The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program® is a group experience for parents and their babies and young children which focuses on the pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs, and stories together. Parents gain skills and confidence which can enable them to create positive family patterns during their children’s crucial early years, and give their children healthy early experiences with language and communication. The Program is aimed at families in need of support for any of a variety of reasons. There is no cost to the parents who participate.
*Note: Please contact any program before attending, to receive exact time and location information. Due to high demand, there may be a waiting list. Please do not contact people listed below about any programs other than theirs as they do not have this information. All current members who offer programs are listed below.
416 Area Code
Toronto P-CMGP Core Programs:
Contact Ren Fillatre, (416) 588-5234, mgoose@web.net for all Toronto Core Programs
- Toronto: Parkdale Program, Parkdale Community Heath Centre
- Etobicoke: Lakeshore Program, St. Paul’s Church
- Etobicoke: Elmbank Infant Program, Elmbank Community Centre
- Etobicoke: Elmbank Ages 2-4 Program
- Etobicoke, The Moon is Round Somali Program
- Etobicoke, Highfield Community Enrichment Project Elnora Magboo or Farah Zafar
(416) 394-4635 or (416) 394-6152 - Scarborough, Aisling Discoveries Child & Family Centre Marian Crockford
(416) 321-5464 ext 297 – mcrockford@aislingdiscoveries.on.ca - Scarborough, Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Linda Driscoll (416) 396-4310 – linda@bbnc.ca
- Scarborough, Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities Judy Fowler (416) 847-4150 – jfowler@schcontario.ca
- Scarborough, West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre Susan Poirier
(416) 755-9215 ext 242 – frs@wsncc.on.ca - Toronto, Centre for Information & Community Services/CICS Miranda Fung (416) 940-3344 - miranda.fung@cicscanada.com
- Toronto, Earlscourt-Crèche Child Development Institute (416) 603-1827 - info@childdevelop.ca
- Toronto, East York/East Toronto Family Resources Amalia (647) 258 9781 - amalia@eyetfrp.ca (contact after July 2012)
- Toronto, Massey Centre OEYC Shamsi Amirpour (416) 425-3636 - samirpour@massey.ca
- Toronto, Mothercraft/Breaking the Cycle Gina DeMarchi (416) 364-7373 - gina@mothercraft.org
- Toronto, Parent Resources Rose Marie Montinat (416) 463-5399 - parent_resources@yahoo.ca
- Toronto, Parkdale-High Park OEYC Child Development Institute Coralie Braithwaite
(416) 762-3700 ext. 26 - cbraithwaite@childdevelop.ca - Toronto, The 519 Community Centre Joanne Chong-Kettle (416) 355-6785 -
jchong-kettle@the519.org
905 Area Code
- Aurora, Blue Hills Child and Family Centre Deb Manion (905) 773-4323 ext 318 - dmanion@bluehillschildandfamily.ca
- Brampton, Region of Peel Mirela Anthony, Meg Renwick (905) 791-7800 ext 5903 - mirela.anthony@peelregion.ca, meg.renwick@peelregion.ca
- Hamilton/Stoney Creek, OEYC Stoney Creek Jacquie Hooper (905) 573-7905 - jacquie.hooper@hwcdsb.ca
- Markham, Markham OEYC o/a Family Day Care Services Shellie Harrison (905) 479-0002 - sharrison@familydaycare.com
- Milton, Milton Community Resource Centre Petra Samson (905) 876-1244 x239 - petras@mcrc.on.ca
- Mississauga, Mississauga Parent-Child Resource Centres Karen Nish (905) 822-1114 - karennish@mpcrc.ca
- Mount Albert, York North Family Resource Programme Louise Vanderburg (905) 473-5929 - thefamilyplace@hotmail.com
- Newmarket, OEYC York North Mary McCormack-Bodinski (905) 830-1888 - marymcb@yorkchild.ca
- Oakville, Oakville Parent-Child Centre Kathy Percival (905) 849-6366 - kpercival@op-cc.ca
- Oshawa, YWCA Durham OEYC Lori Eaton (905) 723-9922 - le@ywcadurham.org (ADD)
- Richmond Hill, YWCA of GTA OEYC Lisa Mooy (905) 883-6901 ext 36 - lisa.mooy@ymcagta.org
- Waterdown, Ancaster Dundas Flamborough Ontario Early Years Centre Deb Forster
(905) 689-9500 - dforster@todaysfamily.ca
While this information is up-to-date as provided to P-CMGP, it is possible that you will find incorrect information. If this should happen, please let us know and we will take steps to correct it as soon as possible. Thank you!
For more information about programs outside of the GTA, visit the National P-CMGP Website: www.nationalpcmgp.ca
