It was a usual Saturday afternoon in our household. When we were done with our lunch, my kids watched their favorite cartoon on television. I glanced at their faces and realized that they looked bored. The other night, my younger son counted how many more days he has to wait before school starts on our wall calendar. I felt that I have to find a way to make this summer vacation a totally different experience for my children.
The same night we went to McDonald's Katipunan Branch and I saw the store's announcement for
McDonald's Kiddie Crew 2012. It is McDonald's annual summer activity for kids. McDonald's care so much for children and they show it through the
McDonald's Kiddie Crew 2012 program. Wherein they teach children the importance of team work, friendship and cleanliness. At an early age kids will learn how to value hard work while having fun. Registration is until April 30, 2012 in participating McDonald's stores.
McDonald's Kiddie Crew 2012 is a 5-day workshop where kids will learn how to greet customers the McDonald's way, on-floor training, art work and serving the customers in the drive-thru and front counter stations. For only P550, kids will experience a meaningful vacation. Registration fee includes free bag, shirt, ID with lace and cap plus free snacks.
At first, my hubby was hesitant of the idea of enrolling our kids. He was worried that our boys won't participate well but I convinced him eventually to give it a try. And again, it only proves that mothers know best...because our kids enjoyed the workshop so much. Our boys went through the April 20-27, 2012 schedule and trained (or I better say played) for 2 hours per day.
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| L-R, my cousin Analee, my younger son Allen and his "Kuya" Ian |
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| Hi Ronald McDonald! |
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| Ian, posing at the front counter station |
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| Good job, Allen! |
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| So sweet...he smiled and said "Thank you for coming, please come again." |
Don't worry parents, before the workshop there will be an orientation. During the orientation, there will be a short tour inside the store, distribution of uniforms and of course a detailed discussion on everything our little kids will do during the workshop.
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| Orientation on April 21, 2012, Sunday |
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| Distribution of shirt, cap and bag |
On the last day of the workshop is a mini graduation. Kids receive their certificates, eat their favorite McDonald's meal, sing, dance, play and receive special awards.
My sons' certificates:
Ian's special awards:
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| L-R Best Runner and Best Drive-thru Assembler |
Allen's special awards:
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| L-R Best in Front Counter and Best Drive-thru Assembler |
Kids also sang the Make it Happen song and danced the Ronald McDonald dance. They ate a McChicken meal...
That's not all! Remember, the last day of the workshop is called the Kiddie Crews' MINI graduation right? That's because
McDonald's Kiddie Crew 2012 will be having a GRAND graduation. Yes, a grand graduation! All McDonald's Kiddie Crews will join in one big event where there will be more games, food, songs and dance numbers and... loads of FUN. Tickets for the grand graduation will be given at the McDonald's branch where your kid had his workshop.We're waiting for our tickets. Thank you McDonald's for the happiness you continuously bring to my children.
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It's really one of those worthwhile activities that teach kids good values. At a young age, they are already exposed to the realities of work life.
This is a nice activity for kids. I will definitively try this on my son once he's on the right age. Thanks for sharing!
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it looks so fun. thanks for sharing this, paglaki ng anak, i will enroll him in this workshop. =)
they're all so cute!
awesome summer activity for the kids...
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I want to do this when I was young. haha
this is a great summer activity for kids, they can learn how to mingle with other kids and adults...plus eat all those mcdo faves ;)
That's a really cool experience for the kids to be able to try out working in Mc Donalds. I'm sure that your kids really enjoyed themselves there.
This is a great experience for kids. They have fun and learn at the same time.
Looked like they really enjoyed their "work" at McDonalds!
I wanted this for my son, but had to pass up the opportunity as we were requested to go through a special summer program from school. Next year, we'll definitely join in.
My nephew registered for Kiddie crew last year. But he didn't enjoyed it because most of the kiddie crews are much younger than his age.
But this is a great experience for a kid.Definitely I will register my kid to this kind of summer activity.
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Good job to everyone. I've seen so many happy faces on those photos. :)
This is so cool an fun thing to do
:-) The kids pretend to work as Mcdo crew :-)
Your kid is very grateful for you for giving him the first hand experience to serve as a kiddie crew in McDo. For kind of experience, your kid has gained social skill like catering to the needs of every customer by serving their orders, etc.
