Playground Spotlight: First Week Special Days

Each week the Playground Program has different special days.  Those special days could range from Pizza Day, to a Water day.  The parents are informed of the special days when they drop off and pick up, as well as being notified through a weekly newsletter that each individual playground location works on.  Children and Counselors look forward to the special days each week..  Below are pictures from this weeks special day.

Program Spotlight: Playground Program

Children in costumes for
"Wacky Wednesday"

The Summer Playground Program is the most popular program the Recreation Department offers.  The Playground Program gives Haverford Township children an opportunity to enjoy their summer being active outside with their friends.  Game favorites include Dodgeball, Knock-out, Stick Ball and more.  Checkers, Connect Four, Spit and MASH are just a few of the table games we get a kick out of.  Each week has an Arts and Crafts theme, anything from Sports to Carnival, with a different craft related to the theme each day.  On Wednesdays we have a special day at each park.  July 4th Bike Parade, Water Day and a Luau are a few.  "Fabulous Fridays"  gives campers two options.  Go on one of our pre-registered weekly trips, or come to the Haverford Reserve and enjoy games, arts and crafts, and even a water slide on the Turf Field.  Life be in it day is our final celebration of camp.  Activities could be anything from a slip and slide, to a hula-hoop contest to a checkers tournament.  Every child leaves Life be in it day with a prize.

Kids and Counselors stop to
pose for a picture



The Playground Program is at seven different locations throughout the Township.   The locations are listed below.  The program runs from 9-2:30 Monday-Thursday.  The counselor to kid ratio is 10:1. 

Summer Playground Program Locations

Hilltop	Coopertown
Grange	Westgate
Veterans	Merwood
Paddock

To register for the Playground Program for this Summer click the link listed below and find the location you are interested in.  Feel free to comment below with any questions or thoughts.

https://www.haverfordtownship.com/egov/apps/programs/center.egov?fromLink=&path=browse

Click Play to view pictures from the Playground Program 2010

Program Spotlight: T.G.I.F.

  

Thank Goodness Its Friday!  This Winter the Recreation Department offered a new take on friday night programming.  Beginning in the fall, kids ages 8-12 joined some of the Recreation Summer Staff for their playground favorites- dodgeball, kickball, floor hockey, arts and crafts and a featured movie.  TGIF was held on Friday evenings from  6-8:30pm at Coopertown Elementary School.  It was a great way to get keep kids active and engaged during the cold winter months.  It also gave parents a supervised and safe option so they could enjoy some time out.  All for the bargain price of $7 at the door.  We look forward to offering more programs like TGIF at our Community Recreation Environmental Center opening May 2012.  Look for TGIF in our Fall HavaGood Times due out the end of Sept.





Program Spotlight: Artastic

A child works on their craft during
the "itsy bitsy spider" theme

This Winter the Recreation Department started a new program called Artastic.  Artastic is a program that is focused on making fun themed arts and crafts for children ages 4-5.  Each week included a theme, a story, sometimes a song, and a craft.  Themes included "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "If you give a mouse a cookie", and the classic "One fish two fish red fish blue fish" by Dr. Seuss and many others.





Michelle reads a story to the class
before doing the craft

 Hope Taylor-Scott Recreation Supervisor at the Recreation Department came up with the idea for the program.  "We wanted to offer a program that allowed kids to experiment and create crafts based on popular childrens stories.  We were pleased with how excited both the kids and parents were about having a chance to bring home their creations."



 This summer the Recreation Department is offering Artastic.  Click the link below for specific registration information.

https://www.haverfordtownship.com/egov/apps/programs/center.egov?path=details&id=359

Click on the pictures below to view a slideshow of the class