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Happy Spring! With the weather warming up, we are looking forward to a lot more outdoor fun!

At HMB Preschool we are ready to explore our new garden! Stay tuned! More info and pics coming soon! In April the children will learn about insects, where they live, and why they are important. We will read fun stories, do bug themed crafts, and go on mini bug adventures! We will explore the beauty of spring by learning about flowers and what they need to grow. The children will continue planting and enjoy some colorful art projects inspired by nature.

At HMB School Age center the children enjoyed a festive egg hunt and ice cream party to celebrate the arrival of spring. During spring break, the children enjoyed making bracelets, creating playdough, and going on neighborhood walks. Throughout the month, the children will also explore a variety of spring themed art activities, using materials such as oil pastels and watercolors to inspire their creativity. 

At El Granada School Age center the children enjoyed an egg hunt, a beach day with lots of sun and sand play, a park day with lots of games, a picnic and exploring nature, a PJ day with books, stories and cuddles and a western day complete with boots, hats and  yeehaw spirit! 

At Montara Preschool the children are focusing on activities and projects involving planting, bugs, and Earth Day! 

At Montara School Age the children are involved in activities focusing on weather, bugs, plants, rainbows and animals that live in or around the water. 

In addition both Montara centers have a brand new large outdoor storage shed plus a new paint job on their buildings and decks, thanks to Rebuilding Together! More pics and info on this coming soon!

December was a fun and very busy month at our centers!

At our HMB Preschool the children focused on the winter season and all the holiday celebrations. The children made snow and gingerbread scented play dough, their own ornaments, gingerbread cookies in their chef hats, explored holiday sensory bins and decorated a class gingerbread house that the kids decided to name "Sticky Rainbow, Chocolate, French Toast, Marshmallow."

At our HMB School Age center the children worked on their class gingerbread houses to enter into the contest for the CCP annual Gingerbread House Event at the Oceano Hotel. Room A made a Candy Land house and Room B made a Beach Chill House. The kids also made pinecone trees, paper roll snowmen, put up the Christmas tree and decorated the classrooms!

At our EG School Age center the children, aside from all the activities at the center, the children enjoyed Nights of Lights, the Gingerbread House Event and an agency wide Holiday Family Potluck.

At our Montara Preschool the children continued focusing on writing the letters of their names, counting and sorting, expanding friendships and social skills, group table activities and conversations. All the projects were about the winter season and the holidays. And of course, the children enjoyed all the CCP holiday events, including the parade!

At our Montara School Age program, in addition to all the winter and holiday projects and activities and events, the children had jobs and tasks assigned to encourage taking care of their classroom and space. And the children earned extra time doing extra fun activities like special games with teachers and educational games. 

We hope all our children and families enjoyed their time off and all the holiday activities and time with family. Happy New Year! And welcome back to a new exciting year ahead!

Night of Lights Parade! We’re excited to celebrate another magical evening together, and we’d love to have our
CCP community participate. CCP families & friends and CCP Staff are invited to walk in this year's Night of Lights
HMB Parade on Friday Dec 5. 

Our group usually gathers along Purisima Street between HMB Library and Filbert Street starting @ 5:30 (under a
light if possible). Look for CCP Staff, CCP Banner, and children & families from our CCP Agency and "Estrella" our
CCP Christmas tree mascot.

Parade is scheduled to begin moving at 6:00pm on Friday Dec 5, 2025.

Reminder: come early as possible there will be a lot of traffic and limited parking. Wagons & strollers are
welcome. Bring battery powered Xmas lights/necklaces etc. Our group is encouraged to wear Holiday colors
GREEN, RED, WHITE 

***We all understand that there is NO CANDY THROWING during the parade, no children under 18 are permitted
to walk next to motorized entries, that all motorized entries must have a walking adult escort on each side of the
float during the parade, and there may be NO PEOPLE (adults or children) DRESSED UP LIKE SANTA (it confuses
the little kids and the Chamber has a Santa already) Thank you for your family's cooperation of following the
​HMB Chamber rules for this parade :)