Keiki Trails Childcare

Hours

Our Philosophy

Quality Child Care

We are committed to nurturing a safe and loving environment for children to feel connected to so they can securely explore their world and maximize learning and healthy development. The key elements to care provided at Keiki Trails Childcare are a warm, caring, and stable environment, appropriate stimulation for development levels, ample time for unstructured play and engagement with nature and music.

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Communication with families is an important piece of care provided at Keiki Trails Childcare. Families are informed of their child's daily activities through HiMama, an app used to send what the child ate, when they slept and photos of their adventures.

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Stefanie Michaud

Childcare Provider

Stefanie has been a childcare provider for more than 5 years, working with a variety of ages. She is currently completing her Early Childhood Educator certification at the University of British Columbia where she previously received her BFA in Acting. She is a professional performer and uses her love of music, dance and creating to engage with the children she cares for. Stefanie adores working with children and is passionate about constantly pursuing knowledge and offering research based care.

Environment

Keiki Trails Childcare offers a cozy, home environment that is welcoming to both children and their families. We believe in child embeddedness in which children are a part of the larger community. Families are encouraged to share their culture with us through recipes, storytelling, music, art and more. Our home welcomes children with a large play space indoors and outdoors. We also regularly visit Lochdale School Park, Halifax Park Trails and spend ample time every day engaged in child initiated free play in nature, rain or shine.

Emergent Curriculum

Keiki Trails Childcare is overall play-based and follows an emergent curriculum. Emergent curriculum is to offer an enticing environment and then follow the child's lead and work as co-researchers together exploring and learning. Children may engage in short or long term projects based on their interests and we are there to facilitate furthering their exploration through these projects.

Jump Into Music

Part of offering an enticing environment and stimulation to explore, Keiki Trails Childcare proudly uses Jump Into Music. This music curriculum is done once a week and explores music from all around the world. The games, songs and dances offer a jumping off point for the children to explore and celebrate different cultures. More information about this locally made curriculum can be found at https://jumpintomusic.ca/