January 2005

WELCOME BACK!

We hope you all had a
wonderful holiday.

Thank you to all the parents for your thoughtful and generous wishes at Christmas.

The winter weather has arrived. We were due. We do not go outside unless the temperature is 20 degree or higher. Those little hands and ears still need gloves and hats. We need snow pants and boots to play in the snow.

PLEASE REMEMBER:

If you should change your phone number
at home or work or cell please notify us.

If you have a cell phone, please give us the number.

Medical News

The flu season has not begun according to the news.
Hand washing is the single most important thing we can do to prevent the spread of germs.
A simple as it sounds, there are suggested procedures from the National Health and Safety Performance Standards for proper hand washing which we all need to be aware of and to teach our children. Suggested procedures include:

1.	Turn on water.
2.	Moisten hands with water and apply liquid soap to hands. This is the hard part for children. They will apply sop first and then add water, thus rinsing off the soap.
3.	Rub hands together vigorously until a soapy lather appears and continue for at least 10 seconds. Rub areas between fingers, around nail beds, under fingernails, and back of hands.
4.	Rinse hands under running water until they are free of soap and dirt. Leave water running why drying hands.
5.	Dry hands with clean, disposable, single-use towel.
6.	Turn off faucet with disposal towel.
7.	Throw the disposable paper towel into a lined trash container.

There is a fun little song to sing with children when washing hands.

		Wash, wash, wash your hands Play this handy game. Rub and scrub, rub and scrub, Germs go down the drain.

JUST A REMINDER...
Change of Policy:

At the recommendation of the Health Department we will no longer administer over the counter medication without a note or fax from the children’s doctor. Prescription medication must be in the original container from the pharmacy. If your child should require medication the doctor can often prescribe the dosage twice a day, so that you are the only person administering the medication. Our new policy takes effect immediately.

Thank you for your understanding.

Miss Jo in the Toddler Room left us just before Christmas. We thank Jo
for all of her hard work and dedication to our littlest tots and
wish her luck in her new position.


	My three-year-old son loves to hear me read nursery rhymes out loud and is delighted when I make up rhyming poems. I know this kind of wordplay is good for him, but I'd like to know more. What do children learn from listening to rhymes?		Poems, rhymes and songs are natural tools for learning about language. If you've ever recited the nursery rhyme, played Itsy-Bitsy-Spider," or sung the children's song "If You're Happy And You Know It," You've been preparing your child for learning to read. Familiar songs and poems can strengthen your child's ability to hear the sounds of our language-a skill that will serve you child well as he learns to connect sounds with letters (phonics) in kindergarten and first grade. ---Susan B. Neuman, Ed.D.

Toys That Promote Diversity
•	Wooden or plastic figures of diverse people and animals. Look for a range of skin tomes in the dolls, puppets, crayons, and other materials you choose for your child's play.
•	Food boxes from ethnic grocery stores-such as Indian, Mexican, or Asian-for pretend play. The people and the paint on the boxes my be different from what your child is accustom to seeing, but they provide an opportunity for more conversation about people from different places.
•	Unique props that encourage dramatic play. Offer articles of clothing, such a kimonos or sari's from other cultures, and toys or instruments from grandparents or other relatives that reflect your child's origin and culture.
•	International coins and money.
---Thomas Moore Ph.D.

January Birthday List
Miss Lidia January 12^th
Kevin D. January 16^thJadarius C. January 16^thMiss Edith January 19^th
Jonathan H. January 25^thDon M. January 27^thTina I. January 29^th^{HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!!!}


WHAT'S HAPPENING...

Our Teddy Bears, the two's ... got into the Winter and holiday spirit by making mittens. We all wear mittens to keep our hands warm. We painted with glitter in red and green for Christmas. We made ornaments to hang on the tree at home and made friendship chains to decorate our room. We also made Christmas tree prints and then decorated them any way we wanted.


The Bunny Bunch, the threes ... during "Arctic Animals Week" made penguins and polar bears. We hung them from the ceiling and put them on our walls.


Our 4's, our Junior Kindergarten ... in honor of how Christmas is celebrated in Sweden we made St. Lucia Crowns We also enjoyed making and tracing their hands to make tree ornaments.


Our 5's, our Kindergartener's... when we talked about gingerbread men we made a gingerbread man glyph. The children listened to directions and colored their gingerbread man accordingly. We then talked about Winter and made snowmen. The children glued on a hat, scarf and two arms. They then decorated their snowman anyway they wanted.


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Medical News

JUST A REMINDER... Change of Policy:

JUST A REMINDER...
Change of Policy: