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Simple Tools for Dealing with Stress and Overwhelm – 3 Session Series

November 17, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Come to this special 3 session series for parents and community members! Everyone welcome! 

Tuesday November 24th, December 1st, December 8th 

 1 – 2:30 pm on ZOOM 

“Life Habits to Stay Healthy: Simple Tools for Dealing with Stress and Overwhelm“ 

 GUEST SPEAKER: 

Georgianna Lee 

     Sessions will be led by Georgianna Lee of Cameray Child and Family Services. Georgianna has been working as a parent support counsellor for over 15 years and is a mom to two active boys, ages 8 and 6. Her passion is to support families in seeing each other’s good intentions and to find ways for families to learn and thrive together. We are extremely fortunate to have Georgianna sharing her expertise with us, once again! 

    Join us, for helpful and practical ways to bring more calmness and well-being into your, and your children’s lives. We need that now, more than ever! Come to one, or all, of these sessions. 

Topic: Simple Tools for Dealing with Stress and Overwhelm 

Time: Nov 24, 2020 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) 

  

Join Zoom Meeting 

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Meeting ID: 654 6882 8840 

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Indoor Active Play

November 13, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Are your days feeling really long now that the rain is here?

Below are some ideas I took from a resource I have in my classroom called HOP (Healthy Opportunities for Preschoolers) by LEAP BC

I just looked and the whole book of over 50 activities is online!!

You can find it here :

HOP – Family Resource

Physical activity for your child is very important for their well-being.  Please check out pg. 156 to find out why physical activity is important and its many benefits.

These are my favourites:

Freeze Dance pg. 34

Hit the Target pg. 42

Laundry Basket Ball pg. 50

My Friend Beanie pg. 58

Parachute Lift Off pg. 66

Rainbow Scatter pg. 76

Up and Over pg. 96

5 Little Horses and 5 Little Dinosaurs!!

November 4, 2020 / / 0 Comments

5 Little Horses is a favourite fingerplay of mine

It rhymes and keeps your hands moving!

Below are the words to help you learn it.

You will find it in my November video below so do it along with me!!

5 Little Horses

5 little horses galloped into town (start with hands behind your back and bring them wiggling to the front)

5 were white and 5 were brown (raise one hand at a time showing 5 fingers)

They galloped up and they galloped down (wiggle fingers as you raise your hands up then down)

Then they galloped out of town (wiggle your fingers and put them behind your back)

Click your tongue!!!

Bring them back, NEIGH!!!! (bring your hands in front and make a neighing sound!)

One day while doing 5 little horses a child asked if we could do dinosaurs instead.

So we did and this is what we came up with!!!

5 Little Dinosaurs

5 little dinosaurs stomped into town (start with hands behind your back and bring them to the front with your fingers extended like dinosaur feet stomping)

5 were green and 5 were brown (raise one hand at a time showing 5 fingers)

They stomped up and they stomped down (raise your claw hands stomping up then down)

Then they stomped right out of town (stomp your claw hands and put them behind your back)

Thump thump thump thump thump thump thump

Bring them back, ROAR!!!! (bring your hands in front and roar!)

 

Fall Exploration

October 15, 2020 / / 0 Comments

So I went on a walk today at Robert Burnaby Park.

Look at this beautiful spot I found!

A StrongStart friend was having lots of fun in the water!

As we walked towards the playground we discovered a pile of leaves.

My friend hid and his Grandmother and I covered him up!

Look what else caught my eye

I wonder what made all those holes in the tree?

As I went on my walk I filled my pockets.

Look at all the amazing things I found!!

First I sorted them. And that inspired me to make these:

I would love to see what natural materials you found and what you created with them!! Email me a photo at Beth.bosnick@burnabyschools.ca

My friend Lillian at Twelfth Ave. StrongStart was inspired by the story Leaf Man.  Click below to see what she created after reading the story!

Fall Bounty

Fun with a Pumpkin!

October 7, 2020 / / 0 Comments

If we were in the classroom right now we would be engaging with a pumpkin in a variety of ways.

 I am not an advocate of wasting food.

So below are many different ways to use the pumpkin and make them valuable learning opportunities.

(hint: store your pumpkin in a cool place to prevent it from rotting)

Paint it. Use washable paints so that you can paint it many times.

Hammer it.  Help your little one pull them out and this becomes a never-ending activity!!  Caution do not leave the wooden golf tees in the pumpkin for more than one hour.  They swell making them difficult to pull out and reuse.

Peg board.  Provide elastics and connect the pegs by stretching the elastics over them.

Light it up. Clean out the pumpkin and put a candle inside. No need to carve a design in the pumpkin as the golf tee holes have already done the job!!!

Pumpkin goo. Investigate on a tray with your child what is inside a pumpkin.

Roast pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin seeds can be roasted and are a yummy fall treat!!

CommuniTEA Time Online!! Topic Stress and Our Children

October 2, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Gayle is the community Coordinator at Second Street.  She typically offers our community room for families to gather and connect over tea and conversation.  Sometimes these conversations have special guests.  The community can’t physically enter the school right now so she is offering an Online CommuniTEA Time!! Please see the details below as the special speakers will be talking about Children and stress.

Let’s Connect!

All parents and community members are welcome to attend this online time to connect:

“CommuniTEA TIME ONLINE”

Thursday, Oct. 8th – 9:30 – 10:30 on Zoom!

Special Guest speakers:

 Jen Tan, school counsellor at Second Street Community School

Shannon McGee, school counsellor at Ecole Armstrong Elementary 

TOPIC: Stress and our Children

Please join Community School Coordinator, Gayle Beavil, and our special guests, while we listen, learn, and support each other.

Jen and Shannon will help us understand the science behind stress and introduce us to practical strategies which can help us recognize and reduce stress in our children.

 

How to join the call:

  1. At time of the meeting (9:30 am on Thursday, Oct. 8), click on the link below, or copy and paste it in your browser.

OR

  1. Go to zoom.us and click on join meeting. The Meeting ID is below.

Gayle Beavil is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Gayle Beavil’s “Online CommuniTEA Time”

Time: Oct 8, 2020 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 684 9450 5702

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 Join us, for coffee, conversation and community connections.

“Good people turn to love, courage and kindness in times of crisis, not hate, fear and cruelty.”

Laurence Overmire

A Great Resource for You

September 29, 2020 / / 0 Comments

In our programs we have many local organizations we partner with that help support families. Anita is a great resource for you and your family.  See below the various ways you can connect with her and the programs she is offering.

 

Anita Olson – Early Childhood Community Consultant (ECCC) – supporting parents/caregivers with children ages 0-5 years old. Questions/concerns about behaviour, development, needing strategies or other resources call/text/email for a free virtual or socially distanced consultation.

604-723-9548 or email aolson@fsgv.ca

Join Monday’s Coffee and Chat parenting support group to get connected with other parents, learn some helpful tips about parenting and discuss your own parental celebrations and challenges. Meetings are via MS Teams – email aolson@fsgv.ca, subject line JOIN COFFEE AND CHAT, and an invite will be emailed to you. For assistance in MS Teams installation click here.

If you are interested in joining the ECCC Resource Newsletter please email aolson@fsgv.ca, subject line ADD TO RESOURCE NEWSLETTER and you will begin to receive children’s activity ideas, family resources offered in Burnaby and so much more.

 

 

 

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