Weymouth CFCE

Website :https://sites.google.com/weymouthps.org/weymouth-cfce/home

The Weymouth Child Family Community Center provides support to families from birth through school age. We provide access to comprehensive services, child development information, and educational opportunities to parents and caregivers. Our playgroups and programs are designed to raise awareness on the importance of family engagement while teaching important literacy, STEM and school readiness skills. As a parent or caregiver, you are your child's first and most important teacher! We are here to support you in this role!

Weymouth CFCE Strengthens Families:

1.Each family is unique and all families represent diverse structures.

2.Diversity is expressed and experienced at multiple levels.

3.Building a respectful, trusting, and reciprocal relationship is the shared responsibility.

4.Families are their child’s first and best advocate.

5. Family engagement must be equitable.

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Upcoming Important Dates:

• September 30th Super Friend Academy begins.
• October 2nd Nihtila Farm
• October 7th Little SNACKERS Therapeutic Programs
• October 14th No School Columbus Day
• October 22nd Advisory Council Meeting

Be sure to check out these new programs and learn about our new entrance.

Grandparent Group - This program is for all grandparents. Whether you are raising your grandchildren, providing daycare or just want to spend a fun hour with your grandchildren, this group is for you. Fridays from 12:45-1:30

Just Play E.I. - Join us at the First Early Intervention Center located at the Arc South Shore 574 Main Street Weymouth, MA. The motor room at the E.I. is equipped with lots of fun trikes to ride-on and active indoor structures for your littles to enjoy climbing on. This playgroup encourages your children to use their large muscle groups and to work on their social emotional development. This play group is limited to 10 families and is for children birth to 3 years old and requires a sign-up. Thursdays from 11:15-12:15

New WCFCC Entrance

As the new year gets under way we want our families to know that the WCFCC will now be using door # 24 as its primary entrance for all programs taking place at 89 Middle Street. ( Old Abigail Adams Building). This building now houses the following programs/offices.

• Weymouth Early Childhood Center

• Weymouth Child Family Community Center

• Family Engagement Center

• WPS Administration Offices.

Hello WCFCC Families,

We are excited to share with you our Super Friend Academy program will begin on September 30th. This program focuses on Social/Emotional learning and transitions to preschool. Super Friend Academy will take place in person at 89 Middle Street (the old Abigail Adams School) and will have 2 cohorts.

This monthly transition to preschool program prepares children for the routines and structure found in the preschool setting. Components of Positive Behavior Strategies (PBS) will be embedded into programing. Strategies include: teaching and encouraging expected behavior, establishing classroom routines and rituals using visual supports and using school wide expectations and classroom rules. Students that attend will participate in an abbreviated PreK day which includes circle time, a story, and activity centers. A snack from home should be brought with them to have during our daily snack time. Please try to keep this snack very small as we only have a short amount of time to have our snack. One drink and one snack is sufficient. A little baggie of goldfish or cheerios would do the trick. This program is appropriate for 3 and 4 yr. old's that are currently not enrolled in a daycare or preschool setting. Families may choose the 2 day program which meets on M/W from 11:15-12:30 or the T/Th program that meets from 9:00-10:15

To sign up visit the WCFCC website.

Just a reminder this program is for Weymouth residents only! This program is a monthly commitment and requires parents to remain with their children during programming. Please enter through door #24

The WCFCC is hoping you will join us throughout the year as we host various presenters who will provide information, strategies and ideas designed to empower you through your parenting struggles. These series will bring you together with other families who may have the same questions or concerns and find themselves struggling and looking for concrete strategies to assist them in their daily parenting life. We encourage everyone to engage in discussions, share their struggles/triumphs, ideas and strategies that may or may not have worked for them and be open to new ideas and information from our presenters.

Samantha Dean MS, OTR/L,CEIS is a pediatric occupational therapist and certified SOS feeding therapist and the owner of Little SNACKERS Therapeutic Programs, a pediatric feeding therapy program offering both group and individual therapies. She has experience working in early intervention and in the pediatric outpatient setting. Within these settings she has worked with general picky eaters and children with sensory aversions, children on and transitioning off feeding tubes, those with delayed oral motor skills, children with food allergies, as well as those with additional GI diagnoses and medical complexities. Sam also loves chatting with parents about the typical development of feeding from infancy through teenage years and provided education and support to the parent and caregiver community.

Join Sam, from Little SNACKERS Therapeutic Programs, on October 7th for a guided conversation around infants, toddlers and children's feeding skills. Topics related to, but not limited to, introducing solids, moving through mealtime refusals, setting mealtime routines, and how to make mealtime fun will be discussed. Come with questions and topics to ask Sam to better help support you and your child's mealtime needs! Sign-Up Required!

Date: October 7,2024

Time: 9:30-10:30

Place: WCFCC Center at Abigail

We hope you will join us for our annual trip to Nihtila Farm. This annual trip is a family favorite! Nihtila farm is a family owned farm in Holbrook, MA. While visiting take a hayride, see farm animals, play on the playground, take beautiful pictures, make memories.

