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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Craft Make your own

Bocce Ball

Pinecone Bird

Feeders Origami Garden

Wooden Garden

Stake

Homemade

Chia Pet

S.T.E.M Plant Wildflowers Bubble Snake Garden Volcano Shadow Sidewalk

Art

Do-it-yourself

Greenhouse

Active Bocce Game Nature Scavenger

Hunt Water Relay Earthworm Races Garden Bingo

Drama Green Grass Grows

All Around Song

Community Garden

Walk-through

Tiny Trails

Walk-through

Bumble Bee

Sing-a-long Pollinator Talk

Table of Contents

Monday Page 2

Tuesday Page 6

Wednesday Page 8

Thursday Page 12

Friday Page 14

A baby hummingbird is

roughly the size of a penny

and is unable to fly.

“I have been so excited about this week of camp!

My family is full of green thumbs - this means we

are amazing gardeners. In fact, we own nursery

right here in Tiny! I spent the winter and spring

growing beautiful sunflowers in our greenhouse.

What’s your favourite flower? ”

- Kinsey Moon Recreation Program Leader

We have been very busy filming some great videos

for you! Visit the Tiny Recreation YouTube Channel

to play games, sing songs, and follow along to this

week’s craft instructions. Each activity in this booklet

is accompanied by a video on our YouTube channel.

Some are short little clips while others let you spend

more time with us. We hope you have as much fun

watching them as we had making them!

Thursday is SPIRIT DAY! Dress up in your best garden themed costume!

Counselors will show off their garb in a special SPIRIT DAY video on Instagram

— feel free to share your look with us by posting on Instagram and tagging

@tinyrecreation or by emaling your photo to recreation@tiny.ca.

It’s party THYME! Our counselors have really dug

deep into this week’s theme. You will get the chance

to make bubble snakes, plant wildflowers, make an

adorable chia pet and even get a virtual walkthrough

of our community gardens in Perkinsfield. Tune in to

learn about the different types of pollinators in our

Township! We will finish off the week by turning our

‘camp in a box’ into a do-it-yourself greenhouse!

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Water

Paint

Rocks

1. Go on a nature walk and collect four rocks, each the size of a tennis ball.

2. Collect one rock, the size of a ping pong ball.

3. Take out white paint and two other paint colours.

4. Paint the ping pong sized ball completely white.

5. Take two of the larger rocks and paint them the same colour (i.e. paint both rocks red). You can choose any colour you like other than white!

6. Take the remaining two rocks and paint them with your last colour of paint (i.e. paint both rocks blue).

7. After the larger rocks have dried, dip the string in white paint.

8. Wrap the string around the rock to create a painted line. Repeat until you create the traditional checkered look shown in the picture below. Once all of the rocks have been painted and have dried, you are ready to play bocce ball!

You can customize your rocks by adding fun designs

and patterns!

Homemade bocce kit (Craft #1)

Large playing field

1. One player starts by throwing the small white rock underhanded in any direction.

2. The game begins when the opposite player throws a coloured rock towards the white ball (underhanded).

3. After the player has thrown both of his/her rocks, it is the other player’s turn.

4. The player who lands closest to the white rock wins the point and get to throw the white rock to start the next round.

The ancient Greeks and Romans invented the first form of Bocce Ball using rocks.

Rocks and minerals can be found in toothpaste, soap,

batteries, detergent, sports equipment and more?! They

are everywhere!

Sponges

String

Grab some empty cans or water bottles from your

recycling and use your rocks to play lawn bowling!

Challenge your family and friends and see who can

knock over the most recyclables with their two rocks!

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After you finish eating an apple, plant some of the

seeds in an open garden space! Water your seeds,

making sure they get lots of sunlight. Wait patiently for

your apple tree to sprout. It can take up to 6 years

before an apple tree is mature enough to bear fruit!

