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LVCC Announces IPod Winners
Singing Holiday Carols
A Visit from Santa
Season's Greetings
Cooking with Chef Randy
Healthy Food Series for Parents
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LVCC Announces IPod Winners 

 

LVCC recently announced the winners of the IPod touch contest. Andrea Nugent, LVCC at Wilson School parent, and Debra Ghia, LVCC's VP of CACFP, each received a new 4th generation 8GB IPod touch just in time for the holidays. The raffle generated $228 in proceeds towards the LVCC Scholarship Fund.  

Singing Holiday Carols

 

From "Jingle Bells" to "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," children love to sing holiday carols. Check out the talent in this video brought to you by the staff and children of LVCC at South Mountain.

A Visit from Santa  

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 LVCC at Stones Crossing sang holiday carols with Santa Claus.
 

 

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A Message to LVCC Parents,

Family Members and Guardians

 

While you spend the next few days finishing preparations for the upcoming festivities and decking the halls, I would like to send holiday greetings from all of us at Lehigh Valley Children's Centers. Thank you for choosing LVCC as your child's early education and child care program. I appreciate the opportunity you have given us to care for and educate your child, and value your trust and confidence in our abilities. I hope that our programs and customer service are meeting or exceeding your expectations this year and those to come.

 

You are very important to us at LVCC.  It is seeing you and your child on a regular basis that makes our jobs a pleasure and keeps us motivated to continuously learn and grow in order to provide you and your child high quality programs.

 

May your holiday season and the New Year be filled with much joy, happiness and success. The staff and I look forward to working with you in 2013 and hope our relationship continues for many years to come.

 

Wishing you and your family a great holiday season from the entire LVCC family!


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Cooking classCooking with Chef Randy 

 

Move over Iron Chef; Chef Randy has arrived! Randy Levan, Central Food Service Manager at LVCC, is taking his traveling cooking program on the road. Pre-K Counts children from LVCC at South Mountain and LVCC's Campus Center were the first to experience the fun in preparing simple, nutritious snacks.

 

Each child began by decorating a paper cook's hat. Throughout the cooking class, the chefs-in-training learned the importance of nutrition by eating fresh fruits and whole grains. When asked why we eat fruit, some of the children answered, "Because it's healthy and makes us stronger."

 

Upcoming classes for Pre-K Counts students will be held at 9:00 a.m.:

  • January 8 - LVCC's Judith Chase Early Learning Center
  • January 16 - LVCC's Fowler Center on Main Street
  • January 22 - LVCC on Union Boulevard
  • January 29 - LVCC on Walnut Street

 

Fresh Fruit Wraps with Wheat Tortilla

 

Ingredients:

4 - medium size whole wheat soft tortilla shells

8 oz. low-fat cream cheese (softened)

8 oz. yogurt (plain or fruit)

1 cup (varies with fruit used) fresh fruit like strawberries, bananas, blueberries and raspberries.

 

Directions:

Spread low-fat cream cheese and/or your favorite yogurt on the tortilla shell. Slice your favorite fruit and spread over tortilla shell. Starting at one end of the tortilla shell, roll up. To make a colorful display of swirled fruit, slice up the rolled tortilla shell into 1-inch sections.

Healthy Food Series for ParenCooking Demonstrationts

 

Do you have a picky eater at home?  Learn how to turn those hard-to-please kids into healthy eaters at LVCC's Parent Nutrition Education Sessions sponsored by Cedar Crest College. Hosted by LVCC's Fowler Center on Main Street and LVCC at South Mountain, the series discusses the food groups in relation to specific age groups.

 

During the cooking demonstration, representatives from the Cedar Crest College dietetic internship program present tips on getting children to eat, along with food safety reminders. Participants have the opportunity to taste the healthy treats. Parents receive nutritious recipes kids love and a bag of ingredients to make the recipes.

 

Dates and times for future sessions will be announced.

Lehigh Valley Children's Centers provides high quality early education and child care to promote healthy child development, meet the needs of families, and encourage children to discover the joy of learning.

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