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Welcome to our Online resource box

We have compiled all the websites we find useful in one spot - we hope you find it helpful.

crafts & activities

  • DLTK Kids
  • Enchanted Learning
  • Starfall
  • BBC's Mr.Maker
  • Tumblebooks 
  • Early Childhood Printables
  • Pinterest (search any craft or sensory idea!)
  • Super Summary - The Ultimate Teacher Resource Guide

Kid-Friendly recipes

  • KidsHealth​
  • Bento Boxes for Kids
  • Super Healthy Kids 
  • Healthy Lunches from WebMD

places to take the kids

  • Mountain Shadows Recreation Centre​
  • ParentLink Centre
  • Saskatoon Farm
  • Chinook Honey Company
  • Kayben Farms
  • Spray Parks:   Okotoks,  High River
  • Turner Valley Dr. Lander outdoor pool & spray park 
  • Butterfield Acres (especially for Easter & Halloween!)
  • Safety City 
  • Bow Habitat Station
  • Musical Discoveries

playgroup & more

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We are fortunate to have great support through ParentLink. They run several playgroups in Okotoks & surrounding communities throughout the school year. In addition to their playgroup programs, they offer workshops & resources, developmental screening, family & dayhome support and other programs for parents & children.   Click on the Facebook button & join the ParentLink Facebook page for instant updates on their activities!


Parent Link Centre
509 - 1 Street SW  High River, AB
Tel: 403.652.8633  Email:  parentlinkcentre@highriver.ca 

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resources & support

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  • Foothills Children's Wellness Network   This new network is about co-ordinating our existing services and making help available everywhere it’s needed, so that we can all raise happy, healthy children.


  • Literacy for Life (offering free in-home literacy programs)
  • Family Dayhome Standards manual
  • Okotoks Healthy Family Resource Centre 
  • Cause and Effect Foundation - Early intervention service for preschool children  Tel: 403-652-1591
  • Calgary's Child Magazine
  • Developmental Screening - ASQ "Ages & Stages Questionnaire" (available through ParentLink & in our resource box)  
  • Triple P Parenting program by ParentLink  403.652.8633
  • Alberta Health Services - Speech Language Services - Preschool & school programs: 403-955-1300
  • Be Understood - Speech & Language 403.617.5242
  • Foothills SNAPS - Special Needs Association for Parents & Siblings  Tel: 403-603-3232
  • Healthy Minds/Healthy Children Outreach Telehealth Services  Tel: 403-955-8446
  • Calgary Scope Society  Helping families with behavioural, social or emotional challenges.  Tel: 403-509-0200
  • Family Support for Children with Disabilities  FSCD Intake Line  403-297-6022
  • Early Childhood Programming for Children with Special Needs Foothills School Division                                                             Contact: Cathy Bonnaventure, Director of Early Learning  403-652-6513
  • Review Lab Guide to Parenting Resources  http://www.reviewlab.com/parenting-guide/ 
  • Birth Injury Justice Center
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starting a dayhome?

Have questions? How do you start up? What to charge? What ages will you care for? Will you be able to pick up from school? 
What about tax write-offs? Try these links & be sure to come to our next meeting. We've been there, we can help. 

    • Today's Parent article: Home daycare: Are you cut out for the job?
    • Pros & Cons of Running In-home Daycare article
    • Supplies:   Kijiji, KidSource ,  Scholar's Choice , Wintergreen , Oriental Trading, Discovery Toys
    • Forms & set-up: The Daycare Lady,  How to Run a Home Daycare.com,  Family Day Home Standards Manual for Alberta (licensed),   Simply Daycare, Child Care Providers Resource Network, Davar Childcare Society
    • Licensing:  Alberta Licensing,  Child Development Dayhome Agency, Calgary Family Dayhome Agency
    • Advertising:  Kijiji , Western Wheel , Okotoks Online ,  World Web , Go Daycare, Okotoks Babysitters FB Page, ParentLink (& join our group for child care referrals)
    • Free websites:  Weebly , Webs  & many more
    • First Aid in Okotoks:  Angie Jackson's First Aid/CPR                                                                                                        
    • Curriculums: Hipporay Activity Boxes,  Childcare Land, Enchanted Learning, Preschool Palace, Mother Goose Time, Learning Box Preschool
    • Tax & government:  Canada Revenue P134 Using your Home for Day Care, Employment Insurance for Self-Employed
    • Seminars, Associations & Education:   AELCS - Alberta Association for the Accreditation of Early Learning & Care Services ,  ParentLink offers several workshops during the year & also presents at some dayhome meetings for us. 
    • Insurance:  The Family Dayhome Standards Manual recommends: Liability All providers must be covered by liability in the amount of not less that $2 million per occurrence.  Transportation Where the provider transports children, automobile liability insurance coverage must be obtained by the provider at a minimum of $1,000,000 per occurrence.  Please consult with your insurance agent.  Also consider Critical Illness & Short-term & Long-term Disability & EI insurance for yourself.  Western Financial Okotoks.  Info: South Side, Child Care Providers Resource Network,  discussions
    • Car Seat Safety:   Town of Okotoks Car Seat Clinics 2nd Wednesday every month 1-4pm Firehall                                  
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