An interesting new scheme has come out of Ontario, with the potential to spread across the nation and the world, which is to merge childcare facilities and schools together. This has been considered and agreed upon with the assumption that allowing the children some sense of continuity, during the switch from child-care to kindergarten, could help with their adjustment to their life in education. Already we’ve seen how places in the UK and USA are considering to adopt similar strategies.

One of the principle reasons for why this new strategy is being undertaken is because of the massive increase in demand for childcare. As more and more families are having to make the decision at early periods in their child’s lives to return to work, the demand for childcare has of course increased.

Having childcare facilities in schools is helpful for children’s development, but it is also useful for teachers too, because they will be able to rely upon close childcare for their own children. Many large businesses and corporations already provide these types of services for their staff, but this is the first time schools have effectively done the same thing.