Birth to 5 Community Coalition News
August 2022
Summer Fun Activities for August
- Rock Painting Ideas: Rock painting has to be one of the most calming yet fun activities to do with your kids! Such painting is a fun activity that the whole family can enjoy together and there are so many great rock painting ideas to try.
- Flower Pot Painting Ideas: Painting is a fun way to add some color or brighten up an otherwise boring pot. These crafty ideas will always spruce up clay pots so your flower pots colorful and unique.
- Sensory Bottles : Making sensory bottles means babies, toddlers, and preschoolers can explore objects that normally are off limits! DIY sensory bottles are easy to make and are a great way of getting older siblings involved in making fun sensory toys for all to enjoy.
READY ROSIE ....I CAN HELP TOO!
Just like learning how to crawl, walk, jump, the ABC's or how to count, learning how to help others takes time and practice. There are many things your child can help with around the house. Doing so will help your child learn responsibility and manage emotions. Through these experiences, your child will begin to learn, from a young age, what it looks like and sounds like to be helpful and kind by giving your child opportunities to practice.
Click here or below for video link of Big, Little Helper
NURTURING KINDNESS ...during the summer months!
Teaching our young children to be kind and helpful is so important! To nurture kindness, grownups can try incorporating in-the-moment opportunities into daily routines. Remember to:
CELEBRATE spontaneous acts of helpfulness and kindness
USE kind words and smiles with others
MODEL how to be kind, supportive, and loving by helping others who are in need or having a hard time
- SAY positive things that will make someone feel good rather than sad
- SPEAK to others in a polite way, kind manner (practicing using manners such as "Please and Thank you")
- THINK before saying something about someone and take the time to consider how the other person might feel
- HELP your child understand emotions and feelings
- VALIDATE feelings and emotions
- TALK with your child about the behaviors you see and ask "How would you feel if.....?" when a situation is experienced or observed
Infants: Birth to 1 year
watch faces, and begin learning about facial expressions early in life
- begin to look to their grownups to gauge his/her reaction to a person or situation which helps them understand the world and the people around them
Parents
- establish a secure, strong, loving relationship
Toddlers: 1-2 years
- look to their grownups to gauge his/her reaction to a person or situation which helps them understand the world and the people around them
- learn that facial expressions speak for different emotions
- understand that other people have feelings different from our own
- empathize with your child
- talk about others’ feelings
- read stories about feelings and explain why characters may be feeling the emotions
- label and validate your child's big emotions for this shows how you are recognizing his/her feelings and how difficult it is for him/her
- use “I” messages models the importance of self-awareness. It focuses on the feelings of the speaker rather than thoughts/feelings of the listener ("I don’t like it when you hit me. It hurts.")
- use pretend play to experience different emotions
Preschool: 3 to 5 years
Preschoolers
- begin to understand their emotions and feelings
- begin to understand emotions and feelings of others
interested in new experiences
cooperate with other children
learn how to negotiate solutions to conflicts
show more independence
Parents
- label and validate your child's big emotions since this shows how you are recognizing his/her feelings and how difficult it is for him/her
- use “I” messages models the importance of self-awareness. It focuses on the feelings of the speaker rather than thoughts/feelings of the listener ("I don’t like it when you hit me. It hurts.")
- read stories about feelings and discuss why characters may be feeling the emotions
- use pretend play/role play to experience different emotions and how to resolve conflicts
INFORMATION WORTH REPEATING
Have A Child Between The Ages of 2 and 5?
Please contact the CCSD93's Early Childhood Center (630-307-3750) at any time to discuss how we can work together to support your children and your family.
We can:
monitor your infant or toddler’s growth and development in your own home
answer your questions about available birth to 3 screenings and 3 to 5 year old preschool screenings
answer questions about development and available resources
share upcoming coalition events and support groups
READY ROSIE ...FREE Subscription!
YOU are your child's first teacher, so CCSD93 Birth to 5 Community Coalition is pleased to provide you with a FREE subscription to ReadyRosie. ReadyRosie is a family engagement and early learning on-line resource that emails daily activities to you. The activities are simple, take about two minutes, and help prepare children for success in school.
What is the CCSD93 Birth to 5 Community Coalition?
As a Birth to 5 Community Coalition, Community Consolidated School District 93 (CCSD93) , in partnership with many community agencies and businesses, strive to work with children and families from birth to five to improve each child's school readiness. We focus on the needs of the “whole child”. To that end, our coalition partners work together to identify the supports and services available in our community that speak to a child’s needs or the needs as a family. Priority is given to families who may experience barriers related to language, income level, limited or low level literacy skills, limited access to transportation, or unfamiliarity with processes related to accessing social/community services. I
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