Bear Family Children's Center
509 king street T7X1K1 Spruce Grove, AB, Canada

Upcoming Events: September, We will be having a Terry Fox walk on September 30, 2020. For health and safety reasons we will be having a ribbon walk instead of balloons. ... Thanksgiving, Unfortunately our kitchen remains closed, we will not be able to provide a Thanksgiving Day Lunch this year. We look forward to providing a holiday snack for the children. Is there a holiday snack that your child enjoys! Please let us know by using brightwheel or comment below!

Just a little reminder.

The animals in the Teddy Room were treated to a bubble bath!

Today we all decided it was too nice to eat inside and we enjoyed a picnic lunch under the shade!

Today the Polar Bears tried a game of frisbee with yogurt container lids! Then we had a scavenger hunt for sticks and started building a stick house!

What a great start to bike week! Way to go Koala and Grizzly Bears!

The Teddy Bears got to watch the garbage truck today! What an amazing experience.

It was arm day today for Cydney in the Polar Room! Phew what a work out

Today there was an update on the relaunch for schools. Masks are now included for grades 4-12. https://www.alberta.ca/k-to-12-school-re-entry-2020-21-scho

Getting ready for todays picnic! We even saw the Koala/Grizzly Bears along with Elena and Lelibeth. It is so exciting when we meet up with people we know!

Can you believe we are almost in August! As we reach the month of August there are some small changes. Beginning Tuesday August 04, 2020 we will start our summer programming hours. This means that your child must be here by 9:00am. Thank you. We will have a new covid form as we are switching from a daily to a weekly. New forms will be placed at front entrance for the start of the week and then placed in your inbox for you to fill out the rest of the week.... We will be having a field trip every Friday with a picnic, please no microwaveable meals. We will be enjoying many wet activities as summer closes in please bring in a towel and clothing that can get wet to stay for the month . The Grizzly and Koala Bears are starting bike week (this is scheduled to last two weeks) please bring a bike or scooter and a helmet. Thank you.

Grizzly bears are busy with disco partys and natures very own playground!

Teddy Bears enjoy many small group activities throughout the day. Here we are exploring playdoh and working on our hand muscle development.

Some outside water painting!

A message from the Grizzly Bears

The Polar Bears are enjoying the sprinkler!

The children were so excited today to see a police car out the window!

The Teddy Bears enjoyed a little time outside today. They really enjoyed playing in and around the tree. Making their own peek-a-boo game!

The Polar Bears really enjoyed playing in the sprinkler today(sorry pictures tomorrow). We would really like to thank our polar parent Ramey for bringing in a sprinkler we can use all summer!

The Panda Bears and Teddy Bears are enjoying being creative this week!

There has been an update from subsidy. Here is an information link. https://www.alberta.ca/child-care-subsidy.aspx

The polar bears are enjoying our new larger wood cookies. We are navigating our risky play with guidance and support.

Teddy Bears are learning so many social skills as they navigate the beginning stages of turn taking.

The Panda and Teddy Bears had a wonderful opportunity to play with individual sand bins!

The Polar Bears found some Puddles to walk in after the storm.

The Polar Bears had such an adventure today! We walked to the fire hall. We saw an ambulance and they were treated with a siren call. As well it was our luck that a fire truck and firefighters were doing ladder work!

Today it was announced that schools will return. Here is a link to a parent tool kit! https://www.alberta.ca/k-to-12-school-re-entry-2020-21-scho

The polar bears enjoyed hiding in some tall grass on Friday!

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I came across this, thought I would share incase anyone was wondering. https://www.psd70.ab.ca/view.php

We would like to wish everyone a very Happy Mothers Day!

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