Brighouse Daycare is out of view from the street, tucked in behind Brighouse United Church just east of the first McDonald’s restaurant in Canada, and remains true to its original values established 60 years ago of keeping childcare costs low for area families.
Opened in the autumn of 1952 by a group of women mostly from the Brighouse congregation, Brighouse Daycare was originally a kindergarten intended to meet a perceived community need for what Rev. Stuart Appenheimer called a “part-time, home spun version of kindergarten.” It wasn’t until 1972 that provincial legislation brought in kindergartens across the province.
Today Brighouse Daycare is well-equipped, fully-accredited and licensed, and staffed by early childhood education teachers, under the guidance of a skilled and experienced director.
