*New* TransformEd P.S. Inc. Learning Space 2024 It's almost TransformEd time  and we are so excited to welcome back  our students and families! I wanted to provide a little update  regarding our new creative classroom  and studio school plans. The Kleinburg Studio was a dream come true in many ways, but it was never meant to be our permanent location...  It was actually an investment property and renovation flip.  We therefore, timed the real estate market, and ended up selling a bit sooner than we had anticipated!  Ther ..read more

Happy New Year!  Wishing you and your loved ones  health and happiness in 2024. I know many of us who teach childcare, kindergarten and primary grades continue to create learning proposals for their students.  These have often been called learning invitations, provocations, etc., but they have a very similar meaning.  Our shared goal is to design a space by offering materials to explore and hopefully ignite an inquiry project!  I thought I'd include the planning template that I created for myself. To download it click here. I will be using my template on go ..read more

  Well, it has certainly been a minute  [insert embarrassed looking emoji]! I have been meaning to reignite this blog for quite some time now with a splash of my research, new learning, lesson ideas, and overall thoughts on the topic of creativity in early childhood education!   Do you still read blogs? This is not an excuse, but the truth is, during the years of the pandemic I had been consulting virtually after full days teaching/leading staff at my studio and felt mentally drained.  Once I finished an online workshop or zoom meeting, I ..read more

  I am so thrilled to finally be able to announce that  TransformEd P.S. Inc. is expanding! Our current studio house in the Kleinburg Village was always meant to be temporary, and a stepping stone to an even bigger project that I have been planning/working on for a few years now... Our next location is still top secret,  but we cannot wait to share the process (when we can) with you! In the meantime -- here is what you might be wondering... Why move out of such a perfectly designed space? as a residential home, we were still limited to 5 children at one time (like wh ..read more

Happy New Year! It is with great excitement that we share TransformEd’s plans to expand our studio space in the Village of Kleinburg where we will continue offering our creative classes, programs, playdates and photoshoots during 2021! We were able to secure our new location in December and will take possession on January 29th, 2021!!! (Please see instagram @joannebabalis and @transformedpsinc for most current images of our process...) The new place will be ready and open starting March 1st, 2021. We are going to start fresh in our new location, and will be usin ..read more

  We have certainly made the most of Fall 2020,  and still have two more months to go! Take a peek at some of our experiences in the photographs below... Just a reminder that Winter 2021  Registration opens tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. If you would like to join one of our programs at TransformEd,  please don't hesitate to email me for more information: transformedps@gmail.com. Register for Winter 2021 on Monday, October 26th, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Programs are starting the week of January 18th, 2021 - February 13th, 2021 (see complete schedule until Summer 2021 here ..read more

Happy almost Fall! I am looking forward to welcoming this new season with you and your family! Here is what TransformEd will be offering: -Family Programs from Infant to Grade 6 -Drop-off Preschool and School Aged Classes -Language Lessons in Italian or Greek -Piano and Painting Instruction -Playdates or Special Events -Private Learning Pods for your Relative/Friend Bubble -1:1 Tutoring with an Inquiry Approach to Literacy and Mathematics Our numbers continue to be small (for all of the above options), with a ratio of 1:5 in our entire facilities (inside/outside).  Feel free to ..read more

It is with great excitement that I write this blog post and share TransformEd’s plans to relaunch our creative studio classes/programs on July 20th, 2020!   I have had lots of interest from the community, returning families and also many new ones who are off for the Summer months.  Most of my requests have been relative/friend private cohorts (groupings) which I am going to do my best to accommodate!  I recognize that you might be anxious to get social and find some level of normalcy, but I didn’t want to open prematurely as there are a lot of new safety gui ..read more

Hello, I hope that this blog post finds you well and that you are safe at home with your family!  I have some freebies to share, as well as some announcements on what I have been working on during the COVID-19 lockdown.   First and foremost I wanted to reach out and let you know that my mailing list and newsletter program (mailchimp) often ended up in people's junk box, and even experienced difficulty the old fashioned route and using my gmail server. :(  For this reason, I am going to be sharing any other news for here on in using my blog if you'd like to be no ..read more

Welcome to my second project from the COVID-19 lockdown -- @transformedvirtualstudio. It is during challenging times, such as these, in which we have two options: We can focus on how unfair and stressful these circumstances have been (my studio is closed, as are many other businesses), and essentially do nothing about it but complain. We can choose to look at these unprecedented times, as an opportunity to create and push ourselves beyond the limits of our comfort zone.   So, I chose number two, and have used this quarantine to do something new b ..read more