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AUTHOR Scofield, Richard T., Ed. TITLE School-Age NOTES. September 1993 through August 1994. REPORT NO ISSN-0278-3126 PUB DATE 94 NOTE 98p.; For volume 13, see ED 373 887. AVAILABLE FROM School Age NOTES, P.O. Box 40205, Nashville, TN 37204 (1 year, 12-issue subscription, $22.95). PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT School-Age NOTES; v14 n1-12 Sep 1993-Aug 1994

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ABSTRACT These 12 newsletter issues provide educational resources to providers of school-age child care. Each eight-page issue may include several feature articles; activities that providers can use with children; descriptions of professional development activities and training programs; information on books, pamphlets, and other educational materials in the field; and a list of school-age care (SAC) conferences and training sessions. Featured topics include:(1) professional development and directors perspectives on staffing;(2) the pros and cons of allowing children to climb trees;(3) cooking activities for children; (4) ideas for fall holiday celebrations;(5) punishment; (6)a new model of professionalism for SAC; (7) the use of shared space in schools; (.8) portfolio usage;(9) classroom discipline; (10) student rights and responsibilities;(11) a grant to the SAC Project at Wellesley College; (12) the development of a SAC program; (13) the purpose of SAC;(14) thematic approaches in SAC;(15) academic SAC programming; (16) SAC ideas from the 1940s;(17) computer uses in SAC programs; (18) summer programs for grades five through eight;(19) summer program challenges in the 1970s;(20) :elf-discipline for children; (21) behavior strategies for children with attention deficit disorder. (MDM)

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ISSN0278-3126 ©1993 School-Age NOTES A National Resource Organization on School-Age CarePioneering the Field Since 1980 Professional Development and Professional Development 1 Directors' Perspectiveson Staffing Instructor's Session by Mari Litsky Research has shown an increase in the interest teacher who has a good founda- Climbing Trees 3 number of children in need of child caretion in child development. If, as sug- 150 SAC Courses 6 in the last ten years. There also has been gested by some directors, the best people Cooking & Programming 7 a growing focus on the quality of child to hire to work with this age group are care programs available. Has this in-special interest people, will licensed National Standards 8 creased demand and emphasis on qual-programs in California (which require Fighting Violence 8 ity child care had an impact on who is staff to have a minimum number of ECE staffing school-age programs? units) suffer from their inability to hire I looked at this question for a research such people? More School-Age at project for my master's degree. I con- NA1EYC '93 Including ducted a small sample study of school- 11=1111111 Instructor's Interest age care programs through interviews Some directors interviewed heldSession with five directors, each of a differentthe view that special interest type of SAC program in the San Fran- The National Association for the Edu- staff ...create the best programs. cisco Bay Area. The questions were cation of Young Children's Conference in related to trends the directors saw in MM. .11111111=11111! Anaheim, CA November 10-13 which has programs and staff quantications. added 100 more sessions from last year for From a professional development a total of over 900 sessions has also added Although the findings of my study are point of view what effect will this new more sessions related to school-age chil- not conclusive, they present some inter- trend have on existing programs, on esting facts and implications about dren. regulatory organizations and on teacher For specific school-age care sessions school-age care in the '90's. training institutions? there will be a track of 18 one-hour work- My paper did no look in depth at shops plus 2 two-hour seminars and 2 c\t salaries, working conditions, benefitspreconference sessions. School-age chil- Has this increased demand and or reasons for turnover of staff in school-dren also will be discussed in the Kinder- 0emphasis on quality child care age programs. Besides the lack of train- garten/Primary Track and the new Public had an impact on who is staffinging programs available (as noted by Schools Track. Plus three of the programs on the tours serve school-agers. school-age programs? most of the directors interviewed), these issues may also explain the differences instructor's Interest Session stated by directors in their ability to staff For the first time an interest session will be held for college and technical school The findings of this project point to a programs in the Bay Area. instructors of school-age care courses to possible new trend in who is staffing Some studies point to the need for maintaining experienced teachers asshare ideas, solutions to harriers, course school-age programs. Some directors outlines, textbook suggestions and to dis- interviewed held the view that special models of appropriate behavior for oth- ers in the field. With the majority ofcuss issues and trends such as certificate interest staff (people with degrees or programs, articulation, and courses and staff in school-age programs being just professions in fields other than educa- minimum standards. tion) create the best programs. This trend high school graduates, how will pro- Course OutlinesThose interested in questions the significance of licensing grams be affected by the lack of experi- sharing course outlines are asked to bring as a means of regulating quality in SACC enced teachers as role models? 