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Meet our New Literacy Coordinator!
With our booming and ever-growing tutoring program at GiGi’s Playhouse, we needed some extra help! Meet Lizbeth Rodriguez, who is our new Literacy Coordinator and will be helping with anything tutors and families need during their sessions. We’ve been hard at work creating the schedule for the Summer 2019 session for literacy and math tutoring.…
Read MoreSpring Means Exciting Updates!
Spring is finally here! This means warmer weather, spring cleaning, and refreshing new activities and updates with the programs at GiGi’s Playhouse. A few of our programs have awesome new program leaders who are fully dedicated to making the programs the best they can be! Here are some of the new highlights you don’t want…
Read MoreWorld Down Syndrome Day!
Today is the day! The day when the world recognizes and celebrates Down syndrome, and March 21 represents 321, or the triplicate of the 21st chromosome, and we all know that extra chromosomes means extra AMAZING! Individuals with Down syndrome are just like everyone else, and finding that common ground to connect with them makes…
Read MoreSkip the Sippy!
The sippy has so many wonderful features… mainly its convenience! It’s spill-proof, easy to carry for your child, can be taken on the go, and is practically indestructible from all the tosses, bumps, and drops it encounters daily. Now when the professionals (typically dentists, speech language pathologists, and pediatricians) are telling you to toss the…
Read MoreGiGi’s has made an impact that will last a lifetime
We received our official membership to the Down syndrome community on April 21, 2017. That was the day that our son Hudson entered our lives. Since that very first day, I knew that we were joining a special community full of passionate people. GiGi’s Playhouse is blessed with many of these advocates and has played…
Read MoreFun Indoor Speech Tools!!!
As we hopefully are closing out these colder days of being stuck indoors here are some fun way to refine speech and language skills while confined inside. First up, Buzz Blast. Kids will delight in the timed task of coming up with original answers to four challenges: describing the differences between two pictures in “Check…
Read MoreFriends, Fun & Fitness- Volunteer Spotlight
I had recently returned from living in South Africa for 3 months volunteering at a care centre for children with special needs and was picking up Indian food takeout when I walked by the Hoffman Estates Gigi’s Playhouse. As soon as I got home I looked up the playhouse online to see what exactly…
Read MoreGiGi’s Playhouse was the perfect fit!
My name is Francesca Lenzi and I learned about GiGi’s Playhouse through my cousin. My cousin had been connected with GiGi’s because their family friend’s son has gone to GiGi’s since he was young. I participated in the 5k when I was younger and I am currently a program volunteer as the coach of two…
Read MoreWhy GiGi’s? | Elizabeth
If you visit GiGi’s Playhouse Hoffman Estates for our fabulous no cost, purposeful programing you know our amazing Programing Coordinator, Elizabeth. We wanted to share a bit more about this amazing lady with you all, so we asked her tell us “why GiGi’s?” ……. My Background: I grew up in in the south…
Read MoreLeaps and Bounds!
Join us for our next Leaps and Bounds program on May 15th 2017 at 11:00a.m.!! This program runs once a month on the third Saturday of every month. This program is recommended for children ages 3-5 years old. This program is best run in partnership with the entire family. A program leader and co-leader…
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