1. ONTARIO COMAPARED WITH
ENGLAND
Group Members:
Sean Bontoft Maggie Samaroo
Rasheda Sultani Jessica Tang
Simeng Yang Gail Letcher

3. ONTARIO
 Ontario’s Early  England’s
Childhood Traditional Early
Education Childhood
Philosophy:
Education
 High Quality
Philosophy:
Play
 Child Centered
 High Scope
 Individualism
 Developmentally  Free play
Appropriate
Practice

4. ONTARIO
 Reggio Emilia  Developmentalism:
Approach  Perspective of
 Montessori
Adult Educator
 Current
Philosophy:  Current Philosophy:
 Emergent
 Reform Act
Curriculum

6.  In 18 Century…
Early Childhood Care and Education
for young children began to emerge
in England.

7. • England • Ontario
1816, the first nursery In 1857, A group of
school was established wealthy women
in Scotland for the started the first
children of cotton mill English crèche:
workers. Public Nursery in
Toronto.
Until 1880, the elementary
1883, Toronto set up
the first Canadian
education became
public school
compulsory for all the
kindergarten
children between the
program.
ages from 5 to 13.

8. • England • Ontario
In 1905, 5 inspectors Depression Era, the institute
suggested that different of Child Study was
facilities and teaching founded, St. George
approaches should be Nursery School was
applied for the children opened.
under 5 years old. Since
then, children under 5
were excluded from At the end of the World War
elementary schools. II, there were 28 preschool
centers and 42 school aged
centers in Ontario.
In 1911, The first time to use
the term of “Nursery
School” was the In 1950, there was obvious
establishment of an open- growth in cooperative
air nursery school by nursery school.
McMillian Sisters.

9. • England • Ontario
By the 1960s, a new type At the same time, there was
preschool provision
appeared: Playgroups. increasing in the number
With the growth of of childcare centers.
awareness that playing is
important.
In 1972, the suggestion that Universal Childcare Services
nursery school should be
expanded did not was advocated by
adopted due to the childcare.
economic recession.
The no statutory preschool Better Childcare was
provision was neglected established by Ontario
and undeveloped .
coalition.

10. • England • Ontario
The importance of quality
childcare was stressed.
In 1996, early childhood In 2005, 51 Best Start
education had become an
issue on the national Networks are
policy agenda since the established to plan
conservative government
introduced the first stage and implement early
of a nursery voucher childhood programs
scheme.
1997, the labor government at the local level.
abolished the scheme and
made new plans for the
development of early
years services.

12. Ontario Staff England Staff
1 High Scope ECE High Scope Staff
2 Theme-Based ECE Theme-Based Staff/employee
3 Emergent ECE Emergent Staff
4 Montessori ECE Montessori Teacher
5 Nursery Schools ECE Nursery Schools Staff

13. Ontario Staff England Staff
6 Day Nurseries/ ECE Day Nurseries/ ECE
Nursery School/ Nursery School/
Play School/ Play School/
Play Group Play Group
7 Child-minders ECE Child-minders
8 Crèches ECE Crèches ECE
9 Nannies/Child-minders Nannies/Child-minders
10 Babysitters Babysitters

14. Ontario England
 National curriculum - National curriculum-
Theme- based – moving towards Theme- based /Emergent
Emergent curriculum curriculums.
 Child-minder seen as daycare - Child-minder – professional
Trained as ECE Register with NCMA
(National Child-minders
Association)
 Child-minders - No Child-minders – Annual
Registration fee Registration fee – 103 pounds
Breaking law if working and
not registered

15. Ontario England
 Early Childhood Educator –
Professional –Register with
College for Early Childhood
Educators (CECE) – Annual
Fee $150.00 CDN.
 Babysitters - care for Babysitters – care for
Children all day children up to 2 hours
No registration No registration
No best curriculum
Use which ever works for the child/family/facility

17. INFANT AND TODDLER
 Become a partner for children and parents
 To make sure the child is safe and meets all the
learning standards
 To help the child learn new materials
 Make sure the child is safe within a learning
environment
 Provide a active learning environment
 Make learning fun to keep the children’s
attention

18.  PRESCHOOL
 Create new challenges for children
 Make sure that they have a solid foundation
 Make sure children have a understanding
 Make learning fun and interesting to keep
child’s interest at best
 Prepare the child or children for transition to
School age
 Develop a parent – teacher – child relationship

19. SCHOOL AGE
 Montessori school is to observe in order to
connect the child with the suitable materials
 based on children’s interests and learning
needs
 Prepare children for young child role
 Have a understanding of their learning level
 Create a parent – child – teacher interactive
relationship
 Keep child informed and up to date

20.  Definition of Accessibility is: easily
approachable and available.
AVAILABLITY
 Definition of Availability is: readily
obtainable.

21. Ontario England
 Resident of Ontario  Resident of England

22. WHAT?
England
 The Ontario Child  Child maintenance
Care Supplement
and benefits
 Eligibility  Flexible working
 The Ontario Child  Getting help from
Benefit your employer
 Financial assistance
 Ontario Early Years
Centres

23. Ontario England
 Ontario Child Care  Child maintenance and
supplement - since 1998 benefits - Since October
 Ontario Child Care 2008
Benefit since 2007  Since April 2010 - paid
directly to the caregiver

24. Ontario England
 Receive the federal  All three and four year
Canada Child Tax olds are entitled to 15
hours of free nursery
Benefit education for 38 weeks of
 Have appropriate the year.
income level  Flexible working pattern if
child under 6 or disabled
 Not receiving fully child under 18
subsidized daycare  Flexible have worked for
you employer for at least
26 weeks

25. Ontario England
 Ontario Child Care  So that you’ll be able to
Supplement for Working take care of your
Families – is to help with children
the cost of raising children
under the age of 7
 Child maintenance and
benefits
 Parenting and Family
Literacy Centres to
provide support and
resources for families with
children up to the age of 6

26. Conclusion...
There are about  There are about 3,600 Sure
4,600 licensed Start childcare centres in
childcare centres England
and about 140
licensed private
home care
agencies in
Ontario