There will be a $10.00 per child fee which will include a hayride, a small pumpkin and an apple.

Cash Only!

Don’t forget to bring your camera! Great photo opportunities are at the farm!. Sign-Up Required!

Date: Wednesday October 2,2024

Time: 10:30 A.M.

Place: Nihtila Farm

12 Nihtila Lane

Holbrook, Ma 02343

Registration is underway for our 2024-2025 year. We want to remind all of our returning Weymouth families as well as any new community members who wish to join the WCFCC that everyone is required to complete a registration form each year.

You can find our registration form below or on our website under the Contact Tab.

If you are downloading your registration form from our website here is how you can submit your registration form.

• You can drop it off at the Family Engagement Center at the old Abigail Adams School Building 89 Middle St. East Weymouth, Mass 02189
• You can scan and email it to Donna Brodeur @ donna.brodeur@weymouthps.org
• Or you can turn it in at the first program that you choose to attend.

The WCFCC registration is a rolling registration and forms are available throughout the year at all of our programs. If you have any questions or are in need of any assistance contact: Donna Brodeur @ 781-335-1460 Ext. 28325 or donna.brodeur@weymouthps.org

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The WCFCC is now part of the Weymouth Public Schools website and the following instructions will provide easier access to our website.

As we begin the start of the new school year we want to take a moment to review the importance of why you need to sign up for programs. The CFCE holds programming both at the WCFCE Center located at 89 Middle Street (The old Abigail Adams Middle School) and at Tufts Library. The space at both of these locations have limited occupancy capacity. If you are attending a program that takes place at Abigail Adams it is very important that you are on time as we meet all of our families at the main entrance. If you are unable to attend a program we would appreciate it if you could remove your name from the sign up and send us a quick email. By removing your name it allows someone else the opportunity to attend the program.

WCFCC Website Access Instructions:

How to Access the WCFCC Website/Programs:

• Log into Weymouth Public Schools.

• Click the Students & Families tab.

• Then click the CFCE tab.

To Access all Programs:

• Click the Programs tab in the upper right hand corner.

• Once the Menu opens, choose the appropriate tab.

To Access Program Sign Ups:

• Click the Program Sign Up tab and choose the program you would like to sign up for. Be sure to read all of the details for the program. If you are unable to attend the program you selected we ask that you remove your name from the sign up to offer another family the opportunity to attend.

Many families find bedtime and naptime to be a challenge for them and their children. Sleep problems can also make infants and young children moody, short tempered and unable to engage well in interactions with others. Here are a few tips for making bedtimes and naptimes easier for parents and children.

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Hello WCFCC Families,

We are so excited to introduce our Little Learners Literacy Program. This program is designed to build a strong relationship with our public library, add exposure to the library expectations and stimulate a lifelong love for reading.

A child's first library card is special. It opens the door to a world of reading. Studies show that children who use a library and are read to at home will do better in school.

Our goal is to have each child/family obtain a library card and visit the library regularly to take books out. To participate in this program please see one of our WCFCC staff to receive a punch card for your child, articles about the importance of reading, reading strategies and the impact it has on your child during these early years.

Each time you visit the library to take out books your child will receive one punch to their card from the librarian. Upon completion of 10 punches to their card they will return their card to the WCFCC Staff and receive a free book. We hope you find this information both informative and helpful and that you create many wonderful memories spending time reading with your children.

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• Storytime has many benefits for children other than promoting early literacy and language development. It can help develop their concentration, social skills, communication skills, and encourages their imagination and creativity.

• Play based learning recognizes that children learn best through active engagement and exploration in meaningful and enjoyable content. As children play, they engage their imagination, take risks and learn problem solving to support their development.

• A music- rich experience for children of singing, listening and moving bring serious benefits to children as they progress to more formal learning.

Music and Movement activities engage young children in the learning process and help develop things like motor skills, coordination and balance. They also improve children's language and social-emotional development.

Give your child the gift of balance through our Mindful Movements programs. Our yoga programs help children learn poses that increase strength, flexibility and coordination as well as breathing techniques. We offer yoga for children ages birth - 3 year old's.

Each week the children learn new poses that represent the characters in our weekly story. All programs end with a Savasana. Savasana is the final resting pose at the end of each yoga program.

Namaste is how we say hello & good bye. It is how we thank each other for a wonderful yoga class.

If you are interested in becoming a PEACE Project Family Ambassador for the 2024-2025 school year please contact Donna Brodeur.

To learn more about how you can participate as a parent presenter and work with our Family Ambassadors contact: Donna Brodeur at (781)335-1460 Ext. 28325 or at donna.brodeur@weymouthps.org

The ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire) is a free developmental screening tool that can identify strengths and catch delays early. Family Access Page. (Click here to access screening)

It is a parent completed questionnaire that is completed online and then reviewed with one of the CFCC staff. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance with completing the screening contact : Donna Brodeur at (781) 335-1460 Ext. 28325

Email : donna.brodeur@weymouthps.org

Location: 89 Middle Street, Weymouth, MA, USA

Phone: 781-335-1460 Ext. 28325