35 handouts. It will be on Thursday No- 0 programs, since licensing in California On the issue of diversity of staff in vember 1 1 th 5:30-7:00 p.m. For more does not accept degrees in fields other programs there seems to be more men information contact co-facilitators Rich- than education for teachers. and ethnic minorities in the field ofard Cohen, Pacific Oaks College, 818- What may be needed are national qual- child care now. Two directors inter- 397 -1381 or Rich Scofield, School-Age ity guidelines that support the special (continued on page 2) (continued on page 2) 11=11111111101MW,

Professional as lead teacher, teacher or associate teacher. Conferences... Education in child development and pro- (continued from back page) gramming specific to school-age children O Development... and supervised experience specific to this ONTARIO October 23, 1993 (continued from front page) AECE, Ontario, Niagara Branch, Half Day age group. Training in child development Session on School-Age Care with Rich viewed for this paper stated a rise in the and education appropriate for school-age Scofield, Niagara Falls, ONT. number of men and minorities hired for children. One or more years' experience in Contact: Tammy Ferguson 416-357-5491 their programs. However, the make up child care under qualified supervision." &ID MICHIGANOctober 19, 1993 of staff by ethnicity, race and gender MI SACC Conference. Southfield, Ml still does not reflect the make up of the Contact: Sue Javid 313-228-3480 children in the program. Mere School-Age at IMAM& October 21-23. 1993 School-age care is beginning to be AAEYC Conference will have school-age NAEYC '93... track, Anchorage, AK Seen as a profession. Yet research shows Contact: Marc Robinson 907-345-3772 (continued from front page) ambiguity still exists in staffing roles, MANITQ.BA October 29-30, 1993 which tends to undermine the morale ofNOTES 615-242-8464. Manitoba Child Care Association school-age staff. Wt!y Is This Interest Session Impor- conference "School-Age Care: We Know What's Needed? tant? Aside from the inwnse interest in You're Out There!!!" Winnipeg MB I School-age caregivers need to be professional development: and the impor. Contact: Debra Mayer 204-586-8587 recognized as a part of the total school tance of school-age care being offered atMISSOURI October 29-31, 1993 community with an important role in higher ed institutions, this session in Ana- 1st Annual Community Education Co zference heim will be the best chance for several (SAC Workshops), Lake Ozark, MO helping with the development of chil- Contact: Alison Copeland 314-526-3961 dren. [Editor's Note: The release in Julyyears to reach the greatest number of in- structors of school-age courses. MISSOURI February 11-13, 1994 of theQuality St'tndards for SACCby Annual School-Age Care Conference California ilas the most college courses the national principals' association can sponsoro.1 by Missouz .AC Coalition. in be seen as a statement about the impor-on school -age care. Many of them are Lake Ozark, MO the Los Angeles area which makes Ana- tance of this link.] Contact: Bonnie Vento 314. 225-4494 I Links need to be established be-heim a good meeting place. KENTUCKY March 4-5, 1994 While the National School-Age Child tween the schools and these programs in 5th Annual KY Coalition for SACC Care Alliance's 1995 Conference will he Conference, Louisville, KY support of the importance of the school- in San Francisco and hence appear to be Contact: Norma Meek 606-739-5344 age caregiver. close for the California instructors, many TENNESSEE March 11-12, 1994 I There needs to be support for the instructors may not attend because school- 5th Annual Tena. School-Age Care experienced, qualified adults in their age is not their area of interest. It is just one Conference, Nashville, TN role as caregivers for this age group, of many courses they teach. Reaching Contact: Cathy Henris 615-741-3312 through decent salaries, working condi-these instructors at NAEYC is more fea- NSACCA,L24 April 14-16, 1994 tions, and benefits, so as to minimize the sible. National School-Age Child Care Alliance. high turnover rate associated with the The '94 NAEYC Conference is sched- 6th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA Contact: Diane Barber 215-643-0569 field. uled at a difficult time for instructor's to leave campus. It is in Atlanta., November DO WE HAVE YOUR SAC CONFERENCE Mari Litskv has been a supervisor- 30-December 3rd, the week after Thanks- DATES? em teacher of the After School Program atgiving, and the last week of classes and the Mill's College Children's School, beginning of finals at many colleges. Thus, School-AgeNOTES Oakland, CA and is the mother of a location and scheduling of this conference $22.95/year seven-year-old. cop make this the best chance to reach the most Subscriptions: number of SAC instructors. 