Stem Early Learning Centre

     Stem Early Learning Centre, located just outside of Enderby in the Ashton Creek area, offers full and part time child care in a farm and forest environment. 

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Every morning, rain or shine, we play and learn outside in a play-space designed to encourage curiosity and wonder about the natural world, and allow for children to develop a deep connection with the natural place and with each other. The pre-school curriculum is inquiry and place-based, hands-on, immersive, experiential, and child-focused. Stem pre-school curriculum focuses on early skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, while also providing opportunities for expression through process art projects, and literacy through oral story-telling, fiction and non-fiction reading, letter recognition and printing opportunities. Children will learn to observe, measure, test hypotheses, build, collaborate, and create, all through dynamic play experiences.

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 The afternoons are spent with shared meals, cozy rest/nap time, one on one focused learning, and lots of stories, puzzles, and quiet play. After this quiet time, we usually head back outside for more rambunctious play! 

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     The outdoor classroom is on the edge of a larger forest with views of the farm so children will have many small encounters with the natural world each day, from watching farm animals play, hearing squirrels and birds twitter, and catching bugs, to measuring rain, weighing stones, and finding out how far they can jump off of a stump.

 

     

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Stem Early Learning Centre is a place where children are loved, nurtured, and inspired - where children blossom.