Wildflower seeds

A garden bed Water Rake Sand or sawdust

1. You will need to plant your seeds two weeks before the last frost (spring) or late September to mid-November.

2. Find a garden space with lots of sunlight to plant your wildflowers.

3. Make sure to remove any weeds you see beforehand (making sure to get the roots).

4. Loosen the soil with a rake or hoe.

5. Mix your wildflower seeds with sand or sawdust and gently throw them across the area you have chosen.

6. Go over the area very gentle with a rake to cover the seeds with a bit of the soil.

7. If you plant in spring, it is beneficial to water your seeds if there is no rain. Planting in spring means you can check the seeds every day to see the progress. If you plant in the fall, you have to be patient and wait until the spring to see your hard work.

8. Eventually, you will see beautiful wildflowers that help the survival of bees, butterflies, and other important creatures survive!

Did you know that wildflowers can grow in the wild on

their own? The first sign of a wildflower was 90 million

years ago!

Lots of wildflowers are perennials. This means that they

will grow back year after year without needing to plant

them again. Some wildflowers can keep growing back

for up to 20 years. These are from annuals. Annuals

are flowers that must be planted every to grow.

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YouTube Video: Green Grass Grows All Around Song

And the nest on the branch

And the branch on the tree

And the tree in the hole

And the hole in the ground

And the green grass grows all around all around

And the green grass grows all around

And in this nest (and in this nest)

There was an egg (there was an egg)

The prettiest egg (the prettiest egg)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

And the egg in the nest

And the nest on the branch

And the branch on the tree

And the tree in the hole

And the hole in the ground

And the green grass grows all around all around

And the green grass grows all around

And in this egg (and in this egg)

There was a bird (there was a bird)

The prettiest bird (the prettiest bird)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

And the bird in the egg

And the egg in the nest

And the nest on the branch

And the branch on the tree

And the tree in the hole

And the hole in the ground

And the green grass grows all around all around

And the green grass grows all around

There was a hole (there was a hole)

In the middle of the ground (in the middle of the ground)

The prettiest hole (the prettiest hole)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

And the green grass grows all around all around

And the green grass grows all around

And in this hole (and in this hole)

There was a tree (there was a tree)

The prettiest tree (the prettiest tree)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

And the tree in the hole

And the hole in the ground

And the green grass grows all around all around

And the green grass grows all around

And on this tree (and on this tree)

There was a branch (there was a branch)

The prettiest branch (the prettiest branch)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

And the branch on the tree

And the tree in the hole

And the hole in the ground

And the green grass grows all around all around

And the green grass grows all around

And on this branch (and on this branch)

There was a nest (there was a nest)

The prettiest nest (the prettiest nest)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

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Free sports equipment loaner kits are available to borrow and contain everything needed

to play a variety of sports. Kits include instructions, game play rules and examples of skill

drills and activities. The following sport loaners kits are available for rent throughout the

summer:

Pickleball Tennis Soccer Bocce Ball

Frisbee Golf Giant Lawn Bowling Ball Hockey Beach Volleyball

Kits can be borrowed from Thursday to Tuesday and equipment is cleaned and sanitized

after each use. For more information and to reserve, visit the Tiny Online Portal

(www.tiny.ca/onlineportal) or contact the Recreation Department by emailing

recreation@tiny.ca or calling (705) 526-4204 ext. 3.

Tiny Township Lions Club

Fun, Flexible, Friendly Service Club

Whenever a Lions Club gets together, problems get smaller, and communities get better. The Tiny Township Lions Club members are people just like you who have an interest in their community, and enjoy helping out.

By advertising in our program materials, you are supporting affordable recreation and local priorities

in the Township of Tiny.

