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Wow, June is over and summer break is here!   The children have had a wonderfully busy month.   Our Kinderstart friends have graduated Kinderstart and are excited to move to the school age room and kindergarten in the fall.   We said good bye to some friends who will be missed.   We had many dance parties, we did lots of yoga and meditation.   We are so grateful for the amazing weather we’ve been having. I n the beginning of June we talked a lot about emotions.   We did emotion BINGO, an emotion was called out and the children had to identify the emotion on their BINGO cards.   We drew faces about how we were feeling another day, lots of happy/excited faces that day!   At the end of that week we had show and share.   It was wonderful to see what they brought in and hear all about what made it special to them.   We had a special visitor come in. One of younger floors fathers is a police officer.   He came in to talk to us all abo...

Our school age group has had a very creative month with fuse beads! They have moved past basic shapes and into beautiful patterns, animals and even game boards with game pieces (tic tac toe). Outside, the children have organized their own version of American Ninja Warrior style challenges. For example; going across the monkey bars and skipping every other bar and balancing as they walk along the border of the playground. They are competitive but also very supportive of each other and are often heard encouraging each other. Even though it’s an individual activity, they have really shown the spirit of team work. We have also had the opportunity to observe some tadpoles this month (thanks Sheena!) We posted the life cycle of a Frog in the science area for the children to compare the tad poles to, and they were very excited when some of them began to grow legs. What a great month it has been, we are very excited to see what our summer programming will bring us!! J

This kindergarten group really enjoys dramatic play! We were setting up an office themed play space for them but this quickly evolved into a hair salon/barber shop. They often will request the staff that come in the room to sit down and have their 'hair done; washed, cut and styled.' What great use of their imaginations! Their creative building has also caught our attention, as it is so complex and creative; sometimes it is a fort with multiple rooms, a parkade with a ramp system, or a miniature model of the school. They take pride in their work and often save it and come back multiple times a day to add or make changes to their projects. They have been enjoying the community walks and have begun to notice things like bird sounds and changes in familiar gardens. Zoey shared with us that they planted a new tree in their front yard so as we walk by, the children always check and discuss it's growth. At the end of June, the children went on a nature/collecting walk. They ven...

We are happy to share that we made just over $350.00 on our FUNDrive Fundraiser with Value Village. We would like to send a HUGE thank you out to our volunteers: Roxanne, Vern, Lori, Scott, Larry, and Laurette!! We would also like to thank our families and the community for all the donations!

Do you have items sitting around at home that you have no use for and are willing to part with? Do you want to support a local not-for-profit organization? Well, do we have th fundraiser for you!! J.A. Cuddy Child Care Centre is doing a FUNdrive fundraiser with Value Village. We want what you don't! If you have the followinf items you'd like to donate, we'd gladly accept: -clothing -shoes -bedding/towels ... -accessories -CDs/DVDs -Books -Electrical Items -Toys & games -Kitchen items -Knick-Knacks -Sporting goods Drop off at the centre at 5 Main Street in Sanford, MB from 7:00am-5:30 pm Monday-Friday, olr email jacuddy@mymts.net to arrange a drop off at a storage site in town. For more information, check out our FUNdrive website: https://fundrive.savers.com/e/fundrivewewantwhatyoudont              Drop off anytime from now until June 25th, 2018!          ...

This month we were able to get outside a lot more because the weather has been so beautiful!  We have enjoyed a few picnic lunches - they were lots of fun!  There is so much to explore outside.  They love watching the tractors and big trucks pass by.  Last week, we watched a construction crew right out side our play yard.  They were digging out the new sidewalk so we were able to see a little tractor in action.  So cool!  We did a few water activities with the children this month to keep them busy.  We filled bowls with a little bit of water and gave them a sponge to clean the table inside; they had so much fun cleaning the table together.  Such great teamwork!  Outside, Sherry built little water runs out of plastic bottles and cubes for them to play with.  They love putting the sticks through the hole in the middle of the picnic table and then picking them up off the ground and doing it over again...

The month of May seemed to have flown by, starting the month off with the occupations theme. We seized every teachable moment to expand the children’s knowledge about different kinds of occupations. One day, we saw a helicopter flying in circles above the daycare and surrounding neighborhood. They were very interested in it and we talked about how the person who flies the helicopter was called a pilot. We talked about fire fighters when we had our fire drills and just recently, we had a parent volunteer his time (as well as his partner’s time) to show the children what their day consists of while being a police officer. The children really showed their excitement when the lights were flashing and they held their ears as the sirens went off but had many children smiling from ear to ear!!   We can’t forget about how excited the children were to make their wonderful, beautiful mothers a present for Mother’s Day! They took such pride and each group learned several different learning ...

In the mornings, the children have been quite interested in playing board games.  Monopoly, Memory, Guess Who, Yahtzee and Honey Bee, are often played by groups of children at one time.  It has been great watching the younger ones learn from the older ones.  It's such a great opportunity for all ages to come together and connect with one another.   Hockey play offs have been a hot topic in the school age room with all ages. Thankfully Jana purchased some soft balls for the children to be using and they have been enjoying using them during outdoor play time. They have even been making fan signs and banners in the art center.  It sure was exciting for everyone with the Jets in the playoffs!   Heather has noticed at the end of the day the children have been discussing the ever changing weather as the summer is approaching. The older children are eager to share their weather knowledge with their younger peers.  They have been talking ab...

It has been a very busy month filled with so many great experiences. With the Winnipeg Jets making it into the playoffs we all had so much fun with; decorating the room, dressing up and even hosting our own hockey game with creating a small rink in our room, using mini hockey sticks and small nets too, of course. We have created a documentation panel up and it is posted near the office if you would like to take a peak. At the beginning of May we started our “Fit Kids Healthy Kids” program that comes every Wednesday for 8 weeks in the morning for ½ hour and we truly have loved every minute of it. It has been giving us great outdoor game/activity ideas and many different ways we can incorporate active play into our back yard play space. Some of the great ideas so far have been: warm up games/activities getting our heart rates up, parachute games, using pool noodles and balloons in different balancing ways, and moving our bodies in different and creative ways. At the beginning of th...

This past month we have been busy! We started a new program that is called Fit Kids Healthy Kids. Fit Kids goal is to teach children and their teachers the fundamentals of movement that makes kids confident and competent in sport, recreation, and life. The goal of their program is fit, healthy kids that are active for life. So every Wednesday our new friend Lyra comes to our back yard and plays lots of really fun games with everyone. Some of the children’s favorite games are in the water on the beach where they have to jump in the “water” aka the hula hoop, and then on the “beach” which is out of the hoop. Another one is a game called lost puppy, the children pretend that the colorful bean bags are puppies and they have to run and sort the puppies in to their matching hula hoop or “home” This month we also worked on a secret project for our moms. The children really seemed to enjoy keeping a special surprise from everyone. We managed to make our own peppermint body scrub and all the...