The newsletter of the Florida State University’s Childcare & Early Learning Programs

Infant &

Toddler

Center

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Volume 36/Issue No. 5

Children’s

Center

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December 2014

Inside this Issue

Around

town

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Parenting

Tips

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CCAMPIS grant helps Pell grant students and Military connected families

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The FSU Childcare Infant and Toddler Program has received the CCAMPIS grant. This grant supports participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through the pro-vision of campus-based child care ser-vices, specifically those parents that are eligible for or receiving Pell grant funds.

The grant also supports students of mili-tary connected families. A“Military Con-nected Family student” is defined as an FSU student who is a U.S. veteran or in active duty status or has a spouse who is a veteran or in active duty status in the Ar-my, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps., Coast Guard, or National Guard.

Tuition rates for the Infant and Toddler Center can be found on page 2. In order for us to ensure that you are receiving the correct rate, please contact us and let us know if you fall into one or both of the following categories:

If you are receiving Pell grant funds.

If you are eligible for Pell grant funds (you are an undergraduate) but are not receiving Pell grant funds.

If you or your spouse are a U.S. mili-tary veteran or on active duty status.

Thank you for continuing to be a part of the FSU Childcare program.

As a child, few things compare the joy of experiencing and participating in the holi-day traditions of our family. As children, everything is new. Everything is magical. The days leading up to a holiday are filled with bustling adults, smiling faces, well wishes, music and hope for what is to come. The anticipation of presents, or families members getting to-gether creates an atmosphere of excitement. About the only thing that tops it, is being a par-ent and reliving those times through the eyes of our children. As adults, these times are also exciting but can be a time of stress. We are no longer passive participants in the festivities, we are responsible for planning, buying, cooking and all the activities that go into creating the magic of the holidays. My family celebrates the traditional American holidays. For me, the best time of the year is the Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas stretch. As my children have grown older and taller, little has changed in our house when we celebrate these holidays. We still watch the It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown at Halloween, but we have added Young Franken-stein. Thanksgiving involves watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade. We have the same food each year and everyone looks forward to eating it. Forget to prepare one dish and that Thanksgiving is labeled the one where you forgot the sweet potato casserole. Christmas, of course, is the big day. My kids, in addition to their real gifts, still get the Christmas “Bling” from Santa, but now it consists of gag gifts and nostalgic gifts from the Dollar Tree. Believe it or not they look forward to it! Over the years we have established rituals and memories that make Christmas one of

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Holidays are more than presents The real gifts are the memories

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The Little Noles is a monthly publication of The FSU Child Development Programs, 942 Learning Way, University Housing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4174, (850) 644-7970. The information contained herein is considered adequate notification of activities, tuition notification and policies and procedures. The Little Noles is also available in alternative formats upon request. Material submitted for publication must be type-written and submitted by the 15th of each month. The Little Noles is distributed to the parents of The FSU Child Development Programs, selected university administrators, staff, and support personnel.

FSU Child Development Programs Monday-Friday 7:30 AM- 5:30PM Associate Director, Tiffany Karnisky 850-644-5664 tkarnisky@admin.fsu.edu Program Associate, Brenda Thompkins Grants Analyst, Bill Stacey Telephone: 644–7970 Fax: 644-8565 157-01 Herlong Drive Tallahassee, FL 32310-4174

Infant and Toddler Center DCF License #C02LE0260 Monday-Friday 7:30 AM- 5:30PM Center Director, Dana Johnson Telephone: 644-0003 330 Pennell Circle #1 Tallahassee, FL 32310

Children’s Center DCF License #C02LE0519 Monday-Friday 7:30AM- 5:30PM Center Director, Beth Roberts Telephone: 645-9576 169 Herlong Drive Tallahassee, FL 32310

FSU Child Development Program Contact Information

December 2014

Tuition Rates. Tuition rates are assessed according to parent sta-tus. Non-refundable registration fee $10 upon enrollment and each Sept. 1, thereafter. Tuition is cal-culated on 44 weeks of care or 11 months. Tuition is not charged in August. Tuition is due on the first day of the month; late by the 10th day. Student Rate To receive the student rate, un-dergraduate parents must be reg-istered for a minimum of 6 hours and graduate student parents must be registered for a minimum of 3 semester hours. During the sum-mer semester, if a student parent is not enrolled, to receive the stu-dent rate during the summer se-mester, the parent must be regis-

