Who We Are
Family operated since 2018, Kids Connection Childcare helps children engage their bodies and minds through play and learning in High River and Diamond Valley.
Our Curriculum
Children are naturally curious. At Kids Connection Childcare, we build on that natural curiosity through a thoughtful blend of Montessori principles, emergent learning, and Alberta’s FLIGHT Framework. This creates a warm, engaging environment where children are encouraged to explore, discover, and grow with confidence.
Montessori-informed
Montessori teaches us that children learn most deeply when they are trusted with real work. In our program that means children pour their own water, care for plants, work with purposeful materials, and develop genuine practical skills at their own pace. There are no shortcuts and no gold stars. The satisfaction comes from the work itself, from a child discovering what their hands and mind are capable of when given the right environment and the freedom to try. That quiet confidence, built one small accomplishment at a time, is something a child carries for life.
Emergent Curriculum
No two groups of children are the same, and no two months in our program look the same either. Emergent curriculum means our educators are first and foremost careful observers. They watch, they listen, and they notice what lights children up. When a child brings a pine cone inside and sparks twenty questions, that pine cone becomes a week of discovery. When the whole room becomes obsessed with shadows, we follow the shadows. Learning here is not delivered to children. It grows from them. That is the difference between a program that keeps children busy and one that genuinely engages them.
Alberta’s FLIGHT Framework
FLIGHT is Alberta's early learning and care framework, and it shapes how we think about what early childhood education is really for. FLIGHT reminds us that a child who feels safe, loved, and genuinely included is a child whose whole self is available for learning. Before phonics, before counting, before any academic skill, there is belonging. There is well-being. There is a child who trusts the people around them enough to take risks, ask questions, and show up fully every single day. FLIGHT keeps that truth at the centre of everything we do.
Bringing It All Together
Montessori, Emergent Curriculum, and FLIGHT are not three separate programs running alongside each other. They are three lenses through which we see the same child. Montessori asks what this child's hands need to do. Emergent curriculum asks what this child's mind is hungry to explore. FLIGHT asks whether this child feels safe enough, valued enough, and connected enough to do both. Together they form a curriculum that treats every child as a whole person, not a set of skills to be developed on a timeline. That is what we believe early childhood education should be. And it is what every educator at Kids Connection Childcare brings to work with them every morning.
Our graduates
When a child leaves Kids Connection Childcare to start school, we want them to carry more than academic readiness.
We want them to know who they are. We want them to be the child who raises their hand not because they know the right answer but because they are genuinely curious about the question. The child who tries something difficult, struggles, and tries again because they have learned that the struggle is part of the learning. The child who includes others, stands up for what is fair, and brings their whole self into every room they enter.
We want them to love learning not because we told them to but because they have spent their earliest years in an environment where learning felt like discovery, where their ideas were taken seriously, and where they were trusted to do real things that mattered.
Every child who leaves our program carries that foundation with them. Not just into kindergarten or grade one, but into every classroom, every friendship, and every challenge that comes after. That is what we are building here. And it starts on the very first morning your child walks through our door.
Our community
Kids Connection Childcare draws meaning, richness, and purpose from the towns around it. We believe children learn who they are in relationship with the world beyond their classroom. That is why we visit the library and the fire hall in both towns and show up to community events together, because belonging to a neighbourhood is something children need to experience, not just hear about.
In High River our bus rolls in the Santa Claus Parade, we join the Light Up at George Lane Park, and we work alongside the Legion, High River FCSS and Foothills Community Immigrant Services. In Diamond Valley we stand with the Turner Valley Legion and the Foothills Lions Club. Our Out of School Care children have spent field trip days at Bar U Ranch and Granary Road.
We do not follow a generic multicultural calendar. We follow our families. The cultures, traditions, and stories that matter in our rooms are the ones that matter to the children and families actually living them. That is not a program feature. It is a reflection of who we are. And every family that walks through our door makes our community richer.
Health & Safety
The health and safety of every child is our highest priority. We maintain clean, well-organized spaces and follow rigorous daily practices to protect children’s well-being. Classrooms and play areas are designed with safety in mind, while routines such as handwashing, sanitization, and healthy snacks support strong habits for life. Families can trust that every child is cared for in a secure, nurturing environment where they can explore and learn with confidence.
Controlled entry systems ensure only authorized families and staff can enter the building.
Outdoor areas feature fall-protection surfaces and age-appropriate equipment for safe, active play.
Our team is trained in first aid, emergency procedures, and daily safety checks to keep children safe.
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Latest news
Where our Out of School Care field trips have taken us
Two of the places our school-age children have spent a field trip day: a working ranch from the 1880s near Longview, and a farm park south of Calgary.
What to look for during a childcare centre tour
Why we ask you to book, what a visit covers, and what is worth watching in the room, including Alberta's licensed ratios and group sizes.
The toys that earn their place in our rooms
Blocks, dough, board games and books outlast every trend. Why our rooms stay full of them, where screens fit, and what to look for at home.
