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EarlyON Drop-ins

Every week in a variety of locations throughout the Ottawa area, experienced Registered Early Childhood Educators and family resource workers from Global’s Community Outreach Program create welcoming early learning drop-in environments filled with stimulating activities for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

Parents, grandparents and caregivers enjoy a relaxed atmosphere in which to share and connect. Young children not yet in school or child care enjoy an enriched play and learning experience, exploring in a safe, supervised and loosely structured program.  Our Community Outreach team delivers early learning programming that is based on Ontario's pedagogical framework called How Does Learning Happen?, where play is respected as the primary vehicle for learning.

Attendance at Global's EarlyON Drop-ins is free of charge for you and your children.  Global's Community Outreach program is funded by the City of Ottawa as a provincial EarlyON Child & Family program.

We also encourage you to visit Global’s EarlyON YouTube site, where videos for parents, caregivers and children are on offer (including some in French and Arabic). Check in regularly for new postings! 

If you would like to speak directly with a member of our Community Outreach team to learn more about our EarlyON Drop-ins, call 613-742-550 or email communityoutreach@gccs.ca.

Drop-in Locations

Neighbourhood

Address

Schedule

Blackburn Hamlet

Blackburn Hamlet Community Centre Park
190 Glen Park Drive
Google Maps
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
September 10 - December 12, 2024

Manotick

St. James Anglican Church
1138 Bridge Street
Google Maps
Thursdays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
September 12 - December 12, 2024

Orleans Fallingbrook

Fallingbrook Community Elementary School
679 Deancourt Cres.
Google Maps 
Wednesdays
9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m.
September 11 - December 11, 2024

Orleans Chapel Hill

Orleans Resurrection Lutheran Church
1325 Gaultois Avenue
Google Maps
Tuesdays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
September 10 - December 10, 2024

Ogilvie

Epiphany Anglican Church
1290 Ogilvie Road
Google Maps
Wednesdays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
September 11 - December 11, 2024

Riverside South

Rideauview Community Centre
4310 Shoreline Drive
Google Maps
Mondays and Fridays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
September 9 - December 13, 2024
No Drop-in on October 14, 2024 (Thanksgiving)Afternoon Baby Drop-in
(0-24 months)
Mondays 12:30- 2:30 p.m.
September 9 - December 9, 2024
No Drop-in on October 14, 2024 (Thanksgiving)

South Gloucester

Fred G. Barrett Arena - Lions Hall
3280 Leitrim Rd.
Google Maps
Mondays and Fridays
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
September 9 - December 13, 2024
No Drop-in on October 14, 2024 (Thanksgiving)