About Us
Our Mission
We are Non-Profit
Our Philosophy
Our mission is to invite parents and children into a warm and loving environment. We want to work in partnership with our families and the community to immerse the children in our care with an abundance of experiences to help guide children to their highest potential. We will do all we can to provide support for all parents, as they are
Our mission is to invite parents and children into a warm and loving environment. We want to work in partnership with our families and the community to immerse the children in our care with an abundance of experiences to help guide children to their highest potential. We will do all we can to provide support for all parents, as they are the most important people in their child’s life. We will keep up to date in our understanding of child development and create our program and program planning through the interests of the children.
Our Vision at the Bee Hive is to continue to be a respected partner in the community in caring for children. We value the teamwork established between caregivers and our families and appreciate the supports offered in our community as a crucial part of our programming. Together we will help mold individual children in our care to develop strong values, skills and self-confidence to carry with them into adult hood.
Our Philosophy
We are Non-Profit
Our Philosophy
Here at the Bee Hive we believe in an environment where all children and families are welcome. We thrive from the variety of backgrounds each family brings into our setting. We encourage families to share with us their special traditions not only to help each family feel more at home but also to open the minds of all of us in the center.
Here at the Bee Hive we believe in an environment where all children and families are welcome. We thrive from the variety of backgrounds each family brings into our setting. We encourage families to share with us their special traditions not only to help each family feel more at home but also to open the minds of all of us in the center. We want to be a tremendous support to the parents and children we serve and feel privileged to be part of each of their lives.
Our educators have many opportunities to engulf themselves in child development through Flight, work shops, conferences, staff meetings, speakers and personal time researching wonderful resources from ARQUE, Fairy Dust, online ECE courses the government funds us with.
The educators at the Bee Hive share the same passion to walk with each child as a co-learner, co-researcher and co-imaginer. The educators believe that each child is a mighty learner and citizen. The Bee Hive programming is based on the children’s interests as we strongly believe children learn through play.
Our environment is setup on learning and all our programming through children’s interests in a play-based environment we are able to capture endless moments of creativity and problem solving. Children are assisted in appropriate social interactions and we respect the vast differences each child has in adapting to new environments whether it is by slowly incorporating into group play or initially feeling secure only around the educator. We save large portions of the day for open centers and believe strongly in outdoor play for large motor activities.
Transitions are at times a struggle for children, considering this we look at transitions as a learning opportunity rather than a quick job to do before we get to the next event. Although we have a planned schedule for each day the routine may vary according to the children’s interests for that day, we respond to their moods and try to meet their needs by being flexible.
Through teamwork with parents we see children blossom into confident beings that will, through the years, learn appropriate expressive language and empathy towards others. Sharing their feelings, likes and dislikes and how to distinguish fair and just interactions are some examples. Parents are welcome anytime and are encouraged to have open communication with any of our educators. All input from parents is encouraged; comments are respected, followed up and very appreciated in terms of personal growth. In partnership with parents we want what’s best for your children!
We believe in role modeling the desired behaviors we would like to see the children imitate. We find the most effective way in guiding children’s behaviors are through redirection and assisting the children with the words in solving their own conflict; role modeling affection and validating feelings in these situations is crucial. Our goal however, is to be aware of the environment and children at all times to prevent dilemmas from occurring beforehand.
We are Non-Profit
We are Non-Profit
We are Non-Profit
The Bee Hive Child Care Center evolved out of Manna's house originating as a family day home in 1998.
When the need for child care in Picture Butte and surrounding area grew higher than the capacity that Manna could provide on her own she took the leap of faith and started a daycare out of her home. The name was changed from Manna's Day h
The Bee Hive Child Care Center evolved out of Manna's house originating as a family day home in 1998.
When the need for child care in Picture Butte and surrounding area grew higher than the capacity that Manna could provide on her own she took the leap of faith and started a daycare out of her home. The name was changed from Manna's Day home to Manna's Daycare in 2002.
Again, the need grew larger than her house could provide so we moved over to the 'B' Hive, 2007.
Mr. Brouwer, the previous owner, believed in community and was proud to provide a space for different groups to utilize his building. It was a pretty popular gathering place for community clubs so he would often say the building was, "as busy as a Bee!" After his name "Brouwer" and the buzzing community he supported, the name "B" Hive came alive in the late 50's. We wanted to honor this history and keep Mr. Brouwer's community spirit living on within this building so we changed the name from Manna's daycare to Bee Hive Child Care Center.
Seeing the changes occur within the province of Alberta in terms of early learning and child care (ELCC) we felt it was very important to turn the daycare into a non-profit Society.
We believe "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child" so we embedded that core principle into our bylaws when creating the society (2017).
It was extremely important to us to have representation on the Bee Hive board of directors from:
#1 the parents, because we know that they're the most important people in a child's life!
#2 the community, because we believe in the reciprocal relationship between community and providing a service, and know that each needs to support the other to thrive.
#3 the educators, those passionately working towards providing quality ELCC for children and their efforts in building relationships with the families we serve.
Together we will ensure that the daycare will continue to flourish and be a special little gem in rural Southern Alberta.
Thank you Picture Butte,
it has been an honor to serve you.