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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.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• March 5th No School Staff Development
• March 26th Advisory Council Meeting (Remote)
• March 29th No School Good Friday

Just play is a 45 minute parent and child playgroup. This playgroup will allow parents the opportunity to help develop their child’s social skills by engaging with their child in our various play centers. This program will also help with school readiness skills, expectations and classroom rules such as sharing, taking turns, choosing a toy or center and cleaning it up before moving on. All while having fun!

This program is limited to 10 families and sign-up is required.

We want to thank Dentistry for Children for allowing the Tooth Fairy (Claire Riley) to visit with us and teach our families about the importance of early dental care. Each child received a goodie bag with a free toothbrush, toothpaste and stickers.

Story Time Playgroup helps your child’s development in many ways.

• 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.

The students from the Alternative Pathways Program set up a fun and exciting STEM lesson for our WCFCC families. Braiden Berry read Roller Coaster which takes the readers up, up, up to the highest point of the roller coaster. The Students brought strips of plumbing insulation, marbles, cups and tape and used the items to create a roller coaster with their group. Each roller coaster had to have a high point and a loop.

Just like in the story, the students' project requires a marble to start at the highest point of their roller coasters in order for it to run through the loop and land in the cup.

The children were so excited and had so much fun rolling their marbles and seeing if it made it around the loop and into the cup.

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 2 separate yoga programs, one for children ages birth - 3 yrs and another program for 4 & 5 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.

Our Super Friend Academy program focuses on Social/Emotional learning and transitions to preschool. Super Friend Academy takes place in person at the WCFCC Center which is located at the old Abigail Adams School and has 2 cohorts.

This 4 week transition to preschool program prepares children for the routines and structure found in the preschool setting. Components of Positive Behavior Strategies (PBS) are 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. This program is appropriate for 3 and 4 yr. olds that are currently not enrolled in a daycare or preschool setting. Families may choose the 2 day program which meets on M/W from 12:00-1:15 or the T/Th program that meets from 9:00-10:15

Registration is underway for our 2023-2024 year and 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 on our website under the About Us 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

If you are interested in becoming a PEACE Project Family Ambassador for the 2023-2024 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

Email: stacey.ware@weymouthps.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/weymouthps.org/weymouth-cfce?usp=sharing

Location: 89 Middle Street, Weymouth, MA, USA

Phone: 781-335-1460
Twitter: @Weymouth_CFCE