Infant and Toddler Center

Effective January 1, 2015 Infant and Toddler Center

Pell Recipient/Eligible student parent $536 Pell Recipient/Eligible student parent $536

Military Connected Family student parent $603 Military Connected Family student parent $603

FSU Full-Time Student $670 FSU Student $670

FSU Part-Time Student $749 FSU Faculty/Staff $749

Non-Student $817 Alumni/Community $817

Children’s Center Children’s Center

FSU Full-Time Student $529 FSU Student $529

FSU Part-Time Student $631 FSU Faculty/Staff $631

Non-Student $885 Alumni/Community $885

VPK Parent Portion VPK Parent Portion

FSU Full-Time Student $237 FSU Student $237

FSU Part-Time Student $339 FSU Faculty/Staff $339

Non-Student $593 Alumni/Community $593

Tuition Rates 2014-2015

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tered at as student for the preceding spring semester and upcoming fall semester. Pell Recipient/Eligible student (under Infant and Toddler Center CCAMPIS Grant) To receive the Pell Grant student parent rates, the parent must be eli-gible to receive or be receiving Pell Grant funds.

Military Connected Family stu-dent (under Infant and Toddler Center CCAMPIS Grant) To receive the Military connected student parent rate, the student must be in veteran or active duty status or have a spouse in veteran or active duty status. Faculty/Staff Rate To receive the Faculty/Staff rate, parents must be employed as an FSU faculty member, OPS, USPS or A&P staff member, FSU Visit-ing Scholar/Researcher /Post Doc. FSU employees enrolled as special students or as a student using the university tuition waiver will re-ceive the Faculty/Staff rate. School Readiness Subsidies. Par-ents will be responsible for paying the full amount of tuition at the stated rate above before the 10th of each month. Any subsidies from the School Readiness Program will be applied as a credit to your ac-count when it is received from the agency. Information on applying for the School Readiness Program. All families interested in receiving child care tuition assistance through the School Readiness pro-gram must complete an application on the unified Wait List. The Early

Learning Coalition of the Big Bend Region, Inc. (ELC) is currently en-rolling families into the School Readiness program. The School Readiness program provides tuition assistance to eligible families who are working and/or attending school for a minimum of 20 hours per week. To enroll on the ELC’s Wait List https://spe.schoolreadiness.org/pe/ See more at: http://www.elcbigbend.org/Parents/School-Readiness-Waitlist#sthash.pKz5MBPj.dpuf

The NAEYC for Families website at http://families.naeyc.org/ offers a wealth of information and resources for parents of young chil-dren. ***************************** Families Today features articles from Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and Dr. Joshua Sparrow. Dr. Brazelton, re-nowned pediatrician and behaviorist and child development expert, and Dr. Sparrow, child psychiatrist, offer parents reassuring information and tips on the developing child. Topics includes articles and even more tips for parents.

December 2014

Dec. 3, 2014

Last day for community college, FSU, and FAMU students to submit Spring 2015 Coopera-tive Program applications. Official Thesis/Dissertation manuscript approval deadline, 408 Westcott.

Dec. 5, 2014

Last Day of Classes. Last day to reduce course load, if permitted, by the Academic Dean. Last day to officially withdraw from the Universi-ty. Last day to apply for AA Certificate at the Office of Undergraduate Studies, UCA 3400 Last day for thesis, dissertation and treatise stu-dents to receive an email from Manuscript Clear-ance confirming final clearance in order to remain eligible for a degree this term

Dec. 8–12, 2014 Final Exam Week.

Dec. 10, 2014 Last day of classes for International Programs (IP) Fall Session.

Dec. 12, 2014

Semester Ends. Last day to submit extensions for "incomplete" grades by 4:00 p.m. Last day to turn in ServScript hours online. Veterans' Deferments Expire. Full tuition pay-ment must be received to avoid a late payment fee. Commencement, Civic Center, 7:30 p.m. Diplomas dated this date.

Dec. 13, 2014 Residence Halls close at noon. Commencement, Civic Center, 9:00 a.m.

Dec. 16, 2014 Online Grades Due by 4:00 p.m.

Dec. 17, 2014 Grades available online.

FSU REGISTRAR CALENDAR

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Dorothy B. Oven Park

Holiday Light Display

December 1-December 31

Celebrate the season with an evening stroll or drive through 250,000 twinkling lights, holiday music and cheer at Dorothy B. Oven Park.

