Littles - May blog

This past month we have been busy! We started a new program that is called Fit Kids Healthy Kids. Fit Kids goal is to teach children and their teachers the fundamentals of movement that makes kids confident and competent in sport, recreation, and life. The goal of their program is fit, healthy kids that are active for life. So every Wednesday our new friend Lyra comes to our back yard and plays lots of really fun games with everyone. Some of the children’s favorite games are in the water on the beach where they have to jump in the “water” aka the hula hoop, and then on the “beach” which is out of the hoop. Another one is a game called lost puppy, the children pretend that the colorful bean bags are puppies and they have to run and sort the puppies in to their matching hula hoop or “home”

This month we also worked on a secret project for our moms. The children really seemed to enjoy keeping a special surprise from everyone. We managed to make our own peppermint body scrub and all the children really liked how it felt and smelled on their hands before we bottled it up to give as a present.

At the end of the month we had some really special visitors come. Matty brought his dad in to talk about what he does as a police officer! The children were all really excited to see him and his partner, all dressed up in their uniforms. They let us play with their handcuffs and then showed us all the lights and sirens that are on their police car. Most of the children were quite shy while they were here but after they left and we came inside, they were all playing games about police saving the day and protecting people.

We are looking forward to what June has in store for us and the summer weather!