Child Development Dayhomes - Calgary

🎨✨ We were blown away by the creativity in our CDDH Open-Ended Art Contest! While we recently announced our winner, we couldn’t resist sharing some of the many incredible submissions we received from our talented CDDH children and educators.

From painting on ice and creating with natural materials, to collaborative art, mixed media creations, and process-focused exploration, each submission showcased the beauty of open-ended art. There was no right or wrong way to create—just imagination, curiosity, and self-expression at work.

Thank you to all of our educators for providing such meaningful creative opportunities and to the children for sharing their unique ideas with us. Every masterpiece tells a story, and we loved seeing them all! 💙

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Myth vs. Fact 💭✨

Licensed dayhomes are so much more than babysitting. In Alberta, licensed family dayhomes follow provincial regulations, safety standards, and ongoing monitoring while providing nurturing, relationship-based early learning experiences for children. 💛

At CDDH, we support educators through monthly consultant visits, safety checks, policy reviews, and ongoing mentorship to help create safe, enriching, and play-based learning environments inspired by the FLIGHT Framework. 🌱🧩📚

Smaller group settings also give children opportunities to build strong relationships, confidence, communication skills, and meaningful connections through everyday experiences and play.

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Tuesday Faces of CDDH! ✨

Meet one of our SE/SW Child Care Consultants, Vanessa 🌿

With 5 years at CDDH, Vanessa brings a passion for relationship-based care and meaningful connections with educators, and children. Growing up in a dayhome herself, with her mom operating a dayhome for 28 years, she understands firsthand the impact nurturing early learning environments can have on children and communities.

Born and raised in the Northwest Territories and bilingual in French and English, Vanessa is a strong advocate for play-based learning and supporting educators through the FLIGHT framework. When she’s not visiting dayhomes, she’s spending time with her bulldog Kobe 🐾

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