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Family and Child Programs
Family Resource | Pre/Post-natal Care | Therapeutic Play
Parents or caregivers bring their children up to age 6 to Applegrove's two free family resource programs to play, socialize and learn in a safe, supportive environment. These programs reduce adults' isolation and support children's development.
Children enjoy crafts, the sand table, puzzles, song and story circles, snacks and more. Adults exchange parenting information, access resource libraries, attend workshops, learn about community services and lean on the staff and each other.
As of January 1, 2018, the Province of Ontario has transformed child and family programs by integrating them into EarlyON, a common system that offers a consistent set of core services across the province, as well as others tailored to local needs. The Applegrove Parent/Child Drop-in and the Applegrove Connection are now EarlyON Child and Family Centres. Their hours and contact information will remain the same.
The Parent/Child Drop-In and Applegrove Connection will continue to be community hubs where parents, caregivers and children find programs and services that build on their strengths and help them navigate this journey: where parents and caregivers make connections and build relationships that are essential to realizing a child’s full potential; where they can learn, grow and connect together.
It’s here that children can learn, play, laugh, be curious, make friends and engage with others; where they can build their sense of belonging and capacity for expression, enhance their own well-being and explore and engage with the world around them.
We offer safe and welcoming environments open to all families, in a place where families and caregivers can find support, advice, personal connections and a network of resources. Where questions get answers, anxiety turns into peace of mind and a sense of solitude turns into a spirit of community.
Applegrove | Applegrove Connection (formerly Edgewood)
- Applegrove Parent/Child Drop-in
Open year-round,
Tuesday through Friday, 9 am to 2 pm60 Woodfield Road, lower level
View Google map here
416-461-5043Closed until further notice HOWEVER we're offerring Digital Drop-Ins for parents and caregivers with children up to age 0-6 – email frp@applegrovecc.ca ... and check out our new Instagram page @applegrove_earlyon.
Additional services include trips, parenting workshops, a clothing exchange, parent relief (respite care for regular participants) and a child care exchange (notices from child care providers and parents looking for child care).
Afternoons are a good time to bring your babies – with fewer people and a baby-focused circle time. Feel free to come any time, with special welcome to babies and their parents or caregivers between 12:30 and 1:30 pm daily.
Download the March calendar (PDF, 915K).
The Applegrove Connection
September through June,
Tuesday and Wednesdays, 9:30 am to 1 pm31 Eastwood Road (just east of Coxwell), lower level of the Toronto Formosan Presbyterian Church
(enter via the door on the west side, closer to Coxwell)
View Google map here
416-459-0231Closed until further notice HOWEVER we're offerring Digital Drop-Ins for parents and caregivers with children up to age 0-6 – email frp@applegrovecc.ca ... and check out our new Instagram page @applegrove_earlyon.
View the March calendar (PDF, 373K).
FREE Pre- and Post-natal Program:
Helping Our Babies Grow (HOBG)
REOPENED IN SEPTEMBER 2019 with exciting changes and as an evening program! Here are details ...
Monday evenings, 6 - 8 pm,Closed on statutory holidays.
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Closed until further notice HOWEVER we're offerring online pre & post natal group sessions – email louise@applegrovecc.ca. |
Women enter this free program while pregnant and may continue until their babies are 6 months old. Weekly sessions include a simple dinner, nutrition workshops, information about pregnancy and children's development, healthy snacks, assistance with transportation (TTC tickets) and grocery vouchers and more. Skilled and multilingual staff members offer information and referral to other community resources. Meanwhile, the women's older children can enjoy a playgroup, song circles, puzzles and crafts. The women can borrow items from the resource, toy and equipment lending libraries, or take home something from the clothing exchange.
HOBG supports women through a particularly vulnerable period and helps connect them to ongoing resources. Partners in this program include Public Health, the East End Community Health Centre, and the federal government via the Canada Pre-natal Nutrition Program (CPNP).
View detailed information flyer (PDF, 150K) and the HOBG January through March calendar (PDF, 189K).
Therapeutic Play: Over the Rainbow
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Closed until further notice |
Over The Rainbow is a therapeutic play group for young children who are experiencing behavioural and/or emotional difficulties in their interactions with other children or their parents. The program consists of 8 weekly sessions for children and parents.
Children use music, art, drama and story-telling to explore feelings, experiences and behaviours, while parents discuss concerns in a supportive group environment.
All children can have difficulties adjusting their emotional states to different life situations and as a result may be moody or have trouble listening, waiting, and/or making changes in routine. There can also be difficult social times when children learn to play and interact with other children. However, this group is designed for children who are having more difficulty than others and whose parents worry about the children's social and emotional health.
This program is funded by the United Way of Greater Toronto's Success by 6 ® program.
For more information contact Michelle Baer.
Phone: 416-459-4769
Email: overtherainbow@ApplegroveCC.ca
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