A24 - Sanday, May 20, 1984 - North Shore News Day care plays integral role at NSNH From page A21 Program in the Lower Lonsdale area. ‘“‘There are no roller skating or ice skating rinks, no parks and no movie theatres in this area. There’s 20 kids that would have nothing else to do on these nights,’’ he says. ‘“‘The kids that do show up, do so religiously.”” Other teen programs consist of karate, jazz dance workout and pottery for the mentally handicapped. Feaver says there is also a hanees hax come oon enrollment which, she says, has dropped dramatically due to the recession “Two parent tamilies, where, one parent is now staying at home, have withdrawn their kids from day care. As a result, day cares have had to conduct fundraising drives,’’ she says. ‘“‘And a lot of day cares are now taking in halftume kids.”’ She adds the government 1S presently changing cine day care child-staff ratio to ten to one, from 8 to one. cons. uering Tht a Fk at ' economically, it would be a real benetit because with a lower number of teachers, we would save in wages,’ says Branscombe. **But this could have real emotuonal ramifications, because the qGuality of care would definitely be atfected. With less teachers, the kids wouldn't get the same emo- tional and loving nurturing they get with a lower child-staff ratio.”’ Branscombe says the House is hoping to open up a pre-school for three and four year olds in September. She says there are also plans afoot to introduce an in- legrated day care at the Esther Bell Day Care Centre in Lynn Valley, which would see children under three in- tegrated into the three and four year old classes for ‘‘part of the day.”’ Another unique program for children offered by the House is the Out of School program for six to 12 year olds. Open to. children’ who have working parents, parents going to school, ‘‘or parents who just need a vice versa,’’ Branscombe sayS approximately 30 children participate in the before and after school program. It takes place at Lynn Valley Public School and Ridgeway Public School. ‘“‘The children in the program are basically already enrolled in the schools which have the programs. Others walk over from Ross Road Elementary or Fromme Elementary,’’ says Branscombe. All of the programs of- fered at the North Shore advertised extensively through various outlets, a route Doug Sabourin says must be followed in order to keep in step) with other agencies and businesses. Costs of each program vary, with yearly member- ships also available. ‘All of our instructors are professionals, and they create a following. People get used to certain routines and when instructors leave, the students usually follow,”’ he says. ‘‘We have to offer real solid programs because there’s a lot of competition respite from their kids and Neighborhood House are possibility teens will soon be permitted the use of the out there.”’ House facilities during unscheduled hours. Among the numerous programs offered to young children, the day care pro- gram ranks as the most established. === |SAN-FRANCISCO | the House, the day care program onginated = as HE vcrcie Pre art set rte Sate bare ise ts we ve i pre-school concept prior to World War II, run by parents in the Lower Lonsdale area. But day care director, Joyce Branscombe says the focus of the pre school changed during the war, evolving tmnto ai day care, which it has remained ever since. According to Branscombe. however, the day care pro- gram has undergone a drastic overhaul in the past three years. One of the biz AGENDAS N.VAN DIST. 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