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Statutory Holidays

Christmas Day & Boxing Day

Wednesday December 25, 2013

Thursday December 26, 2013

New Years Day

Wednesday January 1, 2014

Family Day

Monday February 17, 2014

Mark Your Calendar

DECEMBER 2013 www.childdev.com Volume 13 Issue 10

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DAYHOMES

Attendance Records Due Early

Monday December 16, 2013 Please estimate hours for

December 16 –31,

total the hours for the month

and FAX to the office no later than

noon December 16th.

“You Make a Difference”

Provider Conference

Saturday March 8, 2014

Thursday December 12, 2013 6:30—8:30 pm

Scandinavian Centre

739 20th Avenue NW

RSVP Please call 403 230-2233 by December 10th

to let us know that you are coming.

Annual Family Celebration

Open House Dayhome Families, Providers and their Families

All Are Welcome!!

Join us around the Christmas tree for a rockin’ good time.

Celebrate the season with crafts for the children,

carol singing with Heather Cameron, and

fabulous festive food.

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Welcome New

Provider

Selena V.

Child Development Dayhomes

Happy Birthday

To all of our caregivers and staff celebrating

their birthdays this month

Forough A. December 12

Azar A. December 9

Sheeba F. December 12

Senem I. December 29

Rose L. December 8

Sheina M. December 22

Elvie S. December 4

Shauna W. December 21

Cheryl C. December 2 assistant director

Congratulations

To caregivers and staff

celebrating their “Anniversaries” with


1 year

Rose L.

2 years

Carol Lynn F.

Julia M.

3 years

Zeba A.

Shauna W.

5 years

Aileen P.

Jaya S.

10 years

Sophia K.

Laraine’s Corner

Mitten Poem

Hat and mittens keep us warm,

(put hands on head, rub hands together)

We are ready for the storm.

Zip your coat up to your chin,

(raise hand to chin with pulling motion)

Don’t let the cold winter in. (shake head “no”)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

to all the providers and their Dayhome families.

Laraine

Congratulations

Syeeda and Syed,

Afzaal, Hassan, Fatema, Danal and Faseeh

on the birth of

Amina.

She was born November 21, 2013

and weighed 7 lbs 10 oz.

Jackie has been and

is wonderful to our

family. Our son

Austin, who is turning

13 in February went

to Jackie’s dayhome

as a little boy. He

still has fond

memories of his time

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2013 Challenge2013 Challenge2013 Challenge2013 Challenge

Reduce Reuse Recycle — Be a Good Earth Friend

What will you and the dayhome children do this month to reduce your consumption, reuse what you

already have, recycle and be a good earth friend.

How did you do this year? Were you able to change some of your habits by reducing, reusing and

recycling? If you wish you could have done more…. Don’t despair… any day is a good day to start being a

“good earth friend.” Why not start fresh with your Christmas gift list. Here are some ideas:

• Make Christmas gifts with things you already have at home

• Consider re-gifting, that is passing on a gift you received that you do not need

• Give battery free gifts (discarded batteries are an environmental hazard)

• Choose gifts from recycled sources

• Reuse gift bags if they’re still in good condition

• Give simple gifts

• Make cookies or purchase other “edible” Christmas gifts

For more green Christmas ideas check out:

http://eartheasy.com/give_sustainchristmas.htm

Sugar CookiesSugar CookiesSugar CookiesSugar Cookies

2/3 cup margarine

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 tsp baking powder

3 cups flour

1 tsp almond extract (optional)

Cream margarine.

Add sugar.

Mix well.

Add eggs.

Add extract.

Mix well.

Add remaining

ingredients and mix.

Roll dough to desired

thickness and cut

with cookie cutters.

Bake for 8-10 minutes

at 350 degrees.

Puffy Paint

Thank you to all of you who participated in

the “Try it ~ You’ll Love It!” workshop on

November 21. We hope you had fun creating

and exploring the different activities and have

had the opportunity to try some of them with

the children in your dayhomes. Below is the

“puffy paint” recipe.

1 cup of flour

1 cup of salt

1 cup of water

MIX WELL (a hand mixer or blender also works

well). Add food coloring or liquid tempera paint

as desired. Stir until smooth and pour into

squeeze bottles.

Add more or less water to reach the desired

thickness, keeping in mind that smaller children

may have more difficulties squeezing the

bottles. You can also make larger or smaller

amounts of the recipe; simply use equal

amounts of each of the three ingredients.

Paint on cardboard and let dry overnight.

Jackie has been and

is wonderful to our

family. Our son


13 in February went


as a little boy. He

still has fond







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Invest in KidsInvest in KidsInvest in KidsInvest in Kids

The years before five last the rest of their lives.

2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years old

Games and activities for you and your child

Comfort

Making a small, simple family album with a page for each

member of the family can help your child develop a

sense of belonging. Attach pictures of events or their

favourite food, colour or activity to each page. Share

your family album with the dayhome.

