation for building self- esteem. Children are able to express their own movements and voices. Sing Along Tim & The Pacifiers

French lessons: for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Every other ( Biweekly) Wednesday, our French Teacher Madam LAURA DEE joins our Toddlers and Preschoolers and in small groups provides children friendly French lessons. Learning a second language in early years is another foundation step for the future development and life success. BeadAFUL! & MORE Creative Workshops (beadafulandmore.blogspot.com)

Sign Language Lessons

Every Thursday, Ms. Catlin Wallis-Colins teaches Baby ASL to all the students at UYVDC.

My name is Caitlin Wallis-Collins and I teach Baby ASL to all the students at UYVDC. I majored in Linguistics at Trent University and have always had a love for languages and communication.
A few years ago, my young children had expressed an interest in learning ASL, in case they ever had a classmate or met a child on the playground who was deaf/hard of hearing. We decided to learn together by following the wonderful Rachel Coleman’s Baby Signing Time program and Rachel and the Tree Schoolers. Rachel Coleman’s programs have been a favourite in our home ever since, and with her help we have learned over 200 signs.

 

I now teach Baby ASL to our students at UYVDC as part of our enriched programs. Studies show long-term cognitive benefits for children, including speech and emotional development. ASL also enables children to communicate effectively, lowers frustration levels, improves child-parent bonding, reinforces the learning of educational concepts such as ABC’s, animals, and other specific themes, improves attentiveness to social gestures of others as well as of themselves, earlier reading and larger reading vocabulary, larger speaking vocabulary and ability to form longer sentences, increases self esteem, among many others. The benefits and advantages are truly immense.
Implementing sign language in daycare centres and schools creates a more inclusive culture and provides a sense of openness and acceptance.
*If you’d like to learn more about Rachel Coleman’s ASL programs, please visit Signing Time – Teaching Sign Language to children of all abilities & ages.

STEM

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. While we don’t expect any toddler or preschooler to be solving rocket science problems in daycare, we support and encourage our young ones to explore the world with a STEM perspective. At UYVDC we develop our activities and daycare programs around a learning program that exposes your children to new ways of thinking and playing. This approach encourages them to indulge in their curiosity which is the building block for any successful STEM student.