Garden Club: Butterfly Gardening

The theme of the month at the CFY Garden Club has been butterflies.  We have been busily growing both our butterfly plants and our caterpillars to be ready for the garden.  Here are some photos of our progress!  

Literacy Day!

Today was the last day for our regular, inside playroom so we ended with a literacy day. Each family went home with a book about discovering music. We had so much fun making "music" together. Have a great summer everyone and don't forget, our Splash Time is now Wednesdays and Fridays from 9-12. We also … Continue reading Literacy Day!

R-tworx: Explosives!

The above ideas were used from one of our favourite creative parenting sites: Growing a Jeweled Rose. You can find these recipes: Here. You can find the recipe for elephant toothpaste: Here Have Fun!!

Rainbows!

This week's playroom theme was rainbows in hopes that maybe spring would finally get here. We made rainbows out of coffee filters by dripping water with food colouring onto the filter using a dropper. We also did painting using different combs and toothbrushes. I just dropped red, blue and yellow paint onto the paper and … Continue reading Rainbows!

Creating Grass Heads – April After School Program

Making grass heads was a super fun activity to kick off our Spring Gardening season even though the weather was still cold and snowy.  Groups were divided by grade and met on Mondays in April to create their own grass head and get in some much needed playtime. How to make a Grass Head: Stockings … Continue reading Creating Grass Heads – April After School Program