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Call us at 825-559-2337 or fill out our online contact form to check availability for your child's age group. Once availability is confirmed, we will send you our enrollment package. We require a completed registration form, a registration fee, and an emergency contact form before your child's start date. We also schedule a meet-and-greet so your child can see the classroom and meet their guide before their first full day.
Yes. Infant spots (0–18 months) typically have a waitlist of approximately three months. Toddler and preschool spots have shorter waitlists and sometimes have immediate availability. The only way to get an accurate answer is to call us directly at 825-559-2337, since availability changes weekly.
Brainy Bees accepts children from birth (0 months) through kindergarten age. We offer infant care (0–18 months), toddler care (19 months–3 years), preschool (3–5 years), and before and after school care for school-age children. Summer camp is available for children ages 3–6.
Contact us to discuss availability. Part-time arrangements depend on current enrollment and classroom capacity for each age group.
As a licensed childcare facility, our fees are structured in line with Alberta's Childcare Affordability Plan. Because rates are updated periodically by the provincial government, we ask families to contact us directly for our current fee schedule. Our summer camp monthly fee is $326.25, with field trips and a registration fee applied separately.
Yes. Because Brainy Bees is a licensed facility, we are able to accept the Alberta Affordable Child Care Subsidy. We can walk you through how to apply for the subsidy if you have not done so already.
Fees include all meals and snacks, Montessori materials, daily activities, and your child's primary caregiver. Before and after school care includes afternoon snack, outdoor time, and Montessori work time. Transportation for school pickup is charged separately.
Each program has its own daily rhythm. In the preschool classroom, the day centers around a three-hour uninterrupted work cycle in the morning during which children choose their own Montessori activities. This is followed by outdoor time, lunch, rest, and an afternoon work period. The uninterrupted work cycle is the heart of the Montessori day — it is where concentration develops.
Infant and toddler days follow the child's individual rhythm rather than a group schedule. Feeding, sleep, and diapering happen according to each child's needs, not the clock.
Yes. Meals and snacks are provided for all enrolled children and are included in the fee. We follow Canada's Food Guide. Allergies and dietary restrictions are accommodated with a doctor's note. Please inform us of any allergies before your child's start date.
We use positive guidance and natural consequences. There are no time-outs, no shaming, and no punitive consequences. A child who hurts another child learns to get a cold pack and practice gentle touch. A child who makes a mess helps clean it up. The focus is always on building skills, not punishing behavior. Our guides are trained in Montessori discipline, which treats misbehavior as a communication of unmet needs, not a character flaw.
Infants sleep according to their individual schedule on floor beds. Toddlers and preschoolers have a designated rest period after lunch. Children who do not sleep are given quiet activities. We follow each family's home sleep routine as closely as possible during the settling-in period.
Yes. We send daily photo updates showing your child working with Montessori materials. You will not have to guess what they did. Parents consistently mention these updates in our reviews as one of the things they appreciate most.
In a conventional daycare, the teacher directs all activities and all children do the same thing at the same time. In a Montessori daycare, each child chooses their own work from a prepared set of materials appropriate to their developmental stage. There is no group carpet time where everyone has to sit still. There is no waiting. There are no worksheets. Children move through the classroom, select materials, work with them for as long as they want, return them to the shelf, and choose something else.
The result is concentration, not compliance. By the time a Brainy Bees preschooler reaches kindergarten, they typically know how to read independently, add single-digit numbers, and regulate their own behavior — not because they were drilled, but because they had three years of uninterrupted self-directed learning.
We use authentic Montessori materials, trained Montessori guides, and apply the full Montessori methodology across all age groups. Our infant classroom follows freedom-of-movement principles (no bouncers or swings). Our toddler classroom centers on practical life. Our preschool uses the full five-area Montessori curriculum: practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics, and cultural studies including geography and science.
Yes. We offer a gradual transition period — typically three shorter visits before the first full day — so your child can become familiar with the classroom, their guide, and the other children before they are expected to stay for a full session. Most children settle within two to three weeks. Some settle faster. Children who arrive anxious often become the ones who ask to come on weekends.
Yes. We currently have children with Cerebral Palsy, speech and language delays, autism spectrum disorder, and behavioral challenges enrolled alongside neurotypical peers. The Montessori environment — with its child-led pacing, multi-sensory materials, and mixed-age groupings — naturally supports a wide range of learners.
If your child has a specific diagnosis or set of needs, call and ask to speak with Soumya, our owner. She will have an honest conversation with you about whether Brainy Bees is the right fit and what accommodations we can put in place.
Yes. We welcome collaboration with your child's speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, or behavioral support worker. We can coordinate scheduling so that therapy sessions do not conflict with the work cycle, and we share observations from the classroom to support your child's therapeutic goals.
We pick up from nine Red Deer schools: École Camille School, Mount View Elementary, Escuela Vista Grande Bilingual School, Fairview Elementary, G.H. Dawe School, St. Patrick's Community School, Anni L. Gaetz Elementary, École Oriel Park, and Don Campbell Elementary. Pickup from other Red Deer schools may be available depending on scheduling. Transportation charges apply.
Children in our before and after school program are welcome to come for a full day on PD days and school breaks. These days are included in the program. Contact us ahead of time so we can plan staffing appropriately.
Yes, and we encourage it. Call 825-559-2337 to book a tour. Bring your child. Watch the classrooms in action. Our facility is located at #202 4909 49 St, Red Deer, AB T4N 1V1. We are open Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM.