Celebrating Pride Month through Children’s Books
Happy Pride Month! June is Pride Month in Canada, a time to celebrate diversity and LGBTQ communities. In celebration of Pride Month we wanted to share with you some wonderful children's books that highlight LGBTQ+ stories that speak of acceptance and unconditional...
Learning More Together
There is much for us to learn right now. Even though we feel like we are trying our best to learn and understand we know we can do better. Will we make mistakes, say the wrong thing, likely, but we are open to listening and learning. To honour all children of...
Child Care Provider Appreciation Evening
What a wonderful evening May 27th turned out to be! We held our annual Child Care Provider Appreciation Evening virtually on Zoom to over 100 early care and learning professionals.A warm thank you to Elder Eugene Harry for the beautiful welcome and to Minister of...
Feelings First
Child Care Options CCRR is excited to be participating in the Feelings First campaign, brought to you by a partnership of the BC Healthy Child Development Alliance, involving over 75 organizations. Feelings First is a 13-week social media campaign, that...
New books now available in the Library!
New books now available! The Early Childhood Resource Library has more than just amazing, high quality toys and activities! Take some time to browse our adult book selection, we have hundreds of resources to help learn, plan, and understand early childhood...
Fun, new item in the Early Years Learning Store!
Relax when you’re out in nature with this fun portable swing set! Once set up between two strong trees, it provides a fun swing or a place for children to sit. Pocket Swing by Hape: Swing length : 51 inches; Webbed straps 71 inches; Total swing...
Updated Camping Theme Bins
Updated Camping Theme Bins are now available to borrow! Each of our theme bins contain books, flannel stories, activities and a resource booklet for more circle time, art, math, science and curriculum ideas. To reserve this item or browse the library...
Do You Have Child Care Spaces Available?
Did you know our child care search is available online? In the last year the number of online searches have more than doubled from 50,611 to 128,298! "Do they have any spaces?" is the number one question we hear from families looking for child care. You...
New camping activity bins – now available in the Early Childhood Resource Library!
We are continually revising our materials to keep up with trends and demands! To reserve this item or browse the library catalogue please visit https://www.childcareoptions.ca/child-care-providers/early-childhood-resource-library/
Join Us! Child Care Provider Appreciation Evening 2021
In recognition of May as Child Care Month, we hope you will join us on May 27th to honour child care and the important work you do! We're thrilled to be welcoming our special guest speaker Monique Gray Smith who we know will inspire you! Please note, this evening is...
Curbside Pickup – Early Years Learning Store
Are you in need of supplies and materials for your child care centre? Great news! Although our store is closed to the public in order to minimize person to person contact during this pandemic, we are offering curbside pickup in which you can still stock up...
Spring/Summer 2021 Professional Development Calendar
Our Spring/Summer 2021 Professional Development Calendar is now available! Click the image below to view.
Parent Newsletter Winter 2021
Fee Survey Results, Winter 2021
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COVID-19 Update
January 13, 2021 We're open for service but at this time we are not accepting walk-ins, please call us to make an appointment. Due to the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in our community, we have made the decision to pause all in-person CCRR services until...
Fee Survey Results 2020
Upgrade Your Tinker Station
Providing opportunities that encourage fine motor development, hand eye coordination and cognitive problem solving is something care givers should keep in mind while planning learning spaces for children. As educators, it is our job to be responsive and...
Safety First
Child Choke Test Tubes are now available for use in the Early Childhood Resource Library and Parent library. We have a copy of the test tubes that can be borrowed from each library to help families and care providers determine the choking hazard level of...
New Winter Theme Boxes
The Library team is re-thinking the selection of theme boxes available for care providers. We want to ensure quality over quantity, but realize that many clients enjoy our resources. While making two brand new winter theme boxes, we kept our...
Infant and Toddler Library Materials
We have a number of creative and appropriate infant and toddler library materials available in the library. Pairing items from our infant and toddler section with loose parts is a great way to extend and reinvent the way familiar toys are displayed and...
