Ready, Set, School - Yorktown Family Services

Ready, Set, School

Narine@yorktownfamilyservices.com, andrea@yorktownfamilyservices.com, catarinar@yorktownfamilyservices.com

General Information

Fees:

Free

Eligibility:

Ages: 3 – 5 years

Referral:

Self referral, CAS, CCAS referral, paediatrician referral, School referral, and different agencies referral.

Next Session Dates:

August 11th – 22nd 2025

Sessions Per Year:

Two weeks in Summer

Service Duration:

2 weeks

Languages offered:

English

Hours:

Weekdays 9:30 to 11:30 am

Location:

300-2010 Eglinton Ave west

Ready, Set, School

Ready, Set, School is a 9-10 session planned psycho educational workshops for parents/ caregivers  and practice classroom environment for  children who will be starting school for the very first time. The workshops and children’s program are intended to bring awareness of how to best support children during this transition through knowledge of literacy, routines, limit setting, self-regulation/ co-regulation, managing parent & child stress and separation anxiety in regards to starting school for the first time.

Program Includes:

  • Opportunity to experience a classroom like setting every morning for 2 weeks as they explore kindergarten activities and play.
  • Develop social/emotional skills, self-help skills, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving and self regulation skills.
  • Parent and caregiver educational workshops on how to best support children to be successful at school, help with separation before school and self-care.

To learn more about the program please contact Rebecca rebecca.weintraub@yorktownfamilyservices.com  or 437-332-0270

or Maria : MariaC@yorktownfamilyservices.com or  437-215-6519

Please note that Parents and Caregivers must remain on-site while children attend the program

TTC fare and child care will provide to the family if they needed & light snack.

Upcoming Agency Closures:

Yorktown Family Services will be closing our Virtual Rapid Access Therapy on Saturday, October 18th, 2025.

Regular Service hours will resume on Monday, October 20th, 2025.

Yorktown Family Services will also be closing our offices at 1 pm on Thursday, October 30th, 2025 for our Annual General Meeting.

Rapid Access Therapy will be closed on that day.

All Regular Service hours will resume on Friday, October 31st, 2025

Thank you.

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