Valentine's Week and New Teachers!

February 15, 2013
On Wednesday this week we made valentine cards with Beth and her son Jack, who came to Next Step to help us with a valentine's craft. Beth and Jack brought us all the supplies we needed to make beautiful valentine's cards.

Jack is helping Patrick with his card.


Jimmy is making a card for the Center for Grieving Children, and Josh is making a card for his Mom.

Yvonne, Sophie, and Emily really loved this activity! They even skipped their afternoon break down back to make more cards!


Showing off the very nice cards we made, with help from Jack and Beth! Thank you so much for doing this activity with us!

We had a big week at Next Step. Our new teachers Sarah and Ann Marie are both here, and this is Jennifer's last week at Next Step. This was also a big week for Sophie, Emily and Jimmy because they had interviews for the STRIVE U program! All three said they felt good about their interviews and we wish them good luck!
 

Kristine's Last Week

February 4, 2013
Last Wednesday was Kristine's last day with us at Next Step. She is moving on to work at her art studio full time. On Wednesday we went to Panera Bread to have coffee with Kristine. We talked about our favorite memories with Kristine and the things we will miss about her. It was nice to sit and enjoy each other's company.



Here are Emily, Kristine, Nate, Jimmy, Josh, Patrick, and Sophie enjoying coffee time at Panera! Jennifer was also there and took our picture.

Kristine was a good foosball pla...
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The Secret Project- Rory's Baby Book!

February 1, 2013

A few weeks ago, Josh had an idea to make a baby book for Rory’s baby, who is due to arrive in late Spring. The group considered many different kinds of books, and finally decided to make an alphabet book to help the baby learn her ABC’s.

We made a list of all the letters of the alphabet and brainstormed different pictures we could draw for each letter. Each participant then picked a letter and chose what animal or object to draw for that letter. Here are some examples of the beau...


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Snow Day

January 16, 2013

Jimmy and Patrick and Josh and Yvonne and John Paul are here today.

Our other friends couldn't be here because of the snowy weather.

I took pictures of the snow on the trees.



I mostly grew up in Texas. I Feel Snowy.



I think the Snow is pretty.



Maybe today I'll shovel the snow with my parents.



Jimmy Makowiecki


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Money work, meal prep, and a mystery project!

January 11, 2013
Hello from the Next Steppers! We hope everyone is looking forward to a sunny weekend! This week at Next Step we have continued our work with math and money, with a focus on making correct change. We talked together about how this is a very helpful skill for everyday life, even when making our own purchases at the store. Using the smartboard, we were able to calculate the correct change owed to the customer, and drag coins to make up the correct amount.



Evan uses the caculator to find the corre...
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Holiday catch-up and plans for the New Year

January 3, 2013
Happy New Year! We have a few holiday updates to share, and we are also looking forward to the good things coming in 2013!



On Tuesday Dec. 18 we said goodbye to Britney, who has volunteered with us on Tuesdays and Thursdays for almost a year! We took Britney to Panera Bread for some thank-you treats. Britney just graduated from college and we really enjoyed getting to know her. We wish her all the best!



On Thursday, Dec. 20 the group competed a final craft project before the Christmas break- ch...
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Busy couple of weeks...

December 31, 2012


It has been a few weeks since we officially checked in so a quick recap of the past couple of weeks.   It has been a little choppy with the holidays but we have celebrated Sophie's birthday, the big 20, tried cupcakes made from cake mix and a can of soda, worked a lot on fractions with our wonderful interactive Smart Board, had our Social Video opening and survived two very cold winter storms.  After the new year we will be getting back into the swing of things.  This group loves math and so ...
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Jimmy Taking your picture with my Red Claws Hat on.

December 31, 2012
I had fun at the Red Claws Game

Jimmy Makowiecki

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The Red Claws Game

December 31, 2012
The whole group was at the Red Claws Game. We had lots of fun at the game.  Jimmy Makowiecki
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Kayla and Graeme at the Red Claws - friends of ours from Camp!

December 31, 2012

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