Special Events
2008

Would you like to register for workshops and/or special events?

Please go on-line at: http://sbserver.ccprn.com/database Put in your User Name and Password, enter under "CCPRN Member" and choose your events. (If you don't have your user name and password e-mail Suzanne at admin@ccprn.com - she will send it to you.) Then send in your money ASAP - as you know, registration is not complete until your money is received. You will be able to check on-line to see when we have received your payment.

Our new data base is launched!!!

We thank you for your patience and support.

Nepean Museum
16 Rowley Avenue - (613) 723-7936
(just north of Meadowlands Ave.)

Arrive: 9:15 a.m.  Start: 9:30 a.m.
Price: $4 per child, over 2 yrs.

Monday Jan. 14th     or    Tues. Jan. 22nd
Celebrate Chinese New Year, year of the Dragon
in full dragon style with a story and a craft.

Fri. Feb. 1st or Thurs. Feb. 14th
Valentine’s Day throughout the years.  Make a one of a kind Valentine’s Day  keep sake.

Starr Gymnastics 
West  1140 Morrison Drive  (613) 721-4868  
(past Lee Valley Tools)

West  -  Fri.  Jan. 11th   or    Friday  Feb. 8th
Arrive: 9:15  a.m.   Start: 9:30 a.m.
Price: $6 per child, over 2 yrs.

Jump, tumble and run around, under the guidance of
Starr Gymnastics staff.  Yeehaw!

East -  Friday, Jan. 18th   or  Thurs. Feb. 7th
2766 Lancaster Rd.   (613) 523-6555
(past The Museum of Science and Tech.)

Winter Wonderland – Participatory Theatre
Join Suzanne Hale and her gang of puppets for interactive storytelling, rhymes, music and action as we celebrate our Winter Wonderland. 

Arrive: 9:30 a.m.     Start: 9:45 a.m.  Entertainment Event: Free
Take home resource package:  $3 per child, over 1 yr. 
(These packages will extend the play and learning elements of the event.  They will include crafts and storytelling activities as well as songs, rhymes and  games the caregivers and children can share.)

Wed. Jan. 23 at Rideauview Community Centre
Thurs. Jan 24  at Bells Corners Legion
Fri. Jan. 25  at Ray Friel Centre 
(for exact addresses, bottom of  page)

Museum of Science and Tech.
1867 St Laurent Blvd  (at Lancaster Rd.)

Arrive: 9:30 a.m.   Start:  9:45 a.m.
Price: $4 per child, over 2 yrs.   Adults:  $2

Tues. Jan. 29th - Steamin’!  All aboard! Climb onto a real caboose or steam locomotive. Learn the jobs of the fireman, engineer, brakeman, and conductor through puzzles and hands-on activities. (Accompanying adults are asked to actively participate.)

Tues. Feb. 26th   An Invisible Attraction
A hands-on feast of magnet force! Discover the strengths of different magnets, how to move an object,   and learn the many ways in which magnets are used in our daily lives.

Canada Aviation Museum  (Aviation Pkwy.)
Arrive: 9:30 a.m.      Start:   9:45 a.m.
Price: $5 per child, over 2 yrs.   Adults: Free

Wed. Jan. 30  -  All About Helicopters 
Discover how helicopters fly, the different jobs they do. See a real helicopter and do a great “make-and-take”  project!

Jeudi, le 31 jan. - Tout sur les hélicoptères
Les petits découvrent comment les hélicoptères peuvent voler, à quoi ils servent et plus encore, par le biais du récit enlevant d’un sauvetage, d’une visite dans le Musée et d’un amusant projet de bricolage.

Wed. Feb. 13 - I Want to be a Jet Pilot!
Become the pilot of an imaginary jet in an interactive story. Try on real pilot’s gear, sit in an ejection seat and make a cool Starfighter Jet to take home!

Jeudi, le 28 fev.  Je veux être pilote d’avion !
Ici, les amis deviennent les héros d’une histoire
interactive : des pilotes d’avion à réaction ! Ils endossent une tenue de pilote, s’assoient sur un siège éjectable et fabriquent un « Starfighter ».

