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Tottenham welcomes newest child care centre

July 9, 2021   ·   0 Comments

With a growing population and more young kids in town, the need for more child care has been a concern in Tottenham.

Learning Cubs Child Care held a grand opening on Saturday, July 3, to officially open its doors at its new location at the Tottenham Mall.

Owner Ana Kaloudis said her plan to open a child care centre has been in the works for several years.

“It’s been three years since we incorporated, found the spot, then started our construction,” Ms. Kaloudis explained. “It took a year for construction. We were waiting for the library to wrap up. There are three reasons why we started – one is there is a huge need in the community. There were always moms on mom groups saying we need more spots, where should I go? Everything is full. Number two, is I have business and marketing background, so I wanted to do something for myself and that is also meaningful to the community. Number three is my family – I was commuting to Mississauga and that was three hours of my life in my car, so I wanted to be close to them so I could support them and also support my business.”

The child care centre is in the location formerly occupied by the Tottenham branch of the public library.

A quick tour of the building reveals a fantastic job of creating an exciting new facility that is clean and bright with several classrooms designed for different ages.

“We have four rooms,” Ms. Kaloudis said. “We have a toddler room for (kids) a year and a-half to two years, a pre-school room for ages two and a-half to three and a-half, and we have a pre-school kindergarten which is for ages three and a-half to five and a-half, and the front room which is the school age room for those six years-old to 12 years-old.”

The centre employs seven fully qualified Early Childhood Education teachers.

They welcome full-time and part-time kids and have morning and afternoon spots.

The facility is a welcome new addition to child care in Tottenham and they have been receiving a good response from local families who would like their children to attend.

By Brian Lockhart
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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