Xmas Activities @Parksdale Village II

Ho ho ho everyone! What better way to make someone feel special and smile during the holidays than to give them a beautifully decorated pine cone? Our thoughts exactly. Here at Parksdale Village II, we decorated some pine cones with a variety of colors and the participants had a jolly ole time. We hope everyone enjoys the rest of their holidays. Til next year! 

Summer Cool Down @Parksdale Village II!

Friday August 2, 2019, we had a back to school "Beat the Heat!", summer social activity. The kids had an awesome time during the balloon fight and got to stay cool at the same time. We made sure to pick up after ourselves as well, in consideration of maintenance. Hopefully we can do this again in the near future, and have even more participants. Until next time!  

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Good afternoon everyone!

Hope everyone is staying cool :-) Well today the children each made a poster out of magazine pictures that has to do with our parent's.  We also made a backpack with things that we like.  Hope you enjoy our creativity.  Until next time.

 

 

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Today we're out enjoying the Sun by playing dodge ball.  We made two different teams of 4 children on each team.  Once the ball gets you, that means you have to sit out and wait until everyone from your team gets out. Hope everyone enjoys the Sun just like we did.  The 7 day forecast says there's rain coming this week with temperatures dipping to freezing.  We may be saying farewell to this beautiful spring like weather we've been having this fall.  Time to get those coats out folks, till next time.

 

 

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Happy Friday everyone!  Today is a nice and sunny day so the children and I are out enjoying the sun in the shade.  Today we're dancing to Just Dance.  Just Dance is a video based game that the children can follow with age/level appropriate steps from a wii game console.  It's a good way to do exercise and get your body fit.  I try to incorporate physical fitness activities throughout the week as it helps with blood flow, builds up cardio and helps with stress.  With so many options available I would like to encourage everyone to start exercising even if its a short walk around the block.

 

 

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Happy Holidays everyone!

Today the children are making a two sided blanket for the holidays.  Everyone brought two blank blankets/material for this craft activity.  The children cut approximately 2 inch slits around all side's and made knots with the slits creating a fun and simple design to their blankets.  Hope you try this, its fun and easy to do.  Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 

 

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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.

 

 

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Hello Everyone,

Wishing everyone a great start to the week.  Today the children and I made our own aprons.  The children will be using their aprons every time we have an arts & crafts activity with paint so they don't get paint all over their clothes.  Hope you enjoy our aprons and don't forget to stay fresh and cool during these hot summer days.

 

 

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Thinking about this past Memorial Day,

Lee Greenwoods iconic song, "Proud to be an American" comes to mind...

And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free, and I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me and I'll proudly stand next to him to defend her still today, 'cuz there ain't no doubt I love this land, god bless the USA.

Great song...we're so blessed to live in the USA...freedom really isn't free, just ask any military service member or family member of someone who is serving...please enjoy the photos below, the children put a lot of heart and soul into them.

 

 

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Greetings everyone,

Today the children each made their own collages about what they love the most.  They were able to use a large piece of cardboard , glue and scissors to cut out pictures from magazines. As you can see from the photos below, they love so many different things.  WOW!!!  I myself made one as well to show the kids what I love the most.  I had everyone share their collages with each other so that we could learn more about one another.  Hope you enjoy making your own...it really is a great way to get the children to open up about themselves.  Till next time...happy teaching & learning!

 

 

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Hi Everyone!

Please enjoy the photos below of some of the most amazing artwork in Madera, CA...brought to you by the artistic hands of the children who reside at Parksdale Village II.  I hope that all our beautiful mothers had a wonderful Mother's Day.  Cheers!!!

 

 

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Hello Everyone!

We have been super busy here at Parksdale Village II.  What better way to enjoy our sunny day than to do some cardiovascular exercise.  Today we got our dance on by dancing to "Dance 3."  All you have to do is follow the directions on the TV, it's that simple.  It shows you step by step and when to take those crucial breaks in between the video.

Next we worked on some Earth day projects that focused on our community, specifically the environment.  The environment is where we all live and where we all have a mutual interest...it is the one thing we all share.  Some resources we all use from the environment is water, air, land (soil)...we all need to do our part to be better stewards of the environment for our current and future generations.

Last but not least, Happy Easter everyone from Parksdale Village II. This past Friday as you can see was nice and sunny.  The children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt with lots of candy...remember boys and girls, brush those teeth.  The kid's helped me put candies inside the eggs then I carefully hid them throughout the grass.  Everyone had a blast on our Easter Egg Hunt.  Enjoy the photos below.

 

 

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Good afternoon everyone from Parksdale Village II,

Today our activity was to decorate caps to protect our faces from the sun. This was one of the best activities so far because this is something that the kids will be keeping for a very long time.  Hope you enjoy the caps the children decorated and have fun making your own.

 

 

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Hi Everyone,

Today's activity was to create a collage about the possibility of reincarnation...as you can see below the kid's chose their own representation of this novelty idea.  They discussed what animal they would like to be if they were to be reincarnated.  It was so much fun to see the children look up strengths and weaknesses of a variety of different animals in nature.  They researched land, air and sea animals and came up with what they would like to be.  They also thought about what kind of animal best survives overall in nature...where would that animal be within the food chain and so on.  As you can see from the posters below, they have everything from the availability of food to where their animals would most likely live. I hope you enjoy the posters!  It was a lot of fun to be creative in a nontraditional sense with the animal kingdom.

 

 

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Happy holidays and Happy New Year everyone!

The children are still on Christmas break.  Please enjoy our Christmas arts & crafts (home for the holidays was the theme)...as you can see we did our best to make them.  It doesn't have to be the best looking art project, just as long as the children enjoy making them and they did try their best.  In the end, it's going to get eaten anyway. Have fun making your own.