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About Us
Program Philosophy
Program Philosophy
Program Philosophy
"Children learn by doing;
Children learn by interacting;
Children learn at their own rate."
Our Programs
Program Philosophy
Program Philosophy
Top of the Ridge Day Care is a not-for-profit, licensed child care center offering a program for Toddlers, Preschool, Kindergarten and School-Aged children for full and half days, and before and after school. The program is integrated for children with special needs.
Programming is flexible based on the children's individual needs and abil
Top of the Ridge Day Care is a not-for-profit, licensed child care center offering a program for Toddlers, Preschool, Kindergarten and School-Aged children for full and half days, and before and after school. The program is integrated for children with special needs.
Programming is flexible based on the children's individual needs and abilities.
Top of the Ridge Day Care believes that children are competent, capable, curious and rich in potential. We follow practices set out in the Pedagogy "How Does Learning Happen?"
Our Goals
Program Philosophy
Our Goals
- To promote the health, safety, nutrition and well-being of the children.
- To support positive and responsive interactions among the children, parents, child care providers and staff.
- To encourage the children to interact and communicate in a positive way and support their ability to self-regulate.
- To foster the children's exploration, play, a
- To promote the health, safety, nutrition and well-being of the children.
- To support positive and responsive interactions among the children, parents, child care providers and staff.
- To encourage the children to interact and communicate in a positive way and support their ability to self-regulate.
- To foster the children's exploration, play, and inquiry.
- to provide child-initiated and adult-supported experiences.
- To plan for, and create positive learning environments and experiences in which each child's learning and development will be supported and which is inclusive of all children, including children with individualized plans.
- to incorporate indoor and outdoor play, as well as active play, rest and quiet time, into the day and give consideration to the individual needs of the children receiving care.
- To foster the engagement of, and ongoing communication with parents about the program and their children.
- Involve local community partners and allow those partners to support the children, their families, and staff.
- To support staff, home child care providers or others who interact with the children at a child care center or home child care center premises in relation to continuous professional learning.
- To document and review the impact of the above strategies on the children and their families.