February Parent-Child Outreach activities will focus on fine motor skills. Children will enjoy magnetic fun at the water table and sensory bottles in Science Center. In manipulatives, children will practice using scissors as they fill up the indoor swimming pool with colored paper cuttings, stringing buttons of various shapes and sizes, matching/hanging felt clothing to a clothes line to name a few. At the art table children will create a heart using finger paint and they will use heart shapes to make a Bee Healthy Busy Bee. In addition , Miss Maggie and Kanga will share information about dental health.
During Make-It ,Take -It, parents will make a " Shape Snake" for their child and receive information about Parenting Building Blocks. The February Building Block is posted below.
Each month children may check out educational toys from the Partnership Lending Library and will receive a book to add to their library at home.
Parent-Child Outreach groups meet on Monday and Thursday mornings in the Parent-Child Outreach Room located in the Partnership Building. Registration is required. To register or for more information about Parent-Child Outreach contact: Belinda Bost Community Partnership Facilitator Alexander County Partnership for Children 828 632-3799