12 issues Register early and get your Final Pro- Send To: School-Age NOTES Staff Standards gram by mail! Pre-register by September P.O. Box 40205 The performance standardsCaring 22 and the Final Program will be mailed so Nashville. TN 37204 forOurChildren(see back page) list the you can study it before arriving in Ana- 615-242-8464 following education qualifications for a heim. Watch for the Final Program for Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. "group leader" (minimum age 21) of Nashville, TN 37204 where the interest session will be held. If school-age children: Editor/Publisher: Richard T. Scofield "Undergraduate or master's degree in early you are not an NAEYC member and have childhood education or child development not received a prelim inary conference pro- Office Manager: Mary-Helen Marigza [covering up to age 8), elementary educa-gram, call the conference department at Published Monthly in Nashville, Tennessee tion, recreation, or a related field. LicensedNAEYC - 800-424-2460 eit ID 1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 2 SerremsER 1993 ® Printed on Recycled Paper To Climb or Plot To teachers patiently, consistently, (and, want to help children develop a sense of yes, frequently) communicate these rules adventure, not squelch it in the name of 0Climb... to children. The rules are communicated risk-free play. to paid and volunteer staff through train- Our staff believes children learn to A Tree Climbing ing and posted reminders. And guessmanage life's dangers by experiencing Advocate Speaks Out what -- our accident log has proventhem in gradual degrees. For 17 years by Karen Stephens these PRACTICED guidelines work!children have taken great pride in their Summer is over but the issue of whether Let me share the guidelines our staffabilities to scale our tree. Since we re- to let schoolage s climb trees is not. follow. quire children to hoist themselves onto This article of re auttal appeared in theTree Climbing Guidelines branches, the first time they achieve the July/August 1993 issue of Child Care 1. Children may ONLY climb treesfeat it is like a "rite of passage". I have Information Exchange. It is reprinted bywhen they can scale them alone. No seen children beam with self-confidence, permission in an edited form because ofchild may be lifted into a tree by anewfound self-assurance, and emerging space constraints . teacher or another child. competence as they learn to complete 2. Children may not use blocks, tires,the problem-solving process of proper in "Tree Climbing and Care of Sand milk crates, or other items to help them foot and hand placement. Likewise, their Play Areas" (March/April 1993 Childmount into a tree. These materials alsofriends and teachers applaud their skill Care Information Exchange), Dr. Susan may not be under a tree when a child is and achievement. Aronson suggests we ban tree climbingclimbing. Humans have a basic instinct that in our programs. This child care 3. Two chilli-en are allowed in the tree makes them very cautious of heights. practioner says: NOT! at one time. (I've never seen a child mindlessly scurry To Dr. Aronson tree climbing is haz- 4. A teacher must stand near the tree to the weaker branches of the tree tops.) ardous to children's safety because "... whenever children are climbing. Coupled with children's innate wisdom, trees are not uniform, are not safety reasonable opportunities for children to IMMENNO tested, and are surrounded by unforgiving develop sound judgment, and well surfaces." She believes climbing heights If we [shelter them], ...wetrained teachers, we CAN reduce the are difficult to control. "Children willconvince children they are chances that a child will fall from a tree. Train your teachers to prevent acci- want to climb higher and higher without incompetent and too fragile to realizing how hard it will be to come dents. Guide children in acquiring the down again." explore the exciting world physical and intellectual skills required I adamantly take issue with Dr.around them. for SAFE tree climbing. And just in case Aronson's assertion that early childhood you do need to cushion a fall, make sure professionals are not capable of helping you have impact absorbing material on children learn to cope with the chal- 5. Teachers are expected to coachthe ground from the base of the tree lenges of tree climbing. For 17 years Ichildren whenever necessary. Example: trunk beyond the outside edges of the have worked in a child care program that "Good job of using two hands! Step ontree canopy. serves children two through ten years of the thick branches that are stronger. Stop Don't take away the source of child- age. Our play yard is blessed with