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Discovery Children's Centre

Infant/Toddlers complete "Two Week Outside Challenge"

Amongst the luckiest young Canadians are the Infant/Toddlers of Discovery. As with all really young children their lives and activities are very controlled by the adults in their lives. How fortunate for these children that the staff of the Infant/Toddler room understand that great outdoor experiences are a

Field and Forest - From a Child's Eyes...

Some of us call it “hiking school’ but it is really known as the Field and Forest Nature School. It was our first day at the forest and after some cheerful good-byes to our parents we were off to the woods. After placing bright orange ribbons around the forest area

Field and Forest program makes Evening News

During our first week of our just started Field and Forest Nature School we were visited by Global News who did a short story on it for the evening news. It’s like Tommy explained to Talia the news reported, “I learned about everything out here…in the grass”. Follow

United Way & All Charities Campaign Season

Did you know you can direct your United Way or All Charities Campaign contributions to Discovery Centre? Many of your workplaces are about to embark on a workplace fundraising campaign with either United Way or the All Charities Campaign (provincial employees). If you plan on participating in your workplace campaign,

"Show & Save" and "Farm to School" Fundraisers Coming Soon

We are inviting you as parents and any interested friends or neighbours to support us in the purchase of a “Show & Save” coupon book or the vegetable baskets of the Peek of the Market’s “Farm to School” program. Each year the staff of Discovery initiate a few fundraisers

Board Members Needed

We are beginning our search for new Board members. You would be joining an existing group of experienced parent Board members who are planning on returning to serve another term on Discovery’s Board. Board member’s responsibilities includes making policy and budgetary decisions for our Centre on behalf of

Alumni from Discovery Centre reaches out to homeless

Callie Costello, now 12 years old continues to reach out to those more needy than herself. Now she is joined by a business owner in Winnipeg in her efforts to help more people. We applaud these acts of kindness and are so proud to see Callie follow the passion in

Food for thought from an international friend!

An international discussion on leadership resulted in these thoughts being shared. This is coming out of a working group on nature and children (World Forum Foundation) which several of Discovery staff are involved in. “Animals considered happy and healthy are the ones that roam freely in green and open environments,

Daddy goes to Forest Day

Daddy goes to Forest Day! A few weeks ago we had a Dad find the time to leave work and join his child’s class on “forest day” at Assiniboine Park. I’ve asked him to consider doing a short write up on his experience and so here is. It

Discovery Highlighted in National AfterSchool Magazine

Discovery’s School-age Program was recently highlighted in USA National AfterSchool Association (NAA) Magazine – A wonderful article written by Amy Charles highlights Discovery Centre and two elements that we are very passionate about. The main focus is our focus on the outdoors and connecting children with nature but also delves