ECE Week

[kindertime]

In Quebec, the last week of May (this year 24th-30th) is Semaine des services de garde. (Childcare week) So, basically the same thing. The coordinating office (sort of like an agency, but not really) always tries to organize a get-together or outing for all of us, one day that week, with the kids and it sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. Generally, the week passes without much fanfare. The centres have a budget for this kind of thing; the centre in town does a big barbeque on the weekend for the families, but we don't have a budget so it's a lot harder for us to organize anything. And of course, being that we're a mostly English community the ads and messages for this Childcare week don't reach us, so the parents don't know about it. I guess if I wanted the parents to know that this was the week they should appreciate me, I would tell them, but that's a bit too forward for me. So, I guess it's up to us to celebrate each other as ECEs.
Way to go, everybody! Keep up the good work.