I always wanted my kids to experience MCDO or Jolibee summer kids crew but they were interested in some other things...
What a memorable summer!
that must be full of excitement. i wanted for peachy to take part but she needs to study before the regular school this june.
That's a great summer activity for the kids. Good job, mommy!
Its true, mother knows best. For sure the kids enjoyed those activities.
For sure the kids enjoyed those activities very much.
My kids would have loved doing that... wish it was around when they were younger.
Interns at a young age. It could be a great experience for kids. I'm just worried that my sons might bring chaos to McDo. Haha!
These are worthwhile,educational activities. I will have my daughter attend something like this when she grows up
what I like at Mcdo is that they really give effort to interact with their customers specially children. I hope they will have this for the coming years.
looks fun! this is a nice, worthwhile activity for the summer, too bad I wasn't able to enroll my son.
This is a good way to spend summer vacation at the same time kids are learning.
That's very cool! I'm sure the kids enjoyed their stint at McDonald'S!
Thanks for sharing!
Lizzie, Jessica Cassidy, grace, green Monday, Sanna, kat, Jona, nelsonRN, Anne Lei, Gelo, Lady Bren and radamethyst, thank you for placing your comments. I hope you enjoyed reading our story as much as I enjoyed seeing my kids' McDo Kiddie Crew adventure.
So interesting..I can see that your kids really had fun.I cant wait to enroll my twins..What age ba dapat? 3years old palang kasi yung twins ko:)
Interesting! I can see that your kids really had fun.
I cant wait for the time that my kids can enroll also..Is there an age limit?
Hi miekee, It was really a fun experience for the kids. Yes there is an age limit: 5-12 years old :)
It looks fun but I'm not a fan of Mcdonald's or any fast food establishments so I don't think I would've signed up my kid to this activity. However, if he knew about this, he'd probably beg me to let him do this.
And by the way, captcha is annoying.
This is one way of teaching the kids responsibility.
Oh the kids, they're so cute. Good job to your sons! I remember watching kids in a similar crew at McDo Matalino a couple years back. So adorable. And McDo's program is really commendable. :)
I've always wanted to join their kiddie crew, but never got the chance. Now I'm waaaaaay beyond the age limit, I'm just waiting for my daughter to reach the limit. :)
Btw, I'm visiting late for BC Bloggers. Hope you could drop by my page some time. :)
Yes, children should have an experience to learn how to work but make it fun at the same time. Kudos to McDo for this wonderful idea. Hopefully my kid will get to experience this too.
*Thanks mommy Paula for commenting. *Hi verna, I haven't visited the other blogs too. I'll drop by your page :)
*Thank you shadz for praising my cute kids
*Hi, Miss Chievous Thanks for dropping by.
*Geca, thanks to the link Mommy Paula have in her email I learned what captcha is and what to do about it.
I was supposed to enroll my kids last April but totally forgot about it because of my job, huhuhu! So nice to see the kids enjoyed their workshop. Nice one from McDo, hihi! Hopefully next year my boys will get the chance to experience this kind of workshop. Thanks for sharing sis! ;)
Hi Ms. Gaylee I hope you could enroll your boys next year. It's really fun :) My kids thanked me after the workshop and I felt so happy.
for sure the kids enjoyed it and nice experience as well..
They looked like they enjoyed! It's a cool activity!
Hi Cym Marzan, my kids sure did enjoy it:)
When Sophia gets bigger I want her to experience this. I think this is humbling experience.
my youngest daughter also attended the kiddie crew workshop two years ago and she also had a great time. she couldn't forget the day when she was asked to assist in the drive-thru section. :-)
my son haven't tried this kind of activities because we don't have McDos here:( nakakainggit lang ...
Next summer I will encourage my little boy to join Kiddie Crew program..the kids will definitely treasure this experience..
I first encountered this kiddie crew in a McDonald branch in Libis. I thought it was cute how the children are being taught how to greet people politely and how to accomplish tasks.
My only reservations on this is that I'm planning on not exposing my future kids to fastfood at an early age. Its been really hard for me to get it out of my system. I don't want my kids to have to go through that :(
Ang galing naman ng mcdo. Siguro kung ako yung bata, I'll never forget the experience. I'll feel like I'm an insider to my fave fastfood joint.
Hi Rae oo nga my kids still brag about their experience until now.
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