The Junior League of Calgary is partnering with Brenda’s House/Children’s Cottage Society to implement the Treasure Trunk program. This program targets the key issues of literacy, nutrition and healthy eating and the fun of music and movement and the arts by developing a resource tool that staff will be able to utilize to implement developmentally stimulating activities with the ever changing residents in the home.
Our March 2 session focused on "Kids in Motion & Music" (KIMM) and "Kids in the Arts" (KARTS). The children were soon bowling, throwing bean bags, walking on a balance beam taped to the floor, talking about art, and making their own crowns. Each child was given a bag of arts and crafts supplies to create their own artwork and crafts projects and carry on with the impact that the JLC started with them.
Our March 23 session focused on "Kids in the Story" (KITS) and "Kids in the Kitchen" (KITK). In KITS, children listened to stories and then made crafts to reinforce the message in the story. Children were given their own books to take home to add to their personal libraries. In KITK, children donned aprons and cut food items on small cutting boards with safety knives, creating delicious snacks which they got to eat while chatting with JLC volunteers. Each participant took away their personal apron.
At both sessions several parents with young babies were engaged in our "Babies In the Story" (BITS) program, with JLC volunteers reading stories, singing songs and getting the parents to share their favourite songs as well. Each baby’s family was given a hand puppet book as a gift.
Many thanks to our JLC volunteers!
Way to go, JLC Volunteers!!!
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