Thank You Happy Baby!

The Issaquah Highlands Playgroup sends out a big THANK YOU to Happy Baby Organic Baby Food for donating all of the tasty snacks for playgroup. They are a big hit with the kiddos!


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Back to Blakely Hall

We are making some changes to the Issaquah Highlands Playgroup and after over a year at the firestation, have moved back to the side meeting room at Blakely Hall. This room is a little larger to better accomodate our growing group!

Playgroup Cancelled

For the next two weeks (Dec. 22rd & 30th), the Issaquah Highlands Playgroup will be cancelled for the holiday. We will pick back up on January 6th. Looking forward to seeing everyone then!

New Playgroup Format

The Issaquah Highlands Playgroup has decided to make a few new changes this fall after a very relaxed summer schedule to provide the children a little more structure and learning opportunity. Each Thursday when we meet we will keep to the following schedule. Each mom can volunteer for a week and theme then provide the craft, snack and book for that session. In addition, we will still have free play mats for children who are too young to participate in some of the activities.

If you are interested in receiving e-mails and information on the Issaquah Highlands Playgroup, please sign up for the playgroup's Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/ihplaygroup. This is a different account from the previous yahoo group that we used.

Schedule:
9:30 to 9:40 Free Play
9:40 Welcome Song (sitting on a circle)
9:50 Theme and Crafts
10:10 Snack and Book
10:20 Circle Time
10:45 Free Play and Clean Up

Themes and Volunteer Schedule:

September
16: Numbers (Ely)
23: Shapes (Arlene)
30: Cars: (Aiden’s grandmother)

October
7: Salmon days
14: Hispanic Days (Mimi)
21: Fall (Jun)
28: Halloween (Natalia)

November
4: Diwali, festival of lights (Supriya)
11: Zoo animals (Rajee)
18: Under the sea (María Elena)
25: Thanksgiving

December
2: Fire Station visit
9: Hanukkah (Alicia)
16: Holiday’s cards (Erin)
23: Christmas

Playgroup has had a slow Summer!!

The Issaquah Highland's playgroup is still meeting on Thursday mornings from 9:30 - 11:00 at the fire station. We hope to have our Tuesday morning time slot back in the fall, but currently play time is very casual. With the warm weather, vacations schedules and parents staying home with school age children the attendance is down, but it is still a fun place for the kids to play and interact with one another. We look forward to having new members join the group, so please come and check it out!

Sponge Welcomes the Highland's Playgroup to
"Bring Your Family to Sponge to Celebrate Food From Around the World!"

Sponge is celebrating the end of summer and beginning of fall with a family-friendly food event! We'll be making our own vegetarian sushi - with fun-shaped nori punch outs! - and guests from Dr. Susanna's World Baby Foods will join us to share samples of organic cuisines from around the world with the littlest of attendees. Kids will also have a chance to enjoy an array of arts and crafts activities, as well as mini language classes in Mandarin, Spanish, French and Japanese. This celebration is free, and we'd love to see you there!

Saturday, August 28th, from 10 a.m. - noon
Where: Sponge
375 NW Gilman Blvd.
Issaquah, WA 98027

RSVPs are encouraged. Please email events@spongeschool.com or call 206-227-7138.

P.S. They are enrolling for our fall session and would love to have you join us. To check out our schedule of language classes for children, please visit www.spongeschool.com/schedule.html. We offer trial classes as well!

Playgroup is ONLY on Thursdays

We have been unable to secure the Tuesday time slot at the fire station for playgroup, so until further notice, we are only meeting on Thursdays from 9:30 - 11:00. When the weather gets better we will try and plan some Tuesday outside activities. Some families choose to attend Toddler Time at the Issaquah Community Center on Tuesdays as well.

A big thanks to Alicia who has coordinated themes for our playgroup sessions over the summer. Below is a list of what she has planned:

June's Theme: Family
June 3 - My mom
June 10 - Father's Day celebration
June 17 - Sisters and Brothers
June 24 - Grandparents

July's Theme: America
July 01 - Independence Day Parade
July 08 - Our Flag
July 15 - American People
July 22 - American Places
July 29 - American Animals

August's Theme: Carnival
August 5 - Face Painting and Bean Bag Toss
August 12 - Go Fishing and Ring Toss
August 19 - Bowling and Bucket Bonanza
August 26 - Can Knockdown and Cookie Walk


This summer should be a lot of fun!! We hope to see new faces at playgroup along with our regular friends!!