10 Reasons to Choose Quality Early Learning and Child Care

Expert knowledge Early childhood educators are experts in child development and are trained to create inspiring learning environments!
Intentionality Early childhood educators provide your child the gift of time and attention. They will stop and explore the new flowers or jump in the mud puddles with your child.
Young at heart Early childhood educators know how to have fun! They’re not afraid to be silly and laugh with your child; all while nurturing your child’s creativity and helping to build their self-confidence.
Setting limits Every child needs reasonable boundaries, such as no playing ball inside. Early childhood educators set limits and support families in doing the same.
Love of literacy Early childhood educators read and tell stories, sing songs, and do puppet shows to inspire a love of language and to build early literacy skills.
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Confidence boost Early childhood educators provide safe opportunities for your child to be independent and to become confident in their personality and decision making skills.
Inspired learning Early childhood educators ask open-ended questions to inspire creative thought and curiosity, to encourage children to explore, and to make learning fun.
Life skills Early childhood educators use their expertise to develop programs that use play as a tool for teaching math, literacy, science and essential life skills that last for life!
Making friends Early childhood educators are educated to appropriately support children to gain social skills, which are so important in making friends and developing positive relationships!
Helping hand Everyone gets stumped by parenting from time to time - juggling schedules, demands, and behaviours. When it gets tough and you need someone to talk to, reach out to your child’s early childhood educator!
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2017 ECDA Fall Conference: Everything You Need To Know

October 11th, 2017


The 2017 Fall Conference will be held at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown on Thursday October 19th and Friday October 20th. Pre-conference day is Wednesday October 18th!
 
Here are some final notes to make sure you are all prepared!
 
Pre-conference Day (Wednesday October 18th): For those registered for the Directors' Pre-conference Day with Holly Elissa Bruno, registration opens at 8:00 AM and the workshop will begin at 8:30 AM in Studio 1 (note location change) at Confederation Centre. 
 
Conference Registration (Thursday October 19th): 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM in the lobby at Confederation Centre of the Arts. There will be over 400 people registering, so allow yourself plenty of time. You will be given a lanyard that includes your personal conference schedule, and a swag bag with other conference info. The Conference begins at 8:45 AM sharp with all participants in the Homburg Theatre.
 
Parking: Parking will require more planning this year as we host our conference in downtown Charlottetown on the same day as the Teachers Federation Convention (that's a lot of cars!). There are parkades and metered parking available in the downtown core, but these will fill up very quickly. We strongly recommend the following options:

  • Get dropped off and picked up if possible.
  • Plan to carpool with your neighborly colleagues!
  • Park at the Charlottetown Mall and use Trius Transit Route 1, which stops in front of the Confederation Centre. We recommend catching the 7:45 AM bus. Get the #1 bus schedule here.
  • Take the Trius Transit bus from your house, find your bus route here.
  • If you must take your car into town, please plan to give yourself lots of time to find parking,

Play Salon, Trade Show & ECCE Student Exhibits: During registration, nutrition breaks, and lunch breaks each day, we'll have lots for conference participants to see & do! Don't miss the new Play Salon facilitated by Justin West - a hands-on experience with ideas you can bring back to your centre Monday morning! 2nd year ECCE students will be displaying new & exciting invitations during the lunch hour on Friday. And as always we have more than a dozen trade show vendors representing community groups, new products, and some of our partners!
 
ECE Gear: A limited quantity of specially-designed Early Childhood Educator apparel will be available for sale at the ECDA's trade show booth! Prices range from $20-$45 and include HST. We'll be accepting cash only, so come prepared to shop! :)
 
Thursday Meet & Greet Social: Our evening social sponsored by PEI Employee Benefits Agency this year will kick off at 4:00 PM on Thursday at Mavor's Bar! We'll be announcing door prizes, sharing munchies, and our facilitators will be there so you can draw more on their expertise or just get to know them a bit better. We hope you'll stop in to unwind and discuss your day with your fellow ECEs!

rolex replica Social Media: We'll be using the hashtag #ECDAfallconference to tag any pictures/status updates/tweets/instagrams/etc! We'd love it if you did too so we can orologi replica follow along with the conference chat together! 
 
We look forward to seeing you all in just a few days!

  • See full conference details here.
  • Download the conference information booklet here.
  • Read about Pre-conference Day for Directors & Leaders here.

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