A reminder that this winter our Board of Directors has decided to close our Early Learning and Childcare program (ELCC), and we will not be offering a Winter Break School Holiday Program this year, for the two weeks that schools are closed. All programs will be closed entirely from Monday December 23, 2024 to Friday January 3, 2025, inclusive. We will reopen our ELCC
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Materials Needed Water bottle – air dried Funnel Chop Sticks or Skewer Black Sharpie (other colors optional) Balloon(s)-Blue/ Purple/ Yellow/ Red or Green Yarn (optional for hair) Fillers : use materials around your house rice/dried lentils/ dried beans/ dried whole yellow beans/ dried peas sand/ dirt/ soil/ baking soda/ flour/ corn starch Instructions: Pour choice of filling into the water bottle using the funnel
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2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (other nut butters or just a jelly sandwich will always do) 4 wooden skewers (5 to 6 inches) 1 cup seedless red or green grapes 1 small banana, sliced Directions Cut sandwiches into 1-in. squares. Alternately thread grapes, sandwich squares and banana slices onto each skewer. Serve immediately. Recipe from www.tasteofhome.com
Crunchy Granola Pretzel Sticks You can use fewer ingredients to get a “taste” of this recipe. 1 package (350 g) dark chocolate chips 24 Pretel rod sticks (or regular pretzels will do just fine) 1 cup (250 ml) granola (without raisins, we say pick those out for another recipe!) In a non-metalic container, such as a glass measuring cup, melt chocolate chips in the
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Adapted from Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients – Quick & Easy Food Ingredients 400 g lean ground beef (any ground meat or a veg alt that sticks) 8 heaping teaspoons green pesto (fresh Basil will do or even lettuce!) 1 x 365 – 750ml can of plum tomatoes (size depends on how saucy you like them!) 1 x 125 g ball of mozzarella (or your
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We miss you! We have created a Private Facebook Group for our registered families to join. We will be posting additional support and resource information there, plus using it as one way to keep our community of families and staff in touch with each other during the COVID-19 isolation period. We have posted valuable resource information for families trying to navigate these difficult times
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Baked Rigatoni with Fennel, Sausage & Peppers Serves 6 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus more for greasing 1 lb (500 g) rigatoni 1 fennel bulb ¾ lb (350 g) sweet Italian sausage, casings removed, crumbled 1 each red, yellow, and orange bell pepper, seeded and sliced Salt & pepper 1 tsp sugar 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 1 cup prepared tomato sauce
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This is a great, easy and colourful art project from ArtfulParent.com that most families can do with supplies that are easy to find or often at home that also demonstrates the scientific powers of absorption and capillary action. The basics are copied here, but visit https://artfulparent.com/raised-salt-painting/ for a full tutorial video. Materials: Card stock* Squeeze bottle of glue (such as Elmer’s) or liquid white
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