Looking for a simple yet fun indoor activity to occupy the kids during these rainy days? Try this safe and easy 2 ingredient playdough at home. Due to its soft, fluffy cloud-like sensation, I like to call it Dream Dough.

I challenged each child to mix the ingredients to form a dough that is pleasing to their individual sense of touch. To some children, the softer texture was a more satisfying feeling, while others preferred to form a tougher consistency similar to playdough.

To enhance your dough mixture, you can add a variety of different ingredients like food colouring, and other stimulating textures like glitter or pom poms, etc. However you wish to form your own individual dough, I hope you enjoy this activity with your kids :)

Cheers!

In a world where rain is the norm and the gym space is booked by other programs, an active alternative is needed to keep the children challenged.

Taking a page from our pals at Gilmore, Dustin and I bought approximately 1500 red party cups as building blocks for the children to explore and play with. Children can compose crazy cup creations when calmly calculating construction concepts. Over the years, I have acquired a lot of affectionate appreciation for awesome alliteration.

The kids were great at finding new and creative ways of using the cups and we even managed to work as a team and trap Dustin in a "TOWER OF DOOM".

One great benefit of this building activity is that it encourages different groups of children to play together. Once a group has finished a project, they are encouraged to go explore other groups' designs and combine cups with another willing team.

Cordially,

Emmett

Happy holidays Jr OSC crew!

Even when there's snow on the ground, don't let that stop you from moving it outside this winter! Pinterest is my go-to when looking for fun crafts to do with the kids. It is a great resource for finding unique and engaging activities. Here are a couple simple and creative ideas for the snow!
All you need for snow paint is food colouring and some squirt bottles, if you don't have squirt bottles you can just poke a hole in the lid of a plastic water bottle and it'll work just as well!

Hello all,

A few weeks ago for art, Henaxi and I led a snow making activity. While many of us may not like the snow, this snow was a real winner for the children. The children were separated into two groups, and each group made one batch of snow. While making the snow, children took turns measuring, pouring and stirring the ingredients. The snow was quite easy to make as it only consisted of 2 ingredients: baking soda (~ 1cup) and hair conditioner (~ 4 cups). I found that adding the baking soda to the conditioner bit by bit to get the consistency needed was the best method to do this.

Hello everyone,

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to December. Last Thursday was our Family Fun
Night. We would like to thank all the families that joined us and we hope you all had a wonderful
time.

This was the second time we have hosted this event and we hope to continue the tradition in the
years to come. This year we had many different activities for the children and parents to enjoy.
One of the activities was our “Minute to Win It Games: Holiday Edition.” To begin, children were
given a passport with pictures corresponding to different games. Then children chose a
challenge to try. Once the children completed one of the challenges, they were able to stamp
their passport. When they received all 5 stamps, the children were able to select a prize. Some
of the Minute to Win It games included apple stacking (the record was 7 apples), marshmallow
slingshot, and ping pong toss into Wow Butter. Special thanks to Matt for organizing these activities. It was great to see the children’s excitement and willingness to take on these challenges.

We also had a gingerbread house making station. Children were able to create their own
gingerbread houses made from graham crackers, icing and a great amount of candy. It was
wonderful to see the children’s creativity and their unique take on their houses.

Lastly, a hot chocolate bar was on offer for maximum indulgence. Nothing is better than ending the day with a warm cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows!