About Friendship Co-Operative Playschool
Friendship Co-Operative Playschool is a welcoming community where families, teachers, and staff work together to create a nurturing, creative, and engaging learning environment. We believe every child is capable, competent, and unique. Our program encourages children to explore, discover, and learn in ways that reflect their individual strengths and interests.
Family is at the heart of our school. Parents are valued partners who enrich our program by sharing their cultures, talents, and experiences. Together, we build a supportive community where meaningful connections are made and lasting friendships are formed. Friendship Co-Operative Playschool was founded for families—and family continues to be the foundation of everything we do.
Learning Through Play
Learning is at the core of our preschool curriculum. Through play, children develop independence, initiative, curiosity, creativity, responsibility, and resourcefulness. Hands-on experiences and the freedom to explore allow each child to reach their full potential.
We prioritize building a strong sense of self-worth. Children have opportunities to play independently within a supportive environment, where nurturing educators are always nearby to guide and assist when needed. Our goal is to provide a rich learning environment that supports every aspect of your child’s development.
Materials and activities are visible and easily accessible, empowering children to make their own choices and decisions. We support child-directed learning, encouraging problem-solving, self-expression, and independence. Through play, children develop social skills, cooperation, and confidence in an engaging and stimulating setting.
Learning Centres
Our daily program includes a variety of creative and educational experiences such as painting, play dough, puzzles, books, dramatic play and dress-up, blocks, climbing equipment, and sand and water play. These experiences help develop cognitive, fine and gross motor, social, emotional, intellectual, and language skills.
Group time includes songs, games, movement activities, number and letter recognition, math concepts, Jolly Phonics, and Second Step Empathy Training. While we do not follow set themes, we incorporate seasonal and annual topics such as Christmas, Easter, road safety, and fire safety into the curriculum.
Developmental Appropriate, Anti-Bias Curriculum
We are committed to providing high-quality early learning that supports the “whole child” — including physical, emotional, intellectual, cultural development, as well as building friendships. We recognize and respect the diverse cultural, religious, and developmental backgrounds of every child and family in our community.
Our educators model anti-bias practices by valuing each child as an individual and ensuring that every child is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect.
Friendship Co-Operative Playschool is a welcoming community where families, teachers, and staff work together to create a nurturing, creative, and engaging learning environment. We believe every child is capable, competent, and unique. Our program encourages children to explore, discover, and learn in ways that reflect their individual strengths and interests.
Family is at the heart of our school. Parents are valued partners who enrich our program by sharing their cultures, talents, and experiences. Together, we build a supportive community where meaningful connections are made and lasting friendships are formed. Friendship Co-Operative Playschool was founded for families—and family continues to be the foundation of everything we do.
Learning Through Play
Learning is at the core of our preschool curriculum. Through play, children develop independence, initiative, curiosity, creativity, responsibility, and resourcefulness. Hands-on experiences and the freedom to explore allow each child to reach their full potential.
We prioritize building a strong sense of self-worth. Children have opportunities to play independently within a supportive environment, where nurturing educators are always nearby to guide and assist when needed. Our goal is to provide a rich learning environment that supports every aspect of your child’s development.
Materials and activities are visible and easily accessible, empowering children to make their own choices and decisions. We support child-directed learning, encouraging problem-solving, self-expression, and independence. Through play, children develop social skills, cooperation, and confidence in an engaging and stimulating setting.
Learning Centres
Our daily program includes a variety of creative and educational experiences such as painting, play dough, puzzles, books, dramatic play and dress-up, blocks, climbing equipment, and sand and water play. These experiences help develop cognitive, fine and gross motor, social, emotional, intellectual, and language skills.
Group time includes songs, games, movement activities, number and letter recognition, math concepts, Jolly Phonics, and Second Step Empathy Training. While we do not follow set themes, we incorporate seasonal and annual topics such as Christmas, Easter, road safety, and fire safety into the curriculum.
Developmental Appropriate, Anti-Bias Curriculum
We are committed to providing high-quality early learning that supports the “whole child” — including physical, emotional, intellectual, cultural development, as well as building friendships. We recognize and respect the diverse cultural, religious, and developmental backgrounds of every child and family in our community.
Our educators model anti-bias practices by valuing each child as an individual and ensuring that every child is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect.
