Daycare for Bilingual & Multilingual Families in Regina SK | French, Tagalog & More | Daisy Days

Regina SK is a richly multilingual city — families who speak Tagalog, Punjabi, Mandarin, French, Cree, Ukrainian, Arabic, and dozens of other languages as their primary home language are an important part of our community. At Daisy Days Daycare, we celebrate linguistic diversity and support bilingual and multilingual families with evidence-based guidance on language development in a licensed English-language daycare environment.

The Research on Bilingualism and Daycare

Parents from non-English-speaking backgrounds sometimes worry that enrolling their child in an English-language licensed daycare will harm their child’s home language development. The research says otherwise:

• Simultaneous bilingualism is possible: Children can develop two or more languages simultaneously from birth — their brains are uniquely capable of this. English at daycare + home language at home is a classic and well-studied bilingualism model.
• Home language does not suffer from daycare English exposure IF: Families maintain consistent, rich home language use — speaking the language at home, reading books in it, connecting with community speakers, and valuing it explicitly as part of family identity.
• The risk is not daycare itself: The risk to home language maintenance comes from parents switching to English at home because of social pressure or the mistaken belief that English-only at home will help their child succeed. This causes home language loss. The solution is to maintain the home language confidently while English develops through daycare.

How Daisy Days Daycare Supports Multilingual Children

• Welcome and respect for home languages: Children speaking words in their home language are responded to with warmth and curiosity — not corrected or ignored
• Bilingual books in the program: Where available, books in multiple languages are included in our program resources
• Family communication: We work to communicate with families in the clearest possible way — if English is your second language and written English is challenging, please tell us and we will work with you to find effective communication approaches
• Cultural celebration: Daisy Days Daycare acknowledges and celebrates the cultural diversity of enrolled families — children’s home cultures are welcomed into our programming

Practical Advice for Multilingual Families at Daycare in Regina SK

Do This at Home

• Continue speaking your home language exclusively at home — don’t switch to English because your child now attends English daycare
• Read books in your home language daily — early literacy in the home language supports literacy in English too
• Connect with community speakers, cultural events, and heritage language classes if available in Regina SK
• Watch children’s media in your home language — the content children’s brains absorb through media matters

What to Tell Daisy Days Daycare

• Let us know your child’s home language — this helps us understand certain behaviours (a child who understands English only partially may seem to “ignore” instructions that they actually didn’t understand)
• Share any words or phrases your child uses in their home language that we might need to understand (particularly for comfort words, bathroom needs, or distress expressions)

French-Language Childcare Options in Regina SK

If you are seeking French-language or French immersion early childhood programming in Regina SK specifically, contact the Conseil des écoles fransaskoises (CEF) — Saskatchewan’s French-language school division — which operates early childhood programs. Daisy Days Daycare operates in English and does not offer a French immersion program. For francophone families who want quality English-language licensed care as a secondary option, we welcome you — contact 306-807-3233.

→ Newcomers and immigrant families daycare guide
→ Language development and speech delays
→ Child development milestones guide

Contact Daisy Days Daycare — welcoming all Regina SK multilingual families since 2010.
306-807-3233 | info@daisydaysdaycare.com | 2007 Potts Crescent East, Regina SK S4V 2E5