SUMMER 2018 IDEAS FOR YOUR FAMILY Ideas and suggestions have been compiled by the EarlyON Child and Family Centre at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Please speak with your program facilitator if you have other suggestions or an activity to add. We’d love to hear them. CITY OF OTTAWA The City of Ottawa has a brochure of all the programs available for summer 2018. Go to www.ottawa.ca and find out about festivals, events and recreational activities. PUBLIC LIBRARIES For a complete list of libraries, please call Infoservice at 613-580-2940 or visit www.biblioottawalibrary.ca for more information, hours of operation and programs offered during summer months. • Carlingwood — 281 Woodroffe Avenue • Nepean Centrepointe —- 101 Centrepointe Drive • Alta Vista — 2516 Alta Vista Drive • St-Laurent — 515 Côté Street • Sunny Side — 1049 Bank Street • Rosemount — 18 Rosemount • Central (Main) — 120 Metcalfe Street • North Gloucester — 2036 Ogilvie Road • Orléans — 1705 Boulevard Orléans • Greenboro District Library — 363 Lorry Greenberg Drive • Rideau — 377 Rideau Street • Ruth E. Dickinson — 100 Malvern Drive • Vanier — 310 Pères Blancs BEACHES For beach water quality results, call Ottawa Public Health at 613-580-6744. LOCATION/ ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER INFORMATION Mooney’s Bay 2926 Riverside Drive (South) 613-248-0863 Westboro 745 Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway 613-792-3875 Britannia Park 2805 Carling Avenue (West) 613-820-1211 Petrie Island 727 Trim Road (East) 613-824-5704 PARK-TICIPATE — CITY OF OTTAWA Weekdays from July 3 to August 24, 2018. Free informal drop-in program offered at various parks throughout East Ottawa. Children aged four to ten. For more information call your nearest location or visit: https://goo.gl/983F6D SPLASH PADS AND WADING POOLS For more information on locations throughout the city, please visit: https://goo.gl/1Ew3Qp PARKS, HIKING AND WALKING TRAILS You will find various nature trails in Ottawa and Gatineau Visit https://goo.gl/WKAC9x MOVIE ANYONE? Imagine Cinemas at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre has great movies for low prices. Visit www.imaginecinemas.com or call 613- 688-0685. RCMP MUSICAL RIDE — SUNSET CEREMONIES June 27 to 30, 2018, Rockliffe Stables Sandridge Road and St. Laurent Blvd. (OC Transport Route #7) For more information visit https://goo.gl/9c1sko FESTIVALS Ottawa has many festivals during the summer months. For more information, visit www.ottawafestivals.ca FARMS LOCATION ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER/ WEBPAGE Saunders Farm 7893 Bleeks Road, Munster 613-838-5440 www.saundersfarm.com Valleyview Little Animal Farm 4750 Fallowfield Road 613-591-1126 www.vvlittleanimalfarm.com Proulx Farm 1865 O’Toole Road, Cumberland 613-833-2417 (Ottawa) www.proulxberryfarm.com DRIVE-IN THEATRE LOCATION ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER/ WEBPAGE Ciné-Parc Templeton 1779 Maloney blvd. Gatineau, 819-663-0915 Québec www.cineparc.ca WATER PARKS LOCATION ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER/ WEBPAGE Mont Cascades Water Park 448 Mont Cascades Road, 1-888-282-2722 Cantley, Québec www.montcascades.ca Calypso Water Park 2015 Calypso St., Limoges, 613-443-9995 | Toll-free 877-443- Ontario 9995 www.calypsopark.com EarlyON CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRES Please call for summer schedule and hours of operation or visit: https://goo.gl/HVqggS • Ottawa-Orléans — 240 Centrum Boulevard suite 105, 613-830-4357 • Nepean-Carleton — 1099 Longfields Drive 613-825-5990 • Ottawa West-Nepean — 1365 Richmond Road, 613-820-4922 • Ottawa-Centre — 475 Evered Avenue 613-728-1839 • Ottawa-South — 2330 Don Reid Drive 613-737-6369 • Ottawa-West — 2 MacNeil Court 613-591-3686 • Ottawa-Vanier — 270 Marier Avenue 613-744-2892 For information on playgroups and workshops, contact the Parent Resource Centre 613-565-2467 ext. 222 or visit https://goo.gl/jQmTuP MUSEUMS Canadian Museum of History 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Qc. • 819-776-7000 for general museum information • www.historymuseum.ca Canadian War Museum 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa • 819-776-7000 for general museum information • www.warmuseum.ca Canadian Museum of Nature 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa • 613-566-4700 for general museum information • www.nature.ca The Bank of Canada Museum 30 Bank Street, Ottawa • 613-782-8914 • www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca The Royal Canadian Mint 320 Sussex Drive, Ottawa • 613-993-8990 for reservations • www.mint.ca Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (Experimental Farm) 901 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa • 613-991-3044 • www.cafmuseum.techno-science.ca Canada Aviation and Space Museum 11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa • 613-991-3044 • https://ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/index.php For information on City of Ottawa museums: • Ottawa Museum Network — 613-234-1999 • www.ottawamuseumnetwork.ca PLAY ENVIRONMENTS (Play environments carry a fee) Midway Family Fun Park 2477 Kaladar Avenue, at Bank and Heron • 613-526-0343 • www.midwayfunpark.ca Fun Haven 1050 Baxter Road • 613-828-4FUN (4386) • www.funhaven.com Tubes et Jujubes 170 Devault Street (room 200) Gatineau, Qc. • 819-773-1212 • www.tubesjujubes.com Cosmic Adventures 1373 Ogilvie Road, Ottawa • 613-742-8989 • www.cosmicadventures.ca YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region • www.ymcaywca.ca • Visit the website for program and location information. Sky Zone Trampoline Park 2935 Conroy Road, Ottawa • 613-523-1888 • www.skyzone.com/ca-ottawa Flying Squirrel Indoor Trampoline Park 1901 Cyrville Road, Ottawa • 343-883-1092 • https://flyingsquirrelsports.ca/ottawa-ontario/ Laser Quest Ottawa 1800 St-Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa • 613-526-4000 • www.laserquest.com/public/locations/on-ottawa.cfm FREE THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR KIDS We hope you’re looking forward to the summer holidays with your children. Here are suggestions of things you might like to do with your children. Your children need to be outdoors every day, they need the exercise and the chance to explore new things to touch, smell, see, hear and feel. They also need to spend some quiet time with you every day - listening to a story you make up about their day, a story you tell about your childhood or read from a book. You’ll never run out of books, the local libraries are full of great reading experiences. Things to do at home Your home has many great opportunities for learning through playing. Children love to help with cooking, setting the table, and washing the dishes. They love to put pairs of socks together when you’ve finished the laundry. They can look through the grocery flyers and help make your shopping list. All these activities are full of new information and experiences for them and give them a chance to feel important and close to you. Rainy days For rainy days, play dough, water play, painting and drawing are fun activities inside. Empty cereal and cracker boxes and a roll of masking tape can let their imagination take off. Put a blanket over the table for an indoor tent, add a few pillows and plastic dishes and your children can have a play house. Yes, these games and activities can make a mess, but they are so important for your children’s development. They learn how the world works and they learn to amuse themselves. We’re including a play dough recipe and a list of suggestions of indoor and outdoor activities for your family. We know you know all these things, but sometimes we’re all too tired to think for ourselves and need some help! Cooked playdough You will need: • 1 c. flour • 1 c. water • 1/2 c. salt • 2 tbsp. oil • 2 tsp. cream of tartar • 1 tsp. food coloring Combine 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt and 2 teaspoons cream of tartar in a large saucepan. Gradually stir in 1 cup water mixed with 2 tablespoons oil and 1 teaspoon food coloring. Cook over medium to high heat, stirring constantly until a ball forms. Remove from heat, cool and knead until smooth. GENERAL IDEAS INDOORS OUTDOORS Read a book or tell a story Play in a different park each week Make play dough Visit a museum or gallery Cut up old magazines and glue them on a paper Swim at one of Ottawa’s beaches (call 613-580- grocery bag for a collage 6744 for water quality) Make a “box sculpture” Go to the library for story time Have a tea party Meet some friends on your street Bake cookies Walk in the Greenbelt woods Make musical instruments from things in your Stop and watch a construction site kitchen Use pudding for finger paint Take a ride on the O Train Play a game of cards Fly a kite Have bath time for all the dolls Take the bus downtown to watch the Changing of the Guard Cut up bananas and strawberries for a fruit salad “Paint” the backyard fence with water and brushes Go on a treasure hunt by hiding different objects in Blow soap bubbles the house Make your own story book Go on a nature walk and start a rock collection .