Elf Night

December 18

Santa’s elves have their own appearance booked at Dorothy B. Oven Park. With more than 250,000 lights twinkling against the night sky, the park has been transformed into a winter wonderland! Visitors are invit-ed to stroll the grounds n enjoy hot cider, cocoa and cookies.

On Campus & Around Town

On Campus http://calendar.fsu.edu/Lists/Calendar/calendar.aspx http://union.fsu.edu/events/

Around Town http://fun4tallykids.com/Calendar/

week.listevents/2014/06/03/ http://www.visittallahassee.com/events/

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Winter Festival –

a Celebration of Lights,

Music and Arts

December 6 FREE fun for the entire family includes the 3k Jingle Bell Run, Nighttime Holiday Parade and the lighting ceremony turning the Chain of Parks into a Winter Wonderland, five stages of local live entertainment, live candy making demonstrations, an expanded children’s activity area, food vendors, arts and crafts merchants and holiday illumination displays. Schedule of Activities 9:00am - 3:00pm: Riley House Museum's annual Culture 2 Cul-ture Rock-A-Thon at Cascades Park 3:00 - 10:00pm:

Five stages of entertainment - Various locations throughout downtown

Candy Cane Lane - A seasonal stroll through McCarty Park

Youth Ornament Tree Decorating Contest - McCarty Park

Food vendors - Along Park Avenue, Adams Street and College Avenue

Arts, crafts and a variety of exhibitors - In Ponce de Leon Park and on Park and College Avenues

Children's activity area featuring hands-on craft ac-tivities and bounce houses - Kleman Plaza

Tallahassee On Ice - Ice skating at Kleman Plaza - opening session

6:00pm: Lighting Ceremony - Bloxham Park at Monroe Street 6:15pm: Jingle Bell Run, sponsored by Capital Health Plan 7:15pm: Nighttime Holiday Parade, sponsored by City of Talla-hassee Your Own Utilities For more information, call 850-891-3866 or go to http://www.talgov.com/parks/parks-winter.aspx.

Winter Solstice Celebration December 14

Holiday tradition celebrating both Native American and Spanish cultures and observing the occasion of the “sun standing” at its southernmost point in the sky. Activities in-clude a commemorative Mass, a drum circle, Muskogee stomp dancing, sun and stargazing, storytellers, arts & crafts and food. Information: http://www.missionsanluis.org/

Page 5 Little Noles The Infant & Toddler Center

The semester is winding down and we are quickly approach-ing Winter Break. Even though we will be spending time with our families and friends, we’ll be thinking of our young friends and their families and hope that everyone enjoys their break.

Last month we continued all things fall including Fall Holidays!! We finished up with some Halloween and we moved on to Thanksgiving. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break and enjoyed the extra time spent with their families.

This month we are enjoying getting into the spirit of the holidays with the cooler weather and festivities. This month we will be working on Winter Holidays. We will learn all about the different celebrations from around the world including Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa to name a few. We will be doing art activities like snowflakes on the windows, glitter Christmas trees, handprint menorahs, and Kwanzaa candles. We will also make holly and holiday lights to decorate the room with. We will paint with silver and gold, red and green and marble paint with white and red. We will go on a nature walk to collect pinecones to take back to school to use for painting and art. We will also make ginger bread boys and girls and sugar cookies to decorate.

We will read Winter Lights by Anna Grossnickle Hines and Teddy Bears Trim the Tree by Sam Wil-liams along with some of our other favorite books.

We will sing songs like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, and “Frosty the Snowman.”

Read any Holiday books you may have at home. Talk about and involve your child in any Holi-day traditions you and your family have. Point out Holiday things you may see around town

and talk about them. (go by the Christ-mas Trees outside of the store, let your child smell them, touch them and talk about what color they are for example). We would also like to invite parents to come in and share family holiday tradi-

tions, stories or recipes with us, sign up with Ms. Dana for a time.

A special thank you to the families who joined us for the Home-coming Parade, it turned out great and a good time was had by all!!!

Happy Holidays from all of us here at the FSU Infant Toddler Center!

December 2014

Page 6 Little Noles The Children’s Center

In November the Center was introduced to a new and exciting top-ic! The children and staff learned all about Medieval Times! The children were so excited about this theme we expanded it to include stories of dragons, unicorns and Fairy Tales. The extended study ena-bled us to focus some attention on the differences between real and pretend. That’s always little tricky at this age of concrete thinking! We enjoyed a visit from three members of the Barony of Oldenfield, North Florida’s Society for Creative Anachronisms, Inc. They were dressed as a peasant, a lady, and as a page! The children were able to see and touch a real knight’s helmet, chain mail, and a toy similar to what medieval children would have played with. We concluded the month celebrating Thanksgiving by shar-ing a meal together with mixed age classes and making our very own pumpkin pies!