For more information about the Township of Tiny Recreation Sponsorship Program, please contact

the Recreation Department:

recreation@tiny.ca / (705) 526-4204 ext. 3

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Crisco

Birdseed

String

Pinecones

Paper plate

Scissors

1. Place the pinecone down on a covered surface.

2. Spread Crisco all over the pine cone using your hands or a bread knife.

3. Sprinkle birdseed on the pine cone. It will stick to the Crisco!

4. Tie the string around the top of the pine cone and make a loop.

5. Hang the bird feeder from a tree or hook and watch

When you see birds enjoying your pinecone bird feeder, snap a picture with a camera or try sketching the birds you see! Can you identify them?

Sock

Bubble solution

Scissors

Water

Empty water bottle

1. Cut a plastic water bottle in half.

2. At the cut end of the bottle, place the sock completely over the opening.

3. Use an elastic band to keep the sock from falling off.

4. Fill a shallow dish with a mixture of soap and water.

5. Dip the covered end of the sock bottle into the mixture.

6. Blow on the mouthpiece of the bottle and watch the bubble snake form!

Add your favourite colours of food colouring or paint to

the dish soap and water mixture to create a colourful

bubble snake!

The smallest bird egg comes from a hummingbird and it

is the size of a pea!

Adding soap to water makes the water molecules more

elastic, which allows for the water to stretch. This is

how bubbles form!

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Township of Tiny YouTube Channel

Follow along as Terra, the Township of Tiny’s Environmental Steward, gives a tour of the community garden!

Look for different veggies and plants you might have at home!

There are more trees on earth than stars in the Milkey

Way!

Create your own scavenger hunt and challenge family

and friends to complete it with you!

Nature scavenger hunt sheet

1. Take the scavenger hunt guide and go to a trail or your backyard.

2. Try to find all the things on the scavenger hunt guide.

Community Garden Walk-through

If you aren’t able to watch Terra’s walk-through, you

can host your own! Walk around your garden or a local

trail and see if you can name all of the plants! Can you

spot your favourite type of tree or flower? Draw a

picture!

The Township of Tiny converted the old

decommissioned tennis courts into the Perkinsfield

Community Garden. It is now a place where people

from the community can rent garden plots to grow

vegetables, fruit, flowers and herbs!

California holds the record for the oldest living trees.

Some of the state’s bristlecone pines and giant

sequoias are thought to be 4,000-5,000 years old.

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A cup

Baking soda

Vinegar

Spoon

Outdoor space

Shovel

1. Dig a hole in a garden or sandbox.

2. Place the cup in the hole.

3. Pack dirt around the sides of the cup to create a volcano.

4. Add one spoonful of baking soda into the buried cup.

5. Optional step: add food colouring to vinegar before pouring it into the cup

6. Finally, add two parts (two spoonful's) vinegar to the volcano and watch it erupt!

Make sure to do this activity away from plants. The

acidity of vinegar flowing in the soil can damage plants.

Try adding coke and mentos to your volcano for

another cool eruption! Get help from an adult if you try

this challenge.

If you combine 3 parts baking soda with one part water

it creates a paste that can help relieve itchy bug bites?

No more scratching!

Volcanoes can produce rich, fertile land. Over time,

lava and ash break down to produce nutrient-rich soil

that is great for growing crops! That’s why some people

like to set up home on the slopes of a volcano, as it can

make for a great garden!

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Township of Tiny YouTube Channel

Follow along as Kinsey, Katie and Emily explore the Tiny trail! What kind of shenanigans will they get up to?

Transfer the water between buckets using different

animal walks. Try walking like a crab and putting the

cup of water on your stomach or galloping like a horse

with the cup in your hand. For an extra challenge, you

can hop like a bunny. Try not to splash the water out!

Two buckets

Scissors

1. Create your water carrying device by cutting three to five small holes in the plastic bag.

2. Fill up one bucket with water. Set it down in a large playing field.

3. Place the second bucket 15 steps away. The bigger the steps, the harder the challenge!

4. The object of the game is to fill the plastic bag with water from the full bucket and transfer it to the empty bucket as fast as you can.