Thurs. Mar. 20   -  Earn Your Pilots Wings
Listen to a thrilling story about a pilot and then climb aboard our big DC-3 to see everything first hand! Learn about all the different jobs people do on airplanes, and make your very own wings badge!

The Learn-Along™ Pre-School program  
Wed. Feb. 6th  at CCPRN
Arrive: 9:30 a.m.  Start: 9:45 a.m.
Price: $5.50 per participating child, over 2 yrs.

Come and experience the Learn Along Program™ and
enjoy this  unique circle time with rhyme, movement. There will be a craft to take home and a complementary learning resource package to share with their parents.

Cosmic Valentine’s Bash
at Cosmic Adventures, 1373 Ogilvie Rd.
Tues. Feb. 12th  
Arrive: 9 a.m.   Stay to 4 p.m. if you like!
Price: $6 per child, over 1 yr. old

Come and celebrate Valentine’s Day! 
2 crafts and Cosmic fun galore! Caregiver coffee
and children’s snacks.  Please wear socks, no outside
food allowed.

Planet Dance— 3059B Carling Avenue,
(Across from the Coliseum movie theatre and beside Curves and Ronin Martial Arts)

See below at The Studio of Dance for description.

Thurs. Feb. 21  or  Friday, Feb. 29th
Arrive: 9:15 a.m.   Start: 9:30 a.m.
Price: $6 per participating child, over 2 yrs.

Russell Levia 
Wed. Feb. 20  - Rideauview Comm. Centre
Thurs. Feb. 21 —  Bells Corners Legion
Fri. Feb. 22 —  Ray Friel Rec. Centre

(See bottom of page for exact locations.)

Price: $4 per child over 1 yr.
Arrive: 9:30 a.m.  Start: 9:45 a.m.
Songs, puppets and plenty of fun.  Our Russell is back!

Loeb  Store Tour
Stafford Centre, 3655 Richmond Dr ,
Mon. Mar. 3     Start: 9:30 a.m.    Free

Visit and discover how a grocery store really works. Lots of time for questions and a little refreshment.

The Studio of Dance—74 Jamie Ave.   225-6820
(East of  Merivale Rd., 1 block south of Hunt Club Rd.)

Children will learn a variety of dance moves using props, songs, and music. Children can wear dance clothes,
t-shirts, shorts or track pants, dance shoes or bare feet.

Wed. Mar, 5th
Arrive: 9:15 a.m.   Start: 9:30 a.m.
Price: $6.00 per participating child, over 2 yrs

Music Time with Jessie
Tues. Mar. 4th.  and/or  Fri. Mar 7th   at  CCPRN
Arrive: 9:30 a.m.   Start: 9:45 a.m.

Price: $4 per child, 1 yr and over
Come and join the joy of music-making starting with
finger plays, popular nursery rhymes, creative movement and simple percussion instruments. This program allows children to discover music and fun in a friendly setting.

Loblaws Gloucester Store Tour
1980 Ogilivie Rd/Blair Rd.
Wed. Mar. 5th    Start: 9:30 a.m.   Free!

Visit and discover how a grocery store really works.
Lots of time for questions and a little refreshment.

Gymboree
373 Vantage Rd.  (at 10th Line)
Friday, Mar. 7th
Arrive: 9:15 a.m.   Start: 9:30 a.m.
Price: $5 per child, 1 yr and older.

Enjoy the safety and structure of a gym visit. Children are encouraged to explore the equipment and challenge themselves.

Circletime with Barb Smith
Wed. Mar. 26  - Rideauview Comm. Centre
Thurs. Mar. 27 —  Bells Corners Legion
Fri. Mar. 28  —  Ray Friel Rec. Centre

(See below for exact locations.)
Arrive: 9:30 a.m.    Start:  9: 45 a.m.
Price:  $4 per child, over 1 yr.

A spirited event where everyone has a chance to shake their sillies out.  Stories, games, music and movement.

Performance Locations
Bells Corners Legion
4026 Richmond Rd, Bells Corners.   829-4609
Rideauview Comm. Centre, Riverside South
4310 Shoreline Dr.  822-7887
Ray Friel Recreation Centre
1585 Tenth Line Rd,  Ottawa.   830-2747