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The Flu:Stop the SpreadYou yes, you! can help keep people fromgetting sick this u season. How? Its not too hard.

Just take these steps: Get the u vaccine. Wash your hands frequently, especially before

eating and after coughing, sneezing, or blow-ing your nose.

Keep your sneezes and coughs to yourself (usea tissue or your elbow instead of your hand).

Keep your hands out of your eyes, mouth,and nose.

You may have heard all this before probablyfrom your mom but u season is a great time toactually start doing them. By following these tips, youmight be able to keep yourself from getting sick andprevent germs from spreading around and makingother people sick.

Do you notice something about three of the tipsabove? All of them involve your hands. Thats howa lot of germs get in our bodies in the rst place whether its a cold, chickenpox, or the u. Germsget on our hands and we put our hands in our eyes,noses, and, especially, our mouths.

Check Your Hand-Washing SkillsThe best habit of all these good habits is hand wash-ing. When you wash your hands, you rinse awaygerms that you might have picked up here or there.When you do this before you eat, for instance, youreduce the chance that those germs will end up inyour body, where they can make you sick.

Sure, you know how to wash youryour technique against these recom1. Use warm water (not cold or

wash your hands.2. Use whatever soap you like.

in cool shapes and colors or whatever kind that gets you skind you should use. AntibacOK to use, but regular soap w

3.Work up some lather on bothhands, your wrists, and betwDont forget to wash around one place germs like to hide15 to 20 seconds about hsing Happy Birthday two ti

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Lets add a nal step 5 since its5. Tell a friend to wash up, too!

Reviewed by: Elana Pearl Ben-JosepDate reviewed: September 2013

YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION

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The goal of our program is to stimulate infants alongindividual developmental lines. Each child follows their ownprogram/schedule, desires, needs and preferences. Weare very proud of the progress our infants have made andare happy to share information about this approach.

Our Kindergarten Curriculum focuses on preparing childrento meet and exceed the Illinois Learning Standards in allareas in a small classroom size. The programs of Jolly Pho-nics, Everyday Math and Handwriting Without Tears areused. All of these programs teach children in a hands-onand fun way by adding songs to remember letter sounds,

as well as real world situations to apply math concepts.

We are happy to supply additional information andCurriculum homework for children if they request italthough it is not mandatory.

Healthy LifestylesIn supporting our HealthyLifestyles Curriculum, classroomsengage in food experiences eachmonth. Even our youngest childrenparticipate in taste testing and ex-ploring new foods! This is a goodway for children to learnabout the food they eat,as well as the importanceof following a recipe.

We hope to grow someinspiring chefs that valuehealthy eating!

Outdoor PlayAs the weather gets a little colder, please drein appropriate attire as we continue to go oupermitting) the entire year. This is also a goodcheck your childs extra clothes to ensure theyate for the changing temperatures.

Children of all ages benet from going outsideeven in winter. Going outside to run, jump, yelows children a chance to use their large muscextra energy. Moving out in the fresh air is hea

ing children inside a closed building where gespread. As a licensed facility we are required toutside each day (weatherpermitting). There are alsomany learning opportunitiesas children explore nature.

Our temperatureguidelines are as followsTemperature-Appropriate

Dress/Restrictions:

0 15 No outdoor play

15 25 Limited outdoor play withappropriate dress

25 40 Coats, hats, mittens

required (boots, if snow)40 60 Coats/jackets (hat,

depending upon wind chill)

60 70 Light jacket

70 90 No jacket

90 100 Outdoor play dependson the heat index

100+ No outdoor play

Curriculum Night:Oct. 16 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.On Oct.16, we will open our doors after hours for fami-lies to walk in their childs shoes and learn about ourcurriculum and healthy lifestyle focus at the Center. Chil-dren are often very excited to show their families whatthey do each day. We realize it is often difcult to haveextended conversations with teachers during busy arrivalsand departuresthis is an opportunity to get to know ourstaff as well as provide your suggestions and ideas for

programming. Each classroom will have activities plannedand our teachers will explain how your child grows anddevelops by participating in these activities.

Our Curriculum is theTeaching StrategiesCreative Curriculum. Thisis a play-based approachthat revolves around activelearning and open endedexploration. Our goal is tohelp children become inde-pendent, self-condent andinquisitive learners.

Teachers establish a consistent schedule so the chil-dren know what to expect at different times of the day.

This predictable daily routine gives children a senseof security and enables them to develop increasingindependence. Classrooms are arranged into interestareas such as blocks, dramatic play, art, library, mathand discovery and children explore these areas as theyare guided by their teachers. There are also times thatchildren meet as a l arge group and in small groups toparticipate in teacher led activities. Teachers plan these

small and l arge group activi-ties to help prepare children forKindergarten.

In implementing the CreativeCurriculum approach, we cre-ate a classroom that containsdevelopmentally appropriatematerials that are challengingfor children. Emphasis is placedon creating a classroom community,

problem solving, and developing posi-tive relationships. The arrangement offurniture and materials are designedto give children multiple opportunitiesto explore, discover and grow.

Teachers are trained in TeachingStrategies Gold Assessment System toobserve, guide and assess childrens development. Wesupport childrens learning using a variety of approachesthat match unique learning styles and needs. Our philoso-phy is to work in partnership with families to help childrenprepare for school success. We will be scheduling confer-ences to share your childs progress as well as plans forcontinued success.

In addition to the Creative Curriculum approach that isused for all classrooms, we support the RIE (RespectfulInfant Educares) in our infant rooms. We see each infantas a competent human being, worthy of our respect.

We strive to involve infants in daily routines, learn abouteach childs unique way of communicating and maintainfrequent and open communication with each parent. Thisphilosophy is based upon the idea of a non-restrictive,non-propping environment, thereby allowing infants todevelop their motor skills at their own rate. Consequently,children are not placedin positions or situationswhich they cannot getinto or out of by them-selves, nor will be placedinto restrictive devices,such as highchairs orswings. Such devices pro-hibit an infant from ex-ploring his/her bodyboth his/her capabilitiesand limitations.

Over the past year, our Center has beenpreparing for NAEYC accreditation.This is a voluntary accreditation system

that sets professional standards for earlychildhood education programs and isthe highest achievement of quality inchild development centers. We havebeen evaluating our policies and pro-cedures to better serve our families andchildren. Thank you for your thoughtfulinput through completing surveysithas been invaluable! Based upon your

responses, we will be incorporatingmore opportunities for families to get toknow and support each other, as well as

developing stronger parent partnershipsby increasing opportunities for communi-cation with classroom staff.

We also would like to involve families indecisions about our program. Look for in-formation about participating in a ParentCommittee soon. Many of the changes

in the past year have beento our preparation to ensuof children, such as the elim

diaper bags/backpacks, aintroduction of sleep sacksrooms. We also have purcmaterials for children to usplayground to provide leartunities both in the classrooThanks so much for your coquality care for your childr

National Accreditation for the Education of Young Children (N