Our 2013 Girls Circle session ended just before Christmas. I was so pleased to be able to work with such a creative and caring group of young women. Through the fall we had been working through our "Being a Girl" work book and had spent time discussing friends, bullies and ways to help empower ourselves. … Continue reading Girls Circle Round-Up
Science is Fun!
This is probably one of my favourite themes. I love the looks on little faces when you do something cool. We didn't do crafts but instead did a few science experiments. Lava lamps We used a glass container we had here but I've done them at home with my own kids and just used a … Continue reading Science is Fun!
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Alphabet Soup
This week I based playroom on the Alphabet Soup principles. It is a program which was developed to focus on active play, literacy and family eating principles. At CFY, we follow these principles each week but I took some of the ideas from the Alphabet Soup manual. We also made alphabet crafts to go along … Continue reading Alphabet Soup
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The Sounds of Music
Happy New Year everyone! This week our theme was music so we made a couple of different noisy shakers. The first one, we just decorated 2 paper plates with stickers, some colouring and some ribbon. We added beans and stapled the paper plates shut. The second one we made out of 2 clear, plastic cups. … Continue reading The Sounds of Music
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