October Project/Activity Themes
The month of October was geared toward getting ready for Halloween
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The kids enjoyed making projects to help decorate their homes or to enhance their halloween costumes. They also used the sewing machine to make scrunchies and also learned some creative beading techniques.
We had a very fun "Zombie Day" during an early release day in October in which the kids were turned into Zombies and ate "fingers" for snack (hot dogs with peppers for finger nails).
Our Creation Station was transformed into Halloween Town in which the kids created small decorative houses, and a Tower of Terror made from popsicle sticks. It was a nice collaborative effort and it looked awesome.
Our next theme for Creation Station is Make your own games. We could use any shoe boxes, toilet paper/paper towel rolls or recycled game pieces.
1st Round of Clubs
comes to and end. They were a big hit with the kids. Photography Club enjoyed capturing some amazing digital images around town. DIY clubbers took home some very practical items that they will find useful for a long time to come. Pirate clubbers enjoyed their quest for gold at Hinkley Pond. Finally, the 3rd Annual Haunted Forest Club enjoyed the preparation and the performance of their haunted forest for the K-1 MAPsters.
Next Round of Clubs
Starting this week
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Ask your child which club they joined.
Mondays
w/Sean-
Games Club
The kids will play a variety of sports and games
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They will also have the opportunity to work together to create their own games while working teambuilding skills and sportsmanship.
Tuesdays
w/Sarah-
Book Making Club
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his will be a great opportunity for those kids signed up to have an opportunity to explore their passion for reading, writing and drawing. Each kid will leave club with a finished product that they put together themselves that they can be proud of.
Wednesdays
w/Leah-
Sewing Club
What a great skill to learn at their age. These kids will learn to hand sew as well a learn how to operate a sewing machine. They are sure to come home with some pretty cool items that they sewed with their own two hands.
Thursdays
w/Steph
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International Cooking Club
Kids love to cook at this age. This will be a great opportunity to learn a great life-long skill and bring home a variety of recipes. They will surely become a bit more helpful in the kitchen after this experience.
*This round of clubs will begin at 3:20 and run until 4:45.
Special Thanks
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A shout out to some of the kids in Pirate Club for taking time out of their day to go over to the K-1 site and run a project with those MAPsters.
Also, thanks to the Haunted Forest Club kids for putting on an amazing haunted gym for the K-1 Mapsters. It is always an amazing feeling watching how the older MAPster return to their old stomping grounds and inspire the younger kids.
We will soon start a reading program in which our kids can bring in their favorite children's book to go over and read to the Memorial MAPsters during their storytime.
