Join us this month as we celebrate the wonder of stories and storytelling, even as distance separates us! |
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Storytime Online
Join Us!
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(Mariana reads El Perro con Sombrero for Bilingual Storytime on Facebook Live) |
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Need to keep the kiddos engaged?
Or just need a break?
Either way, we've got you covered!
Tune in to Facebook Live for
The Georgetown Project's Online Storytime!
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Toddler Time and Bilingual Storytime are being offered as Virtual Circle Time via Facebook Live every Wednesday at 10am. Find them on Facebook to catch them live or watch the recordings.
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The Collier Family and the Homemade Bird Feeder Affair |
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Once upon a time, there was the Collier Family. Lindsey Collier, the faithful mother, and her three children: Poppy age 4, Smith age 7, and Cannon who is 11, refused to let social distancing keep them from having fun together. Lindsey heard about Creative Kids at Bridges to Growth where she could drive through, pick up some free craft supplies, take them home and watch the how-to videos with her children. Even though it was a cloudy and rainy day, that's exactly what Lindsey did!
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Poppy scoops out the apple core. |
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Smith and Poppy fill the apples with seeds, gelatin and water. |
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Easy Peasy. The apples are ready! |
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Smith is one great bird feeder hanger! |
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Poppy and Smith admire their work. |
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Just waiting for the birds! |
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Epilogue: "The Creative Kids virtual crafts have been fantastic for our family during the quarantine. Even if we can't get out and about, we can still have a great time, learn something new and be creative. We appreciate Bridges to Growth offering a wide variety of activities for our 3 children, including supplies and detailed directions. Recent favorites are the "Cake in a Jar" and "Bird Feeders". Thank you for providing an opportunity to engage, teach and add some structure to our kids' day during such a unique time."
Lindsey Collier
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Photos courtesy of Lindsey Collier |
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Quote of the month: “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
― Philip Pullman
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NATIONAL FAMILY DAY
September 26, 2020
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TRY FAMILY STORYTELLING!
Celebrate National Family Day through stories! Strengthen family relationships, build vocabulary and creativity, and foster an interest in literature by telling stories and encouraging your children to tell their own!
Oral Story Tradition: One way to celebrate National Family Day is by starting an oral tradition of storytelling in your family.
- Tell stories about relatives from past generations. What were they like? Invite your children to ask questions.
- Have kiddos draw a picture of what they think the relative would have looked like and have them describe what they drew.
Other storytelling ideas for families:
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Have everyone sit in a circle. One person begins a made-up story by beginning with "Once Upon a Time . . ." Then the next person adds to the story where the previous person left off. Each person has 30 seconds. Set a time clock for when the story should end. |
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Collect objects from around the house and line them up. Have each person create a short story relating to the object. |
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Cut out pictures of people from a magazine or newspaper. Give each person a picture and have them tell a made-up story about that person. |
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Have children make hand puppets using socks and markers. Tell them that these puppet people need to solve a problem (i.e., find the missing magic key) and have them act out the story with their puppets. |
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Use wordless books and have the children tell a story from the pictures. |
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Do you have other ideas for encouraging storytelling?
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Free and low-cost resources
for kids, parents and teachers!
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Bring on Fall with these fun, family-friendly pumpkin recipes!
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YOU SMILE, WE SMILE
AMAZONSMILE!
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Make The Georgetown Project your charity of choice on Amazon Smile!
Thank You!
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Bridges to Growth Parent Center
is a program of
The Georgetown Project
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With support from our sponsors |
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WE JUST RECEIVED SOME EXCITING NEWS!
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The Georgetown Project Earned a
2020 Gold Seal of Transparency!
The Georgetown Project just earned a 2020 Guidestar Gold Seal by adding information to our Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar. Now our community members as well as 10+ million GuideStar users can find in-depth information about our goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress. We’re shining a spotlight on the difference we help make in the world. Plus, we’ve provided fresh information to 200+ charitable websites and applications that use GuideStar data, such as AmazonSmile, Facebook, and Network for Good. What do you think?
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More exciting news!
We’re excited to share some news! The Georgetown Project has been evaluated by Charity Navigator through their revolutionary Encompass Rating System and received a 100 out of 100 rating!
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Our Vision:
A community where no child is hungry, hurt, alone or rejected, and where all children and youth believe they are loved, respected and treated with dignity.
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