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Ist Year of sjkid
October Events
Favourite Place to Bring Kids
Anniversary Contest
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Information and Resources on sjkid
 
on sjkid the "Everything You Need to Know" section,  gives you information on resources & programs for  kids & their families; aged prenatal to 10. Here is a small sampling of what you will find:
For a complete listing of resources for Families in the Greater Saint John, see "Everything you Need To Know".
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Last Month's Contest
asked; what tips do you have for getting the kids on a routine and out the door, this fall? Kayjosh was the winner of  a Tail Wags Helmet Cover. Thanks to all that entered, we got a lot of great tips!

A big thank you to Tail Wags for generous prize donation.
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Happy Birthday to us! sjkid officially turned one on September 29th. What an exciting year is has been! We have grown by leaps and bounds! Everyday, sjkid increases its content and new members join daily.

In this issue we look back at some of the highlights of sjkid's first year. We tell you some of our favourite Places to Brings Kids. See below, for details on this months Anniversary Contest with multiple prizes!

As usual we have included our monthly event listing, which is full of tons of fall fun. 
 
Continue to log on to sjkid daily,  to view classified ads, participate in our forum,  and find out what is going on, in ourevents calendar, there is always something new you won't want to miss!

In this past year, I have had a chance to meet lots of you in person and connect with many more of you by email. Many of you have thanked me for updating sjkid. I, in turn want to thank all of you, it is all the wonderful members of the sjkid community that keep it going. Thanks for all your input, suggestions, information and encouragement! Also, a big thank you to our hardworking board of volunteer parents. It truly takes a community to keep a resource like sjkid going.  

Sincerely,
Catherine Derry, Site Administrator for sjkid

Highlights of the 1st year of sjkid
It has been an exciting first year for sjkid. Here are some of the highlights:
  • Sept 15th, 2008: without much fanfare, but a whole lot of enthusiasm, sjkid goes online, with a handful of users test running it.
  • September 29th, 2008: official public launch of sjkid. Huge launch party held at Market Square for families.

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 Keeping logging on to sjkid. The best is yet to come!
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Team tOTal ability includes Christel Seeberger, Chief Enabler of Occupation AND 8 other occupational therapists, WITH multi-disciplinary partners, INCLUDING pediatric physiotherapist Connie Bartlett.

tOTalOur most popular services for children are:
1.      Social Skills Groups
2.      Handwriting Tutoring
3.      Yoga for Exceptional Kids
4.      Therapeutic Listening
5.      Pediatric Physiotherapist
6.      Occupational Therapy for:
§  Fine motor skills
§  Self-care skills
§  Attention and Concentration
§  Visual-Perception
§  Eye-Hand Coordination
 
Come visit us Monday-Friday 9am to 5:30pm at 302-156 Westmorland Road, Saint John
Call us ( 506.652.5353 to make a consultation appointment with one of our therapists.
Email us @ contact@totalability.ca for more information.
See  www.totalability.ca to learn much more about us!
 
Children ~ Adults ~ Seniors
Home ~ School ~ Work
Occupational Therapy ~ Multi-Disciplinary Clinic
Seminars ~ Training ~ Products
Highlights of October Events:

 Here is a sneak peak of some fun October events: 
To find more events go to the What's Happening Calendar.

Favourite Places to Bring Kids
Here are a list of the sjkid community's favourite places to bring kids:
For more information see Place to Bring Kids
Anniversary Contest!
To Celebrate sjkid's first anniversary we are giving away one kid's sjkid t-shirt a day,in the Forum, for 12 days! That is one shirt for every month sjkid has been online. To enter go to the Anniversary Contest and tell us what you enjoy and/or find useful about sjkid. Contest runs from September 29th-October 10th.

sjkid would like to take this opportunity, to thank all the companies that have donated prizes over the last year:
Stylin Mama Baby & Tot
Canada Games Aquatic Centre
New Brunswick Museum
Saint John Sea Dogs
Victoria West Photography
The Atlantic Superstore Rothesay Avenue
Little Tree Hugger
Teach My Toddler
Just Play
Tail Wags Helmet Covers