Professional Family Care Services Early Head Start
January, 2016
Important Dates
January 15: Socialization, 10:00
-12:00; Policy Council Meeting
12:00; Moxham Lutheran Church.
January 29: Socialization, 10:00 12:00; Moxham Lutheran Church.
January Birthdays!
Winter Fun
Brrr, it’s cold outside! When there is snow on the ground, it’s often tempting to
stay inside with the children until spring arrives. Yet winter is a special time of
year when nature only seems to have disappeared. Children love to play
detective, and winter is a wonderful time to bundle up and head outdoors to
discover the tracks and trails of creatures that live outside or in hidden places
all year round. Ask children, “How do animals stay warm in the cold months?
What do they eat? Do you think some animals are sleeping?” If
you leave their favorite food in sight, birds will visit your yard
or back porch. Find or make a simple feeder to hold birdseed
and encourage children to watch them all winter. What are the
types of birds they see? What colors are birds?
Katlin D. 1/8
Anna Y. 1/13
Jake S. 1/17
Lexi S. 1/21
Sage D. 1/28
Issace H.
Legend J.
Some of our Early Head Start Friends!
Rattle
Noisemaker
Invite children to make
these simple noisemakers
for cheering on their
favorite sports teams.
1. Place a handful of dried beans,
rice, clean fish tank
gravel, shiny pennies, or colorful
beads inside a clean
empty plastic bottle.
2. For safety, glue the lid onto the
bottle so that it cannot
be removed.
3. Decorate with stripes of colored
tape or stickers.
Salsa Chicken
Ingredients~
1 Jar of your favorite salsa
2 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken
breasts
Directions~
1. Place chicken breasts into crock pot.
2. Add jar of salsa.
3. Cook 8 hours on low or 4 hours on
high.
4. Serve alone, over salad, or roll up in
tortillas.
Enjoy!
Weather-Related
Closings
PFCS will close if the weather
is too dangerous for driving.
Also, as with any other issue, if
your parent educator needs to
cancel a visit she will contact
you. A socialization will be
cancelled if the Greater
Johnstown School District has a
delay or a cancellation.
If you are ever unsure of a visit
or socialization, feel free to call
the EHS office at 255-6780.
PFCS Early Head Start
929 Menoher Blvd.
Johnstown, PA 15905
FOOTPRINT SNOWMAN
Materials Needed: paint, scissors, glue, markers,
construction paper
1. To make the snowman, first paint child's foot and
then stamp onto construction paper.
2. Let dry.
3. Cut out hat and arms from construction paper.
4. Cut out outline around footprint.
5. glue on hat and arms.
6. Use markers to draw on eyes, nose, mouth and
buttons of snowman.
Thanks to Makaylynn and Levi!!
Frosty the Snowman Activity
Materials:
 7 Jumbo craft sticks
 White and Black paint (spray-paint the sticks beforehand)
 Decorative ribbon about 5inches long (for hat)
 2 Large googly eyes
 Black and Orange Marker
 Hot glue and hot glue gun or white glue.
Directions:
Frosty the Snowman 1. Paint six craft sticks white.
(Little Golden Book)
This book takes you on a
sweet adventure of
imagination through a
winter wonderland!
Buy it on Amazon
from $3.99.
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Allow the paint to dry.
Paint one of the craft sticks entirely black.
Paint the top of the six white sticks black (to form the hat).
Allow the paint to dry completely.
Glue on googly eyes.
Draw mouth and nose.
Glue ribbon on hat and decorate.