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4 Friday, July 21, 2017 brooklintowncrier.com WORSHIP DIRECTORY WORSHIP DIRECTORY Burns Presbyterian Church 765 Myrtle Rd West (just 4 minutes north of Brooklin) 10am Worship, Kids Zone Fun & Nursery Care "Discovering God, Sharing God's Love" 905.655.8509 www.Burnschurch.org St. Thomas' Anglican Church 101 Winchester Road East Sunday Services: 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Program (10:30am) Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Communion and Healing Service 905-655-3883 www.stthomasbrooklin.ca Brooklin United Church 19 Cassels Rd. E. Sunday Services at 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Care www.brooklinunited.ca 905-655-4141 Come catch the Spirit! Renaissance Baptist Church of Brooklin 40 Vipond Road (Just West Of Library) Sunday Worship & Kids Program 10:30 a.m. 905-655-4554 www.brooklinrbc.ca We're here for Brooklin! Community Calendar If you have a community not-for-profit event you would like included in the calendar, please email it to editorofBTC@gmail.com with the subject line "calendar." Priority will be given to Brooklin events. Some editing may occur. Fri., July 28: 4:00 - 5:00 pm (4th Friday of each month) Teen Leadership Council at Brooklin Library Whitby Library's Brooklin Branch seeks Teen Leadership Council members to share ideas & assist with special events and programs. Grade 9-12 students earn community service hours. Snacks provided. No registration required. For information, email teenservices@ whitbylibrary.ca. Mondays: 6:30-7 pm: French Family Storytime: Children and their caregivers can join Madame Sue for weekly French Family Storytime! A half hour of French stories and songs, with a dash of English! Drop in at Central Library's Children's Program Room 1st & 3rd Tuesdays Community Care Durham (CCD) Basic Foot Care at St. Thomas' Angli- can Church. 905-668-6779 Mon-Fri CCD delivers hot or frozen meals. To order: Karen Andrews 905-668-6779 Our Brooklin Kids By Leanne Brown Just let me do it. My daughter got roller blades for her birthday. She couldn't wait to get them on her feet. After showing her how to put them on, adjusting the padding and helmet, I gave her a few instructions and helped her to her feet. Then I let her go to it. Yes, she fell a few times. She tried to stop as though on ice skates and fell. She got up. She tried stopping by dragging a toe and ended up in the splits. She figured out how to use the heel brake and coasted to a stop. And as she tried different things and made adjustments along the way, her confidence grew. The second day with her skates, she added a hockey stick to the equation. Day three, she had Dad in the net as she raced down the street to take a shot. My role in all this? Enthusiastic spectator to her learning experience. Good intentions As parents we tend to get very involved when our kids try new things. While our intentions are good, often we're robbing them of the experience of discovery and learning, the chance to uncover their own abilities through trial and error. Need proof? About 10 years ago, Baby Einstein videos and toys were a big trend with claims that these and brain-training tools would give kids the jump on learning. However, research showed the products didn't work at all. According to John Medina, author of Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five, "They had no positive effect on the vocabularies of the target audience, infants 17-24 months. Some did actual harm. For every hour per day the children spent watching certain baby DVDs and videos, the infants understood an average of six to eight fewer words than infants who did not watch them." Active learning The issue was that real learning isn't passive, it's active. In order for children (and adults) to learn, they need to do the activity and learn through experimentation so their brains can make a solid connection between the activity and the knowledge. In their research report "Active learning: Creating excitement in the classroom," co-authors C. Bonwell and J. Eison defined active learning as "involving students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing." Our two local schools boards use this best practice by using play-based learning in and out of the classroom. And it works! So how do we do this at home? If you want your child to learn something new, the best way to do it is to show them the basics, then get out of the way and let them do it on their own. Allow them to try and fail, fall down and get up. Let them learn along the way while encouraging their efforts. I leave you with this Asian proverb: I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand. Beware of Water Treatment Sales Tactics The Regional Municipality of Durham reminds residents that the Region does not sell nor endorse water filters or treatment equipment. The Region has been contacted by concerned residents inquiring about phone calls from salespersons who want access to their home to test the water or inspect the water service. In the past, salespersons have gone door-to-door making similar claims. "These phone calls are not from the Region of Durham," says Susan Siopis, Commissioner of Works. "The Region provides clean, safe drinking water, which meets provincial water quality standards. Our water undergoes daily monitoring and testing, and does not require further filtration or monitoring at residents' expense." If someone calls you or shows up at your door, remember the following to protect yourself from scams: Did you request this call or visit? Regional staff will not visit without sending an official letter to schedule an appointment. Never give out your personal information. Call the Region to confirm that the phone call or visit is legitimate. If you receive a phone call, don't feel pressured to agree to a home visit. If they come to your door, don't feel pressured to sign contracts on the spot, or to let anyone into your home. If they come to your door, ask for identification. All Regional employees and authorized contractors carry photo ID. Residents of all ages are invited to join us outside and enjoy the Town's new "Fresh Air in the Square" Zumba and family fitness classes in Downtown Whitby. The free activities, offered throughout July and August, are the first pilot project to launch from the Town's recent Colour the Square engagement campaign. Both activities will be led by qualified Fitness Instructors from the Town. No experience, pre-registration or equipment is required. Along with the public, media are invited to take part in the following: What: Free Zumba and family fitness classes led by the Town of Whitby When: Throughout July and August Zumba will run every Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. from July 13 to August 24 Family Fitness will run every Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. from July 15 to August 26 Where: Celebration Square located outside the Whitby Public Library's main branch (405 Dundas Street West, Whitby) The six-month Colour the Square engagement campaign gathered ideas on how to animate and activate Celebration Square year round as a community space. Of the more than 1,700 ideas from approximately 800 participants, recreation classes were one of the top ideas identified by the community. More projects and ideas will continue to be tested in Celebration Square in the coming months. Feedback will continue to be gathered throughout the various activations. For more information, visit whitby.ca/thesquare Free Zumba and Family Fitness at Whitby library