October 2014
5016 Waghorn Street
Blackfalds, AB T0M 0J0
403-885-2755
razzledazzlekids.ca
Attention:
Sign up with office required as
spaces are limited!!
Kids Konnection & Razzle Dazzle
will be Closed Monday
October 13th for
Thanksgiving
Razzle Dazzle & Kids Konnection are very excited to offer a new and
exciting music program for the children. “Little Mozarts”.
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Rhythm and music with a variety of small instruments
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Painting, coloring and moving to the music
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Puppet shows, story time and other social interaction games
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Movement scarves and easy to follow dance movements
Sylvan Lake:
Blackfalds:
September 12 & 26
September 12 & 26
October 10 & 24
October 10 & 24
November 14
November 14
December 19
December 19
Time: 9:30-10:15 am
Time: 11:00-11:45 am
Location: St. Mary’s & St. Timothy’s
Church 4308-50th Avenue, Sylvan
Lake
Location: Erin Visser’s House
Fire Prevention Week
October 5-11, 2014
QUICK FACTS ON CO
WHAT IS IT: A colourless, odourless and tasteless gas.
SIGNS: Stuffy air, water vapour, backdraft and soot
from a fireplace.
SYMPTOMS: Headaches, weakness, nausea, vomiting
and loss of muscle control. They can be mistaken for
flu symptoms.
EFFECTS: If inhaled, carbon monoxide deprives the
blood of oxygen. Prolonged exposure can lead to
unconsciousness, brain damage or death.
CAUSES: Blocked or dirty vents, flues, chimneys and
furnaces, as well as improper ventilation of burning
fireplaces or woodstoves.
DEATHS: Approximately 200 per year.
PREVENTION: Annual inspection and cleaning of
furnaces, chimneys, fireplaces and other fuel-burning
equipment such as gas dryers.
Kids Halloween Party
SAFETY TIPS ON HOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Tuesday, October 28th
9:30-11:30
Upstairs in the Arena
Please join us for some
spooktacular fun
INSTALL at least one carbon monoxide detector in
your home. ENSURE a wood or coal-burning stove is
properly installed and vented. DON’T operate a gaso4:00-6:30
line-powered engine, kerosene stove or charcoal grill
To accommodate timesheet in a closed space. BARBECUE grills should never be
drop off and parent fee
operated indoors. CHECK clothes dryer vents that
payment
open outside the house for lint. CHECK forced air fans
for proper ventilation.
Friday, October 31st
Black and Orange (no costumes please)
If you suspect carbon monoxide in
your home, get out immediately and
call the fire department.
Provincial Standards Review
Children’s Developmental
Standard 11: Smoking
Milestones
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Does your 12 month old baby help turn
the pages of a book? (You may lift a
page for him to grasp.)
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If you hold both hands just to balance your
baby, does he take several steps without
tripping or falling?
Smoking is not permitted on the premises of the family day home
during hours that children are being cared for. Smoking is not
permitted at any time or in any place where children are being
cared for, including off-site activities and during field trips or other
program related activities.
Kinderloop
Accreditation Standards Review
Standard 2.4 Program Planning
E.
Review information shared by families to inform
planning.
We recently learned about this wonderful way to
communicate with parents and thought we would
pass along the information for anyone interested.
F.
Observe and record children’s knowledge, interests, curiosities, and knowledge learning to use as
a basis for program planning.
Kinderloop is A simple, fun and private way to capture a
child's development. Each kinderloop is a closed loop that
is safe, secure and confidential.
G.
Invite children to participate in the development of
program planning, routines, and rules.
Happy educators, engaged parents
H.
Document the references and resources used in
planning for and with the children.
family of the children in your care.
I.
Provide children with opportunities to share and
display their learning.
Simple secure updates to linked families straight from the
J.
Monitor children’s individual growth and development through documentation to share with parents.
Create strong partnerships between you, your staff and the
No computer skills required
classroom via computer or mobile devices.
Save your precious time and resources
Document more by writing less, easily link to reporting
outcomes, access anywhere.
For more information visit www.kinderloop.com
World’s Largest Pumpkin Pie!!!
Pumpkin Potato Stampers
You will need:
Potatoes
Paper
Orange Paint
Glitter (Optional)
Pre cut the potatoes with a
pumpkin face as in photo. Give
each child a potato stamper,
piece of paper and paint.
The great pumpkin folk at New Bremen,
Ohio did it......again ! They broke their own
record for the World's Largest Pumpkin Pie.
On September 25, 2010, they baked a 3,699
pound pumpkin, far surpassing their prior
record of 2,020 pounds.
Amazingly, this pie was 20 feet in diameter
and weighed 3,699 pounds! What's the
recipe for a world record pumpkin pie? All
you need is 1,212 lbs of canned pumpkin,
2,796 eggs (233 dozen), 109 gallons of
evaporated milk, 525 pounds of sugar, 7
pounds of salt and 14.5 pounds of cinnamon.