Together we make a family

This fall at Scott we made family trees. Laura had the tree trunks already painted and the families wrote the names of their family members on real oak tree leaves.  They then glued the leaves on top of the tree trunks.  The finished trees were hung and displayed for all to see.    

The family trees reinforced the idea that there are many people who can support us with whatever we may need help within our daily lives. They also showed those who may visit daily, weekly, monthly or just once in awhile the friendship, diversity and support they will encounter at the Centre.  

We greatly appreciate all "our" families who come in and make our programs successful. We would not be doing the work we do without you!

Thank you for your continued support!

Laura Bieber

Collaborative Art

Art is an important part to a child's development. Through art they learn to create and manipulate materials in a way that expresses their ideas in a different form than play does.

Collaborative art is a form of art that allows children the opportunity to work together as a team. This team building activity opens children up to sharing their different life and cultural experiences. By sharing these experiences children see and learn that everyone has similarities and differences and that everyone's contributions should be accepted equally.

By working as a team, incorporating all shared ideas in some way and accepting each other for who they are is evident in the completed collaborative art product.

Laura Bieber

Magic Milk

This week we had some fun experimenting with science and art.

What you need:

Milk

Larger tray/dish

Food colouring

Dish soap

Q-tips

Pour a little bit of milk into your dish (enough to cover the bottom). Next create a design with the food colouring in the milk (we covered all the milk). Lastly dip a q-tip into the dish soap and stick it into the middle of the tray. Watch the magic happen!

Experiment and explore as long as you want. 

After we were done we pressed a piece of paper into the tray to create a “water colour like” painting. 

Children of all ages were amazed with this neat science/art experiment. Guaranteed hours of fun. 

Laura Bieber