Free playspaces and parenting info for young families!
Whether you’re a parent, grandparent or caregiver, if you have a young child in your care, there’s lots for you at one of our Early Learning Centres

• Stay and play with your children at our fully equipped early learning programs with hours on weekdays and weekends.
  
  
• Sign up for one of our free parenting classes.
  
  
• Borrow toys to take home, including (in some centres) large imagination and outdoor toys
  
  
• Borrow a parenting books on any parenting topic
  
  
• Pick up information on other parenting and early childhood information in the community

• play opportunities
  
  
• pre-math skills like matching, grouping, sorting
  
  
• peer interaction, learning to play well
  
  
• creative arts & crafts
  
  
• physical activities for large and small muscles
  
  
• music and movement
  
  
• science for preschoolers
  
  
• story-telling, language games, rhymes, finger plays
  
  
• kindergarten preparation, and getting ready for school
  
  
• cultural events such holiday celebrations
  
  
• family social events such as potluck suppers, picnics
  
  
• toy lending library
  
  
• lending of children’s books/videos
  
  
• early literacy- getting ready to read, & to print your name
  
  
• social skills like learning to sit with a group at circle time
  
  
• parent education classes, books and pamphlets