SAIL Into Quality
October 2014
Fun Facts about Pumpkins
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Inside This
Issue
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Page 1:
-Fun Facts About
Pumpkins
-Fall Leaf Bird
Page 2:
-Healthy Candy
Corn Snack
- String Cheese and
Pretzel
Broomsticks
Page 3:
-Poem of the
Month
- Refer a Friend
Important Dates:
National Breast
Cancer Awareness
Month
10/31: Carve a
Pumpkin Day
10/31: Halloween
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The word pumpkin came from the
Greek word "pepon," which means
"large melon." The word was
changed by the French to "pompon"
and then to "pumpion" by the
English. American colonists later
started using the word "pumpkin."
Native Americans used dried strips
of pumpkin to weave mats.
Pumpkin seeds are known as
pepitas.
Pumpkins are 90% water.
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
California are the top pumpkingrowing states.
Pumpkin flowers are edible.
The world's largest pumpkin pie
weighed over 350 pounds and was
more than five feet in diameter.
Fall Leaf Bird
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Pumpkins are members of the
family, Cucurbitaceous, which
includes squashes, melons, and
gourds.
Pumpkins are native to Central
America.
There are about 500 seeds inside
every pumpkin.
The current world record for a
pumpkin is 1810.5 pounds, held by
Chris Stevens. His Atlantic Giant
pumpkin earned the record on
October 9, 2010 at the Giant
Pumpkin Weigh-off in Stillwater,
Minnesota. The world's largest
pumpkin measures 15 feet around,
is over four feet tall and, according
to the New York Times, it could
make about 900 pies.
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Begin by taking your children for a
nature walk in the fall.
Have them select different leaves of
various size and color. Gather leaves
in a bag.
Once you return home, lay out all of
your leaves on a table to dry.
Once your leaves are dry, give each
child an outline of a bird. This can
be printed or drawn by an adult.
Have them glue leaves inside the
outline to create a colorful bird.
The children may cut pieces of
leaves to ensure the bird outline
remains.
Let dry and Enjoy!
Healthy Candy Corn Snack
Would you like a healthy alternative to all of
the Halloween Candy? Try this refreshing
treat!
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Use a clear bowl and place a layer of pineapple
or peaches at the bottom.
Then place a layer or peeled oranges or mandarin oranges for your dark orange middle.
Finally place a layer or dollop of whipped cream
and a piece of candy corn at the top.
Enjoy!
String Cheese and Pretzel Broomsticks
What do you need?
How do you do it?
- 12 Slices of Cheese
- 12 Pretzel sticks
- 12 Fresh Chive
1.- Fold each cheese slice and cut
the fringes of the broom using a
pair of scissors.
2.- Roll the slice of cheese
around a snack stick having the
fringes looking down.
3.- Finally to keep the cheese
around the stick, use some chive
and knot it around.
Enjoy!
“I have a rock in my
nose.”
— 2 year old son,
greeting his mother
after preschool, a
full hour after recess
was over
SAIL
Into Quality
Upcoming Trainings/Events!
October Storytime
10/8 10:30am
SAL Training Room
October First Aid/ CPR
10/15– 10/16
6pm both evenings
October Training
10/28 6:30pm
Let’s Get Kids Moving: Active Play for
the Whole Year with Maryssa
Litherland
Trick or Treating in the Office
10/30 SAIL and Home Child Care
Network Office
8:30am—4pm
Please contact your Coordinator to
RSVP for any event.
Use SAIL to your advantage!
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Don’t forget about many of the terrific opportunities
that the SAIL program has to offer you!
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Free First Aid & CPR Certification
Assistance with the DCFS Licensing Process
Free trainings that count towards pre-service hours for DCFS!
Quality Counts Grant Application assistance
Quality Rating System Registration & Application assistance
Friendly Home Visits that tailor to your needs
Free books every month
Resource Library with cots, pack-n-plays, toys, books and much
more
Call Maryssa or Kathy to take advantage of any of these
opportunities today!
Poem of the Month
(309) 685-8064
Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate
The first one said “Oh my it’s getting late.”
The second one said, “There are witches in the air”
The third one said, “but we don’t care!”
The fourth one said “Let’s run and run and run!”
The fifth one said, “I am ready for some fun!”
Ooooooo went the wind and
OUT went the lights.
The five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
Check out our Website!
www.skip-a-long.org/SAIL
Refer a Friend
Do you have friends that provide care in their homes for family
and friends? Are they also paid by Child Care Connection? Do
you think they would like to participate in the same great
program you do and earn free books and toys? If your answer
is YES, then please refer them to SAIL. We will explain how to
join and they can start earning their own free gifts! As a special
thanks to you, our valued provider, for any referrals you make
to the SAIL program that result in a new provider joining, we
will give you your choice of gifts for your child care setting
valued at $50.00!
SAIL
Into Quality
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homenetwork
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receive information on trainings,
resources, and so much more, at
your convenience.
SAIL into Quality program
Maryssa Litherland
Kathy Humphreys
License Exempt Coordinators
Malia Owens
SAIL Into Quality Director
The Home Child Care Network
Mission Statement
“The Home Child Care Network is
dedicated to improving families’
access to quality home child care. We
strive to raise the quality standard
for in-home child care by seeking out
qualified providers and by offering
professional support and training to
providers in our network.”
Value Statement
We value the trust and confidence
that others place in us to nurture,
celebrate and prepare children for
success.
The Home Child Care Network
3425 N. Dries Lane
Peoria, IL 61604
Phone: 309-685-8064
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