With all the talks of Full Time Kindergarten in Ontario, its hard to think of where fellow Childcare Providers will be? It feels as if the government is trying to weed us out. There will be no need for us in the future as they will be adding a TWO YEAR mat leave on top of the Full time Kindergarten.  Ontario schools are also adding before and after school care, so our little 3 to 5 year old kindergartners could be at school for over 10 hours.

As a Childcare Provider there will only be a 2 to 3 year window that parents will need care. Right Now I have a seven year turnover, as it is not worth my time to care for children before and after school only. with the full day kindergarten I will now have a 2 to 3 year turnover for new children entering and leaving my daycare.

I would love to know what other childcare providers feel about this program!

Please feel free to leave a comment

 

 

For more info Check out these links

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071127/kindergarten_plan_071127/20071127?hub=TopStories

http://news.therecord.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/275299

http://winterhill.ca/negativeimplications.pdf

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