About CLG

A non-profit started in [[year the non-profit agency began (not 2012)]] by [[Shazia Afzal, a mother and home child care provider herself]], so that Muslim families could find licensed care that teaches the deen.

What we are

Children's Learning Garden Home Licensing Agency is licensed by the Ontario Ministry of Education as a home child care agency. We don't run centres. We find, screen and train providers who care for small groups of children in their own homes, and we support both the providers and the families through the year.

We serve Peel Region and, since [[year]], Niagara Region. We are a non-profit; any surplus goes back into the program.

The Islamic approach

Children in CLG homes learn short surahs and duas, the manners of eating, greeting and sharing, and the rhythm of salah, in the same days they learn to stack blocks, share a toy and tell a story. [[One or two concrete examples from Shazia: what a three-year-old has learned by the end of a year.]] The program follows Ontario's early years framework, How Does Learning Happen?, with its four foundations of belonging, well-being, engagement and expression.

The people

[[Shazia Afzal]], Executive Director [[One line: background, years in child care.]]

[[Suhaylah Nawar, RECE, M.Ed.]], Supervisor and Admin [[One line.]]

[[Amna Haleem]], [[Assistant to the Executive Director]]

[[Mehak Moazzam]], [[role]]

[[Home visitors, by name and region, if Shazia wants them listed.]]

[[Board of directors: names and roles, or "CLG is governed by a volunteer board of directors."]]

(Photos only with each person's consent.)

The licence

Every CLG home is inspected by CLG before it opens and by the Ministry of Education every year. The licence [[number]] is posted at the office and available on request. CLG is a member of [[the Home Child Care Association of Ontario, if true]].

What families say

[[Up to three short quotes from the current site, each with the parent's written permission and first name only. Nothing invented, no star ratings.]]