In December, we will learn about winter celebrations like Hanukkah, Posa-das, Christmas, St. Lucia’s Day, and Kwanzaa. We will also share about the

family traditions in our homes. The chil-dren will create classroom decorations, snowmen, and special ornaments to share with their families and the Alzheimer’s Project.

The children will sing many songs like “Jingle Bells,” “Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer,” “Feliz Navidad,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and “Deck the Halls.” The letter for December is G for Gingerbread. The children will enjoy making Grinch cookies and gingerbread, too!

Parents will be invited for confer-ences and to share about how their family celebrates the Holidays. Here are some ideas to keep your child’s skills sharp as you enjoy time together during the holi-day break. Encourage and allow time for dress up and pretend play. During family time find fun ways to practice fine motor skills through drawing holiday or other pictures, cutting scrap wrapping paper, wrapping gifts and cooking with you! Many online sites have great children’s art

and other projects you can

do at home without buying a lot of craft materials. Make up your own I Spy or other games to help with letter, word and number recognition. Most of all - have fun just being together!

From the FSU Children’s Center Staff

December 2014

Page 7 Little Noles Parenting Tips December 2014

The holidays are an exciting time of year for kids, and to help ensure they have a safe holiday season, here are some tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Trees When purchasing an artificial tree,

look for the label "Fire Resistant." When purchasing a live tree, check for

freshness. A fresh tree is less of a fire hazard. A fresh tree is green, needles are hard to pull from branches and when bent between your fingers, the needles don't break.

When setting up a tree at home, place it away from fireplaces and portable heaters.

Check all tree lights before hanging them on your tree to make sure there are no frayed wires, broken sockets or loose connections.

Lights Before using lights outdoors, check

labels to be sure they have been certi-fied for outdoor use. To hold lights in place, string them through hooks or insulated staples, not nails or tacks. Never pull or tug on lights to remove them.

Turn off all lights when you go to bed or leave the house. The lights could short out and start a fire.

Decorations Only use flame resistant materials to

trim a tree. In homes of small children, take spe-

cial care to avoid decorations that are sharp or breakable, keep trimmings with small removable parts out of the reach of children to avoid the child swallowing or inhaling small pieces, and avoid trimmings that resemble candy or food that may tempt a child to eat them.

Toy Safety Follow recommended age ranges on

toy packages. Toys that are too ad-vanced could be a safety hazard for younger children.

Before buying a toy or allowing your child to play with a toy that he has received as a gift, read the instructions carefully. If the toy is appropriate for your child, show him how to use it properly.

Be careful of holiday gift wrapping, like bags, paper, ribbons and bows. These items can pose suffocation and choking hazards to a small child.

Happy Visiting Remember that the homes you visit

may not be child- proofed. Keep an eye out for danger spots.

Keep a laminated list with all of the important phone numbers you or a baby-sitter are likely to need in the case of an emergency. Include the police and fire dept., your pediatri-cian, and the poison control center.

The time of year is here when parents and children are all aglow searching for gifts to give and receive. Parents always ask what the right gifts are. They wonder what kinds of gifts will promote learning and development in their children. It is a hard job getting good gifts, especially recently. The following can help: Try not to be seduced by commercial-

ism and flashy lights. Many of the toys and gifts being advertised are electronic beeping, flashy, noisy, things that have little developmental value. An important thing to remem-ber is the more the toy does, the less your child does. There is an old saying “He who does the doing does the learning.” This is a good saying to remember when holiday shopping.

Purchase toys that require the active involvement of your child. If you get them a toy that does everything, they will end up playing with the box it came in.

Speaking of playing with boxes, chil-dren do this for a very good reason. Children are constructive learners by nature. This means they create their own learning through discovery and exploration of their environment. They are drawn to materials that have many opportunities and flexibility in use. It is best to choose open-ended materials. This means the materials can be used in many ways. These kinds of materials are only limited by your child’s imagination. Some ex-amples of these types of toys are blocks (any kinds), play dough, art materials, building toys, and pretend-ing toys. They can lead to a mess but the developmental trade-off out-weighs the clean-up duty.

