Welcome to our virtual resource box
We have compiled all the websites we find useful in one spot - we hope you find it helpful too!
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
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
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
resources & support
- 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.
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
