Kids & Company Blog: Learning

7 Family-Friendly Movies About Taking Care of the Planet

Posted on: Friday December 15th, 2023

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Chilly December nights are perfect for movie-watching, and if you’ve been looking for movies that aren’t only entertaining for your whole crew but also sneak in some eco-friendly lessons, you’re in luck. We’ve put together our favourites—including classics—for your viewing (and teaching) pleasure. These films deal with protecting animals and their habitats, which will resonate… [read more]

A Children’s Holiday Reading List: Celebrating Diversity through Stories

Posted on: Wednesday December 6th, 2023

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As the holiday season approaches, it’s a time for warmth, joy, and the celebration of diverse traditions. To kick off the festive season, our Director of Learning Environments, Kristine Grant, has carefully curated a holiday reading list that will introduce children to the different holidays celebrated this season; Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza.  “The Tree That’s… [read more]

Fostering Kindness and Empathy: Stories for Bullying Prevention Month

Posted on: Friday October 27th, 2023

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In honor of Bullying Prevention Month, we are sharing four fantastic books that help promote three KIDCO values: kindness, diversity, and courageousness, in addition to other important values of self-acceptance and empathy. We believe it’s essential to foster these values in children from an early age to help promote inclusivity and deter bullying behaviours.  … [read more]

​​3 Ways Digital Learning Tools Can Benefit Children & Families and Support Teachers

Posted on: Wednesday April 12th, 2023

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This blog is written by our partners in innovation, Marco Polo Learning.  Most of us can think of a documentary that fascinated us.  A clip of an animal in nature, a new invention, or even the inner workings of our own body that is engraved in our memory because it was awe-inspiring.  Technology and media… [read more]

Earth Month: Reading List

Posted on: Thursday April 6th, 2023

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April is Earth Month, where we reflect on our planet and the ways in which we can take care of it. Our children will be provided with various learning opportunities around the theme this month, including learning about recycling, planting, and conserving water. We believe that it is important to instill love and respect for… [read more]

How to Talk about Earth Month with Your Children

Posted on: Friday March 31st, 2023

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April is Earth Month, a time to raise awareness and create consciousness around the issues that affect the health of our planet. Concepts like water conservation, recycling, and electricity are widely discussed, but it can sometimes be difficult to explain these concepts to our young children in a way that demonstrates exactly why or how… [read more]

5 Books to Engage Children in STREAM Learning 

Posted on: Friday March 24th, 2023

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In Kids & Company classrooms, we follow an emergent or cue-based approach to learning that allows children to lead their own discoveries.  As early as Preschool, we introduce STREAM learning opportunities to encourage children to explore their world and start to develop their observational and critical thinking skills at a young age. You may have… [read more]

WeeSleep’s Holiday Sleep Guide

Posted on: Monday December 13th, 2021

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Written for Kids & Company by WeeSleep Happy Holidays to all! For my family, the holidays include a lot of late nights, visiting family and friends, travelling, overeating, and enjoying holiday drinks and treats (lots of sugar!!) Do your children get overtired and cranky this time of year? Do all of the holiday commitments cause… [read more]

What is STEM Learning and Why is it Important?

Posted on: Monday November 8th, 2021

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At Kids & Company, we focus on teaching our children using the Emergent Curriculum philosophy — teaching that focuses on being responsive to children’s interests to create meaningful learning experiences. Emergent Curriculum is our foundation, and one of the ways we teach this is by implementing STEM learning. We call it STREAM because we also… [read more]

5 Ways to Encourage Our Children to Say Please and Thank You

Posted on: Friday October 15th, 2021

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Teaching the basics of good manners can be a tricky and difficult job with children. It can feel like no matter how many times you encourage them, it just doesn’t stick. We believe teaching kids to say please and thank you is very important because it shows the people we are interacting with that we… [read more]