These suggestions can be helpful in choosing toys for children during the holidays. A gift that is diminishing is books. When in doubt, books are always a great gift.

Tips for parents on safety and gifts for the holiday season

When in doubt, books are always a great gift. Image: http://www.briangardiner.ca/hespeler/?tag=family-reading-partnership

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GUADALUPE DAY Guadalupe (pronounced gwahth ah LOO pay or GWAHD uhl OOP) Day commem-orates the day that the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared to Juan Diego, a Mexican Indian. According to legend, on Dec. 9, 1531, Juan was hurrying over Tepeyac Hill, in what is now Mexico City, when a vision appeared to him. A lady told him to ask the bishop to build a shrine where she stood. But the bishop did not believe Juan until the

vision appeared again, on December 12, and produced a sign. The lady later appeared to Juan’s uncle and called herself Holy Mary of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe (often called the Virgin of Guadalupe) became the patron saint of Mexico. Roman Catholics throughout Mexico and in parts of the south-western United States celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guada-lupe on December 12. The Roman Catholic Church declared Juan Diego a saint on July 31, 2002.

CHRISTMAS The first time the birth of Jesus Christ was attributed to the date December 25 was in the 4th century, according to early Ro-man history. Early celebrations of Christmas are thought to have derived from Roman and other European festivals that marked the end of the harvest, and the winter solstice. Some customs from those celebrations that have endured include decorating homes with greenery, giving gifts, singing songs, and eating spe-cial foods. The holiday developed further with the legend of St. Nicholas. Although much of his history is unconfirmed, the man who be-came St. Nicholas lived in the 4th century and is believed to have been a bishop in Asia Minor.

In his honor, the Feast of St. Nicholas was marked on Decem-ber 6 and gifts given the night before. The tradition was well es-tablished in many European countries by the 12th century. Even-tually, because St. Nicholas’ Day and Christmas Day are so close together, their traditions generally were combined. St. Nicholas took on different personas in different countries. For example, The Netherlands have Sinter Klaas; Father Christmas gives gifts in Great Britain; Père Noël does the same in France; and in Ger-many St. Nicholas has had many names including Klaasbuur, Burklaas, Rauklas, Bullerklaas, and Sunnercla, although Father Christmas is becoming more popular. In the United States, the Dutch settlers’ Sinter Klaas evolved into Santa Claus.

HANUKKAH Hanukkah (pronounced HAH nu kah) is the Jewish Feast of Lights or Feast of Dedication. The Hebrew word hanukkah (also written Hannuka or Chanukah) means dedication. The Hanukkah holiday begins on the eve of the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev (approximately December) and lasts eight days. During Hanukkah, gifts are exchanged and contributions are made to the poor. On the first evening, one candle is lighted in a special eight-branched candelabrum (candlestick with several branches) called a menorah or hanukkiyah. Beginning on the second night, one candle is added every night until the total reaches eight on the last night. The candles are lighted by a sepa-rate candle called a shamash. The two books of Maccabees in the Apocrypha tell the story of Hanukkah. In 165 B.C., after a three-year struggle led by Judah Maccabee, the Jews in Judea defeated the Syrian tyrant Antiochus IV. They held festivities in the Tem-ple in Jerusalem, and dedicated it to God. According to the Talmud, written many centuries after the event, when the Jews cleaned the Temple of Syrian idols, they found only one small cruse (jug) of oil with which to light their holy lamps. But miraculously, the cruse provided them with oil for eight days. Other sources tell of a torchlight parade in the Temple, which may also have contributed to the tradition of lighting candles on Hanukkah.

KWANZAA Kwanzaa (pronounced KWAHN zuh) is an African-American holiday that begins on December 26 and lasts for seven days. The word Kwanzaa, sometimes spelled Kwanza, comes from the phrase matunda ya kwanza, which means first fruits in Kiswahili, an East African language.

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The holiday was developed in 1966 in the United States by Maulana Karenga, a pro-fessor of Pan-African studies and a black cultural leader. The holiday centers on the Nguzo Saba, seven principles of black culture developed by Karenga. These prin-ciples are Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperative economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity), and Imani (faith). There are also seven symbols of Kwanzaa: mazao (the fruits of the harvest), mkeka (a mat on which they are arranged), kinara (a candleholder), mishumaa saba (candles), muhindi (ears of corn, one for

each child in the family), and the kikombe cha unoja (the chalice of unity). Finally, families exchange zawadi (gifts), which are often homemade. Each evening, fami-lies light one of the seven candles in the kinara and discuss the day's principle. Near the end of the holiday, the com-munity gathers for a feast called karamu. It features traditional foods, ceremonies hon-oring the ancestors, assessments of the old year and commitments for the new, perfor-mances, music, and dancing.

