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Welcome!!We are a daycare located in Tyndall, Manitoba, Canada within Gillis School. Currently, we accommodate infant, pre-school and school-aged children. We opened our doors in 2002!
Parents, stay up to date by checking out the newsletter every month on our website! Lost your copy or want to go paperless? Just download the file from our homepage on the right! Proud Member of the MCCAThe Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA) is a non-profit, membership-funded, non-partisan organization incorporated in 1974. Their mission is to advocate for a quality system of child care, to advance early childhood education as a profession, and to provide services to their members. For additional information, visit their website at
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Early Childhood Educators are Essential - MCCA Video
Taken from the MCCA Website
We are so very excited to share this!
Earlier this year, MCCA began working with Abraxas Studios to develop promotional videos that a) support the benefits of being an MCCA member and b) promote early learning & child care as a profession. In March 2020, due to COVID limitations, we had to temporarily stop production. But, great news, we resumed filming in July!
The videos will be a perfect visual opportunity to remind others (the policy makers, the business community, other sectors and the public) why reliable early learning & child care is essential in Manitoba. Investment into child care results in numerous economic and socioeconomic benefits as well as, having significant positive, life long, developmental impacts on children.
In addition to the two main videos, we will also be developing five short digital stories that demonstrate how early learning & child care affects Manitobans throughout the province and in various sectors including business, health care, and education, as an example.
As a teaser to this series, please enjoy this incredible video.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m1bfj4zk6a4f5a1/AACmhpIzn5wEwwDQmUK2yKUoa?dl=0&preview=ECE+PSA+September+21+4k.mp4
We are so very excited to share this!
Earlier this year, MCCA began working with Abraxas Studios to develop promotional videos that a) support the benefits of being an MCCA member and b) promote early learning & child care as a profession. In March 2020, due to COVID limitations, we had to temporarily stop production. But, great news, we resumed filming in July!
The videos will be a perfect visual opportunity to remind others (the policy makers, the business community, other sectors and the public) why reliable early learning & child care is essential in Manitoba. Investment into child care results in numerous economic and socioeconomic benefits as well as, having significant positive, life long, developmental impacts on children.
In addition to the two main videos, we will also be developing five short digital stories that demonstrate how early learning & child care affects Manitobans throughout the province and in various sectors including business, health care, and education, as an example.
As a teaser to this series, please enjoy this incredible video.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m1bfj4zk6a4f5a1/AACmhpIzn5wEwwDQmUK2yKUoa?dl=0&preview=ECE+PSA+September+21+4k.mp4
Summer Calendar - August
Water play Every TUESDAY!
We love to spend the summer in the sprinklers, and play with the water. As it is marked on the calendar, we will have water play days on Tuesdays. This is subject to change depending on the weather, and the needs and interests of the children. We may go in the sprinklers even on non water play days! Please make sure your child has a bathing suit and/or multiple changes of clothes in their backpack.
Bike Day EVERY WEDNESDAY!
Helmets are REQUIRED! Leave your bike outside the front door and helmets can come inside. We will bike rain or shine!
** Subject to Change**
We love to spend the summer in the sprinklers, and play with the water. As it is marked on the calendar, we will have water play days on Tuesdays. This is subject to change depending on the weather, and the needs and interests of the children. We may go in the sprinklers even on non water play days! Please make sure your child has a bathing suit and/or multiple changes of clothes in their backpack.
Bike Day EVERY WEDNESDAY!
Helmets are REQUIRED! Leave your bike outside the front door and helmets can come inside. We will bike rain or shine!
** Subject to Change**
Hand Washing Policy
As per our Center policy's, please be sure to wash your and your child's hands upon arrival to the center. This will help us to prevent the spread of infection. During the day our Staff work hard to teach the children proper hand-washing techniques. Please help us stop the spread of any germs, by following our policy's! Thanks!
Improving our Play yard !!
We all enjoy spending time in our play yard all year round. We love to drive our cars, play in the sand box, making castles and pies. We love to garden, and we love to climb. We are looking to reduce the amount of plastic and add more nature elements for the children to climb on and play with. So far we have added more gardens, many stumps, more sand, some pallets and tires. A family has approached us with a donation of some large boulders but we will need the help of some big machines (a skid steer or bobcat, truck or trailer) and strong people to help move these boulders in to their new homes in our play yard. Please contact Erin if you would be able to help or know of someone who would. Thanks!
We are still looking for a medium sized wooden spool to use for our dirt kitchen table.
We are still looking for a medium sized wooden spool to use for our dirt kitchen table.
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Our Mission and Vision Statement
Gillis Play and Learn Center's mission is to provide our community with access to quality care for its infant, pre-school and school-aged children. This facility incorporates educational play-based learning at an individual and developmentally appropriate level. The center provides a high standard of care and nurturance, which includes the emotional and physical needs of children.
Our vision is...
- to promote individual and group development and each child's self esteem.
- to provide developmentally appropriate group experiences.
- to help enrich and support family life.
- to provide a safe and happy place for every child and their family.
Our vision is...
- to promote individual and group development and each child's self esteem.
- to provide developmentally appropriate group experiences.
- to help enrich and support family life.
- to provide a safe and happy place for every child and their family.
