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Cultural and Environmental Consultant
Sunflower Board of Directors
Crystal MacLean
President
Claire Teller
Secretary/Treasurer
Ani Smith
Sharon Baker
Bill Epstein
Lora McCoy
Edgar An
Russell Parker
Susan Caruso
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Share & Learn Park PlaydatesOur Share & Learn park playdates are now every Friday, 10:30 am--12:00 pm! No fee. Friday, Oct. 19, Orchard View Park, Delray Topic: Communicating Confidence Friday, Oct. 26, Orchard View Park, Delray Topic: Are we talking too much? Call 561 482-3412 for more info. Join our Meetup group for reminders and more playdate opportunities.
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2601 Saint Andrews Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33434
561 482-3412
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 Greetings!
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Sunflower Fundamentals Toolbox--This Week!
Learn the basics of our teaching philosophy.
Parent Toolbox: Sunflower Fundamentals
Thursday, Oct. 18, 7:00 - 9:00 pm AND
Friday, Oct. 19, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
$5 each session. Free to Seedlings families.
The first in our series of Toolbox workshops. Our starting point is all about respect and child development. In this class, Susan will share her expertise, participants will discuss real life situations, and everyone will leave with an action plan and tools.
Sunflower Parent Toolbox workshops give parents the tools and confidence to help them on their own unique parenting journeys. Parents learn to trust their instincts, and follow their heads and their hearts in making parenting decisions, while forming a great relationship and understanding of their child.
Class starts THURSDAY! Call 561 482-3412 to register.
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New Playgroup for Parents with Infants
"Little friends may prove to be great friends." --Aesop
Sunflower Babies
Mondays, 12:00 noon
$5 per class
First class free
Join us for a mid-day play date for the littlest babies and conversation with other parents. A great way for moms (or dads!) and babies to make new friends in a sharing, supportive atmosphere. While the babies play, parents will share the joys and challenges of new parenthood, in a casual conversational format. Call 561 482-3412 to register and for more info.
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SAVE THE DATE: Feb. 2, 2013 Get ready for our biggest, best Ice Castle Day ever. Ever.
Join Sunflower in celebrating 20 years of empowering families through play, nature and the arts AND Susan's 60th birthday! Come out and play with us! Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013
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Theatre for Kids with Special Needs In a recent post on our blog, Whitney wrote about
In her new class, Sunbeam, designed specifically for children on the autism spectrum, kids focus on improving skills--through play, improvisation, theatre games, creative movement, and ensemble building--that will serve them the rest of their lives.
Sunbeam is Thursdays at 3:00 pm.
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Roots & Shoots News 
Join us Wednesdays at 3:00 pm (Shooting Stars, ages 5-9) or 5:00 (Re-Cycos, ages 10-16), at Sunflower. No fee.
Want to hold a worm!? This Wednesday, Oct. 17, Roots & Shoots members will be learning more about vermiculture (composting with worms). Come check out our wriggly squiggly worm friends and find out how they transform kitchen scraps into fertile soil for our onsite garden!
Thank you!
Thank you to Gary Peters for his generous donation to Sunflower Roots & Shoots in support of our Boca Community Garden project. His donation is funding soil and drip irrigation for the three beds we have there.
And a huge thank you to Gary Toll of Environmentally Controlled Waste for donating "black gold" soil materials (compost, mulch, gravel, peat moss) for our onsite Sunflower Roots & Shoots Community Garden.
Let's get outside! at Pondhawk Natural Area in Boca
Join us Wednesday, Oct. 24, 3:00-4:00 pm, for a nature outing at Pondhawk Natural Area. We will experience a nature walk and do an art activity. All Sunflower families and their friends are welcome to this fun free event! An adult must accompany children. Sunflower staff cannot be responsible for any children. Be sure to wear comfortable clothing and shoes and bring along some water. How to get to Pondhawk: The natural area is located south of Yamato Road, east of Military Trail, and north of Spanish River Boulevard, in the city of Boca Raton. Park at Spanish River Library on Spanish River Blvd -- there are signs for the natural area there-- and then walk west, cross a little pedestrian bridge, circle around the lake a bit on a mixed use path-and you will come to the entrance. It is a short hike, but is clearly marked with signs. Boca Community Garden-- Join us Nov. 3!
Middle and high school age members in Re-Cycos will be gardening at Boca Community Garden, on the first Saturday of the month, starting Nov.3. The garden is located next to the new downtown library, which is currently under construction. Produce will be donated to the Boca Helping Hands soup kitchen. Contact us at 561 482-3412 to get involved! |
KaBOOM! Joy of Play Photo Contest There is nothing quite as special as a child's smile - and the most joyful smiles always seem to emerge when kids are playing.
That's why our friends, the play advocates at KaBOOM! are hosting a Joy of Play photo contest this fall. Submit your best shot of your joyful child at play and you could win a $500 holiday shopping spree from KaBOOM!
Learn more and enter KaBOOM!'s contest here.
If anybody knows the joy of playing, it's our Sunflower families! So let's inundate KaBOOM! with photos of our happy kids at play. We think it would be extra awesome if somebody from our community won this contest!
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Susan Caruso
Sunflower Creative Arts
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"My teacher has a worm!"