BOXING DAY Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It falls on December 26, which is also Saint Stephen's Day. The

public observance of Boxing Day takes place on the following Monday if Decem-ber 26 falls on a Saturday or Sunday. The traditional celebration of Boxing Day included giving money and other gifts to charitable institutions, needy indi-viduals, and people in service jobs. The holiday may date from the Middle Ages (A.D. 400's-1400's), but the exact origin is unknown. It may have begun

with the lords and ladies of England, who presented Christmas gifts in boxes to their servants on December 26. Or it may have begun with priests, who opened the church's alms (charity) boxes on the day after Christmas and distributed the con-tents to the poor.

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Continued from front page our most cherished holidays. One ritual that drives our extended family crazy is how we open presents. My husband was never a fan of the package opening frenzy. He felt that each gift should be opened one at a time with the rest of family watching. After the gift was opened and thanks giv-en, the gift was to be played with or used for a period before moving on to the next gift. This led to an extended Christmas celebration. It would take us between 8 to 10 days to open all the presents. And no less than 15 phone calls from my mother to see what the kids thought of their presents. This ultimately resulted in being told we were nuts and to call her when everything was opened. We may have been nuts, but what it did was to allow us to appreciate each gift, to experience each other’s reac-tion to a gift and to celebrate together. It eliminated the “That’s all?” response. Another ritual that was acci-dentally established, was opening the first gift that came into the house. My youngest son, for whatever reason, became immedi-ately attached to the first gift that was re-ceived and insisted on opening it before any other gift. Regardless of who sent the

gift or how big or small, this was the most special gift of the season. Of course, we tried to get a gift under the tree before any other gift just to see his reaction. Each year he would obsess over that gift until it was opened while we giggled be cause we knew it was socks or underwear. When my youngest son was just crawling he insisted on crawling under the tree and lay on his back to look up through the tree from the bottom. I do not know how may times the tree had to be re-decorated or I had to pull him out from under the tree because he had knocked it over. It literally drove me insane. My husband’s grandmother had given us a silver bell ornament one year. I hung the bell at the bottom of the tree so it would ring out a warning whenever he started to crawl under the tree. I could at least pre-vent the tree from falling over. Once he caught on, he would move the bell, and on cue the tree would fall over. To this day the bell is always hung at the bottom of the tree. Whenever the bell rings we all look at the tree in anticipation of it falling over. Even if it has not fallen over we all smile as we remember what the bell stands for.

With the approaching holidays, I still get excited and cannot wait to spend hours of time with my family talking, laughing and carrying on with our rituals. So, whether you celebrate Christmas, Ha-nukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, Guadalupe Day, or just time with your family and loved ones, it is the memories that you create now that will become more treas-ured that boxes filled with gifts. From the FSU Childcare family to yours, have a very happy holiday season.

Beard hats, Karnisky Christmas 2014 

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Infant and Toddler

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Toasted Oats, Tropical Fruit

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Meat Loaf W/Gravy, Carrots & Green Beans, Wheat Bread, Fresh Apple

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Breaded Chicken Nug-gets, Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Seasoned Green Beans, Wheat Bread

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Spaghetti Noodles, Spaghetti Meat Sauce, Tossed Salad w/Salad Dressing, Applesauce w/Cinnamon

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American Cheese Sand-wich on Wheat Bread, Vegetable Soup, Pine-apple

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Sloppy Joes on Mini Hamburger Buns, Tater Tots, Fresh Banana

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Waffles w/Syrup, Fruit Cocktail

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Cheesy Chicken Noo-dle Casserole, Sea-soned Carrots, Wheat Bread, Fresh Orange

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Turkey & Cheese Sand-wich on Wheat Bread, Vegetable Soup (W/Tomatoes), Pineapple

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Hamburger Patty, Hamburger Bun, Baked Beans, Mandarin Or-anges

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Oven Baked Chicken, Sweet Potato Tots, Wheat Bread, Fresh Apple

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Breaded Fish Star Nug-gets, Cheese Grits, Broccoli & Cauliflow-er, Fresh Banana

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