Aspen Children’s Parade
Thursday, May 17th
Join Kids First and all the early childhood programs in Pitkin County for the 22nd annual children’s parade Thursday, May 17 at 10am.
More than 300 children, teachers and parents will line up in front of Boogies to parade through the streets of Aspen. The parade ends on the pedestrian mall by the Wheeler Opera House followed by cookies and water. The annual children’s parade is a showcase for the young children that reside in Pitkin County and how important they are to the future of the community. The month of May is declared Month of the Young Child in Pitkin County, which gives organizations a chance to recognize our youngest citizens.
Thursday will be a great day to celebrate the most important and influential time in a person’s life as crucial brain development happens during young childhood. The City of Aspen is lucky to have a community that celebrates the efforts of Kids First and all the early childhood programs in Pitkin County.
Aspen Brain Bash
The Aspen Brain Bash Saturday was a blast - great activities and lots of families sharing the fun! There were sidewalk games, tennis, rhyming and matching games, puppets, scavenger hunt, face painting, earth weaving, dancing, water fun, legos, building activities, bubbles and more!
Scott Burns with Lakeshore Learning nicely agreed to share his recipe and instructions for the amazing bubbles the demonstrate cause and effect:
Plastic Cup Bubbles
Materials needed:
Plastic cup (size does not really matter)
1⁄4 of a paper towel (Viva works best)
1 ordinary drinking straw
Hole punch
Rubber band
Johnson's Baby Shampoo (approximately 1 tablespoon)
Small bowl or container to put dish detergent in
1. Using the hole punch, punch a hole under the rim of the plastic cup approximately 1⁄2" down.
2. Place the 1⁄4 paper towel over the top of the cup and secure it tightly with the rubber band,
making sure that the cup opening is completely covered.
3. Mix a very small quantity of water (1⁄2 teaspoon or less) with the liquid detergent. Stir and mix
with finger. If too much water is used, bubbles will not appear.
4. Turn the cup upside down and completely saturate the top of the paper towel with the detergent
mixture.
5. Turn the cup right side up, insert the straw in the hole punched in the cup and blow.
The first bubbles will be very small and will continue to grow larger. Because of the solution, the
bubbles will flow over the top of the cup but will hold together and cascade down the side of
the cup and continue as long as you blow.
Here's a copy of the 2012 Brain Bash Playbook - use it with your kids and enjoy!
We are a childcare resource center that promotes quality, affordable childcare choices in Aspen, Pitkin County, CO. On this website you will find information about choosing childcare, help for you to pay for childcare, and information about the many ways we support young children, their families and the early childhood education programs that care for them.
Childcare is an issue that has an impact on everyone living and working in our community. It is a child development and school readiness concern; it is also an economic development driver, and it is of course the foundation necessary for success in life.
If you don't find the information you are looking for, please contact any of our helpful staff members. Let's work together to do everything we can to make sure all children get the best start!
We did a new Kids First Grassroots TV show on social - emotional development by clicking here -
http://www.grassrootstv.org/Show.aspx?ShowID=10271 - it's large and may a few moments to open. Please contact Kids First for more information or to check on local parent workshops:
970-920-5363 or kids_first@ci.aspen.co.us.