By: Stephanie Christie; Group Facilitator Tuesday, June 23rd, kicked off our annual Little Starfish Summer Camp. This week we are celebrating learning about the Community Helpers that keep our neighborhoods thriving. Tuesday we focused on Garbage Collectors, Recycling and Postal Workers. We took a walk through the halls of Hiveley and collected recycling from employees; we also wrote and decorated mail to give to some of our community helpers. On Wednesday, we are having a Police Officer from the area come to visit, talk to the kids about his work and how he helps out in the community. Thursday we are focusing on Doctors and Teachers. Lastly, on Friday we are taking a field trip to the Inkster Fire Department. We had 60 participants on Tuesday, children ages 2-5 and their parents; which was an awesome outcome to the event. It was a wonderful day and we look forward to the rest of the week! … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Are Fun Summer Activities on Your Mind? Join Us at Parenthood Summer Camp!
By: Sinziana Luchian; Marketing Intern Parenthood Summer Camp starts on Thursday June 18th. The program offers fun summer activities for pregnant and parenting teens. Are you a parent between the ages of 15-21 and do you reside in Western Wayne County? If you answered yes, then you qualify to participate in our FREE events! Food is always provided and transportation is available. Our FREE events include: Cooking Class- June 18th 1-3 P.M., RSVP by June 11th CPR Training- June 25th 9A.M.-4 P.M., RSVP by June 18th Exotic Zoo- July 9th 1-3P.M., RSVP by June 25th Family Portraits- July 16th 1-4P.M., RSVP by July 9th Baby Yoga- July 23rd 2-4 P.M., RSVP by July 16th Painting Class- July 30th 1-4 P.M., RSVP by July 23rd Hands on Museum- August 6th, 11A.M.-3P.M., RSVP by July 30th Movie Night- August 13th, RSVP by August 6th The purpose of our Parenthood Summer Camp is to provide teen parents with activities to engage in with their children, as well as build … [Read more...]
MOMMY & ME YOGA: What You Should Know?
By: Courtney Conover; Certified Yoga Instructor, RYT 200 I had been practicing yoga with my son, Scotty (age three), for about four months when my husband and I took him to the barber to receive his first professional haircut. (Those botch jobs I had been doing on him with a pair of dull shears were no longer passing muster; but that’s a different story for another day.) The point here is that the mere notion of having to sit still while getting his curls chopped by a stranger scared the bejesus out of him – so you can only imagine how bad things got when Scotty heard the buzz and felt the vibration of the electric clippers. It was bad; really bad: tears, incoherent pleading for it to stop. The whole nine. And then I told Scotty to close his eyes…and breathe. I told him – quite pointedly – to breathe just like we do when we practice yoga; to simply focus on his breath as he counts to ten and then back down to one again. It took a minute. But, no … [Read more...]