summer 2016

SUMMER 2016
IDEAS FOR YOUR FAMILY
Ideas and suggestions have been compiled by the Parenting and Family
Literacy Centres at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.
Please speak with your program facilitator if you have other
suggestions or an activity to add. We’d love to hear them.
CITY OF OTTAWA
BEACHES
The City of Ottawa has a brochure of all the programs available for summer 2016. Go to www.ottawa.ca
and find out about festivals, events and recreational activities.
For water quality, call 613-580-2424, ext. 13219
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
For a complete list of libraries, please call Infoservice at 613-580-2940 or visit www.biblioottawalibrary.ca
for more information, hours of operation and programs offered during summer months.
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Carlingwood — 281 Woodroffe Avenue
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Nepean Centrepointe —- 101 Centrepointe Drive
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Alta Vista — 2516 Alta Vista Drive
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St-Laurent — 515 Côté Street
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Sunny Side — 1049 Bank Street
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Rosemount — 18 Rosemount
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Central (Main) — 120 Metcalfe Street
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North Gloucester — 2036 Ogilvie Road
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Orléans — 1705 Boulevard Orléans
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Greenboro District Library — 363 Lorry Greenberg Drive
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Rideau — 377 Rideau Street
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Ruth E. Dickinson — 100 Malvern Drive
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Vanier — 310 Pères Blancs
LOCATION/
INFORMATION
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
Mooney’s Bay
2926 Riverside Drive (South)
613-248-0863
Westboro
745 Ottawa River Parkway (Central)
613-792-3875
Britannia Park
2805 Carling Avenue (West)
613-820-1211
Petrie Island
727 Trim Road (East)
613-824-5704
PARK-TICIPATE — CITY OF OTTAWA
Weekdays from July 4 to August 26, 2016
Free informal drop-in program offered at various parks throughout Ottawa. Children aged four to
ten. For more information call your nearest location or visit: http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/parks-andrecreation/parks-and-sports-fields/park-ticipate
SPLASH PADS AND WADING POOLS
For more information on locations throughout the city, please visit:
http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/parks-and-recreation/wading-pools-and-splash-pads
HIKING AND WALKING TRAILS
You will find various nature trails in Ottawa and Gatineau Visit http://www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca/things-to-do/
hiking-walking
MOVIE ANYONE?
Rainbow Cinemas at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre has great movies for low prices.
Visit www.rainbowcinemas.ca or call 613- 688-0685.
RCMP MUSICAL RIDE — SUNSET CEREMONIES
June 22th to June 26th 2016, Rockliffe Stables
Sandridge Road and St. Laurent Blvd. (OC Transport Route #7)
For more information call 613-741-4285 or visit http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/musical-ride-events
FESTIVALS
Ottawa has many festivals during the summer months. For more information, visit www.ottawafestivals.ca
FARMS
LOCATION
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER/
WEBPAGE
Saunders Farm
7893 Bleeks Road, Munster
613-838-5440
www.saundersfarm.com
Valleyview Little Animal Farm
4750 Fallowfield Road
Proulx Farm
1865 O’Toole Road, Cumberland
(Ottawa)
613-591-1126
www.vvlittleanimalfarm.com
613-833-2417 or
613-833-9009
www.proulxberryfarm.com
DRIVE-IN THEATRE
LOCATION
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER/
WEBPAGE
Ciné-Parc Templeton
1779 Maloney blvd. Gatineau,
Québec
819-663-0915
www.cineparc.ca
WATER PARKS
LOCATION
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER/
WEBPAGE
Mont Cascades Water Park
448 Mont Cascades Road,
Cantley, Québec
1-888-282-2722
2015 Calypso St., Limoges,
Ontario
613-443-9995 | Toll-free 877-4439995
Calypso Water Park
www.montcascades.ca
www.calypsopark.com
ONTARIO EARLY YEARS CENTRES
MUSEUMS
Please call for summer schedule and hours of operation or visit:http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/
FamilyPrograms.html
Canadian Museum of History
100 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Qc.
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Ottawa-Orléans — 240 Centrum Boulevard unit 105, 613-830-4357
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Nepean-Carleton — 1099 Longfields Drive 613-825-5990
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Ottawa West-Nepean — 1365 Richmond Road, 613-820-4922
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Ottawa-Centre — 475 Evered Avenue 613-728-1839
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Ottawa-South — 2330 Don Reid 613-737-6369
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Carleton — 2 MacNeil Court 613-591-3686
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Ottawa-Vanier — 270 Marier Avenue 613-744-2892
For information on playgroups and workshops, contact the Parent Resource Centre 613-565-2467 ext.
