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Nature Exploration Bottles – Move It & Make It

Cap off nature week with a fun bottle full of items from Mother Nature! See what we did there? Cap off…

Here’s a quick way to combine moving your body with making something interesting while enjoying these beautiful spring days!

MATERIALS NEEDED

Collection of nature items
Empty transparent water bottle – plastic, glass, etc.
Water

STEP 1:

Take a walk around your neighborhood or just go outside into your yard. Collect some nature items that interest you. Be sure that they can fit inside the mouth of a water bottle.

STEP 2:

Place each nature item into your bottle.

STEP 3:

Fill your bottle with water. Cap it off, and enjoy!

Notice over time how things change inside. What happens to each item? What floats? What happens in different temperatures? What changes color first? You can empty and refill them as many times as you like and see how things change!

We’d love to see your Nature Bottles! Email us, tag us on social media, and use the hashtag #keepbusyredwoodcity so we can see your finished products!

Move It! Garden Yoga

Find a quiet space, preferably outside, and try some easy and relaxing “Garden” Yoga. You don’t need a garden to pretend you are in one. Any peaceful spot will do. It can even be in your room, or in a park! It’s especially important during shelter-in-place that we move and stretch our bodies as well as practice a little bit of mindfulness to calm our thoughts.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Yoga mat or towel
Quiet flat space.
Comfortable clothes

Be a Tree

To do Tree Pose:  Stand on one leg. Bend the knee of the leg you are not standing on, place the sole of your foot on the opposite inner thigh or calf, and balance. Sway like a tree in the breeze. Switch sides and repeat the steps.

Be a Frog

To do Squat (Garland) Pose:  Come down to a squat with your knees apart and your arms resting between your knees. Touch your hands to the ground. Jump up like a frog and then return to a squat position.

Be a Seed

To do Child’s Pose:  Sit back on your heels, slowly bring your forehead down to rest on the floor in front of your knees, rest your arms down alongside your body, and take a few deep breaths. Pretend to be a seed in the garden.

Be a Butterfly

To do Cobbler’s Pose:  Gently come up and sit on your bottom with a tall spine. Bend your legs, place the soles of your feet together, and gently flap your legs like the wings of a butterfly.

Resting Pose (Savasana)

Finish your garden yoga experience by lying on your back with your arms and legs spread out in a Resting Pose. Close your eyes (if that’s comfortable) and take a few deep breaths. Think about what you love about gardens and maybe imagine a rainbow arching across the sky above you.

Share It: Take a picture of your yoga space and tell us why you chose that special spot! Tag us on Facebook & Instagram @RWCPARKS

#keepbusyredwoodcity

Make It! Fruity Pizza!

Who doesn’t love pizza?! Here’s a fun and colorful twist. This is also a great way to introduce new fruits to your child! The more colors and shapes, the better! (And exclamation marks!!!!)

We hope you enjoy making our simple healthier fruit option. You can even make a silly face!

MATERIALS NEEDED

Watermelon and any kind of fruit.
Packaged fruit cups work great too!
Sweet additions can be chocolate chips or marshmallows
Anything you want, really 😉

STEP 1:

Have your parent help you cut one slice of watermelon. Slice bananas and any other fruit.

STEP 2:

Be creative and decorate your fruity pizza.

STEP 3

Enjoy your tasty treat!

Have fun, and please send us a photo, or tag us on Instagram or Facebook with your tasty creation!

#keepbusyredwoodcity

Mad Hatter- Fitness Card Game

Hey Mad Hatters! How are your hats & crowns coming along? Here is our second activity for Virtual Wonderland week! Need a body break? Check out this fun game!

How many players?

You can play this with 2 or more.

Materials Needed:

Deck of cards
Piece of paper
red and black markers

How to Play:

One by one, players draw a card and everyone does the chosen exercise together.

Example- If I draw a 5 of hearts. We all do 5 Jumping Jacks together.

Your family can decide what fitness exercises to include for each of the four card suits, or you can use our example.

Here are some exercise ideas:

Jumping Jacks
Toe Touches
Arm Circles
Hopping on one foot
Push Ups
Sit Ups
Burpees
Squats

And that’s it! Be mindful of using good form, and have fun!

Did you come up with a fun workout? Take a photo and share it with us! #RWCMadHatter

Make sure to look for our craft tomorrow!

Mad Hatter Spring Hat Craft

Here are a couple of Spring Hat ideas made with common household items. Have fun creating your wearable art! Make sure to show us your finished products by having your parents tag us on social media! #RWCMadHatter

Materials Needed for Spring Crown

Aluminum Foil
Tape
Flowers or leaves
String or ribbon (enough to fit around your head plus more for decoration)

Step 1:

Roll out a piece of aluminum foil approximately 18 inches long. Fold the foil into a 1-inch band.

Step 2:

Wrap ribbon around the foil. Leave some long ribbon strips hanging at the end.

Step 3:

Push flower stem horizontally under the ribbon.

Feel inspired to add more decorations to your new spring crown!

Materials Needed for Spring Hat

Construction Paper
Scissors
Stapler
Paper Plate

Step 1:

Cut a circle in the middle of the paper plate.

Step 2:

Lay three pieces of construction paper across each other and cut.

Step 3:

Staple the construction paper on the ends. Staple the two pieces together to make one long piece.

