Goshen Village II

Hello!

Halloween is almost here.  Whew!  Fright Night, YEA!!!  The children have been working on Halloween decorations to have everything ready for the party on Friday.  They are so looking forward to the festivity and with the Giants winning the World Series, it's going to be an even better party.  Have fun everyone and please be safe if you're trick or treating...the weather forecast is calling for rain, which we are in desperate need of...please enjoy our decorations below.

 

 

Lincoln Plaza

Hello Everyone,

So a while back our supervisor sent us an email about keeping it safe and being safe. Well today at work it was brought to my attention that there has been a number of people dressing up like clowns, going through towns scaring and threatening people.  Not cool!  From my understanding this has been occurring in Tulare Co as well as in other neighboring counties.  So with that in mind my number one rule in life happens to involve being safe and aware of your surrounding at all times.  Since its getting darker earlier, I suggest as coordinators we walk our children home just to ensure that they get their safe.  I know I run my program until seven and by then its dark, so with efforts in keeping myself safe as well as the children safe, I will be walking them home to ensure they are all home and I can go home with peace of mind without worrying that a child went missing or a child was attacked.  Let's all do our part to be safe and please pass on safety tips to all your students in your after school programs.  Thanks for your time, until we meet again through this blog, keep learning fun and be safe.

Joke of the day

Something to make you go hmmm:

I've been doing quite a bit of thinking and I've come to the conclusion that their are 3 types of people in the world, those that can do math and those that can't.

Happy Friday Everyone...don't forget to smile today.

Washington Plaza

Hello, I’m sure everyone is having a good time preparing for Halloween. It is a time for excitement and spooky fun. By now you've probably heard of the game Minecraft and you may think it is just another game and a big waste of time but I see it differently. Let me explain...when kids grab a sheet of paper most of the time I see that they draw a house with their family, maybe a swing outside and they try to detail it as best as they can.  Well I've over heard several kids talking about Minecraft and thought I could probably find a free alternative online.

There are several to choose from and the kids really enjoy it.  They can design and build their own structures.  The children like building their own houses and comparing them with the other kids.  It's really fun to engineer and architect in this imaginary 3D virtual world.  The best part is that it is open ended. They may start to build one little room and before you know it, that one little room may develop and expand to a much bigger building snowballing into something huge!!!  Talk about cool creativity.  I think it really takes some wonderful imagination and creativity to play a game like this and not waste time with just another run of the mill video game.  We gotta keep the brain active and this video game definitely accomplishes that.  Games such as these may help to spark the next engineer or architect in the community...here's to making learning fun!

Parksdale II

Hello,

Today I'd like to talk about exercising.  What have you done today to get your heart pumping?  Do you have a regular exercise routine?  There are so many ways to exercise and get healthy each and everyday.  Today the children decided to exercise to "Just dance 4."  They really had fun dancing to it.  They even got to sing along to the music as they exercised.  How much fun is that!  Find out what you and your students would like to do around the theme of physical fitness and try something new.  It can be as simple as a walk around the park or as complex as a rhythmic dance routine...the point is to get moving for your health sake.  Please enjoy our action pictures below and try some fun physical fitness today.

 

 

Joke of the Day

Q:  What did the vegetables say at the garden party?

A:  Lettuce turnip the beet!





Q:  What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?


A:  A thesaurus