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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This is Your Workforce

With the Federal announcement and the significant investment being made into building a National Early Learning and Child Care System across the country, we need YOU, our members, to tell us what we should be advocating for!

We won the lottery, but now what do you want to do with it?

We need frontline voices to help plan and make the decisions. You are the ones who are most affected by this. YOU HAVE A VOICE.

We want to know what is your ideal? What are the solutions? How do we continue to build and develop a system founded in quality and accessibility for all Island families and children and invest in our vibrant workforce?

We recognize that it is summer, and that it is a Saturday (and an evening), but this is the closest we have ever been!!!


YOUR hard work over the past number of years has brought us here! We are on the cusp of impacting change and continuing to stand up for the quality children and families deserve and we hope that you will join us!!

If you cannot make one of these in-person sessions because of a scheduling conflict or comfort level of gathering in person, please feel welcome to send a written submission to:

Jennifer.nangreaves@ecdaofpei.ca

Francophone submissions to:

yvonne.gallant@collegedelile.ca
(Committee Member)


Your ideas are important to us and the Workforce Committee would be happy to hear your voice! 

We will be hosting three in-person events:

June 19th -- Charlottetown

June 26th -- Wellington

June 28th -- Montague

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“The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn.” – Maria Montessori repliche orologi