awhere you feel most comfortable." hood pleasure, excitement, and often the lovely, very climbable apple tree. In 6. If a child begins to climb unsafely,peaceful solitude that the perspective of appropriate weather, the tree is climbed the consequence of losing the privi-a tree perch provides! For I truly believe daily. As a climbing apparatus, the chil- lege to climb the tree at that time isthat it is "better to have climbed a tree dren take much more delight in the tree enforcedwithoutreservation.and fallen than never to have climbed [Bolding by editor] than in our artificially produced, safety one at all."ctID tested, financially pricey climbing struc- 7. Teachers are encouraged to climb tures. And I'm proud to say NOT ONCE the tree too! This models good climbing Karen Stephens is director of Illinois have we had an injured child as the result techniques. State University Child Care Center As an educated staff, we know we can of climbing that tree. (Knock on a tree.. which is accredited by NAEYC. She I mean wood!) support children as they strive towardreadily admits her bias for the subject at Our staff believes tree climbing is amastery, or we can wrap them in cotton handin childhood she was, and con- developmentally appropriate challenge balls and shelter them in a cocoon oftinues to be, an avid tree climber. Re- which children can learn to cope with guaranteed safety. If we do the latter, weprinted with permission from Exchange and master. We have created basic, un- believe we convince children they arePress Inc., P.O. Box 2890, Redmond, derstandable tree climbing guidelines incompetent and too fragile to exploreWA 98073. (rules). As professional caregivers, ourthe exciting world around them. We

1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 elPrinted on Recycled Paper SEPTEMBER 1993 3 5 OCTOB,ER ACTIVITIES

di Kids wrote, acted and filmed their Spread the pumpkin seeds on a bak- Ideas Unlimited ing sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 30 Rich Scofield asked participants at aown mystery story. A drama student came for 3 weeks -- made props andminutes or until toasted. Stir them oc- O workshop in Corvallis, Oregon to share casionally while baking. ideas for themes and activities thatcostumes. I Butterfly Tree - Make differentApples worked for them. Here are a few of the Visit an orchard if possible to pick suggestions (besides the apple activi-types of butterflies and put them on a apples. tree. ties). Graph your apples according to size di Each child brought in their bike forI Monarch Butterfly - "We sent to and color. a safety check. We had a bicyclesafetyMonarch Magic in Ashland for mon- arch chrysalides, watched them open Weigh and compare your apples. course, took a bike hike, and decorated Compute the average weight and cir- bikes for a parade. up and let the Monarchs loose to fly to cumference. di "We learned a few phrases in Japa- Mexico." di Themes - Recycling Week, Under- Make a figure out of apples with nese, went to a drum performance, had raisins, miniature marshmallows and a Japanese dinner, learned origamifromwater Week, Robots, Outer Space Week. toothpicks. a Japanese friend, and visited a Japa- Cdt an apple across to see the star nese food store and Japanese gardens." Fieldtrips - bakery, beauty shop, inside. (Be creative. If there are no Japanese hospital. Make apple prints. resources in your area, are there His- Plant apple seeds. Start indoors to panic opportunities or a Kurdish or Fall Fruits and plant outside in the spring. Vietnamese refuge resettlement effort?) Bake pies or apple crisp. All the kids Ili "We had a track meet with someVegetables can mix and measure ingredients to- unusual events -- 3-legged race, crab How many fruits and vegetables are gether so everyone can participate. walk, backwards race, one foot hop . harvested in the fall? Pumpkins, squash, Each child got a medallion (paper circle) gourds, apples, sweet potatoes, pop- on which they placed a star for eachcorn.. . Chess Sweet Potato If the children have seen the movie event in which they participated." SearchingforBobbyFischer (PG), capi- dt "We painted my truck! We took Consider sweet potato for snacks. talize on the interest in chess. Provide powdered tempera paint, mixed in dishMicrowave the potato or boil it with the one or more chess sets. Get a parent or soap and diluted it with water. Then theskin on. It peels off easily after theolder school -alter skilled in chess to kids painted whatever they wanted onpotato is cooked, cooled and sliced. teach it. Remember that 5-year-olds the truck. Someone called the newspa-Slice the potato into circles about an will not remember all the rules. Just let per and they sent a photographer andinch thick. Serve plain or with marsh- them play and make their mistakes or did an article in the paper. The paintmallow creme or melted marshmal- offer other board games like checkers. lows. Make smiley faces on the circles washed off great." School-agers 9,10 and 11 years of age, It Air Fair - Make and design variouswith raisins or miniature marshmal- on the other hand, will play by