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Discovery Children's Centre

Social and Emotional Development Through Play

I saw you outside today, walking with your friends towards the mini house. You and your friends played a role playing game. You pretended to be the server and your friends were your customers. I was so happy to see you working and playing with others. You displayed affection through

Christmas Cheer Board Donations Now Welcome

In the spirit of Christmas tradition, the Board of Discovery Children’s Centre will, once again, be accepting food donations and unwrapped gifts for a Christmas hamper. A collection box (wrapped in Christmas paper) will be located across the hall from the main office. Please feel free to drop canned

Woodchips Found In Child's Boot

December temperatures require your child to wear boots during outside play. The safety surface (wood chips) is not yet covered in snow. Please check inside your child’s boots periodically for woodchips. If your child is complaining about his/her foot hurting, have them look inside to ensure something has

Emma Reads With A Friend

Emma, On our last in-service day it was quite busy in the rooms, with a variety of activities going on and a big breakfast being prepared. You had been helping Miss Cottrell in room 10 along with a few other children. There was a younger child in the room that

Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba And Discovery Children’s Centre Partner To Provide Speech & Language Pathology Services

This year Discovery Children’s Centre has teamed with Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba to provide Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services to preschool aged children. Louise Stuart (SLP from the St. James-Assiniboia School Division) has been hired to work closely with both staff and children at the Centre. As

Snack Fees at Discovery to Increase as of January 14, 2019

We (Board and Management) would like to inform all parents about a recent decision to increase the snack fees at Discovery by 25 cents per day as of January 14, 2019. For most parents that means you will be billed $25/child per billing period snack fee as opposed to

Nutrition At Discovery

A few years ago, Discovery’s Board and a number of staff spent a couple of days developing a five year Strategic Plan. In working through this strategic plan, the group agreed one of the important goals to work towards is to enhance the quality of nutrition and health of

Fall Cash Raffle a Big Success!

We are ever so thankful to all the families who so diligently participated in our Fall Fundraiser. We exceeded our goal of $5500 which goes a long way in keeping our Centre well supplies with the supplies necessary to do our work. Congratulations to all the winners both the grand

Celebrating Halloween at Discovery

At Discovery we have a tradition of downplaying the scary aspect of Halloween, especially for our preschoolers. Please check with your child’s classroom teachers for details about how this time will be dealt with in your child’s room. This year again, we have agreed to let children bring

Cash Raffle Fundraiser

Raffle ticket books have now been distributed to the classrooms for you as parent members of Discovery Centre to pick up and sell. We need everyone to do their part to keep our wonderful Centre well equipped. Please do your best to sell at least one book of tickets. Many