5. Players must hold the water carrying device above their head as they run to dump it into the empty bucket.

How much water can you transfer at a time?

Tiny Trail Walk-through

Walk the Tiny Trail and make up your own story or skit.

Think of all the different creatures who use the trail. Do

your best animal impressions!

The Tiny Trail is approximately 23 km long and is one

of Ontario's first rail-to-trail conversions. It was

purchased in 1978. Have you ever taken a walk on this

trail? Less than 1 percent of the Earth's water is drinkable!

Plastic bag

Keep track of all of the wildlife you find on the trail!

Listen for animal sounds and guess which animal it is.

Look for track prints and guess which animal left them

behind!

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When you are done making your origami, glue your

flowers to a piece of paper to create a beautiful

garden scene!

Try to find other origami that you can make at home

like a jumping frog or a crane!

Origami instructions

Origami paper

Origami comes from the Japanese words “Ori”

meaning folded and “Kami” meaning paper.

Origami is the art of folding paper, generally without

cutting or gluing. Origami generally involves folding a

square piece of paper into a two or three dimensional

object. The most common or well known folded object

is a paper crane.

Origami began in China during the first and second

century. It gradually made its way over to Japan

during the sixth century. Origami flourished in Japan

and is recognized as a traditional art form since then.

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Wood garden stakes Glitter

Paint Paintbrushes

1. Paint the wooden stake any colour and let it dry.

2. While the paint is still wet, add glitter to it.

3. Add the garden stake to your garden as a fun decoration.

Chalk

Family member

1. On a sunny day, find a section of pavement near your house.

2. Stand in one place so you can see your shadow.

3. Strike a pose and have a family member trace around your shadow.

4. When they are done, colour in your outline with a cool design!

Try tracing the shadow of a pet, favourite toy or other household object!

Tomatoes grow best on garden stakes. It keeps them from rotting and give the plant more support from tipping and breaking when heavy tomatoes start to grow.

The first chalk was used in prehistoric times for cave drawings. Chalk can be made with different types of limestone!

Label the garden stakes with different vegetables or flowers that you are growing and place a stake in front of each plant so that you can identify the different plants in your garden.

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Honey bees flap their wings 200 times per second.

SuperSpeed!

1. All players line up by lying down on their stomachs on the ground.

2. On go, players race along the ground to try to reach a predetermined point.

3. The trick is that players will not be able to use their arms or hands during the whole race.

4. Wiggle your body like a worm to move yourself forward!

5. The first player to reach the predetermined point wins.

Earthworms have not one heart but FIVE! They also have very thin skin and can’t be exposed to the direct sunlight for a long time or they will dry out. They need the dark and wet ground in order to survive so daylight can be fatal. They are often found on the surface of the ground in dull, wet weather.

Township of Tiny YouTube Channel

I'm bringing home my baby bumblebee Won't my mommy be so proud of me? I'm bringing home my baby bumblebee Ou eee, It stung me! I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee Won't my mommy be so mad at me? I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee Ou eee, I made a mess! I'm licking up my baby bumblebee Won't my mommy be so proud of me? I'm licking up my baby bumblebee Ou eee, it’s inside of me! I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee Won't my mommy be so proud of me? I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee Ou eee, I made a mess! I'm sweeping up my baby bumblebee Won't my mommy be so proud of me? I'm sweeping up my baby bumblebee Ou eee, a butterfly!

Try creating an earthworm obstacle course! Use tape or sidewalk chalk to map out squiggly lines that you have to follow!

Baby Bumble Bee sing-a-long

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Stockings

Chia seeds

Spray bottle

Googly eyes

Pipe cleaners

Soil

Miniature box

Glue

Cup

1. Soak the chia seeds in water overnight.

2. Stretch the stocking over a cup to make it easy to fill.

3. Pour a thin layer of soil and chia seeds into the end of the stocking.

4. Fill up the rest of the stocking with soil.

5. Remove the stocking from the cup and tie a knot at the end to keep the creature from escaping! Trim any excess stocking length.

