Erin Mills Co-op Nursery School

Play and Learn Together

Affordable programs for children ages 2 and up

Erin Mills Co-operative Nursery School is a progressive non-profit school founded by a group of parents in 1974. The school’s programs are designed to provide your preschooler with a stimulating, healthy environment to enrich their physical, social and emotional learning experiences.

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Programs

Nursery School Programs

Program	Base Fee*	Non-Participating Fee*
2-Day AM (T/TH)	$115	$35
3-Day AM (M/W/F)	$150	$45
5-Day AM (M-F)	$257.50	$50
4-Day PM (M/T/W/Th)	$197.50	$47.50

AM = 9:30am-12pm
PM = 1:00pm-3:30pm

Our school days include circle time, where we welcome each other and do activities related to the calendar and theme, encouraging cognitive learning, science exploration, language and physical literacy. We have snack time, which includes a washroom routine and a healthy snack and drink. There is a wide variety of daily activities for the children to choose from, such as creative play, arts and crafts, and play-based learning.

*Note: Erin Mills Cooperative Nursery School has registered with the Canada-wide Early Learning Child Care (CWELCC) system. These fees are effective January 2023. In addition, non-Participating families will be subject to an incremental fee

Monthly calendars and newsletters are distributed to all of our families, which outline the programming themes for the month (for example, dinosaurs, outer space, underwater life). Outdoor play is incorporated into the curriculum (weather-permitting) such as tobogganing and outdoor games. Theme-related field trips (depending on the evolving Covid-19 situation), such as the pumpkin patch in the fall, the maple sugar bush in spring, and Ripley’s Aquarium are always a fun time for everyone.

Our ECE teachers surround your child with encouragement, allowing them to play and learn together. We offer a program appropriate to each child’s needs and accept each child as a unique individual. At Erin Mills Co-op self-esteem and confidence are built on each child’s strengths and interests.

Fun! Fun! Fun!

Outdoor Play

Our curriculum includes outdoor play such as nature hikes, tobogganing, sports and outdoor games.

* Outdoor play is not a part of our daily curriculum. It is weather and time permitting.

Special Activities

Throughout the year, the children are given the opportunity to attend various educational field trips as well as seasonal parties. Our favorite field trips have been the Springridge Farm Pumpkin Patch, Meadowvale Theatre and the Royal Ontario Museum’s Dinosaur Exhibit.

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The Co-op Experience

Erin Mills Co-op operates on the premise of parent involvement to share and partake in the responsibility of the preschool program. The goal of the co-op experience is to provide a wonderful parent education, with increased understanding of childhood development while developing relationships with other families, teachers and children within the community. The co-op experience, truly unique for both parent and child, provides a setting in which you can observe and help your child grow and interact with others, and develop a natural love of learning.

Testimonials

This school has been amazing for both of my children. They’ve been ready for kindergarten after learning from these beautiful teachers. If you want an amazing school with amazing teachers and amazing parents... EMC is the best school in Mississauga for preschool.

Andrea

Gosh this school is so great I don’t know where to start. The teachers are simply amazing. Mrs Julie & Mrs Sandi are exactly who you want around your preschoolers as they start along their learning journey. They are incredibly warm, loving, engaging, energetic and simply magical. Sad that this school year is coming to an end. We will miss this little place immensely but will be back soon.

Renatta

This school is so much more then a school. It's a family. My daughter absolutely adores Mrs Julie and Mrs Sandi. She looks forward to going to school. She has made so many friends and so have we. One moment that stood out for me was my husband had to have major surgery. Mrs Julie came over with a meal so we didn't have to cook. It was so thoughtful. We are coming back next year and so happy to be a part of this family community.

Melissa