At CDF, we aim to foster a lifelong love for learning in the children in our care. The renowned Reggio Emilia philosophy supports this goal, offering children an opportunity to learn through play and exploration, developing valuable skills in the cognitive, social-emotional, fine and soft motor areas with the environment as their third educator. Despite the amazing benefit and tangible impact incorporating this philosophy into children’s programming can have on a child’s development, the philosophy is far too often misunderstood or misused.
At CDF, small class sizes allow your infant to develop among fellow peers and educators in an intimate setting. The primary goal of our educators is to ensure that your child’s individual needs are met, as they create an environment in which your infant is stimulated and encouraged through age-appropriate learning experiences. Infants have the opportunity to observe and interact with the physical world around them. Our daily infant program features experiences through light, water and other sensory activities. It also includes creative arts, dramatic (pretend) play and story/music time. Such activities develop skills in your infants, including cognitive, language, fine- and gross-motor, and social emotional skills.
Following the infant room, your child will enter the toddler stage. At this point in their lives, curiosity and learning will become more prominent. The toddler program is designed to guide children as they develop a greater sense of curiosity and understanding. Your child will be exposed to a quiet reading area. In this area, your child can choose to participate independently in a range of logic games and puzzles, and many more stimulating activities that allow them to develop. Learning self-help skills is an important part of the curriculum. Our main focus in the toddler room is to ensure the safety and development of your child, and prepare them for the preschool classroom, in which there is a more academic approach to learning.
A center-based environment, where your child is accessing a combination of therapy supports in one location and is building their social skills as they meet and play with different children while maintain connection to their core pod of peers.
A long day care setting which allows parents to access the workforce, study commitments, tend to family commitments, or an element of respite, if needed.
Parent engagement sessions where you can meet with your child’s therapists, better understand your child’s learning journey and learn skills to build your child’s capacity at home and in the community.
Access to education workshops that will help you further scaffold your child’s learning.
Community experiences: opportunities for excursions or incursions for local attractions in your area, which are always linked to learning outcomes and fostering inclusion.
A consistent curriculum, which is informed and guided by evidence, research and highly skilled professionals, complemented by strategies tailored to your child’s individual needs.
A quality service which offers value: CDF provides a full-time, quality, highly individualized service that is delivered by therapy, early intervention and early childhood education specialists in alignment with Ministry of Children Service’s guidelines.
Dedicated support: CDF employs in-house Support Coordinators who can help you with any access and funding questions you may have as you navigate the Ministry of Children Services website.
For more information about how we can help your family, call us and talk to our friendly team today on 780 782 7051.
As a member of CDF, your commitment and dedication to your career is valued and appreciated. We recognise the professionalism of our teams results in high quality environments that offer children the best start in life. We offer a professional and supportive workplace environment with ongoing professional development opportunities. Collectively, CDF services employ over 100 professionals in leadership and Educator roles with qualifications ranging from Early Childhood Educators, Diploma and Certificate holders. All of our services are owned and operated by qualified Early Childhood professionals who are dedicated to supporting the growth and development of their teams and highly value their hands-on role, on-site within the service they have founded.
Professional supportive workplace environments with opportunities for development and career advancement.
Guidance and support from our Owner/Operators, Nominated Supervisors, Educational Leaders and Operations Managers who have extensive experience in the Early Childhood Learning and Care sector.
Leadership and management programs that assist participants to manage and deliver high-quality Early Childhood Learning and Care services. A leadership program in partnership with RDP & NWP that identifies emerging leaders, supporting those with the potential to continue to grow and thrive to step up and succeed well into the future.
At CDF, we ensure you feel supported in your career. We believe in positive reinforcement and always encouraging your greatest strengths.
Our commitment to ongoing professional development through our Explore & Develop learning and development programs.
Our annual Educator conference, annual Excellence Awards and integrated service tours are highly beneficial for development, growth and collaboration.
Regular face-to-face and virtual Nominated Supervisor or Educational Leader meetings where they can connect, network, extend their thinking, develop knowledge and skills, collaborate and support each other.
An Annual Educator Conference where Educators come together to collaborate, learn and participate in personal and professional development workshops provided by the sector’s experts.
Fully supported and funded traineeships, partnering with key registered training organisations. Each trainee is mentored and assessed in their service by a qualified CDF Operations Manager.
Our diverse talent pool of industry leaders will guide you to reach your full potential.
We take pride in our hand-picked team of qualified Operations Managers. They all possess extensive experience in the Early Childhood sector.
We offer development and career advancement opportunities to our dedicated employees.
Exceptional ratios that are upheld by qualified Early Childhood professionals. Curriculum development cover and support on-site. A well-being program that provides external mental health support and counselling.
Our commitment to ongoing professional development through our Explore & Develop learning and development programs.
We offer development and career advancement opportunities to our dedicated employees.
Our diverse talent pool of industry leaders will guide you to reach your full potential.
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