6. Place the Chia pet in the miniature box. Add googly eyes and pipe cleaners to give your chia pet a face!.

Make sure you give your pet a good spray with water

each day to keep the seeds happy and growing! In a

few days’ time, your pet should start growing hair.

Come up with a creative name for your pet! Create a

name tag and add lots of colours and designs. Glue or

tape the name tag to your miniature box.

Chia seeds hold many nutrients and lots of fibre. In

fact, they are like nature’s sprinkles and are extremely

healthy for you.

Chia seeds can absorb 9 times their weight in liquid.

When chia seeds absorb water, they form a gelatinous

mixture. This happens because they have a high

amount of mucilage which is a type of soluble fibre.

This mucilage helps your seeds germinate and grow

because it surrounds the seed with water!

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Garden bingo card

1. Go outside with the Garden Bingo card.

2. Walk around your backyard or community and look for the items on the card.

3. When you find an item, place a sticker over the picture on the Bingo card.

4. After you find all of the items on the card, yell BINGO!

Come up with your own bingo cards and challenge

family and friends to play your bingo game! You could

use another fun category like ice cream flavours, jungle

animals or Disney movies! Make all of the cards

different and then you can call out the different things

on the bingo cards!

Plastic sheets

“Camp In a Box” Box

Tape

Scissors

1. Remove the lid from the box.

2. Cut a window shaped hole in the lid making sure not to cut into the sides of the lid.

3. Tape the plastic sheeting across the window you cut into the lid.

4. Place the plants inside the main box and place the lid on top.

5. Your greenhouse is ready!

Greenhouses allow for plants to grow in the winter. Greenhouses trap the sun's heat inside to keep the plants warm.

Decorate your greenhouse to make it super fun and colourful! You can use markers, paint, stickers, or any other fun craft supplies you have around your house! You can even name your greenhouse and write itsname on the box!

In Germany, Bingo was originally used to teach children the multiplication table and history.

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Create a storybook to share with family and friends

about the awesome information that you learned from

the pollinator talk with Terra!

Township of Tiny YouTube Channel

Tune in to our YouTube channel and listen to Terra as she shares some great pollinator facts from the Perkinsfield Community Garden.

Tiny Recreation Pollinator Talk

Instead of listening to a pollinator talk, try hosting one!

Tell you friends and family some of the great pollinator

facts below. You can even act some out! Are you able

to ‘dance’ like a bee and signal where the pollen can be

found?

Fact 1: One in every three bites of food we eat

depends on pollinators!

Fact 2: Some butterflies and insects winter here in

Tiny! They use all of the wilted flowers and shrubs in

our gardens as a cozy winter habitat.

Fact 3: Bees aren ’t the only pollinators around! Bats,

butterflies, hummingbirds and even some types of

monkey are considered pollinators. Any creature that

transfers pollen from one flower to another can be

considered a pollinator.

Pollinator bees will do a round dance to inform other

bees of where the pollen is. Groovy!

Pollination is a very important part of the life-cycle of

plants. Without pollination plants cannot produce fruit or

even seeds unless they are pollinated. Honeybees do

more pollination than any other insect, which includes

ants, beetles, butterflies and moths. Birds are also

responsible for pollination, especially hummingbirds this

is due to their long beak. The color or markings on a

flower helps attract and guide insects to them. Bees are

often attracted to bright blue and violet colors.

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Gardens are full of colours and textures! Let’s explore the colours ‘en francais’. Follow along with the diagram below as

you watch Mme Megan on Tiny’s YouTube channel!

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Pull out your crayons or your markers and colour in the

empty boxes/ crayons to match the colour!

French is one of the only languages that is taught in

every country of the world, with 100 million students

and 2 million teachers – 20 % of whom are outside of

francophone countries. How cool is that!

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