Leaps & Bounds Children's Centre

Our student on placement, Thomas, is back in this week. The kids love it when Thomas is in the program and shares his love of music with them!

FamFest Family Photo Contest! FamFest returns for another year to celebrate Family Day and we’ve got some great Family Fun in store for you! Click here for all ...the FamFest fun: https://arnprior.ca/live/calendar/famfest/ Share with us what you and your Family are up to this year? Is it a hike or an epic snowball fight, a skate on an outdoor rink, tobogganing, or a cozy afternoon of movies and popcorn? However you spend your day, we’d love to see what you’re doing to celebrate Family Day! Take a photo of your family engaging in a favorite Family Day activity and share with us at [email protected] or post it in the comments of this photo. All photo submissions are entered into a draw where you could win one of 3 awesome prize packs. Each prize pack contains a variety of goodies from many of Arnprior’s local businesses so be sure to get your entry in before the deadline. Photos must be submitted on or before midnight on Monday, February 15. Draw will be made and winner notified on Tuesday, February 16.

March Break Update: March Break 2021 will be deferred tothe week of April 12th to the 16th.

We require a Contract Teacher Assistant in our School Age programs beginning immediately. Hours on school days would be 6:30am -8:30 am and 2:00 pm -5:30 pm (5.5 hours) and an 8-hour shift on PD days and school breaks. The rate of pay is $17.35 per hour plus 4% holiday pay. Requirements: Current CPR/Standard First Aid Current Criminal Reference Check for the Vulnerable Sector... Proof of up to date immunizations (tetanus, etc) Recommended: Knowledge of CCEYA and HDLH Considered an Asset: Experience with kinder and school aged children in a licensed childcare centre Experience with children with special needs Child centered educational background (RECE, DSW, etc) Please send your cover letter and resume via email to [email protected] by February 17, 2021.

Some exciting valentines packages prepared by our lovely kinder team!

A big thank you to Island View Suites for the lovely donation of crayons! They will be well loved

Happy Birthday to this little man today!

The school age group paid a visit to the running track with Brooke and enjoyed some freezies after doing some running and jumping!

Kinder summer fun!

A small token of appreciation for an epic team on a Monday morning You guys rock!!

While some things may be different - some things will never change: the children still love to engage in building of all kinds and love to show off their creations

School age adventures from our first week back.

A lovely, very relevant story shared with our kinders today by Ava & Maggie https://interagencystandingcommittee.org//My%20Hero%20is%2

Some very happy kinders excited to be back!

The Leaps Team having some fun with our new normal! We practiced donning and doffing PPE today during training! Don’t we all look fabulous!!!!

The whole family is helping to get Leaps up and running! We reopen Monday with a limited capacity (8 children in kinder/7 in school age). The new announcement on increasing cohort sizes to 15 children per room gives us some wiggle room after we get into the groove with our new normal. I will be reaching out to families who were enrolled pre-closure and who didn’t get a space (or chose to wait) in round 1 in the coming weeks. For anyone on our wait list - I know you have been ...anxiously awaiting my call! Please know you haven’t been forgotten and I’ll be in touch as soon as I can. For anyone starting Monday - we’ve been working so hard to get the centre ready and can’t wait to see you! Lacey

This was sent my way from Brooke Brum lots of great ideas here!

Keeping with the popsicle theme, here is a site with a lot of really tasty popsicles you can make at home! https://www.countryliving.com/food//popsicle-recipes-0709/

I'm sure that with all these hot summer days we've been having you and your little ones have been enjoying popsicles. Rather than throwing out the sticks, make a craft with them! It can be big or small. Doesn't matter. Post some of your popsicle stick creations on here for everyone to see.

Ontario is working to improve child care for families and operators across the province - and we need your help. We want to hear from families, child care workers and organizations, so we can make Ontario's child care even better. Share your voice at: http://ontario.ca/dygd

Bubble art is by far a Leaps favourite. I usually mix a bit of food colouring into your bubbles. You can then blow bubble right into a piece of paper or use a straw to fill your container with bubbles and press the paper down on top. Either way, it’s a lovely art activity for a lazy, hot day. Just make lots because I promise your kids will want to do it again and again!

It’s always bittersweet when we have to say goodbye to a staff. It’s with a very heavy heart that today we say goodbye to Sam St-Cyr. Sam has been a part of the Leaps and Bounds team since nearly the very beginning and to say she will be missed by the staff as a part of our team, by the children as an amazing educator and as a friend is an understatement! While I hope you’ll rejoin us some day Sam- I know no matter where you end up, you’ll be a rockstar.

Wow its summertime. It's a great time to read your favourite book or if younger have someone read to you. How about making a Monster Bookmarker to help keep your spot in your book. All you need is coloured paper, scissors,markers,glue,googly eyes( or draw eyes) and your wonderful imagination! My silly Monster Bookmarkers are pictured at the end-Maggie

If you have a child that is learning to spell or just a fun activity for the older kids why not have some fun with letter doodles. Here are some of my favourite ones. -Sam

Just a few more craft ideas for Father's Day. Use your imaginations. I know you can create wonderful things. Maggie :0)