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FREE photos with Santa at DMSMCA! Saturday, December 12th from 1 – 4pm. Bring the whole family by to take home your FREE holiday photo. Stay for holiday treats, hot chocolate, activities, crafts, and more! Skip the lines and the stress of the malls and join our community in a fun filled holiday party. No registration required.
Learn the importance of family literacy and how to make a Book Bag for your family or organization.
Our annual family event for parents with pre-school children. Join us for free books, games, food, and fun!
You will learn:
- how to create a positive learning environment
- how to lead a group discussion
- icebreakers and energizers
- songs and rhymes
- about Communities 4 Families programs – Wiggle, Giggle & Munch, Uzazi Pamoja, Book Bags, and Three Stars and a Wish
Please join us for a full day celebration,,,,
- Make you own library card-holder/bookmark
- Read giant books, play giant games
- Scavenger Hunt
- Prize Draws
- Balloons, stickers, posters (while supplies last)
- Musical performance by Seanster
Travel between multiple stations, taking part in exciting games and creative activities that promote the playful use of reading, writing, and language skills.
• Open to all
• No registration required – just drop in
• Fun for the whole family!
Wiggle, Giggle & Munch is a program that offers a time for parents and their 1 – 4 year old children to have fun together with active play and a healthy snack.
You will receive the Wiggle, Giggle & Munch handbook and learn:
- how to lead a Wiggle, Giggle & Munch program
- why it is important for toddlers and preschoolers to be active
- how to encourage parents to play with their toddlers and preschoolers
- creative healthy snack ideas
Communities 4 Families invites applications for the position of Mentor/Trainer. Please see posting for details and forward to those who might be interested. The deadline for applications is March 18.
- Wiggle, Giggle & Munch is a program that offers a time for parents and their 1 – 4 year old children to have fun together with active play and a healthy snack.
- You are invited to come and learn how to lead this exciting parent/child program.
- Learn more about welcoming newcomer families into your programs
- Erika Frey and Molly Dunbar, Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement Workers in West Central/ Downtown area, will be sharing their experience
- Join us for coffee and refreshments
DMSMCA`s 8th annual Summer Fest is a month away! Mark your calendars for Saturday August 6th because you won`t want to miss the jam packed day full of live music, carnival games, bouncy slide, workshops, face painting, henna, crafts, and so much more! And bring the whole family and your neighbours too because it`s all free and happening at Jacob Penner Park.
Aaron Burnett – the Juno-nominated family entertainer and singer will be performing Tuesday, August 16: 6:30-7:15 pm.
Call the library at 204-986-4677 to register.
In this 1 day training, we will address some of the emotional health and well-being challenges when working with the 0-6 age group in a family literacy setting. It is designed for family literacy practitioners, early years staff in childcare centres and schools, and others working to support families with young children in the development of learning skills.
Our annual planning meeting is a full day event to consider our direction for the future. Please join us for planning and lunch.
Come and learn how to make Book Bags for your family or community group
You will learn:
- About the importance of Family literacy
- How to make a Book Bag
You will take home a Book Bag and make an additional one for our Family Literacy celebrations.
The Book Bags workshop is $10 for those who live in or serve members of the downtown area. For participants outside the downtown area there will be a fee of $60.
Wiggle, Giggle & Munch facilitator training will be held on Wednesday, February 22. The deadline for registration is February 15.
Our AGM celebrating our work and introducing:
- our new Book 4 Babies – Time to Play!
- and our latest study – Dreams & Realities: A Community Survey
In this workshop participants will have an opportunity to explore the importance of “managed risk” in children’s play to keep them engaged and learning. Content is geared towards those working with children from birth to 6 years of age.
Make a Book Bag to use with your pre-school children.
Call Nikhat at 204.943.8765 if you are interested in this workshop.
Book Bags making workshop for families based on the book, Time to Play!
Thrive Community Support Circle in support of Family Week is offering a workshop for parents/caregivers to come together to make a Book Bag which will contain books, games, activities and more.
Childminding at the daycare and parents go to 4-505 Sargent Ave.
Join us to learn what Thrive Community Support Circle is doing to address the questions they are hearing from their parents. Their small idea is meeting with some great success.
Bring your lunch and hear more at our first Lunch & Learn.
Tuesday, November 28
At Thrive Community Support Circle, Suite 5 – 505 Sargent Ave.
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Consider sending a couple of people from your agency – maybe a staff person and a volunteer or student. And please share the attached poster with others who might be interested in joining the discussion.
Join us for our Family Literacy celebration. Books and activities especially for very young children.
Learn to develop a Book Bag to share with your family participants. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.
Learn to develop a Book Bag to share with your family participants. This is the second of a 2 part series.
Communities 4 Families is pleased to present another Family Play
opportunity.
- Outdoor play
- Parents and children together
- Special activities geared towards toddlers and pre-schoolers
- Snack
- No registration required
- Free
Communities 4 Families (C4F) invites groups or organizations to apply for grants to support programming for Downtown families with children aged 0-6. These are grants for activities including BOTH parents and their children (aged 0-6), or parenting programs for parents with children ages 0-6. C4F grants support participants who reside within C4F boundaries (see FAQ’s for our map).
Applications can be completed electronically with page 4 faxed (204.487.3630) with signatures, or in hard copy and mailed or faxed.
Note: the deadline for all grant applications is May 25, 2018 (they must be in our office by 5:00 p.m.)
Please join us for a fun, family friendly outdoor play day!
All families welcome. Programming is geared towards 1-5 year old children. But, siblings are always welcome to participate too.
- Parents & Children attend together
- Drop-in (no registration required)
- Activities for Toddlers + Preschoolers
- Snack provided
- Free!
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