Our Goals

Our goal is to provide a warm, welcoming, and nurturing environment where every child feels safe, valued, and excited to learn. We believe children learn best through play, exploration, curiosity, and meaningful hands-on experiences. Learning should be joyful, engaging, and sometimes a little messy! Through opportunities to build, create, investigate, experiment, imagine, and explore; children develop the social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive skills that lay the foundation for lifelong learning. We encourage children to ask questions, take risks, solve problems, and discover the world around them while growing at their own unique pace.

Some of the richest learning happens beyond the classroom walls. By exploring nature, connecting with our community, and engaging in real-world experiences, children develop confidence, independence, resilience, and a deeper understanding of the world around them. We value every child as a unique individual and are committed to creating meaningful experiences that foster kindness, creativity, strong relationships, and a genuine love of learning. Together with families, we strive to inspire confident, compassionate, and curious learners who are excited to embrace new adventures.

Our Teachers

Jasmin Boha

Jasmin has worked in the Early Years and Education field for over 10 years and is passionate in her work. Along side her Bachelor of Education, she withholds specialized training and certifications focus on child development training in therapeutic play, social and emotional development, risky play, ADHD, anxiety, and relationship-based discipline, as well as being certified in yoga, mindfulness, and breathwork for early childhood and elementary-aged children.

Our Classrooms

We have two bright, beautiful and spacious rooms! One as our main classroom and the second as our gross motor space! We share space in other rooms in the facility where we incorporate lots of gross motor movement, through games, dance and play. As well, we hold a yearly Graduation ceremony for families, relatives and friends to enjoy!

Our History

Gingerbread Nursery School was started by Lois Waas in the early 1980s and was originally located at Montague Street and Argyle Road. In the early 1990s, Gingerbread moved to its current Queen Street location and shared space with what was then MacLeod School. The ‘90s saw the closing of MacLeod School and the opening of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church as well as Gingerbread’s second owner, Sally Skinner. In 2004 the preschool was purchased by Melanie Buchanan who carried on its legacy for almost twenty years. 2023 marked another page in Gingerbread’s history as the preschool was passed on to Maria Zasada. She grew the preschool for years and then proudly passed the torch to Jasmin Boha in 2026. With ample experience in the Early years and Education field she brings in so much knowledge and great passion being able to confidently carry on the legacy of the school.