KAST has worked closely with the Ford Sayre Nordic Ski

program for a few years now. We take pride in being able

to extend this opportunity to families as we understand the

need for parents to work. The Kindergarten-2nd grade one

day a week program is offered at Garipay. Practices are

held on Tuesday afternoons. KAST will provide a large

bucket that will be available beginning Monday evenings for

parents to drop their children’s skies in. (Skies are not al-

lowed on any of the school buses, so please plan accordingly)

Children will need to come to KAST on Tuesdays with

their appropriate clothing; we will offer a snack and help

get them changed into all their gear. We will hold children

back if they are missing essential items or do not have

appropriate gear based on the weather. In the past years

we have found it is helpful if parents pack a separate pair of

waterproof gloves as often the pair of gloves they wore

during the day get wet at school recess.

Once all the children are changed and ready we make the

short walk up to Garipay as a group. After arriving at Ga-

ripay KAST staff help all the children get clicked into their

skies and signed in with their coaches. KAST staff remain at

Garipay for the duration of practice and collect KAST chil-

dren again once practice is over.

If you wish to pick up your child directly from Ford Sayre,

please send an email to our Absent Email at

Absent@kidsafterschooltime.org, so we know to bring

their back pack with them, and then look for Ms. Jenn or

any of the other KAST staff to sign them out. The group is

usually back to the Ray School by 5pm or shortly there

after! If you have any questions you may email Nicole at

Nicole.Leonard@hanovernh.org.

Everyone has been having so much fun in the art

room! It’s been a busy place and Ms. Angela and

Ms. Amelia have been working hard putting togeth-

er fun and interesting projects! The art room is

often the place filled to the brim with eager faces

waiting to create the day’s project. They’ve been

making fire dogs, president themed self-portraits, a

thankful tree (which was displayed in the KAST

room), and dinosaur fossils.

Looking ahead you can keep an eye out for “Create

your own Dinosaurs”, applesauce ornaments, finger

knit scarves, & pinecone penguins.

FORD SAYRE and KAST

IN THE ART

ROOM...

T H I S

M O N T H ’ S

T H E M E S

We’ll be finish-

ing up Dino-

saurs with

some fun art

room projects

From 12/12-

12/19 we’ll be

making all sorts

of different

holiday projects

In January you

can look for-

ward to explor-

ing Hiberna-

tion, & Space.

K I D

R E M I N D E R S !

You should bring

your boots, hat,

gloves, and snow

pants to KAST

everyday or we

will not be able

to send you

outside to play

Toys from home

or your class-

rooms need to

be kept in your

backpacks or

cubbies during

KAST.

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2 0 1 6

In the Gym & On the Playground…. Everyone has been having a blast playing group games both in the gym and out on

the soccer field, as well as enjoying free time. Now that it has begun to get dark

before KAST is over we have our headlamps out and ready to go. We get them out

on an almost daily basis so we can extend our playtime outside. As you pull in for

pick up be sure to look for some little lights bobbing around Little Playspace.

Cassie has been plan-

ning away! Last

month everyone had

lots of fun with tinfoil

tree art, leaf wind

chimes, corn mosa-

ics, and fuse beads

(just to name a few)! Looking ahead Cassie

will be making snow slime, snowflake mobiles,

and giving the kids a chance to design their

own window stickers.

Stuart has been balancing

a rotation of planned

group activities and free

time. As basketball season

kicks into full swing, we will continue to extend snack time

to give everyone the most time possible in the gym. Some

of the gym staples this month have been Elimination, Basket-

ball, Soccer, and Football!

Everyone has been enjoying any chance we get to go out-

side. The skeleton scavenger hunt we had during our Hal-

loween party was a big hit! We have our supply of head-

lamps and flashlights out and ready to go and have been able

to extend our outdoors time as a result. As you pull in for

pick up be sure to look and see if you can find some little

lights bobbing around on the basket-

ball court or baseball field!

In

t

he

Ca

fé

...

In the

Gym...

L O O K I N G

A H E A D

Movie day &

pick up at

Richard

Black Recre-

ation Center

on Wednes-

day, Dec.

21st

K I D

R E M I N D E R S !

You should

bring your

boots, hat,

gloves, and

snow pants to

KAST everyday

or we will not

be able to send

you outside to

play

Toys from

home or your

classrooms

need to be kept

in your back-

packs during

KAST. Books

are always wel-

come!

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2 0 1 6

This year we were able to team up with Gina Ca-

possela and offer Belly Dancing at Adventurers!

Everyone was given a chance to try it out and see

what belly dancing was all about. A group of girls

who really enjoyed the experience were able to go

on and learn a full belly dancing routine which they

preformed during the belly dance show at the

Lebanon Opera House on Saturday, November

19th. The girls had a wonderful time and it was fun

to watch them work hard to learn something new.

Jenn has continued

to offer fun and crea-

tive STEM projects

on Wednesdays! The

kids have had a

chance to experi-

ment with making

their own balloon cars, making flood barri-

ers, and building tennis ball towers! This

month they be working on canister rockets,

rescue devices, and completing a water tow-

er challenge!