the rules paper airplanes. Test planes for accu- lows if you like. and will learn front and enjoy chess. racy, distance, height.. . Pumpkin If you need more sets, find out about I Mock Wedding - 3 couples. "We Bring in a pumpkin and let everyonechess pieces and make your own set guess what it weighs. Write it down on made a wedding cake, special clothes, with salt dough. Measure the squares and rings and had a reception." slips of paper or come to a group con- and make your own board. it Olden Days and Olden Ways -sensus. Then put the pumpkin on a Activities included weaving with yarnscale and see what it really weighs. Thank you and a loom, paper making, corncob After carving, a good way to salvage The multicultural idea on Friday dolls, dress up in old clothes, a wagona pumpkin for use in pies,muffins or (p. 5) and the activities on feelings were train, and candlemaking. pumpkin bread is to quarter the pump-submitted by Gary A. Fortney of the I Seed Collecting - Have the childrenkin, put it on baking sheets and bake it Arizona Department of Education. bring old socks. Walk around outsideunseasoned like squash. This beats peel- School-Age NOTES appreciates in the old socks and see what sticks. Seeing, cubing, boiling and draining be- reader contributions. what kinds of seeds come from differ-cause the baked pumpkin can be ent areas. Use a magnifying glass toscooped out like you do baked squash 95 Activity Ideas inspect the seeds. Count and categorizeand then mashed or put in a blender for The minimum number of Activity the seeds by similarities. use in recipes. Ideas in this issue is 95. ©1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 4SEPIEMBER 1993 e Printed an Recycled Paper 6 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Oct 4 - Universal co) Oct 1, 1869 - The October is National Oct 26, 1927 - first Oct 31, 1926 - first postcard in the Children's Day. Popcorn Poppin' motion picture with death of magician rz world was issued in Children in tradi- Month. How many sound. It starred Al Harry Houdini. tional costumes of I-4 Austria. Design pieces of popped Jolson in The Jazz Read about their countries l- your own postcard corn will fit in a Singer. Pantomime Houdini. Learn a U celebrate around the w 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". brown bag? a favorite story. magic trick. 0., Peace Bell in NY cn City. Plan your own celebration. ,4 Create a diverse Provide models in the We use the colors Provide diverse Read or tell a folk 1 environment with art center of craft orange and black to clothing for playing lore story omitting pillows, rugs and items and sculpture decorate in October. dress-up and for the ending. Let the E..* wall hangings from from various etluii.; What other colors dramatic activity. children compose ri various cultural groups. are significant to their own ending g origins. other cultures and with the idea of -1 seasons? making it multicultural.

The Big Mac is 25 McDonald's has The smallest The biggest Placed end to end years old. How restaurants in 66 location is 492 sq ft McDonald's is in all the hamburgers U many seeds are countries. Can you on the Ginza in Beijing. It has eaten in the US in there on a sesame name 66 different Tokyo. Would this 28,000 sq ft. What one year would seed bun? countries? stretch 1.8 million C fit in your class- building in your q room? in your gym? community is that miles. How many times would that size? reach frcm NY to San Francisco? Read a story with a Read J. Viorst's Recite Mary Had a Let the children Use music ora sad ending. Ask the Alexander and the Little Lamb as if write a poem about music activityto 0group to rewrite the Terrible, Horrible you were sad, how they feel that change themood of ,..4 ending. Discuss ...Day. Ask, excited, angry, day. Let them paint an unruly group. 4why a happy ending "Have you ever had discouraged, and so a picture on an W * ;4 is not always a day when every- on. Give each one a easel, selecting an we, 4.1 possible. thing went wrong? turn. expressive color...... -4Vilygri-,..;...... , Tell about it." «I4 Learn how to soak See how many Create a topical Write for a catalog Find out about the off stamps and different countries collection of stamps of recent US issues people whose pic- you can get at least cn mount them with a one stamp from. from various from the Philatelic tures are on stamps. stamp hinges. Look ur the coup- countries on a Service Center, Box Why are these per- C tries on a map. theme -- animals, 449997, Kansas sons famous? E-4 v) Look at the lan- famous peor, City MO 64114- guages and mon- flags, flowers, cars, 9997. It is free and etary units on the etc. has color pictures. stamps. Decorate your book Rake a huge pile of Collect as many leaf On colored paper Identify as many covers with leaf leaves to play in. shapes as you can. make spatter prints trees and plants as cop prints. Paint with , Make rubbings with of leaves. Use you can by the .44 acrylic paint on the ..* .1 crayons, chalk or screen wire on a box shapes of their - --,.. rff.. qt back of a leaf. Press charcoal. frame, white shoe leaves. -,, W hi yr-- . 4 it on the paper. polish and a tooth- :'4-15.- (Note: this paint brush. ditili.V dries fast.) -v. 4

