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Special Events, Programs & Activity Bags:

Jingle, Jingle, Jingle, can you hear that mingling? It’s a festive time of year and we are throwing some festive events to celebrate together and make some lasting memories. When you join us for one of our age appropriate “Let’s Jingle & Mingle” events you will get to make and create holiday goodies, have a special visit from a man in red, and most of all enjoy getting into the spirit by Jingling and Mingling together. Check out our 3 events and the fun you can expect at each one.

Let's Jingle & Mingle: Pajama Party
Come wearing your most festive pajamas and together we will make ornaments, write letters to Santa, and enjoy some festive refreshments with the man himself, Santa! We will also have some picture perfect moments in our photo booth. Come party with us as we jingle the night away!


Date: Monday, December 18th
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Ages: 4 - 8 years
Cost: $30

Let's Jingle & Mingle: Breakfast with Santa
What a special treat to fill our tummies like a bowl full of jelly with Santa himself! Come dressed nice and festive to take pictures with Santa. We’ll make ornaments and other little gifts that can be shared with friends and family. Let’s jingle and mingle with Kringle!


Date: Tuesday, December 19th
Time: 9:30 - 11:00 am
Ages: 1 - 3 years
Cost: $30

Let's Jingle & Mingle: Baby's First Christmas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year... especially when you get to experience it for the first time together with your baby. We will have festive sensory fun and make handprint ornaments for you tree for the years to come. Of course we will have a special visit from Mr. Claus himself to get those first pics that can be posted year after year. Let’s get our baby jingle on!

Date: Tuesday, December 19th
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Ages: Infants
Cost: $30

Welcome this festive season with the Home for the Holidays Activity Bags!

Family Fun Activity Bags offer you and your family all the fun and none of the planning as they are filled with fun and creative activities for children to explore independently or together as a family. Each bag will contain supplies and instructions for quick and easy set up to enjoy in no time.

Activities are appropriate for children 2.5-6 years of age and are developed to engage the whole family. Each bag is customized for the number of children in your family and will be ready for pick-up on Friday December 15th, 2023. 

November - December Programs:

Pilates Difference - Mom & Baby Pilates

mom and baby pilates

Age: 0-10 Months (not walking)
Details: Thursdays 11:00am-12:00pm
Starting Date: November 9th (4-week program)
Cost: $85

Pilates is a gentle form of exercise that can be incredibly beneficial for postpartum recovery. In a Pilates Mom and Baby class, moms will learn exercises that can help them regain core strength, improve posture and alleviate common postpartum aches and pains. Pilates Mom and Baby classes offer a unique opportunity for new moms to exercise in a safe, supportive environment while bonding with your baby. Facilitated by Zhanna Strilets - STOTT Pilates Instructor, FST Practitioner.

Mom & Baby Yoga

Mom and baby doing yoga together

Age: 0-12 Months
Details: Mondays 10:30-11:15 AM
Starting Date: November 13th (5-week program)
Cost: $95

Join our delightful Baby and Mommy Yoga class, a bonding experience designed to nurture both mother and baby. Through gentle yoga poses, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques, you'll create a harmonious connection, enhance flexibility, and promote well-being for both you and your little one. This class offers a nurturing environment where moms can engage in self-care while fostering their baby's sensory and motor development. No prior yoga experience required – just bring a yoga mat and a sense of joy! Facilitated by Nghin Clark.

Parent & Tot Yoga

two toddlers and a parent doing yoga together

Age: 1-4 Years
Details: Saturdays 9:30-10:15 AM
Starting Date: November 11th (6-week program)
Cost: $110

Discover a world of movement and fun with our Parent and Tot Yoga class! This interactive and playful session is a wonderful way for both parent and child to bond and explore yoga together. Through imaginative poses, animated stories, and creative games, you'll embark on a delightful journey of movement, balance, and laughter. You will be guided through parent-child partner poses, enhancing your connection and promoting physical development for your little one. No prior yoga experience needed – just bring a yoga mat, an open heart, and a willingness to share joyful moments with your child! Facilitated by Nghin Clark.

Parent & Child Yoga

child and parent doing yoga together

Age: 5-9 Years
Details: Saturdays 10:30-11:15 AM
Starting Date: November 11th (6-week program)
Cost: $110

Welcome to our enchanting Parent and Child Yoga class, a special opportunity for shared wellness and connection! This class combines the magic of yoga with the joy of togetherness. As you and your child embark on a journey of mindful movement, playful poses, and calming breaths, you'll build a stronger bond and create lasting memories. You will be lead through imaginative sequences that encourage creativity, flexibility, and relaxation, all while fostering a sense of harmony between parent and child. No prior yoga experience required – just bring your yoga mats, an open spirit, and a readiness to explore the world of yoga side by side! Facilitated by Nghin Clark.

