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News and Notes for Early Childhood Teachers
October 2009 |
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Greetings!
Happy October - we hope you are off to a terrific school year!
Are you singing...
Autumn Leaves (tune of Are You Sleeping?)
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling
To the ground, to the ground
Look at all the colors, look at all the colors
Red yellow brown, red yellow brown
Are you reading...
Red Leaf Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
When Autumn Comes by Robert Maass
Why Do Leaves Change Colors? By Betsy Maestro
Are you making...
Homemade applesauce
Roasted pumpkin seeds
Warm apple cider with a cinnamon stick
Enjoy this wonderful season with your infants, toddler, preschoolers, young children and their families!
Thank you for the work you do,
Amy and Candace
P.S. Don't forget to use the code in Resources for You to participate in an online conference for early childhood educators for FREE! |
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| Career Opportunities
Recently centers, schools and organizations started to post their jobs on our website. We hope you love your job but if a friend is looking, please suggest the look at our Job Board. |
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Hot Topic: H1N1 Flu
Have you seen the award winning H1N1 Flu Rap by Dr. Clarke?
Elmo has four public service announcements about avoiding the flu and two videos to help kids and parents get ready for the flu.
Center Directors and Administrators came to a workshop last week called "Swine Flu: What to Do? Preparing for and Responding to H1N1" with special guest, Marilyn Trapeni, RN, M.Ed. If staff from your center weren't able to make it, we've put the program materials up on our website so you can download them. Scroll down to the bottom of the website page and you'll see them. Happy handwashing! |
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Out and About in October
Plan An Autumn Field Trip
A great resource to share with families, too
National Philharmonic: The Artistry of Stoltzman
Music Center at Strathmore
North Bethesda, MD
October 17, 2009
8pm
Northern Virginia Association for the Education of Young Children
Fairfax, VA
October 21, 2009
6:45-9:00 pm
Preschool/Family Story Time
Washington, DC
October 24, 2009
10am
Air & Scare: A Halloween event for families at the National Air and Space Museum
Chantilly, VA
October 24, 2009
2-8 pm
October 27, 2009
11:15 am |
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Family Partnerships: Military Families
Lots of this information and more can be found in "Helping Children Cope When a Loved One Is on Military Deployment" by M. Allen and L. Staley in Young Children, January 2007.
Books about Separation or Miliary Deployment for Children
Resources for Families:
Talk, Listen, Connect is a multiphase, bilingual, multimedia initiative that guides families through multiple challenges, such as deployments, homecomings, and changes that occur when a parent comes home.
Zero to Three's Military Projects help increase awareness of parents and professionals about the impact of trauma, grief and loss on very young children so they can promote positive development and emotional health during the course of these stressful experiences.
Resources for Early Childhood Teachers:
Thanks to Zero to Three, you can create your own Over There Children's book! Download the mommy version or the daddy version, depending on which parent is deployed, print it out, and attach photos that represent the spirit of the text. If you and your child are inspired, you can even draw your own illustrations. Do whatever feels right to capture the family's unique deployment story. After completing the book, keep it on hand and read it to the child as often as each of you would like. |
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Resources for You
What Works! Strengths-Based Approaches to Early Childhood Education
October 26 - November 14, 2009
Generous co-sponsors like AACTE have made it possible for you to participate for FREE! When you register, use their codes:
If you are preschool/pre-K/K-2 teacher, your code is: preschool
If you are a childcare/daycare/family child care or infant toddler teacher, your code is: daycare
(their language choice could be better, but don't let that stop you!)
by HealthDay News
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 16, 2009
According to a new study, high quality child care for young children living in poverty may be enough to offset negative home environments and provide them a foundation for good school skills until at least the fifth grade.
What are you reading and sharing with families and staff? Let us know and we'll include it in next month's edition. |
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October is Spina Bifida and Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Special offer on staff training:
Inclusion of Children with Special Needs and the ADA
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October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
Special offer on staff training:
Preventing SIDS in the Child Care Setting
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