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JULY 24, 2019
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Under the Sea Party at Library
Children make the shark craft. (Rosanne Fortier/photos)
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent There are so many animals and adventures which happen under the sea. Children from the ages of seven to 12 were able to get a glimpse of life beneath the ocean at the Under the Sea
Party at Vegreville Centennial Library on July 19. Besides having fun and getting to be around other children during summer break, I felt this program helped children learn how to follow instructions as it began with a shark craft where Library Programmer, Calina Sokalski and Library Summer Program Assistant, Rylan Langkow explained how to do the craft while they also went around to help the children with it. After this, there was a game of ocean BINGO where the winners won a really cool shark bookmark. This game was followed by a Shark, I
Spy’s activity where the children had to look at the pictures on the bottom and find out how many sharks’ pictures they could find. This activity was timed and the first child who had the right answers won a prize. The children then went on to make their own themed snacks, which was a graham cracker with blue frosting on it to resemble the ocean. Later, the kids put fish crackers and sprinkles on it and when Sokalski asked how it tasted; the kids gave it thumbs up. This program is just one of the TD Summer Reading 2019’s learning ventures at the library for children
Park Hop Helps Kids’ Physical Health Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent When children see how much fun it is to engage in physical activities, they might continue to be active during their life. The second Five Stop Park Hop for 2019 was at Vegreville Lions Club Playground and Spray Park which has the Early Child hood Development domain’s sign focus on ‘Physical Health and Well Being’ so, the park hop’s focus was on this domain. Vegreville and Area Parent Link Centre (PLC) in partnership with Vegreville and District Child Development Coalition and Vegreville
Centennial Library made sure this park hop splashed with a good time when they planned various activities and games which included an obstacle course station, a craft where children could cut out food items from a magazine and glue the healthy foods under what they should be shopping for the most often. Another station had baby dolls in a tub and a dolls’ clothing line where children learned about being clean, healthy, and taking care of themselves. Yoga Instructor, Val Miller was a guest who taught children yoga’s moves. Another booth was set up
with sheets and items to help people learn how to communicate using sign language. Parents and children could take these sheets home with them. There was a station where children could blow homemade bubbles. A treasure hunt was set up. A section was also arranged with some nice, quiet activities set up to give children another option when they needed some quiet time. There were give away item
and prizes available too, as well as, vegetables, dip, and water. Support Coordinator for PLC, Tasha Homeniuk said at each park hop, they start with some free-floating ideas so children can go from centre to centre. Then they wrap off each park hop with some group’s playtime which will help the kids gain some social competence skills where they can play some games, listen to stories, and do some group activities.
