MudPies & Bu’flies Village Parkdays 11:00am – 4:00pm

2009
July 27 - Yarn & More - Giant Wind Mobile

August 6 - Wind, Earth & Rocks -(w/ a little Roll)

August 13 - Water & weatherwizkids.com

August 20 - Celebrate different and same Cultures from around the world ***Potluck Dinner & Drumcircle until 8pm

August 27 - Character & Creative Construction Day (come as favorite character from book, movie or comic)

September 3 - Sky, Stars, Planets & Int’l Space Center

September 10 - Fairies & Dragons, Oh My!!!

September 17 - Tell (or read) a Story Day & Stone Soup *** Potluck Dinner & Drumcircle until 8pm

September 24 - Atoms & Molecules Part 1– Fun with building blocks of our World

October 1 - Anatomy Fun Part 1– learning how our body works

October 8 - Recycle, Reuse, Remember & Create

October 15 - Planets, Moons & Space (back for more!) Potluck Dinner & Drumcircle until 8pm

October 22 - Making Music: Investigating Rhythm, Song and Sounds: Make your own instruments

October 29 - Halloween Party & Making Masks ~Come in your Costumes

November 5 - Culture Gap- Focus on Tibet - Craft making Prayer flags and doing the Snow Lion Dance!

November 12 - Remembering the Early Settlers (Like Laura Ingalls Wilder)

November 19 - International day – come dressed in a cultural outfit and bring a dish of that nation.

November 26 - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

December 3rd - Into the Woods: Nature Activities

Dec 10: Nature Part II - PineCone Birdfeeders & Greet a Tree

Dec 17: Paint ornaments, Make Kwanza Mkekes & Hanukkah Menoras and sing Holiday carols

Dec 24: Holiday no Parkday

Dec 31: Make Music to bring in New Year

2010
Jan 7: Anatomy Part II

Jan 14: Physics & Spiderman

Jan 21: Rained out

Jan 28: Freedom & Civic Rights: Ghandi, MLK jr, Mandela

Feb 4: Chumash Native American Day

Feb 11: Spirit of Olympic Games:curling - speed skating

Feb 18th: Chinese (Korean & Vietnamese) New Year

Feb 25th: Spirit of Olympic games II Flags & Hockey

March 4th: Spring Bling: Worms, Dirt & Seeds: Preparing for spring

March 11th: Global Timelines (pocket timelines)

March 18th: Desert Life (preping for Campout at Joshua Tree )

March 25th: Magnetism part I: I'm attracted!

April 1st: Magnetism part II: Physical Force of Nature

April 8th: More than Block Designs: Bridges, Cantilevers & Treehouses

April 15th: Japanese Culture: Authentic Girls' Day & Boy's Day Celebrations

April 22nd: 40th anniversary of Earth Day

April 29th: Earth Day Part 2

May 6th: Let's get Nautical: Boats, Knots, Pirates & Explorers

May 13th: Ladybugs, Silkworms & Praying Mantis

May 20th: Cultural Highlight on Hawaii & Potluck Luau!

May 27th: Pollination, Fruit & Seeds - Turn fruits & vegi's into creatures

June 3rd: BodyGuards : Snot, Scabs and More

June 10th: Catapults & Parachutes: Gravity & Lift

June 17th: Swedish MidSummerFest & Potluck

2 week Holiday

July 8th: Undetermined

July 15th: Bastille Day - French Independence & Potluck

July 22nd: Inuit Culture & Games

July 29th: Mudpies & Butterflies 1 year anniversary

August 5th: Honey, Bees & Wasps

August 12th Turtles, Tortoises & YOU

August 19th: Potluck dinner

August 26th:Light, Refraction & Rainbows

Sept 2nd: History of Flight

Sept 9th: Chemical (molecular) Reactions

Sept 16th: Cancelled due to Campout

Sept 17-20th
Family Campout @ Sequoia Nat'l Park

Sept 23rd Russian Culture & Potluck

Sept 30th Light & Refraction Part II

Oct 7th

Oct 14th

Oct 21st Potluck

Oct 28th - Halloween Spooks

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We spent two weeks on magnets (March 25 & April Fools), as the kids  had so much fun exploring its Power and Magic.    Magnets and magnetic technology is utilized in so many things in our world – a refrigerator door, vacuum cleaner, compass, and so much more.  Even our Earth is a giant magnet.

What is [...]