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WFI Book Club
Dates: TBD
Location: Online
Tuition: TBD
Description: Bringing the outside in focuses on a Reggio Emilia approach to teaching and learning, with a focus on inquiry-based learning. We will explore our image of the child and how our environment impacts and influences their learning. We will take a closer look at loose parts and how these natural invitations for learning spark curiosity in the early years. Using nature as a venue for play and exploration allows for children's natural curiosity to drive the learning that takes place.
Recommended For: Formal and informal educators and professionals that are working with children as well as individuals passionate about nature and early-learning.
Past Events
Event Name: Monster March 2020
Event Date: October 1 - 31, 2020
Event Description: The Monster March was started by Wee Wild Ones in 2017 to raise money for the Children’s Cottage Society. Previously held at St. Patrick’s Island, the Monster March began as a way for us to support children in need while encouraging families to spend more time together exploring our beautiful city. You Marched. You Got Monstrous. And thanks to you, we’ve raised over $50,000 for the Children’s Cottage Society!
Monster March 2021
Monster March Event Details
The Monster March was started by Wee Wild Ones in 2017 to raise money for the Children’s Cottage Society. Previously held at St. Patrick’s Island, the Monster March began as a way for us to support children in need while encouraging families to spend more time together exploring our beautiful city.
In 2020, the Monster March became Monster Month! We reimagined our favourite fundraising day of the year as a month-long, city-wide campaign. With a month-long activity challenge, limited edition partnership collaborations, and a local business coupon book, we raised a grand total of $50,000 for the Children’s Cottage Society.
This year, the Children’s Cottage has embarked on an exciting new mission to build a new Child and Family Centre in the northwest Calgary community of Montgomery. The new centre will include a 20-bed crisis nursery, counselling services, a therapeutic child development program and other programs. This new child and family centre will help address emerging issues in small children before there are lifelong and life-altering impacts and will allow The Children’s Cottage to help an additional 8,850 children a year.
Monster March Virtual Walk-a-Thon: October 1 - 31, 2021 (Registration Opens September 1, 2021)
We’re inviting Monsters of all ages to dress up, get active, and explore YYC in support of families in need. Put on your scariest, spookiest, costume for a neighbourhood walk with the family, or visit new locations around Calgary on our Monster Maps. Register your team, collect donations, and track your distance for a chance to win Monstrous prizes from some of our favourite local businesses.
Monster Merch: On Sale September 1 - October 31, 2021
Support Calgary’s best local businesses and help raise funds for the Children’s Cottage Society! We’ve partnered with Calgary Businesses for all-new, limited edition Monster Merch. A portion of proceeds from the sale of all Monster Merch items will be donated to the Children’s Cottage Society. Stay tuned for the official release and find limited edition Monster March themed products online and at select locations throughout the city starting September 7th!
The Official Monster Deals Coupon Book: On Sale October 1 - October 31, 2021
For just $50, you can save over $500 on local family-friendly experiences with our Monster Deal coupon book. 100% of coupon book sales will be donated to the Children’s Cottage.
Monster Market: October 30th, 2021
We’re bringing back the fundraising day that started it all. Families from all over YYC are welcome to register and join in a 3 km march around the Bowness Community Association to raise money in support of the Children’s Cottage. The march will end at the Monster Market in the Bowness Community Association where families can enjoy a local vendor market, entertainment, and activities.
