Photo Courtesy, The Exploration Place

By Veronica Beltran

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Exploration Place Preschool Program receives Best Program Award

Jun 12, 2020 | 1:06 PM

PRINCE GEORGE—The Exploration Place’s Early Explorers Preschool is being recognized nationally.

The Canadian Association of Science Centres is awarding the Exploration Place and Science Centre with the Best Program-Small Institution award for their Early Explorers Preschool.

The Early Explorers Preschool was established in 2007 and is a licensed preschool program set within the local museum and science centre. The program offers STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math)-based pre-school curriculum, along with art, songs, fine and gross motor play, and kindergarten readiness.

“It isn’t every day that an organization is honoured with a National Award like this, and it’s even more exciting because its ours, right here in Prince George!” —Tracy Calogheros, CEO, The Exploration Place

“My team is outstanding and Early Explorers Program is truly exceptional – now if we can just find a way to make it safe to start up again in our current circumstances,” adds Calogheros.

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The preschoolers are able to learn from museum Curators, Lheidli T’enneh Elders as well as getting hands on experience planting container gardens and processing foods, or caring for the museums Animal Ambassadors.

“What makes Early Explorers so innovative in that we integrate all of The Exploration Place’s resources into our curriculum and into the experiential education children receive.”—Manager – Integrated Learning, Robyn Curtis

“As our young students graduate from Early Explorers Preschool, they take with them the foundation for both cultural and scientific literacy. These future leaders embark on their journey of life-long learning with the tools at hand to further their development of broad-based critical thinking, a skill that is a key piece of growing well-rounded adults,” adds Calogheros.