The Art Park: Find a wall or door where your child’s

favourite artwork can be “parked.” All of you will feel

pride in these wonderful creations.

Play

Children love building and creative activities using

blocks or cardboard boxes. You and your child can have

a building centre with a variety of building materials

including blocks, boxes and cardboard. Don’t forget:

knocking down can be as fun as building up.

Messy play with water, clay, mud or sand is fun too.

Other activities include making and creating things with

his or her hands. Scissors, crayons and paints and paper

are important tools for the preschool child.

Teach

Cooperative games that involve other children such as

“Tag” or “Simon Says,” provide an opportunity to play

with others while following simple rules.

Matching and naming pictures by faces, colours, shapes,

sizes and feelings help your child begin to put objects

into different classes and enhance the beginning of

abstract thinking.

Reading activities shared by you and your child provide a

chance to enjoy familiar and new stories and to

introduce new words.

Counting games and songs can be part of the daily

routine or can be more formal, with games and songs

such as Five Green and Speckled Frogs, Alice the Camel

or Three Little Monkeys.

Excerpt from the Invest in Kids Resource Kit:

What a Child Will be Depends on You and Me

Huntington Hills CommunityAssociation

Parent & Tot

Tuesdays

10:00—11:30 am

1:30—3:00 pm

A relaxed opportunity to play with your children

and chat with other parents.

Twilight Together

Thursdays

6:00—7:30 pm

An opportunity for the whole family to come out

and have some fun playing with your children

Gym Time

Friday

10:00—11:30 am

For ages 18 months to 5 years

Call Huntington Hills Community Association for

more information

403 275-6666 ext 276

All programs are free

Alberta Health ServicesAlberta Health ServicesAlberta Health ServicesAlberta Health Services

Every month, Alberta Health Services offers

many free sessions at the Alberta Children’s

Hospital and at various sites throughout the

city. Check out their website for details.

http://fcrc.albertahealthservices.ca

Under the “Education Sessions” tab, click on

“Community Education Service” and then click

on “Current Sessions” to see what’s being

offered.

Introduction to Infant Sign Language

Wednesday December 4, 2013

Shawnessy Public Library

10:30—12:00

Register on-line

or call 403 955-7420

if you need assistance.

Jackie has been and

is wonderful to our

family. Our son


13 in February went


as a little boy. He

still has fond







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December 2013December 2013December 2013December 2013

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Mittens

2 Cut mittens

out of heavy

paper. Hole

punch all

around and

then lace with

ribbon.

3 Read “The

Mitten” by Jan

Brett or

“Three Little

Kittens who

lost their

mittens”.

4 5 Try some mitten painting. Use

an old mitten, put it on, place

hand in paint and then make

hand prints on paper. If you

use large sheets of paper you

can then use the mitten

painting as gift wrap.

8

Christmas

Trees

9 10 11 Paint small paper plates with bright

Christmas colors. Then display them

on your wall in the shape of a

Christmas tree. You will need

7 or 11 plates to make a triangle

tree. Paint one plate brown

for the tree trunk.

12

Annual

Family

Celebration

Open House

6:30—8:30 pm

Scandinavian Centre

13 14 Cut out a Christmas tree shape.

Decorate with scrunched up

bits of tissue paper. Add some

sparkles. Glue tree onto toilet

paper roll so that it can stand

up. Make another to glue to the

other side.

15

Christmas

Baking

16

Attendance

Records

Due

Early

17 Make cut out

cookies with

the children in

the shape of

gingerbread

man.

18 19 Decorate cookies as

gingerbread men or turn

upside down and decorate as

reindeer. The legs become

the antlers and the arms are

the reindeer ears.

20 Decorate a

paper bag and

send a gift of

cookies home

for parents &

grandparents.

21 Make a graham

wafer house.

Use icing sugar

mixed with

water for the

glue.

22

Family

Traditions

23 Ask parents to

share a special

Christmas

recipe or

tradition with

the dayhome.

24

Office

closed at

noon

Christmas Eve

25

Statutory

Holiday

Office

Closed

Christmas Day

26

Statutory

Holiday

Office

Closed

Boxing Day

27 28 Not everyone hangs a stocking

at Christmas. Ask children

what makes this holiday

season special for them.

Plan activities based

on their comments.

29

New

Years

30 Have a little

party. Get out

some

instruments

and make lots

of noise.

31

Office

closed at

noon

New Year’s Eve

1

Statutory

Holiday

Office

Closed

New Year’s Day

Yellow Attendance Records

and Pink Hour Sheets

due on the last working day

of each month

6 7 Play a mitten matching game or

mitten hide and seek. Hide one

of each color of mitten. Give

each child a different

colored mitten and

ask them to find

the matching mitten.


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