Play Dough Funanza!
24-09-2013, 04:54 PM
Hopefully both students and parents are settling in their work and school
schedules well!
I can't believe we're approaching fall already. But I am surprised to hear
myself say that I'm kind of looking forward to it (I'm surprised because I am
very much a summer gal). And with the changing of seasons, we prepare to welcome
the seemingly perpetual rainy days. With that in mind, I got my hands on a super
easy play dough recipe to test out with the kids in the hopes of occupying some
boredom as the weather gets gloomy. I liked this recipe because many play dough
recipes call for cream of tartar, something that I know is not a commonality in
all kitchens, but this recipe doesn't use it at all. I did find when making this
with the kids is that you will need more flour than it calls for, but that's
easy enough to tweak as you're kneading. I also noticed that it didn't make
enough for our kids in one batch (however I did have about 10 kids in my group),
but it'd be plenty for 2 or 3 kids.
Here's the recipe for any parents who might want to bust some boredom in
the future...
Ingredients:
1 cup flour (will likely need more, but easily tweaked)
1/4 cup salt
1 packet of Kool-Aid (for colour and pleasant scent)
2/3 cup hot water
1 tbs oil
Instructions:
1. Mix the flour, salt and Kool-Aid together.
2. Boil the water.
3. Add oil to the water.
4. Pour some of the water into the dry ingredients and mix with a wooden
spoon or spatula. Keep adding water and work the dough until the colour is even
and feels like play dough.
The Junior OSC kids had a lot of fun with this play dough, making all sorts
of shapes and creations with cookie cutters and 'play dough tools'.
Sara
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| Heart flower! |
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| Some silly cutouts. |
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| A carved heart and the tools used. |
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| A tasty waffle. |
Comments
Welcome back!
24-09-2013, 04:51 PMWelcome back new families and old to the Jr Out-of-School Care program!
Our staff are looking forward to getting back into the routine of the school year. We hope everyone had a relaxing summer soaking up some rays, but are ready for fall. The weather is changing and we ask that you provide your children with the appropriate clothing to be comfortable playing outside. If it is not raining we will try to get the children out to enjoy our playground. Staff will try to get blogs out on a weekly basis to give families an idea of what kind of interesting and engaging projects we do here.
If your child will not be attending Jr. OSC on any given day, please call 604-238-8408. If no one answers, please just leave a message and we can mark down the appropriate information. Also, please be clear about who is leaving the message and the first and last name of the child as there are some children with the same name.
We are excited to meet all the new families and children and help them settle into a comfortable routine here at West. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to ask any of the staff or email me at Emartyniuk@richmond.ca.
Emmett
Our staff are looking forward to getting back into the routine of the school year. We hope everyone had a relaxing summer soaking up some rays, but are ready for fall. The weather is changing and we ask that you provide your children with the appropriate clothing to be comfortable playing outside. If it is not raining we will try to get the children out to enjoy our playground. Staff will try to get blogs out on a weekly basis to give families an idea of what kind of interesting and engaging projects we do here.
If your child will not be attending Jr. OSC on any given day, please call 604-238-8408. If no one answers, please just leave a message and we can mark down the appropriate information. Also, please be clear about who is leaving the message and the first and last name of the child as there are some children with the same name.
We are excited to meet all the new families and children and help them settle into a comfortable routine here at West. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to ask any of the staff or email me at Emartyniuk@richmond.ca.
Emmett
Bubble Tea Thursday
24-06-2013, 01:52 PM
Bubble tea for snack? Bubble tea is a Taiwanese tea based
drink that combines a delicious beverage with yummy tapioca balls. Our staff
made a variation of this drink by using frozen fruit, yogurt and orange juice
instead of the usual tea based recipes. Although the tapioca balls resemble
frog eggs, many of the children still devoured the tasty drink. Dustin and I
were working vigorously when serving snack to meet the demands of the children when
we realized how messy this snack really is. Our usually very clean snack table
and cart were littered with straws and drops of smoothie. In the end, most of
the children and all of the staff enjoyed the unique snack and would be happy
to have it again.
Emmett
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| Yummy yum yum. |
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| Tapioca balls. |
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| What a mess! |
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| Sara and Sarah enjoying their drinks. |
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| Dustin surprised at how tasty it is. |
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| Happy Hillwood. |
Faulty Towers
24-05-2013, 04:52 PMWhat's there to do on a soggy Tuesday afternoon? Dustin and Emmett had it in mind to inject a little Keva chaos! We challenged those able and willing to some heats of compelling competition. It all started with who could build the tallest tower in five minutes. Towers tumbled and were rebuilt within the five minutes. We repeated the heat to see if the children learned anything from the first round. The excitement (and number of participants) only grew as we introduced rounds with "best house in five minutes" and "strongest tower in five minutes." After this, Emmett injected further Keva chaos by introducing the "Revenge Block", one block per team that could be thrown at an opponent's tower at any time during the heat. Most teams chose to use their Revenge Block near the end of the heat, aimed at the leading competition. We doubled the time to ten minutes to see what chaos would ensue. Winners of each heat were rewarded with Timbits, courtesy of Cole V's birthday. After the competitions were complete, Emmett and Dustin conceived of future challenges for our enthusiastic builders. Stay tuned for further Keva chaos...
Cheers,
Dustin
Cheers,
Dustin
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| One of the candidates for tallest tower. |
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| Attempting to build the strongest tower. |
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| Devastating! |
