Unit E 1420 Hugh Allan Dr
Kamloops, BC V1S 1L8
Phone: (250) 372-7791
SUMMER 2010
Child Care Resource and Referral Program - Serving Kamloops and Area
Phone & Email
Janis Arner
372-7791 Ext. 205
[email protected]
Monica van der Meulen
372-7791 Ext. 207
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Adina Jeanes
372-7791 Ext. 206
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Linda McClelland
Vicki Farnell
372-7791 Ext. 204
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Toll Free
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Inside this issue:
Toys and Resource Library
Sun Safety and Children
Childcare Appreciation Month
New Childcare Providers
Upcoming Workshops
Summer Time Songs
Summer Time Games
Summer Snack Ideas
Summer Time Crafts
Summer Time Calendars
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Toy and Resource Library is OPEN during the
summer months. Check us out!!!
Please remember to count the items in your bin before playing with it and when
you return it.
Also please remember to sanitize the items and wash the fabric items before
returning so that it is ready to go for the next person to borrow.
Great Summer Bins to Borrow
NEW
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Sun safety and children
Since children spend a lot more time outside than adults,
they need to be protected from the sun‘s rays, no matter
how old they are.
By teaching your child SunSense while they‘re young,
you'll be protecting them now and reducing their risk of
developing skin cancer in the future.
How to protect your child
Keep babies out of direct sunlight. Use clothing that covers their arms and legs add a hat and
slap on a little sunscreen. Keep them protected in a covered stroller, under an umbrella or in
the shade. This can also help prevent dehydration and sunstroke. Try to keep toddlers and
children out of the sun, between 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. when the sun's rays are at their strongest,
or any time of the day when the UV Index is 3 or more.
Send your kids to school or play in protective clothing, such as a large t-shirt and a
wide-brimmed hat (this provides more protection than a baseball cap). Don‘t forget to cover
their shoulders and necks as these can get easily burned.
Provide shade in your kids play area. Trees or a large umbrella work well.
Always apply sunscreen with an SPF 15 or
higher to your kids at least 20 minutes
before they go outside. Reapply often and
don‘t forget their nose, ears, cheeks and
tops of their feet.
If they‘re playing in or near water, make
sure the sunscreen is waterproof and re
apply often. Also make sure they have dry
clothing after playing in water as wet
clothing can lose up to half of its UV
protection.
Don‘t put sunscreen around your child‘s eyes – it will probably sting. Try to get them to wear
a hat. Or as soon as they can wear sunglasses, think about getting them a good quality pair
of wraparound sunglasses to protect their eyes. Toy sunglasses may be fun but they can do
more harm than good.
Don‘t use baby oil as a moisturizer before your child goes outside. The oil will make the
effect of the sun stronger and could cause your child to burn faster.
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Winners for the Childcare
Appreciation Month Draw
Congratulations!!!
1st prize winner Josh Miller from Mr. Miller‘s
Learning Adventure Daycare A Dream Home
Lottery Ticket
2nd prize winner
Yvonne Odber
Yvonne‘s Family Childcare
Fun in the Sun gift basket
3rd prize winner
Cathy Balatti
Cariboo Childcare
Spa Basket
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Special WELCOME to our new Child Care Providers
The goal of the CCRR program is to enhance the availability and
quality of a range of child care options for families, by providing
information, support, resources, training opportunities and referral
services to families and child care providers.
We would like to welcome the following new caregivers to the CCRR.
Sarah Brugger—Registered LNR
Ila Sutherland—Registered LNR
Leah Lange—Registered LNR
Colorado Triferis—LFCC
Sarah Chaisson—LFCC
If you know of anyone who may be interested in becoming a Registered or
Licensed Child Care Provider please share our contact information with
them, we would be happy to meet with them to discuss their options for
doing childcare.
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Upcoming workshops
BRING IT ON BABY!!!
Alright we listened
Our complete
workshop and course outline for
Fall 2010 will be ready by mid August
and sent to you.
In the meantime mark on your
calendars the September line up for
the following workshops and training
opportunities.
Good Beginnings— Family
Child Care Training
Thursdays, Sept. 09— Nov. 25/10
CCRR—1420 Hugh Allan Drive
6:00pm — 8:30pm
$225.00 + taxes
First Aid
Saturday, Sept. 11/10
Saturday, Nov. 6/10
8:30am– 4:30pm
CCRR— 1420 Hugh Allan Drive
$75.00 + taxes
*Bring a brown bag lunch
Oct. Make n’ Take
Wednesday, Oct.13
CCRR-1420Hugh Allan Drive
6:00-8:00pm
$5.00 +taxes
Scarecrow
Create your own
Scarecrow finger puppets
Sept. Make n’ Take—
Wednesday, Sept. 15
CCRR— 1420 Hugh Allan Drive
6:00pm — 8:00pm
$5.00 + taxes
Howdy Partners
Bring home a western
themed resource
Leaf Printing
What to do:
What you‘ll need:
Paper
A pencil
A plate
Fresh leaves or flowers
A 1‖ wide paint brush
Tempera paint
Box of tissues
1. On an extra piece of paper, arrange your leaves and flowers in a
circle, to get an idea of what you would like to make with them.
2. Using a pencil, lightly draw a circle on the paper you‘re going to use
for your print. You can make the circle round by tracing around a plate.
