When you check-in at Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort, you will be given a schedule of activities for the week. These include crafts, tours, music, nature walks, food, songs and more. I was excited to see multiple programs for 2-4 year olds and promptly signed Tink up for a few.
The activities geared for preschoolers were held at either 9:00 or 9:30 AM and were free but they asked you to make reservations. During busy seasons, the classes can fill up and during slow season, they need to know if anyone at all will be attending. Tink was the only child in the 4 classes/craft times in which she participated.
The three photos below are from the "Getting to Know Birds" class. The Cast Member's name is Gweneth and she was great with Tink. They looked at photos of birds and talked about what the birds ate then pretended to eat like birds with clothespins for beaks. Then it was craft time and story time. All of the classes lasted about a half hour, just right for little attention spans. An adult must stay with the child and my husband, DisneyDad and I took turns accompanying her. Her other "class" was about butterflies and she made a bead necklace with her name and a straw cup at the two craft times.
Tink loved the attention from the Cast Members and quickly settled in to each activity. Since she normally attends preschool three mornings a week, this was a great way to continue learning on vacation. We even took advantage of craft time on our last morning to keep Tink busy while we did our final packing.
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| Cleaning up after "eating like birds" |
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| Making a bird puppet |
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| Story time |
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| Each day's activities are posted on this board near the shop and take-out counter |
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| A little different each day |
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| Art project from butterfly class |
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| Crown from toddler arts & crafts |
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Personalized cup from arts & crafts time |
Looks like a lot of fun! And I love Tink's face in that first pic!
ReplyDeleteThat photo was a happy accident. I think it's hysterical. :)
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