Busy Feet, Busy Fingers

Three kids playing

Age: 7-15 Months
Details: Tuesdays 1:15-2:30 PM
Starting Date: November 7th (6-week program)
Cost: $110

Babies learn best by using all their senses. This program gives babies time and a safe space to explore a variety of sensory experiences that are age appropriate. Through a variety of different play-based exploration and experiences babies will learn and discover through their curiosity, eagerness to explore and get messy. Join one of our most popular programs and meet other families in the community. You will leave this program with special keepsakes from your special time together.  

Smiles and Screams

infant playing with a sensory activity

Age: 1-2.5 Years
Details: Wednesdays 10:00-11:14 AM
Starting Date: November 8th (6-week program)
Cost: $110

Come join us and engage your toddler in explorations and sensory experiences in our play-based learning environment that will surely evoke smiles and screams. You will explore materials, textures, music, and activities that promote joy and excitement. It will be weeks of exciting learning, experimentation, getting messy and meeting new friends in this small private class 

 

Arabic Immersion Storytime

Children sit listening to a story

Age: 2-4 Years
Details: Fridays 9:30-10:30 AM
Starting Date: November 10th (6-week program)
Cost: $95

Join us as we read, sing and play games all while building Arabic vocabulary and comprehension! Our focus will be on Levantine conversational Arabic (اللَّهجة العامية) and Modern Standard Arabic (العربية الفصحى). During each session, you and your child will enjoy evidence-informed learning quests, where we read high-quality Arabic books, play active games, create fun crafts and make amazing explorations. Adults will also learn how to support their child's language learning at home! Facilitated by Fadwa Elashi, Ph.D from Nectar Education 

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Cooking up a Story

A young child, assisted by an adult, uses a plastic knife to cut a green pepper.

Age: 2 - 4 Years
Details: Saturdays 9:00-10:30 AM
Starting Date: November 11th(6-week program)
Cost: $120

Join us for weekly theme stories complemented by preparing an age-appropriate recipe. Together we will adventure into stories, activities, recipe preparation and cooking a healthy snack to enjoy together. Each family will leave with a recipe book of all the delicious recipes prepared over the 6-week program.

Let's Do Some Cooking

a child mixing dry ingredients in a bowl

Age: 4 - 12 Years
Details: Saturdays 11:30-1:00 PM
Starting Date: November 11th (6-week program)
Cost: $150

On Saturday mornings if you are grocery shopping and looking to drop your school-aged children off for an interesting and exciting activity then have them join us for a fun filled opportunity to make delicious recipes. Together we will choose the recipes and explore the materials using our senses by handling, measuring, pouring, mixing, cooking and baking. At the end of the session, each child will leave with a recipe book including all of the recipes prepared over the 6-week program. 

On My Way: Kindergarten Ready Program

Three children playing together at a table.

Age: 3-5 years
Details: Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 AM and/or
Thursdays 9:30-11:30 AM
Starting Date: November 7th and/or 9th (6-week program)
Cost: $200

Children will participate in a variety of activities, such as learning songs and stories, art, sensory play, and active play, while socializing with other children. Children will also be encouraged to practice basic classroom routines that will help prepare them for kindergarten. The Educator engages with the children, taking into consideration individual personalities, learning styles and interests of each child. This program also offers the child an opportunity to practice emotional self-regulation as they transition into being left on their own without the parent/caregiver.*Children attend without a parent.
Plug and Play-

Are you interested in a quiet office space to work while your child is attending On My Way: Kindergarten Ready Program? Add the Plug and Play package ($25.00) to your child's registration and you will have a desk reserved for you every morning your child attends program. Wi-Fi and use of a kitchenette included. For information, please call 905-876-1244 ext. 238. Plug and Play Package: $25.00

Young Engineers Learn to Play Chess

two children playing chess

Age: 4-12 Years
Details: Saturdays 12:00-1:15 PM
Starting Date: November 11th (6-week program)
Cost: $130

This program is geared towards beginnerchessplayers and would include learning the basic rules on how the pieces move, basics in opening principles, strategies andchesstactics. The goal is to have students playing and having fun! 

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Young Engineers LEGO Build (Bricks Challenge and Galileo)

children playing with lego at a table

Age: 4-12 Years
Details: Saturdays 9:00-10:15 AM
Starting Date: November 11th (6-week program)
Cost: $130

Young Engineers will learn the principles of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). By integrating basic arithmetic learned in school with an intuitive active learning process, children grasp a better understanding of the fundamentals of physics and engineering concepts while building with motorized LEGO models.

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Young Engineers LEGO Build & Coding (Robo Bricks)

Kids hand grabbing Lego pieces from a Young Engineers play box

Age: 6-12 Years
Details: Saturdays 10:30-11:45 AM
Starting Date: November 11th (6-week program)
Cost: $130

Using LEGO and Lego WeDo graphic programming to build robots. Robo Bricks enrichment program participants learn software engineering, technology, entrepreneurship and math (STEM). During each lesson students will assemble a robot that will perform a predetermined task. Constructing these robots will develop each student's ability to create computer algorithms and capability to implement code.

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Need assistance? Call MCRC's Navigators for more information and assistance 905-876-1244 ext.210