222 or visit
www.parentresource.on.ca
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819-776-7000 for general museum information
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819-776-8218 for information about the Canadian Children’s Museum
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www.historymuseum.ca
Canadian War Museum
1 Vimy Place, Ottawa
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819-776-7000 for general museum information
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www.warmuseum.ca
Canadian Museum of Nature
240 McLeod Street, Ottawa
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613-566-4700 for general museum information
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www.nature.ca
The Currency Museum
245 Sparks Street, Ottawa
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613-782-8914 or 613-782-8852 for reservation
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www.currencymuseum.ca
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613-993-8990 for reservations
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www.mint.ca
The Royal Canadian Mint
320 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
Canada Agriculture Museum (Experimental Farm)
901 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa
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613-991-3044
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www.agriculture.technomuses.ca
Canada Aviation Museum
11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa
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613-993-2010
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www.aviation.technomuses.ca
For information on City of Ottawa museums:
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Ottawa Museum Network — 613-234-1999
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www.ottawamuseumnetwork.com
PLAY ENVIRONMENTS
(Play environments carry a fee)
Midway Family Fun Park
2477 Kaladar Avenue, at Bank and Heron
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613-526-0343
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www.midwayfunpark.com
Fun Haven
1050 Baxter Road
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613-828-4FUN (4386)
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www.funhaven.com
Tubes et Jujubes
170 Devault Street (room 200) Gatineau, Qc.
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819-773-1212
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www.tubesjujubes.com
Cosmic Adventures
1373 Ogilvie Road, Ottawa
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613-724-8989
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www.cosmicadventures.ca
YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region
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www.ymcaywca.ca
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Visit the website for program and location information.
Sky Zone Trampoline Park
2935 Conroy Road, Ottawa
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613-523-1888
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www.skyzone.com/ca/ottawa/
Laser Quest Ottawa
1800 St-Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa
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613-526-4000
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www.laserquest.com/public/locations/on-ottawa.cfm
FREE THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR KIDS
We hope you’re looking forward to the summer holidays with your children. Here are suggestions of
things you might like to do with your children.
Your children need to be outdoors every day, they need the exercise and the chance to explore new
things to touch, smell, see, hear and feel.
They also need to spend some quiet time with you every day - listening to a story you make up about
their day, a story you tell about your childhood or read from a book. You’ll never run out of books, the
local libraries are full of great reading experiences.
Things to do at home
Your home has many great opportunities for learning through playing. Children love to help with
cooking, setting the table, and washing the dishes. They love to put pairs of socks together when you’ve
finished the laundry. They can look through the grocery flyers and help make your shopping list. All these
activities are full of new information and experiences for them and give them a chance to feel important
and close to you.
Paper maché paste
You will need:
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Newspaper torn into strips
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Flour
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water
No-cook method: Use equal parts of flour and water and stir to make a paste.
Dip the newspaper strips in the paper maché paste. Remove excess paste from the strips and cover your
project. Let dry completely and repeat the process the next day. Keep applying strips to your project
until it’s solid as you like.
GENERAL IDEAS
Rainy days
INDOORS
OUTDOORS
For rainy days, play dough, water play, painting and drawing are fun activities inside. Empty cereal and
cracker boxes and a roll of masking tape can let their imagination take off. Put a blanket over the table
for an indoor tent, add a few pillows and plastic dishes and your children can have a play house.
Read a book or tell a story
Play in a different park each week
Make play dough
Visit a museum or gallery
Yes, these games and activities can make a mess, but they are so important for your children’s
development. They learn how the world works and they learn to amuse themselves.
Cut up old magazines and glue them on a paper
grocery bag for a collage
Swim at one of Ottawa’s beaches (call 613-5806744 x 13219 for water quality)
Make a “box sculpture”
Go to the library for story time
Have a tea party
Meet some friends on your street
Bake cookies
Walk in the Greenbelt woods
Make musical instruments from things in your
kitchen
Stop and watch a construction site
Use pudding for finger paint
Take a ride on the O Train
Play a game of cards
Fly a kite
Have bath time for all the dolls
Take the bus downtown to watch the Changing of
the Guard
Cut up bananas and strawberries for a fruit salad
“Paint” the backyard fence with water and brushes
Go on a treasure hunt by hiding different objects in
the house
Blow soap bubbles
Make your own story book
Feed the ducks and geese on the Ottawa River
Do a paper maché creation (see recipe)
Go on a nature walk and start a rock collection
We’re including two play dough and paper maché paste recipes and a list of suggestions of indoor and
outdoor activities for your family. We know you know all these things, but sometimes we’re all too tired
to think for ourselves and need some help!
Home made play dough
You will need:
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2 cups flour
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2 cups of water (boiling hot)
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1 cup salt
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2 tablespoons mineral oil Food coloring
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4 teaspoons cream of tartar
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Add wet to dry ingredients. Mix
and knead.
Kool Aid play dough
You will need:
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3 cups flour
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1/2 cup salt
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2 Kool Aid packages (Buy the unsweetened
type)
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2 cups boiling water
Mix dry ingredients together. Add boiling water. Knead on floured board. You can add flour by sprinkles
until desired consistency.
This play dough will last for a long time when stored correctly.