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Muskoka Family Focus offers before (at selected locations) and after school care programs that are licensed by the Ministry of Community and Social Services and regulated by the Day Nursery Act at the following schools:

We currently have programs in:

Bracebridge

Gravenhurst

Huntsville

We hire qualified Registered ECE Facilitators who are registered with the Ontario College of ECE's and have First Aid and CPR Certificates.

Program Philosophy 

• High quality care that is fun, stimulating, flexible and friendly
• A safe place for children that offers freedom within structure
• For children aged JK to 12 years of age
• Hours: 3:15 - 6 p.m.
• Subsidy available for those who qualify. Call The District of Muskoka at (705) 645-2412 or www.muskoka.on.ca 

Positive Outcomes 

Children: 
Development of skills through range of age appropriate activities

Parents:
Allows Parents to work, attend school or training
Affordable services

Community:
Saves tax dollars by reducing costs in health care & social services

Activities Include:

• Healthy Snack Choices 
• Creative Art Experiences
• Co-operative Games
• Board Games
• Homework Time - quiet area to complete homework
• Outdoor Play

Please click here for our current Registration Package.

School’s Cool is a learning readiness course which engages children ages 3 to 5, who will be entering Kindergarten in September, and their parents in the joy and excitement of learning. 

School’s Cool promotes the following skills:  social, language, self-help and reasoning.

The course is 72 hours (24 sessions) in length and can be delivered in a variety of ways, most commonly four half-days per week for six weeks.  

School’s Cool introduces children to a rich variety of new and exciting experiences, and helps them develop the skills they need to succeed in school.

The Course is also complimented by 2 parent sessions, designed to assist parents to understand and build on their child’s  learning experiences, and to value their role as their child’s primary educator.

School’s Cool is an outcome-based course!  The Curriculum was specifically designed to produce measurable outcomes. 

The Course has proven effectiveness in increasing language, reasoning, social and self-help skills in children.  Each of the Course’s 24 sessions has set activities designed in a specific format which encourages and sustains these skills.  Each activity is divided into four developmental levels, to suit ages 3, 4, 5 and 5+.  

School's Cool Instructors are trained to focus on children's strengths and competencies, and to cultivate an eagerness to learn in those children taking the School's Cool Course.

Who is School's Cool For?

School’s Cool is for any child who is enrolled to begin either JK or SK.

Proven Results . . .

In 2009 the average developmental skill  increase for the children participating in our School’s Cool Programs were:

• Huntsville PS—38.77 weeks

• Bracebridge PS—40.17 weeks

• Beechgrove PS—48.23 weeks

• Glen Orchard PS—71.77 weeks

• MacTier PS—35.79 weeks

• Muskoka Falls PS—93.16 weeks

Watch for School's Cool 2012 information coming soon..................

Muskoka Family Focus and Children's Place is compliant with Bill 168 and has a Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Program in place.  We are also in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).