April Is Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month! 30 DAYS OF NURTURING YOUR CHILDREN'S SPIRITS Provided by Prevent Child Abuse Vermont & Vermont Department for Children & Families Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 0 1 Read to your . 1.800.CHILDREN children, or have www.pcavt.com them read to you.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Plan and decorate your Visit a farm to see Tell your child you Come to the State Visit a local farm to Spend quiet time Draw your family; children's rooms maple sugaring. are proud of her for House as April is see baby goats and with each child, make a family together. something you are being proclaimed sheep. listening to their photo album; or really proud of her Child Abuse stories & dreams. just talk about your about. Prevention Month! family’s history.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Bake cookies together Let your children plan Make a growth chart Go for a walk or a Cut up old Have a potluck and bring them to a a Sunday meal and so you can measure Make play dough; hike and look for magazines and with family, friends local homeless shelter. help them prepare it. your child’s height. enjoy it together. signs of spring. catalogues and or a neighbor make a collage together. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Visit a nursing home Compliment your child Teach your child a Invite another family Go the library and Start a collection Write to a family and bring home-made on an act of kindness new song or just over for a potluck help your children with your child, member or a cards for residents. or a new skill. make one up. dinner and games. to get a card and such as stamps or friend or someone check out a book. rocks. who is alone.

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Fly kites or make a Clean closets and Draw pictures of your Make puppets, from Talk to your kids Play a favorite Go outside in the picnic (even in the bring unwanted items child’s favorite old socks or paper about what to do in game together. evening and look snow). to a shelter. animals. bags. an emergency. at the stars.

30 Tell your child you love him, every day!