Pass the Popcorn!

Today, the Life Skills students walked to Todos Santos Plaza for lunch in the park. After, we all walked to the Brenden Movie Theaters to see The Jungle Book. 

Enjoying lunch before the movie.

All smiles!

Socializing during lunch.

Ready for the movie to start! 

Tuesday Treat

 Tuesday afternoon is Healthy Snack Making Class with Kathy! We've made tons of yummy treats like yogurt parfaits, kumquat cookies, and peach smoothies. Today we learned how to make bean dip with cilantro from our garden. It was delicious!

Recycling Class: Go Green!

  "On Thursday afternoon, we have Go Green/Recycling Class with Melissa. In this class, I learned how to recycle differently. I like this class because it makes me be more aware of our environment and what I can do to help out as it is slowly being destroyed by pollution." -Steve-O

Steve's Blog

Arts & Crafts: Faces of our Friends

Tyler carefully painting his craft sticks.

In Arts & Crafts class, we painted popsicle sticks and made frames. Some of the other projects we've done recently are vases for our gardening class, keychains, magnets, checkbook covers for Mother's Day, and coming up are notepads! 

Keep Calm & Do Yoga

"In yoga class, we do poses like the Warrior. I like this class because it’s relaxing and it will make me stronger. Sometimes I do yoga with my sister." –Sarah

"Yoga exercises my body and my brain. We do breathing exercises and meditate. I like it because it’s challenging and something I’ve never done before." -Jose

Helping Hands.

Every week, a group of Life Skills students volunteer at the Monument Crisis Center in Concord. The students measure and sort food for MCC to distribute. The Monument Crisis Center had a thank you breakfast for their volunteers last week that a few of the students attended. 

Nicole: "At MCC, we pack bags of oatmeal and rice. I like volunteering at MCC because I like to help people have food." 

Jenny: "We had yogurt, pastries, and coffee at the Thank You breakfast.
They gave us a chocolate bar and a thank you note." 

Caring for Critters

In our Caring for Critters class, we have been learning about dogs and how to care for them. Karen brought in her dog, Duke, and we learned how to brush them. We really loved having Duke come visit us, he was very sweet! 

Field Trip to Soul Food Farm

On Tuesday, we had a field trip to Soul Food Farm in Vacaville. We had lunch, went on a tour of the farm, saw the animals, and learned about farming. It was a great day for all!

Excited to arrive at the farm!

Eggs and lavender water for sale.

The group.

Some of the students checking out the chickens.

"I liked Stan the Cow!" -Jessica

Before a tour of the farm, we got the chance to ask the owner
of Soul Food Farm lots of questions. 

Wanda the goat. 

Cooking Up a Storm!

In our Friday cooking class, we learn how to follow recipes, safely prepare our own meals, and also learn the importance of good nutrition! 

The cooking group. 

"Rainbow Potatoes!"

Ulyssis the proud cook.

Eating our meal for lunch!