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WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR 2002
I hope that everyone enjoyed thier vacation as much as I did. At Scott Family Childcare we have a developmentally appropriate program that provides safe, challenging, and meaningful materials for children's learning.
We're starting our program for the new year with a staff to child ratio of 1 adult to 3 children which allowes us more time for individualized attention which is so very important when working with young children.
Our goal is to help the children develop into individuals
who feel good about themselves, and grow up to lead positive, productive lives . We subscribe to weekly Reader and Let's Find Out, which are scholastic publications. The children are encouraged to participate in a wide variety of stimulating, educational, and entertaining activities. This year we've added 3 computers for the children. We believe that it is important that children become familar and comforable
with todays techology.
So this year we are excited as we look forward to assisting you in teaching, nurturing and protecting America's most preicious resource; our children. As allways our focus will continue to be on cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development. In my next news letter. My topic will be Developmental Stages, be sure to get a copy.
NEW CHILD SAFETY SEAT LAW JANUARY 1, 2002
The new child seat law requires that children ride properly secured in a child safety seat or booster seat until they are at least 6 years old or weigh 60 pounds. Children prematurely riding in a seat belt can suffer life-threatening injuries, including injury to the spinal cord, the brain or the internal organs of the abdomen.
Most children need to use a belt-positioning booster seat until they are at least 8 years old, depending on the child height and how the vehicle lap and shoulder belts fit. SAFETY BELTS DON'T FIT CHILDREN until they can sit with their back straight against the vehicle seat back cushion and their knee bent over the seat edge for the entire trip.
The lap belt should fit low and snug across the child's lap, touching the upper thighs and the shoulder belt should cross the shoulder , not the throat or face, and be close to the child's chest. Please take the time to buckle up!!!!!!!!
CHILDREN LEARN THROUGH PLAY
Through play children explore their world, discover how to get along with others, trust their
skills and muscles, try out new ideas and feel competent enough to try different activities,
Curiosity, self esteem, language, problem solving, mathematics, cooperation, endurance.
These are just a few of the many kinds of learning involved in play, observations of your own
children's play will soon confirm how much they are learning.
There are many types of play, all which are valuable for growing children.
Sometimes children (and adults) like to play alone.
This is called SOLITARY PLAY. Children work on puzzles, read books, draw, ride bikes or
chew on teething rings. Have you ever seen two children playing in the sandbox, one building
roads and the other baking birthday cakes? This is called PARALLEL PLAY. Perhaps you
have noticed a group of children playing house ,involved in a board game, or operating a lemonade
stand. Children can spend hours in COOPERATIVE PLAY which frequently takes the form of
pretend or dramatic play. Play tends to become more sophisticated as children grow up,
but adult play is amazingly similar to childrens. Sometimes we play solitaire or read a novel,
or all join in for a rousing volleyball game or charades. For many adults, work and play are
intertwined. Some of our play is more or less STRUCTURED following the rules of game,
acting out a favorite story, or perfecting a complicated diveBut often the most fun- and the best
learning experience for children - occurs when children choose what they want to do.
This is called FREE or SELF DIRECTED play. Perhaps it is playing with a dollhouse, pasting
scraps of tissue paper and lace on paper, or skating on the sidewalk.
In all productive play, the fun is in the doing. Children need lots of time to pursue their own ideas,
to do things their own way, to see what it's like to be someone else. Adults can encourage
children to play in ways that are valuable by setting the stage for them and, when appropriate extending the children's ideas during play. When we Enrich Children's play they learn Cooperation,
Problem solving, Language, Mathematics. AND THEY DEVELOP,Curiosity, Sel-esteem, strength and coordination, self- direction , vaa
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Books that SFCC Recommends
Owl babies written by Martin Wadell
I love you blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
I went walking by Sue Williams
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you hear? By Bill Marin Jr.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Iza Trapani
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SCOTT FAMILY CHILDCARE AFFILIATIONS
Catherine Scott current President of the
Greater Long Beach Lakewood Family Childcare Association
Immunization Specialist for Long Beach/Lakewood
Sit on the advisory board at Long Beach City College for early childhood education
Southern California district representative for FCCPAC
Member of the California Federation of Family Childcare
Member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Member of the California Association for the Education of Young Children
Owner of Scott Marketing Group (selling Educational Books to Childcare Providers)
Consulting Services/Mentor/Educator
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