"Planet Parent" Episode #2.4 (TV Episode 2002)
"Planet Parent" Episode #2.4 (TV Episode 2002)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 30 minutes
Released: 1 January 2002 (Canada)
Directed by:
Alison Bruce
With:
Kate Tavender
Plot:
It's the first big decision most parents will make about their child's education: which pre-school will be the right fit for your kid. Today's feature report looks at three different models...
Plot:
It's the first big decision most parents will make about their child's education: which pre-school will be the right fit for your kid. Today's feature report looks at three different models of pre-school and talks with advocates of each: Gail O'Gorman of Taddle Creek Montessori school, Lorrie Huggins manager of the YMCA Family Development Centre's "Play to Learn" preschool, and Georgia Bowen director of the East Toronto Creative Preschool. Experts Martha Friendly, from the Childcare resource and Research Unit at the Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto and Ann Douglas, author of 15 books including 'The Mother of All Baby Books" talk about what to look for in a preschool. Then we talk to a couple of families about their own searches for an appropriate preschool. Our Reality Check looks at the thorny issue of fitting the birth of a baby into the busy calendar of sporting events. Steve Pratt and his wife Lisa are trying to plan a baby but Steve doesn't want to...