Paint Nite Reminder!

We are hosting a Paint Nite fundraiser! Let's raise our glasses and raise funds for a great cause - special events and guests for the kids in 2017!

Friday, June 2nd, 2017

 

Upstairs at the rec centre (174 Mandan Drive, Sanford, Manitoba)

Doors open at 7:15 pm, painting starts at 8:00 pm

Cash bar

Snacks provided

Prizes include:

- a personal training session (Lisa Lewko)

- a portable BBQ set (Aaron Schlichting)

- Thermea passes (donated by Scott Anderson of Ideal Mortgage Solutions)

- a certificate for body sugaring services (Lori Anderson)

- a 1 year membership to Fort Whyte Alive (Jody Watson)

- ItWorks Products (Candace Boyd)

- Bath & Body Works products and gift cards

A local artist will assist and inspire us - all while we socialize and sip cocktails for a great cause. No art experience needed! 

Paint Nite will donate a portion of ticket sales to the daycare.

Let's get together and get painting! Please RSVP and register here: https://www.paintnite.com/events/_1185468  There are only 80 tickets available, so get yours today!

The featured painting is L.O.V.E. and you can get a sneak peak of it on the link above.

We hope to see you on Friday, June 2nd!

Thank you,

The JA Cuddy Child Care Centre Fundraising Committee

To-Le-Do Foodservice & Kernels Popcorn Fundraiser

1) To-Le-Do Foodservice is a Manitoba company that sells top quality, portion controlled products, including Certified Angus Beef steaks and burgers, a variety of chicken (fingers, breasts, skewers and specialty items), AA/AAA beef and pork (steaks, burgers, chops and ground), perogies, cabbage rolls and meatballs! Get your freezer stocked for BBQ season, backyard get-togethers, and camping! (The prices are comparable to that in the grocery store - we checked!)

2) Kernels Popcorn is produced in a peanut/nut-free environment and is free of trans fat, high in fibre and gluten free! There are 8 delicious flavours available - white cheese, salt & vinegar, dill pickle, buttersalt, jalapeno jack, cheddar cheese, ketchup, and low fat caramel. Popcorn makes a great summertime snack and is perfect for sharing.

Please email jacuddy@mymts.net for electronic versions of order forms, or stop by and pick up a hard copy.

Orders are due Wednesday, May 31st. 

As always, thank you for your fundraising efforts!!

School-Age - March

Spring break was a blast!  We started the week of with all kinds of camping activities, setting up camp and cooking a hotdog lunch. The kids all enjoyed this area and had fun all week "camping!"

Wednesday we had planned to do some baking and boy, did it turn out to be one awesome baking day!  The kids decided to hold a bake sale and donate all the proceeds to The Frosting Foundation.  The kids raised $176.00 which was enough to purchase 7 birthday boxes for kids at the Children's Hospital.  Thank you to everyone for their support!!  

We created a spa for the kids.  Everything from hair, massages, nail painting and giving the boys a "shave" were offered!

Friday ended with a bang and we had a bouncer which the kids really enjoyed!!

Older Floor - March and April

In March, we added a show and tell to our routine.  The children have the opportunity to bring in something from home every Wednesday.  Everyone is able to ask questions and learn about each others special item.  We also started doing circle time.  It ususally takes place after snack or before lunch.  We do letter of the day, number of the day for our caterpillar.  We practiced sounds and found different things that start with the same letter. 

Many different activities have been going on, on Older Floor.  We set up a Doctor's office/Hospital so the children are able to learn and act out the many different roles and scenarios.  They had lots of fun with this!  Each day we try to have a dance party.  The kids have been so interested in the "Gummy Bear" song and pretty much any song from Frozen.  With the nice weather, we've had the chance to walk to Ashland Park.  With so many puddles all the children enjoy going outside and testing out their rubber boots and splashing around!  All of the children have been interested in learning different things from around the world.  We've explored looking at the flags and their national anthems.

In April we planned an Easter hunt and it turned out to be such a great experience for our newer staff and the kids!  Kristina set up a huge Easter egg hunt in the play yard for our preschool children.  There were 56 plastic eggs hidden around the yard with candy in them.  Each child was able to find 2.  There was a lot of smiles and excitement from everyone!

The ZOO field trip was a lot of fun!  Getting on the big yellow bus is always so exciting for the kids and arriving at the Zoo was great as well.  Seeing all the animals and the polar bears swimming around left lots of the children in mouth dropping stares!

Younger Floor - March and April

In March, we planned a dino day and the kids are had so much fun!   Lots of kids came in wearing their dino shirt and we did some dino painting.  We stomped around the room like big dinosaurs and roared to our fellow dinosaur friends!  We had a tea party this month as well and baked a cake and cookies for it.  All of the kids really enjoyed the party!  Another activity that is always a hit, is making paper airplanes!  We had races to see who's plane is the fastest!

Lots of fun was had in April!  We made edible finger paint and it tasted awful...but we loved watching it change colors, squishing it between our fingers and on the paper.  Unfortunately the consistency made it break apart on the paper as it dried so we will try a different recipe in May!

The field at the Rec Center was one of the main places out walks took us this past month.  Checking to see how dry the fields were and running around the bases took quite a bit of energy, especially out of the teachers!!  With the warmer weather we have been learning about nature and answering a lot of "why"questions, especially when it came to the day we found worms outside; where do they live?  What do they eat?  Can they swim? Why are they slippery?  These were just a few questions! We reminded the kids to be very gentle with the worms and their bodies are very fragile. 

Easter was such a great experience for our newer staff and the kids!  Kristina set up a huge Easter egg hunt in the play yard for all the preschool children.  There were 56 plastic eggs with candy in them and each child was able to find 2.  We had so many excited faces and smiles as we were telling them that the Easter bunny had come while they were sleeping.  It was an amazing experience to watch all the children's excitement!!

The biggest highlight of the month was of course, the ZOO field trip.  Most of the kids were just excited to be on a school bus  but arriving at the zoo was great as well!  Seeing all the animals and the polar bears swimming around left lots of the children in mouth cropping stares!

Infant Room - March and April

In March, we welcomed Ben to our Program.  We are so excited to have him a part of our group!
With the weather not cooperating, we spent a lot of time indoors this month.  We did a lot of gross motor activities; playing on and with the mats.  We did rolling, climbing and hopping on the mats.  We love moving our bodies, it makes us feel so good!  We also played a few games and made a tent.  We crawled inside and played peek-a-boo.  We are so happy it is spring and can't wait to play in our yard!

April was bug month in our room!  We had pictures of different bugs and posted them on our wall for the children to see.  We went outside with bug nets and cages to see what bugs we could catch!  Inside, we saw a bug crawling and used our net to catch (with help from the teacher of course!)  The kids were able to really watch and see how the bug moved around.  We ate 'worms in dirt' (chocolate pudding, crushed cookies and gummy worms) for snack one day...boy, did it taste good!!!  We expanded on their interest of bugs by playing "Where is the bug" and crawled around pretending to be bugs. 

We had an Easter egg hunt and the kids had so much finding the eggs that were hiding around the room!

We said good-bye to Logan who moved up to the Preschool Room.  We'll miss your big smile in the room, Logan,  but are excited to see you learning out in Preschool! 

Welcome back to the Program Emma.  It is wonderful having you back! 

We said good-bye to Sharon as well this month and wish her all the best on her retirement.  We will definitely miss you but look forward to seeing you out and about on our walks!  Roberta has joined the Infant Program!