Wash Your Hands

 

According to the CDC, handwashing is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from getting sick, especially during these key times when you are likely to get and spread germs:

• Before, during, and after preparing food
• Before eating food
• Before and after caring for someone at home who is sick with vomiting or diarrhea
• Before and after treating a cut or wound
• After using the toilet
• After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet
• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
• After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
• After handling pet food or pet treats
• After touching garbage

Washing your hands is easy, and it’s one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of germs. Clean hands can stop germs from spreading from one person to another and throughout an entire community—from your home and workplace to childcare facilities and hospitals.
Follow these five steps every time.

1. Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap, and apply soap.
2. Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.
3. Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice.
4. Rinse your hands well under clean, running water.
5. Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.

Gardening In Infant 4

People of all ages can enjoy gardening, but children in particular will have lots of fun and gain special benefits. Gardening is educational and develops new skills including:

• Responsibility – from caring for plants
• Understanding – as they learn about cause and effect (for example, plants die without water, weeds compete with plants)
• Self-confidence – from achieving their goals and enjoying the food they have grown
• Love of nature – a chance to learn about the outdoor environment in a safe and pleasant place
• Reasoning and discovery – learning about the science of plants, animals, weather, the environment, nutrition and simple construction
• Physical activity – doing something fun and productive
• Cooperation – including shared play activity and teamwork
• Creativity – finding new and exciting ways to grow food
• Nutrition – learning about where fresh food comes from.

Taking the time to teach kids how to care for plants gives kids skills to enjoy gardening and growing plants for their whole life!

Bountiful Harvest!

Derived from the Latin words “cornu” meaning horn, and “copia” meaning plenty, the cornucopia has long been used as a common harvest symbol associated with a plentiful bounty. Historically, a real goat’s horn, filled with fruits and grains, was depicted at the center of lavish tables of food. 

 

Our friends in Toddler 3 loved filling their cornucopias with fruit and veggies for Thanksgiving!

Apple Print Stamping!

Fall calls for Apple Print Stamping!

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Tunnel Play!

With the weather being soooo chilly this week, our teachers have been creative with physical play activities for their students. One class enjoyed tunnel play. Tunnels can provide many benefits to the health and well-being of children. These include:

• Exercise: These structures give children a way to exercise that differs from other types of play equipment. Crawling or scooting through the tunnel can enhance the physical activity they are gaining from other play pieces.
• Developing Motor Skills: They can help children develop their gross motor skills. The climbing movement helps them control the moving of their arms and legs. Choosing various shapes can help develop these important skills.
• Fun: Of course, tunnels offer a child a fun and interactive way to play. They can move through them, hide in them, or look out of them in the models with bubbles or windows. They can make the whole play space more fun and exciting for children, helping them get more out of their play experience.

Basketball Fun!

 Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. It is not expensive; instead, it is attainable. You only have to secure a ball and a ring. And basketball is a fun and easy to learn for children’s level of cognition. In basketball, you run, jump, dribble, and shoot.

Balance is the foundation of basketball. In order to teach young children basketball basics, demonstrate the proper basketball stance that will enable the young players to maintain their balance. Teach them to spread their feet apart, flex the legs on their knees, maintain their upper body in an upright position, with head facing in front and parallel to the ground, and flex their arms on their sides. Balance prevents the young children from falling down easily. 

Our toddler friends love a good game of basketball!

Halloween 2019!

Halloween 2019 was a success with our annual pumpkin decorating contest, done by our teachers, class to class Trick or Treating, and a Halloween party! Until next year, folks!