3. Make a dot on the circle at the top centre and the bottom centre.
4. Brush paint on the back of a leaf, and place it carefully on the circle
you‘ve drawn. Make sure not to move it around, or the paint will
smudge. (If you like, you can practice first on scrap paper.)
5. Cover the leaf with a tissue and smooth it down lightly. After a few
seconds, lift the tissue and gently peel off the leaf.
6. Repeat the process with other leaves and flowers, working your way
down one side of the circle and then the other.
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SUMMER TIME SONGS
WATERMELON CHANT
First you take a seed and you plant it, plant it.
Then, you see a sprout and you water it, water it.
Then, you see a vine and you watch it, watch it.
Then, you see a watermelon and you pick it, pick it.
Then, you slice it up and you eat it, eat it.
If you find a seed, then you plant it, plant it.
And start all over again!
Adapted Traditional
FIVE BIG BUBBLES
Five big bubbles floating all around.
Until one popped when it landed on the
ground.
Four big bubbles floating high and free.
Until one popped when it landed in a tree.
Three big bubbles floating quite as a mouse.
Until one popped when it landed on the
house.
Two big bubbles floating down to land.
Until one popped when it landed in my hand.
One big bubble still floating in the air.
Until it popped when it landed in my hair.
Jean Warren
THERE ARE BUBBLES IN THE
AIR
Tune: ―If You‘re Happy And You
Know It.‖
There are bubbles in the air, in the
air.
There are bubbles in my hair, in my
hair.
There are bubbles in the air,
There are bubbles in my hair.
There are bubbles everywhere,
everywhere!
THREE LITTLE FROGS
Three little frogs
Sitting on a log
On a sunny day.
Three little frogs
Jumped off the log
And then they hopped away.
SHELLS ON THE SEASHORE
Tune: "Down By The Station"
TINY TIM
I had a little turtle, his name was Tiny Tim.
I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could
swim.
He drank up all the water, he ate up all the
soap.
And now he's sick in bed, with a bubble in
his throat!
(Hiccup!)
Down at the seashore,
Early in the morning.
See the little shells
All along the shore.
See the great big waves
Splashing on the shore.
When they pull back,
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Summer Time Games
Summer Carnival
Duck Duck Squirt
Put on a miniature summer carnival
for your children. You can play a
simpler variety of all of the traditional
carnival games (fish pond, throw a
ball to knock over blocks, apple bob,
relay races, balance beam, etc).
Shark!
Put hula hoops or beach towels on
the ground to serve as dens for all the
"fish." One child gets to be the shark.
When the shark calls, "Fishy, fishy,
cross my ocean," the fish have to
move to a different den. If, while out
of a den, the shark tags them, they
get to be sharks as well. The last
remaining fish becomes the first shark
next time. Adults can also remove
dens, forcing kids to stand together
on one.
Tip: For extra fun, the shark can tickle
the fish.
Variations: The shark can be a T. rex,
and the fish can be vegetarian
brachiosaurs. Bird lovers can be
hawks and mice. Construction buffs
can be loaders and boulders, and so
on.
Optimal age: 3 and up
Number of players: 4 or more
A parent observes "There's nothing
like a shark-empowered 4-year-old to
keep three big kids huddled in a hula
hoop."
Required: Squirt gun/bottle and
clean bucket of water
Players: Small to medium groups
All players sit or stand in a circle. Pick a
person to be it. They are to go around the
circle like Duck, Duck, Goose but they say
" Duck, Duck, Squirt". They then squirt a
player and the chase begins. The
"squirter" is to run around the circle and
back to players position without getting
tagged by the person that was squirted.
Mouse Tails
Tuck pieces of string or yarn about a foot long
into the backs of the kids' shoes. After you yell
"Go!," the kids try to step on each other's tails.
When all the tails are lost, replace and repeat.
Tip: Have extra string on hand.
Variations: Tuck white socks into waistbands
for Bunny Tails, which other players grab.
Optimal age: 2 and up
Number of players: 3 or more
A parent observes: "My daughter had as
much fun braiding the tails as playing the
game."
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Summer Time Crafts
Paint With Clouds
Put a lump of shaving cream on a piece of
finger paint paper. Add a drop or two of food
coloring to the shaving cream for color and let
the kids paint with the shaving cream "clouds."
Fuzzy Head Craft Project
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old knee hi or cut off panty hose,
grass seed,
dirt,
2 small elastics, and
decorations
Have the children put 2 tsp of grass seed in the bottom of toe of the panty hose.
Add 1-2 cups of dirt. Make sure the seeds stay in the top of the head, otherwise you‘ll have hair
sprouting from under the eyes.
Use the small elastic to pinch off a nose about half way up the head.
Use the second elastic to tie off the bottom.
The children can decorate by pasting on eyes, mouth, ears, or what ever else intrigues the kids. Use
paper, felt, colored plastic, markers, pipe cleaners, any materials you have on hand.
Keep the Fuzzy Head in a small dish with water in the bottom. The ‗hair‘ should sprout in less than a
week. Kids can style the hair with elastics, clips and scissors.
Oobleck
For those of you who want all the fun and twice the mess of a
dilatants fluid without the chemicals, then I suggest the following
recipe for oobleck:
Corn Starch
Water
You only want about a tablespoon of water per cup of corn starch.
This makes a fluid that flows easily in your hands, but will harden
when it is handled quickly. It can be really fun and inexpensive to put
about 50 lbs of corn starch into a kid's swimming pool (empty the
pool first!) and then add enough water to get the desired
consistency.
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