Upcoming Events at GCDN
Our Favourite Disney Characters
There’s a big world of Disney characters, from over 50 years of stories on the silver screen.
Dance Day
Let’s get up and DANCE! Dance games, great tunes and lots of physical activity all day today.
Fun Fridays Presents: Let's Be Silly
Sometimes, it’s important to be silly.
Let’s wrap up the week and let loose with silly games, stories and more.
Natural Wonders: Bats!
Cute and fluffy friends. Or spooky creatures of the night? Today we learn about what makes bats so fascinating.
Shapes!
Geometry, design, and finding shapes in nature. Is there anything shapes can’t do?
Let’s have fun and learn some shapes.
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*DAY PROGRAM CLOSED FOR EASTER WEEKEND*
Facility closed for Easter Holiday break. Please contact our offices by phone or leave an email if you need to get in touch with our team.
Easter Scavenger Hunt at GCDN
The best way to wrap up a short week before the Easter break! GCDN invites YOU to come participate in our easter scavenger hunt, at the Pickering Day Program facility. Filled with games, treats and more.
Arts & Crafts Day: Easter Crafts
For those who celebrate easter - it is a time of renewal, filled with delicious treats and lots of cute creatures. Today we will have a guided arts and crafts session, with the option to explore Easter themes in colour palettes, egg painting patterns and more.

Voices!
A voice is a powerful thing! Let’s explore all the ways we use our voices, and how our voices can help us every day.
Fun Fridays Presents: Backwards Day!
Walk backwards, talk backwards, but how do you jump up and down backwards? Shake it up!
Fun Fridays presents Backwards day. A fun challenge for kids and grown ups to experiment with movement, activities and games that question the physics and routines that we know so well.
Space Exploration!
Come with us on a journey through the cosmos, in our imaginative and explorative space themed day at GCDN. There’s lots to do, and lessons about planets, stars and outer space are just the beginning!
Unicorn Day
They’re magical and as old as time! They’re in fairytales and great stories. The unicorn!
Canadian Geography Day
Today in our day program, we will learn about the regions across our big wide country Canada!
Health Day
Health and Fitness are the cornerstone of a good life! Join us this monday, where we will focus on activities, habits and games all about taking care of our health.

Grandparent's Day
Discussing the importance of the elders in our lives, and how we can connect with the older generation to grow! Grandparents can come in all shapes and sizes, biological, adopted, honorary - and we cherish them all the same.
Children's Book Day
Feast on books of all kinds today! Celebrating a wide selection of children’s literature. Reading together, doign exercises and activities inspired by our favourite stories.
Pets!
All things pets! If you dont have one, we will imagine the perfect pet. And if you have one, we want pics.
Today we celebrate our best animal friendships - from cat, to dog, to bird, lizards and beyond!
Favourite Colours
Bring your favourite colour and tell us all about it. Colours have the ability to dazzle, to put us in a good mood, to make us feel comfortable and to show our individual style.
Today we celebrate the colour wheel and share our favourite colours.
Fun Fridays: Let's Be Silly!
Fun Fridays presents a day to be totally silly! We’ll have games, activities, and weather permitting - outdoor opportunities to be silly, get exercise, and have a great time before the weekend.
International Day of World Happiness
(from the united nations official site)
It’s a day to be happy, of course! Happiness is a fundamental human goal. The United Nations General Assembly recognizes this goal and calls for “a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes the happiness and well-being of all peoples.”
And GCDN, just like the United Nations, invites each person of any age, plus every classroom, business and government to join in celebration of the International Day of Happiness.
World Water Day
Where is all of the world’s water? There’s bodies of water, there’s drinking water, theres the ocean, and freshwaster!
Today we are learning all about world water! It will certainly quench your thirst for knowledge.
St Patricks Day
Leapin Leprachauns! Today is going to be all things Green and St Patricks!
Wear your favourite greens, bring your lucky four leaf clover and join us to learn more about celebrating Irish Heritage this St Patty’s Day.