Step 4:

Staple the construction paper a few times to the paper plate.

Add whatever else you’d like to the hat.

Enjoy your Mad Hatter Hats! We hope to see you wearing them on your Saturday walk!

Mad Hatter Virtual Wonderland

Hear ye, Hear ye, families! We are so sad that we are unable to host our Mad Hatter Spring Party on April 25, so we are bringing our wonderland to the world wide web!

Your family is cordially invited to create your very own Wonderland celebrations at your home and at your leisure! Below are a few fun activities you can easily do with your family with limited supplies!

Here is a recommended schedule for you to play along!

Wednesday, 4/22 Make it! Craft- Spring Hats
Thursday 4/23 Move it! Mad Hatter Fitness Card Game
Friday 4/24 Make It! Foil Hearts – Create & Display
Saturday 4/25 Find It! Family Hats & Foil Hearts Walk

We will start posting project tutorials and game instructions tomorrow!

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The event will close with a walk on Saturday, April 25 at any time of the day, where we encourage you to take a family walk in your neighborhood. See if you find any hearts on your walk around your block. Be festive and wear your Mad Hatter hats!

Please practice physical and social distancing at all times and abide by all current San Mateo County Health Department orders.

Be sure to share your photos with us on our social media channels!

Tag us at #RWCMadHatter

Parents, don’t stress. We got you.

The Summer 2020 Activity Guide was mailed over the weekend and registration opens for residents, tomorrow, March 10! And don’t worry, you can do it safely from your own home, online!

There are 50 pages of camp activities waiting for you, and while we love giving you an incredible amount of options, we also realize that this is a lot to sift through. Many of us here are fellow parents, and we get it, planning can be overwhelming. So, we have dissected the guide to help alleviate the stress of the summer camp scavenger hunt, and have once again, created some cheat sheets. This is where we *fist bump!*

Below you will find links to our valuable planning tools that we hope will provide some guidance and quick reference for you.

Camp Calendar

This 3-page document shows all activities happening each week, plus references the page numbers they can be found on in the Activity Guide.

2020 Camp Calendar

Bridge Care Cheat Sheet

Use this guide to see which morning and afternoon camps can be paired up each week to create a customized full-day camp experience for your child. We only offer Bridge Care for 8 weeks each summer so check camp descriptions carefully as some of our other providers offer options to stay for lunch in between camps on off weeks as well as host their own aftercare (this especially applies to you, Sandpiper parents!). All camps listed here qualify for Pre & After Care as well! Learn more about Bridge Care here.

2020 Bridge Care Cheat Sheet

Full Day Camps At-A-Glance

Download this guide to help you figure out which programs run all-day and which of them are attached to pre-care and after-care. This document is more comprehensive than the Bridge Care one and shows correlating page numbers, ages, and class codes to make registration a breeze!

Full-Day Camp Cheat Sheet 2020

You can find all of these documents on our website as well at www.RedwoodCityCamps.org!

And, don’t stress. We’ve got your back! Feel free to contact our staff directly for suggestions, questions, or maybe just a little moral support.

No Tricks, Just Treats! Join us for some scary-good Halloween fun!

Halloween is creeping up and we are HUGE fans of this festive day because it provides so many fun and creative opportunities for kids and adults alike! Not to mention, our department loves to dress up, decorate for the season, plus it doesn’t hurt that we’re big fans of orange and black – GO GIANTS, and we’ve never met a candy corn we didn’t like!

Check out all of the fun activities to help you and your family get into the holiday spirit!!!

Halloween Spooktakular

Suggested Age- Newborn to 10 years
Saturday, October 19, 2019
12-3pm
Red Morton Community Center- 1120 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City 94061

Kids will thrill to carnival games, proudly show off their Halloween attire in a Costume Parade at 1:30 pm, explore their way through the mysterious Monster Maze, create festive fall crafts, enjoy lots of other fun activities, and win prizes! Redwood City’s Halloween Spooktakular is suitable for kids up to age ten – admission is just $8 per child.

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Chills and Thrills Night! Kids Night Out!

Grades K-5
Friday, October 25, 2019
6-9pm
Red Morton Community Center- 1120 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City 94061

Come and enjoy this spooky night filled with Halloween fun! We will make creepy crafts, enjoy a frightful dessert and play ghoulish games! Kids are welcome to come dressed in costumes. Pizza dinner and drinks are included.
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Saturday Kids Night Out at Ingenium- Halloween Fun

Age 5-11
Saturday, Oct 19, 2019
6-10pm
Ingenium Enrichment- 2149 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City at Roosevelt Plaza

Kids will create, design, play, eat dinner, and watch a movie with friends from across the community! Dinner and Dessert included!

Spooky Costume Party at the Youth Center

Age 10-17 – no membership required
Thursday, October 31, 2019
2:30-5pm
Red Morton Community Center- map

Head to the Red Morton Youth Center on Halloween for a spooky Halloween costume party! All 10-17-year-olds are welcome to party- no membership necessary! We’ll have fun games, food, music, video games & more! FREE! For more info contact Erik Betancourt

And lastly, don’t forget to share your ghosts and ghouls’ photos with us on social media! Maybe you’ll end up in one of our posts! Mwah-ah-ah-ah!

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Be a Seed

Be a Butterfly

Resting Pose (Savasana)

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