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March All Day Offerings

At the beginning of March, Extension offered two days of all day Home Base, complete with themes. 

March 2
We took on the theme of service. We thought about ways to spread love and cheer to the greater Portland community. Inspired by the onesies we created for one of our assistants in February, we used fabric paint and sharpie to create images of love and cheer on onesies and tote bags, which we will be donating to a local women's shelter. We also used sharpie and watercolor to paint rocks to either give away, leave somewhere on campus, or take home to a loved one. 









To help add movement to our day, and spread love in a different way we took birdseed to wetland habitats. We spend so much time with wetlands in our curriculum at OES and living in Oregon, it was wonderful to bring some love to our fine feathered friends! We visited our own wetlands on campus, and also visited a park bordering the Columbia River in Portland. 






 March 3
We took on the theme of the Olympics. We had Olympics themed activities like making torches, creating an Olympic stadium out of loose parts, and designing Olympic costumes. We then had an Olympic rotation of games in the gym, with costume races, obstacles courses, 'ice skating' using boxes, bowling and bean bag tosses.





After a full morning, we went bowling to further our Olympic skills and fun. Everyone had a blast!




We hope to see you at next year's all day offerings!

Warmly,
Meredith, Miriam, Chelsea + our assistant team















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