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JULY 17, 2019
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Free to be Messy Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent Sensory play became alive when children were able to indulge in many messy art experiences at the Messy Art program This little lad is at the station where he will dip this ball into the paint. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)
at Vegreville and Area Parent Link Centre (PLC) on July 12. Stations were set-up outside the center where at the first station; children could play in goop, cover themselves in it, smear it
on the shower curtain that was available, or do whatever they wanted to with it. At the second station, kids took water balloons and dipped them into the paint and then they smashed the balloons. Community Programmer for PLC, Litania Holyk said since it is really important to have a quiet area when children want some time away from the louder play activities, the third station involved dipping the ball in the paint and rolling it down. This gives children some downtime. Holyk continued on to say children gain a sensory experience which allows them the freedom to play in an environment which doesn’t have too many rules. There will be a few more Messy Art programs, phone Parent Link Centre for the dates and times.
This little girl is at the station where she will dip a ball into the paint and roll it down. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)
Fur Trading at Sizzlin’ Summer
Some of the dream catchers the children made. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)
Some of the children who participate in the fur trading scavenger hunt game hold up the cards they found. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent
The first day of Sizzlin’ Summer for the 2019 season on July 8 took a trek in the right direction as it taught the
children in this summer day camp about the indigenous culture as part of the theme for the week of July 8 to 12-Culture and History. In the morning, children learned how to create a popular indigenous craft when they made dream catchers and bracelets. The morning found them on a fur trading scavenger hunt game where the children had to search for different cards of animals at the Vegreville Lions Spray Park. Each of the different animals on the cards was worth different points. The participants who found the most cards with the most points won.
