Home.City.Families

It's a Grade-A grey day out there, but the Home City Families garden is bringing the sunshine! Our first dahlias are starting to bloom and there are more sungold tomatoes ready to pick each day! Join us at our library playgroups this week and come to Thursday's group at our homebase (43 Homer St.) to see for yourself! 🌸🥰🍅

HCF's August Playgroup schedule!

Our classroom is painted and deep cleaned! We're back on for our regularly scheduled Thursday playgroup. See you then.

Happy July! 💙 This is your weekly reminder that there are various Mobile Food Banks throughout Western Massachusetts available to the public. For a full list of Mobile Food Bank Distributors, use: https://www.foodbankwma.org/get-help/mobile-food-bank/ - We also encourage everyone to share this post because it may help someone you know, thank you! 💚

Remember: everyone is welcome to visit a Mobile Food Bank and get free groceries regardless of other services you might receive. We have an automated phone line to check if a Mobile Food Bank or Brown Bag is canceled due to weather, the number is: (413)-419-0079.

Join us Thursday at Homer St @ 10:30 for some fun on the playground while our indoor space is being painted!

Thanks again to everyone who participated in or stopped by our recent Touch A Truck event, and a special thanks to Texas Roadhouse for being such a great partner. Here are some snaps from the day! 🚍

‼️Thursday Homer Street playgroup cancelled!
See below post for details.

Good news and bad news, families!
The good news: Our room is getting a fresh coat of paint! 🎨
The bad news: We're not sure when it will be ready for us to use.

Because of that, group this Thursday (7/9) is canceled. We'll keep you updated on the progress and let you know as soon as we're able to meet again. Thanks for your understanding!

We can all use some more glimmers in our lives! ❤

Hope your day is filled with glimmers ✨

Did you know the important role that heavy work activities play in our ability to learn, focus, attend, and participate in everyday tasks? It’s true. We all need calming and organizing sensory input in the form of heavy work tasks that provide proprioceptive input through the muscles and joints.

💪Heavy work is a powerful support for organizing input in self-regulation.
🏋️‍♀️In the links below, we cover what heavy work is, when heavy work is needed, and specific heavy work strategies that kids of all ages can do at home, in the classroom, or in their therapy session.
https://www.theottoolbox.com/heavy-work-activities/
https://www.theottoolbox.com/age-appropriate-chores/