Welcome to Krafty Kidz Community Childcare. We are an established community-based childcare service based in Ballyconnell Co Cavan.  

We offer creche, pre-school, and after-school services for children aged 6 months to 13 years old.  

As a progressive community organisation we are continually developing our services to meet the needs of local families. 

We are committed to providing high-quality, affordable childcare in a safe, stimulating, and child-centered environment. 

Krafty Kidz  provides your child with an opportunity to learn and practice the essential social, emotional, problem-solving, and study skills that he will use throughout his schooling.

• The development of self-esteem is one of the important goals of kindergarten. This is the process of helping your child feel good about who she is and confident in her ability to tackle the challenges of learning. Books can be a great help with this — these picks help boost confidence in kids.
• Kindergarten teaches cooperation: the ability to work, learn, and get along with others. A year in kindergarten provides your child with the opportunity to learn patience, as well as the ability to take turns, share, and listen to others — all social and emotional learning skills that he will use through his school years and beyond.
• Most children are naturally curious, but some do not know how to focus or use this curiosity. Kindergarten is a time for sparking and directing your child’s curiosity and natural love of learning.

What Does an Ideal Kindergarten Look Like?
Ask any number of educators and parents, and you will get many different descriptions of the ideal kindergarten. But there are certain basic agreements among educators as to what makes a good program. It should:

• Expand your child’s ability to learn about (and from) the world, organize information, and solve problems. This increases his feelings of self-worth and confidence, his ability to work with others, and his interest in challenging tasks.
• Provide a combination of formal (teacher-initiated) and informal (child-initiated) activities.Investigations and projects allow your child to work both on her own and in small groups.
• Minimize use of large group activities that require sitting. Instead, most activities feature play-based, hands-on learning in small groups. As the year progresses, large group activities become a bit longer in preparation for 1st grade.
• Foster a love of books, reading, and writing. There are books, words, and kids’ own writing all over the classroom.