01993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-84M ® Printed on Recycled Paper SEPTEMBER 1993 5 to head ACF, the agency has been un-about how share space could work in SAC Courses at able to make long range plans. The newtheir school. One of the Quality Indica- 150 Colleges ACF chief will have to set many policy tors is "Children's projects are promi- nently displayed." The standards ask How many colleges and technicaldirectives, including determining the schools have courses on school -agesize of the council's grant and whether "Is there so little storage that staff keep supplies and equipment in canvas bags care? This spring School-Age NOTES the grant will allow for researching and conducted the first national SACCstarting a school-age credential. coo or stored in their cars?" Indicators and questions such as these course identification survey of 3,950 can be used by programs that are sup- departments of early childhood educa-Horne Approves pose to "set-up and take down and tion in the U.S. Over 250 responses National Service disappear" each day. They can be used were received for a 6% response rate.Requiring SAC to advocate for allowing children's The results: projects to be left on the cafeteria walls 74 colleges responded "yes, they haveby Charles Pekow The House approved the National & and for more storage space. one or more SAC courses." "For shared space to work, program 51 include SAC as a part of an exist-Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (H.R. 2010), which would require thatstaff need to be innovative... With cre- ing child care course. ativity, shared space can be transformed 43 are considering adding a SACschool-age care be provided for all the estimated 25,000 volunteers perform- each day in minutes using modu!ar course ing community service who need it infurniture, moveable storage units and 5 are adding a SAC course in the fall. exchange for education grants. No oneroom dividers, large pillows, bean bag 23% of the 74 are in California. chairs, and carpet squares." The 74 institutions with SAC courses knows how many of the volunteers The beauty of the quality standards is are a part of the approximately 150would seek the care. The Senate will that they have been produced by princi- colleges and technical schools in the take up a similar bill (S. 919), which its pals for principals. This will help SAC U.S. and Canada that have been identi-Labor & Human Resources Committee has approved. 64E, programs in schools particularly those fied by School-Age NOTES as having run by outside groups to make their had or currently have a course on SAC. points about the need for storage and Twenty-five of those are in Canada. display space and for personal space These results will be compared to the Principals on for children's belongings. findings of the Wellesley School-Age Shared Space Standards for Quality School-Age Child Project's SAC Career Prepara- Child Care is available from School - tion Investigation. If you have not con- The Standards for Quality School- Age NOTES for $19.95 (17.95 for sub- tacted them about your institution'sAge Child Care by the National Asso- scribers) plus the special reduced ship- SAC courses, contact Caryl Goodmanciation of Elementary School Princi- ping charge of $2.50. a40 at 617-283-2547. db pals (NAESP) encourages school staff to be supportive and receptive to ideas School-Age Credential On Hold NOTES SEND TO: P.O. Box 40205 Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 by Charles Pekow Any thought of a Child Development NowSchool-Age NOTES comes to you 12 times a year! Associate specialty in school-age care Yes, sign me up for: New Subscription U Renewal has been placed on hold. The Council (check mailing label for expiration datemonth/year) for Early Childhood Professional Rec- 1 year $22.95 Canada $25.95 U.S.Funds Foreign $27.95 U.S. Funds ognition, which runs the credentialling program, planned to consider a special- ized version in school-age care. But the Name council set aside all development ideas while it renegotiates its grant from the Program Name Administration on Children & Fami- lies. Because as of this writing, Con- Address gress still hadn't confirmed President Bill Clinton's choice of Mary Jo Bane City / State / Zip

