Child Care Resource & Referral Office 10411-100th Ave

(Enter through side doors of the Masonic Hall) Box 6578

Fort St. John, BC V1J 4J1

Phone: 250-785-5701 Toll Free: 1-877-785-5701

Fax:250-785-5702

Program Coordinator

Heather McBryan Email: hmcbryan@spcrs.ca

Resource/Educator

Moya Fenney

Email: mfenney@spcrs.ca

CHILD CARE CONNECTIONS

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Upcoming Workshops & Training Membership Toy Lending Library Activities Summer Office Hours

Check out our website at: www.childcarechoices.ca

Summer Office Hours for

July & August

Please see calendar for weekly office hours and

scheduled closures

Please note due to staff holidays the office may be

closed occasionally for meetings and errands. We apologize for any

inconvenience this may cause.

Good Beginnings:

Professional Development for Family Child Care Providers

The Good Beginnings: Professional Development for Family Child Care Providers is divided into 12 lessons, for a total of 30 hours of training. The course will introduce you to:

Child Care Choices Exploring Children's Development

Guiding Children's Behavior Promoting Good Health

Planning for Safety and Emergencies Preventing Child Abuse

Nutrition Developing Partnerships Managing the Business

Providing an Enriching Family Environment Caring for the Child Care Provider

Children's Experiences The Good Beginnings Course will not only help you explore these areas of Family Child Care, but will also guide you to create the policies and procedures necessary to develop your business, introduce you to a network of Family Child Care Providers, and provide you with resources and contacts specific to your family child care business.

CCRR is currently providing this training by correspondence the cost is $125.00 per participant. For more information please call the CCRR office at 250-785-5701.

Membership Renewal 2012/2013

Just a reminder that the CCRR memberships are due for renewal and

need to be completed by September 4th 2012.

This membership provides benefits such as access to our toy lending

library, bi-monthly newsletter, consultation & support,

networking opportunities, training & workshops, as well as

access to laminating and photocopying.

Please note that all staff that are wanting to have access to the toy

lending library need to be listed on the membership form.

You can now download our membership form from our website at

www.childcarechoices.ca

Early Childhood Resource Library & Boardmaker

If you need to do theme planning or need information on health or child

development come use our Early Childhood Resource Library.

CCRR also has the Boardmaker program in our resources which can be accessed on our laptop. Boardmaker is a tool that allows for creation of symbol-based

communication displays, visual supports and curriculum materials. Please phone ahead to book a time to ensure staff are available to assist

you. Please note that photocopying and laminating fees will apply when copying or

laminating.

Toy Lending Update

You can view the lending library on our website at www.childcarechoices.ca.

Please phone before coming to borrow to ensure a staff is

able to assist you.

Please note CCRR office hours and closures dates

for borrowing and returning toys for the month of July & August

As per lending library agreement please remember to ensure

that all items are cleaned (including bin) and

inventory lists are checked before returning items. Thank-you!

TY0137 Puppet Theatre—

Corner Store, Post Office & Theatre TY0116 Step N Balance Nature Trail

TY0118 Nylon TeePee Playhouse

Shell Monsters

Need: Shells, glue,

tempera paint, paint

brushes, newspaper

Directions: Spread the

newspaper out on a

table. Glue shells

together to form

monsters or other

creatures. Let glue dry

then paint creatures.

ICE CREAM IN A BAG

What you'll need:

How to make it:

1. Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.

2. Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.

3. Place the small bag inside the large one and seal again carefully.

4. Shake until mixture is ice cream, about 5 minutes.

Wipe off top of small bag, then open carefully and enjoy!

Tips:

To make a larger amount, try doubling the recipe. Anything larger might be too big

for kids

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 cup milk or half & half

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

6 tablespoons rock salt

1 pint-size Ziploc plastic bag

1 gallon-size Ziploc plastic bag

Ice cubes

Sand Dough Recipe

1 part white glue

2 parts flour

2 parts sand

2 parts water

Mix together to create a dough. You may

need to add water or flour depending on

the consistency.

Frozen Fish-Popsicles

Freeze the jello in

popsicle molds,

add the gummy

fish when they

are partially set.

Unmold very

gently when

entirely frozen. These

are really messy to eat

and are best eaten

outside.

Need some ideas to fill those loooooooong summer days….

Set up a tent and pretend to go camping

Make ice cream in a bag

Pick dandelions and make a craft with dandelions

Ice Cream Tasting

Build boats and sail them

Make a nature book

Water fun day-create your own water park

Send a postcard of FSJ to children’s home/ a relative

Pen Pals with other daycares in town

Build a lemonade stand

Plan a playgroup with other daycares at park

Go on a Scavenger Hunt

Start a puzzle to work over summer

Build a piñata & break it open

Make a time capsule & bury it, at the end of summer dig it up!

