About Us

The journey of learning through friendship, fun, and family.

Blackstock Co-op Nursery School (BCNS) is a licensed, non-profit organization that has been committed to providing a nurturing and positive learning experience for children in Blackstock, Ontario and the surrounding communities for almost 50 years.

Licensed by the Ontario Ministry of Education, BCNS operates within the Blackstock Recreation Centre from September to June each year.

Our school offers a Toddler Program for children ages 18-months to three years and a Junior Kindergarten Readiness Program for children ages three to five years, who are entering kindergarten the following September.

Our programs are for all children regardless of ability, language, race, culture, ethnicity or family structure. Our play-based programs introduce children to a variety of learning experiences, enabling them to develop socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically.

Play

We have fun not only by playing with toys, but through “invitations to play.” This includes a variety of individual and themed items that encourage your child’s natural imagination.

Create

Create works of art, build, read, grow plants from seeds, perform plays for each other and sing out loud. At some point during the day, our hands are usually covered in paint, glue and glitter.

Explore

We engage in sensory play and explore the wonder that is science through age-appropriate experiments. We go outside, take walks and visit farms, fields and forests.

Bringing together families that:

Understand that children learn best through play.
Believe that parental involvement is integral to a child’s educational success.
Desire an opportunity to be directly involved with their child’s early education.