1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 6 SEPTEMBER 1993 ePrinted on Recycled Paper especially simple, even the youngest chil- Breads are another basic recipe that Making Cooking dren can take part in snack preparation.) have endless possibil s for children to The Spice Of Life inCOOKING PROJECTS try new blends. Recipes such as tacos or O Another way is to offer cooking projects muffin pizzas offer children the opportu- Your Program as one of the children's choices for activi- nity to create something that is exactly by Laura Mason Zeisler ties. Cooking can range from a vety simple what they like. food preparation project such as bulkoky,SELF-ESTEEM a Korean beef dish, or a blender drink to Besides the exploration factor there is Cooking appeals to children for a wide a more involved recipe that might take the the freedom to choose. As those of us who variety of reasons. Cooking can be inte- greater part of the afternoon to preparehave worked in school-age care know, grated into many areas of your program control and freedom are key issues. such as science, art, related literature, such as apple pie, pretzels or tacos. Books such as Cook and Learn by Empowering children through choice songs, drarr atic play props and settings, Beverly Veitch and Thelma Harms and control builds self-esteem. Children games, field trips, geography, blocks, ani- (Addison-Wesley), Young Chef's Nutri- get tremendous satisfaction both with the mals. The most obvious ways to make tion Guide and Cookbook by Carolyn E.process and the product. As the children cooking a part of your program is through develop more skills, greater independence these basics: snack time and cookingMoore et al. (carried by School-Age NOTES) give young chefs a broad rangecan be encouraged. Start with laying a projects. foundation of ground rules and clear pro- SNACK TIME of recipes. Cook and Learn has a particularly ap-cedures, and skills can quickly develop. Snack is one avenue to introduce and STARTING & BEYOND integrate food preparation on a regular pealing format for the independent cook. For those who may not have even the basis. Ellen Gannett of the WellesleyThese recipes are written for individual portions. A practical application of mut-.most basic appliances, The Kids' No- S ACC Project, has found that children in tiplication can get older children to make Cook Cookbook by Beth Goodman (Scho- SAC programs often say they are hungry. a larger portion, such as a loaf of a special lastic) can he a good starting place. Re- This is because snacks frequently are: bread, instead of muffin size. member you can always substitute ingre- -the ponion size given preschool children dients to make the recipe more (or less) -carbohydrates which bum off in a short DIVERSITY Cook and Learn, Young Chef's Nutri- nutritious or to give it more zip (or less). period of time Look around your program and see 0 -offered in a limited time period at thetionGuide and Cookbook and Multicultural Cooking with Kids andhow many ways you can integrate cook- beginning of the afternoon. More Multicultural Cooking with Kidsing and related activities. Eat, Think and Snack is an important component of the (Lakeshore), and the Easy Menu EthnicBe Healthy by Paula Kievan Zeller and SAC program, and helps give children Cookbooks series (Lerner Publications) Michael F. Jacobson (carried by School- the energy necessary to continue with the Age NOTES) can be a resource which day. Therefore, it is recommended toare uncommonly good for usable recipes will give depth to your cooking activities offer larger portions over the period ofwhich reflect the diversity of our many beyond the actual food preparation. From the afternoon, with protein as a part ofheritages in this country. creating art supplies and projects to mak- the snack for sustained energy. A great connection between home and ing something tasty to enjoy that after- SNACK PLANNING program is to have families share recipes to be used in the program. When askingnoon, cooking can bring spice to your Have children take part in planning the for recipes, stress that what takes ar adult life. AD weekly snack choices. Include children in the process of calculating costs for only fifteen minutes to prepare most likely Formore information contact: Laura Ma- supplies and the budget limitations, aswill take children three to four times longer. KEEP IT SIMPLE is a valuable son Zeisler, EXPLORATIONS UNLIM- well as consider nutrition and how much ITED, 771 Plainfield Pike, N Scituate, RI their peers will enjoy it. Keep recipes rule to pass along. Make a cookbook from 02857-1713. 401-647-5502. simple and varied. Consider recipes that these recipes for an end-of-the-year present from the program, or make it a reflect the traditions of the children in your program and the community-at-fund raising item. Safety Reminder THE CREATIVE CHEF large. Cooking can be an avenue for explora- In the fall many plants have attractive Two cookbooks that are particularly tion and creativity. Take apple juice as a berries and a lot of them look good enough good for smple recipes are: Super Snacks base, add ice, some fruit, maybe some to eat. In fact, the birds even eat some that by Jean Warren (carried by School-Age yogurt, maybe some cinnamon, maybeare harmful to humans. Others, such as NOTES) and Sugar-Free Toddlers: Over some honey ... and presto. You have aprivet, yew and pokeberry are even poi- 100 Recipes Plus Sugar Ratings for sonous to humans, so it is wise to teach O Store-bought Foods by Susan Watson delicious blender drink. Children can try different combinations to discover whatchildren not to eat any berries except (Gryphon House). (Don't be deceived by those served to them by an adult. at the title. Since many of the recipes arethey like best, as well as to compare consistency and taste combinations.