Art Show for parents-hang artwork outside along fence/walkway as they pickup

Be a photographer-buy old cameras at garage sales & let kids take pic’s without film.

Pan for gold-bury gold nuggets in sand & let kids sift through to find gold (spray paint rocks gold)

Make things out of cardboard boxes & paint them

Bug Hunt

Dig for worms

Make a mud pie (if you dare!)

Make chalk and draw outside with it

Make a flower arrangement-let kids pick flowers and put in vase for parent

Build an obstacle course in backyard

Build a fort with sheets

Create an AT-HOME Summer Camp

Car Wash

Make musical instruments and create a band

Lay on your back and find cloud animals

Set up a Toy store- Have children bring unwanted cheap toys & give fake money to buy

Stuffed Animal Day-bring from home

Make your own sundae

If you have a sandbox build World’s Largest Sandcastle

Physical Activity-mini-Olympics, stations, sports, dance, hike, games

Make your own popsicles

Go rock hunting

Invite someone as a guest speaker

Press flowers and make a bookmark

Have a family BBQ over lunch

Christmas in July/August

Nature Craft

All about games

Science Experiments outside

Ice Cube Fun-ice cube painting, freeze water in outdoor toy molds & put in h20 table, fill milk cartons to

make large blocks, fill pool with ice

and let kids explore

Puppet Show-make puppets & put on a show. Videotape and watch

Pajama Day-let the kids come to daycare in pj’s, pillow fight, video

Paint the town-set up easel, put paper on ground and let kids walk in paint, place paper along fence and let

them paint, finger-painting. Clean up with hose

Set up your own version of story time once a week

Pet of the week-invite different pets & their owners

Have a Summer Party

Face paint for fun! Put out non-breakable mirrors & let kids face paint themselves

Eat a big watermelon & plant the seeds

Make paper airplane

Go on a teddy bear picnic

Have a Pet Show with stuffed animals

Put on a coloring contest

Follow the leader

Campfire songs

Enter art activities in the Fall Fair Exhibition (August)

Hire some bored elementary students to put on a play/puppet show/carnival

Dress up Day in Halloween costumes, give kids goodie bags

Dinosaur Dig-hide dinosaurs in sand and let kids search for dino’s

Dramatic Play outside area-gardening, car wash (buckets & toy cars), grocery store……

Little Chef lessons-every week make a different FUN recipes

Fly a kite

Tea Party-set picnic table up all fancy, have girls wear dresses

Tape Recorder with mike-let kids record voices & play back

Create an Ant farm

Neighborhood walk-give each child a magnifying glass and have them study nature

Free play Day-let kids just play at their own leisure, their choice to pick what they want to play

Pots & Pans Band

Build Binoculars from toilet paper tubes & string, go explore to view nature

Homemade Parachute-use an old sheet and play games

Make a Waterslide-use a shower curtain on a slope & place sprinkler on it

Catalogue Cut-outs-let kids cut pictures out of catalogues

Play Hide-n- Seek

Start a collection-give each child a special box to collect things over the summer

Garbage patrol-pick up garbage around the neighbourhood

Vacation Book-create a book kids can take on vacation

Top Ten things kids want to do? Ask your group what they want to do this summer.

Games Day-duck, duck goose, red light/green light, what time is it Mr. Wolf, jump rope…

Go on a lion hunt around the yard (going on a lion hunt song)

Theme days-crazy hair, backwards, dino’s, camping, fishing…

Go on the internet and print Bingo cards www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/

Turn on music and dance around

Make a volcano with vinegar, baking soda & red food coloring

Make a weather station (rain gauge, thermometer, wind sock, calendar with clip art of weather)

Taste/Smell testing station

Create a boredom box-if they say their bored bring out the boredom box of special activities

What’ in the Bag game- place an object in a bag and let kids feel without peeking, let guess it

Make a big puddle with the hose and let the kids wade through it

Grow seeds, make a Mr. Grass head

Make music with musical bottles filled at different levels

Crazy Hat Day-make or bring hat, put on a parade

Bike Parade-decorate bikes, set up course to ride on

Sink & Float water table-place objects that sink and float in table

Tickle contest-tickle everyone until their rolling on the ground

Learn to juggle

Old-fashioned games-potato sack races, 3 legged race, egg on a spoon, wheel barrow race, pass the orange…

July 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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August 2012

Have a Great Summer!!!