With the Winter Olympics coming up in a couple of days, the theme at playroom this week was Olympics. We made olympic torches and the Olympic Rings. Our snack even looked like a torch. Olympic torch snack Ice cream cone Frozen yogurt Dried mango (to look like a flame)
Girls Circle Round-Up
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
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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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Merry Christmas!
Since this is the last week for playroom before Christmas, I made it a Literacy Day so each family was able to go home with a present. Each family went home with a book, colouring book, crayons, pencil and a small toy. We made Christmas ornaments for our trees. The first day we made them … Continue reading Merry Christmas!
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Skating! Skating!
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Snow Day!
This week our theme was snow so we made snow globes and snowman ornaments for the Christmas tree. The snow globes were just made out of mason jars we had kicking around the office. I glued a present decoration to the lid with a glue gun and then the kids added glitter, lots and lots … Continue reading Snow Day!
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Thank You RBC Foundation!
Dear RBC Foundation, THANK YOU!!! Your $4000.00 donation to CFY's Girl's Circle and School Age and Youth Programming means that we will continue to improve children's mental health and physical wellness in our community. A hearty WOOT!!! to you. Cheers, CFY Staff and Volunteers
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At Home Alone
On Oct 28th and Nov 4th, 2013 the At Home Alone program was held for students in grades 4,5, 6 at the Carlyle elementary school. The program teaches children how to stay at home alone safely for short periods of time by instructing street safety, fire and kitchen safety and basic first aid. Students are … Continue reading At Home Alone
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