Q: Are your staff licensed?
RPNS employs trained, qualified and accountable Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECE). To learn more about what RECEs have to offer you and your children, we encourage you to explore the College of Early Childhood Educators website.
Q: Your nursery school is attached to a church. Is there any affiliation or religious programming?
Riverside Park Nursery School is a secular organization that operates independently of the Riverside United Church. Although we rent space from the facility and are grateful for their hospitality, we do not offer religious curriculum. We celebrate a variety of holidays and traditions -all families are welcome at RPNS!
Q: How do you make your play dough?
Riverside Park Nursery School PLAYDOUGH RECIPE
(not for eating, just for playing!)
In a bowl mix:
Store in ziplock bag or air tight container
Rice Flour Play Dough: Gluten/Wheat Free Recipe
Here is a new recipe for rice flour play dough in consideration of our friends who must avoid gluten/wheat.
Ingredients:
Mix flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a large pot. Add water and oil.
Cook over medium heat until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan (about 5 minutes), stirring constantly.
Add vanilla extract (this is purely to add aroma). Mix thoroughly. Put play dough on a clean surface. When cool enough to handle, knead lightly.
Store in airtight container.
Add food coloring to the water to make colored play dough. Add sparkles during the hand mixing for sparkly play dough. Wear gloves.
(not for eating, just for playing!)
In a bowl mix:
- 1 cup of salt
- 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 Tbsp cream of tartar
- 2 pkgs Koolaid crystals (or add food colouring)
- 2 cups of boiling water
- 2 ½ cups of flour
Store in ziplock bag or air tight container
Rice Flour Play Dough: Gluten/Wheat Free Recipe
Here is a new recipe for rice flour play dough in consideration of our friends who must avoid gluten/wheat.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups rice flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- 2 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp. oil
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- Food coloring or sparkles (optional)
Mix flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a large pot. Add water and oil.
Cook over medium heat until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan (about 5 minutes), stirring constantly.
Add vanilla extract (this is purely to add aroma). Mix thoroughly. Put play dough on a clean surface. When cool enough to handle, knead lightly.
Store in airtight container.
Add food coloring to the water to make colored play dough. Add sparkles during the hand mixing for sparkly play dough. Wear gloves.