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ISSN0278-3126 ©1993 School-Age NOTES A National ResourceOrganization on School-Age CarePioneering the Field Since 1980 I N S I Food For ThoughtFall Celebrations D..E by Wendy C. Horikoshi Fall Celebrations During the month of October last year, I examining our country's history and rela- New Zealand SAC 2 was reminded of the need to constantly tionship to the world. reflect upon our philosophical approach to Remember the "First Thanksgiving" Consequences/Punishments 3 our programs. The 4-H community clublitany we learned in school how "they Costume Activities 4 program has a monthly county-wide meet- served pumpkins and turkeys and corn and ing for volunteers and parents. The calen- squash. The Indians had never seen such a Native Heritage 4 dar 1rbeen circulated and approved in feast." (Dorris) Although there may have Professional Development 7 June. I didn't notice the meetings conflict- been a Thanksgiving feast with Pilgrims ing with any celebrations. However, our and Native Americans eating together, it is SECA SAC Report 8 regularly scheduled Council meeting, the most likely that the Native Americans pre- first Tuesday of the month, in October fell pared the lavish meal since pumpkins, tur- on the eve of Yom Kippur, one of the High key. corn and squash are indigenous to theSAC Instructor's Holy Days in the Jew ish religion. Not know- Americas. ing that Yom Kippur celebration begins at The more in-depth teaching of everyday interest Session sundown of the preceding day, we goofed. lives of Native Americans is generally not(A reminder from the September issue.) 1 learned that we must always be searching included in textbooks, TV or children'sFor the first time at the National Associa- for a larger awareness of people cultural, storybooks.The Native Americans became tion for the Education of Young Children's religious and social beliefs, if we arc to exposed to many new life-threatening dis- Conference an interest session will he held begin to help each other to accept and eases, had their lands taken from them, and for college and technical school instructors respect each other as human beings. were forced to give up their religion andof school-age care courses to share ideas, This occurrence motivated me to con- their language. Dressing up as "Indians", solutions to barriers, course outlines, text- template the significance of holidays that wearing feathers, sending greeting cards book suggestions and to discuss issues and we, as a society, generally observe. In the with persons in fully costumed Indian garb, trends such as certificate programs, articu- months of November and December there speaking one or two-word "thoughts" and lation, and courses and minimum stan- are many holidays: Thanksgiving, Christ- reading stereotypical stories about Thanks- dards. (NAEYC is in Anaheim CA .) mas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's, giving tend to trivialize the lives, contribu- Course Outlines Those interested in Hanukkah is an eight-day celebration of tions, and sacrifices Native Americans have sharing course outlines are asked to bring the "Festival of Lights", and it commemo-made to our society. 35 handouts. It will be on Thursday, No- rates one of the incidents of regaining free- vember 11th 5:30-7:00 p.m. For more in- dom from enslavement over 2,000 years formation contact co-facilitators Richard ago. Kwanzaa, also a festival of lights, is Cohen, Pacific Oaks College, 818-397- I don't think that multicultural edu- observed over seven days beginning De- 138 I or Rich Scofield, School-Age NOTES cember 26, celebrating harvest and thecators are particularly advocating 615-242-8464. African cultural family heritage. [Editor'sthat we quit teaching about Thanks- Why Is This Interest Session Impor- note: It is interesting to look at howgiving or about how people cel-tant? [The following is from the Septem- lights,candles and stars also play a role in ebrate Christmas. ber issue of School-Age NOTES.] Aside the celebration of Christmas.] from the intense interest in professional Unfortunately, we tend to focus only on development and the importance of school- two of the November / December celebra- In an article entitled "Why I'm Not age care being offered at higher ed institu- tions, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thankful for Thanksgiving" Michael Donis tions, this session in Anaheim will be the

Through our own personal perspectives, writes, "Thanksgiving, like much of Ameri- best chance for several years to reach the these two holidays may have real signifi- can History, isanplex, multifaceted and most number of instructors of school-age cance in our lives. However, as educators, will not bear too close a scrutiny without courses. we often fail to teach that many of the ideas revealing a less than heroic aspect. Know- California has the most number of col- behind the celebrations are biased and seen ing the truth about Thanksgiving, both its lege courses on school-age care. Many of through one perspective. Not only do ourproud and its shameful motivations andthem are in the Los Angeles area which children and youth need to learn multiple history, might well benefit contemporary makes Anaheim a good meeting place. ways for dealing with any issue, but they children. But the glib retelling of an ethno- While the National School-Age Child need to be given a broader perspective for (cin4inued on page 2) (continued on page 2) that the founding fathers were not Chris- New Zealand SAC Food For Thought tians, but Deists who believed in a Supreme (continued from front page) Being. They did not necessarily believe in Network SAC is centric and self-serving falsehood does not Christ or Christmas. do one any good." (Dorris) As child and youth workers, we need to OSCAR Similarly, for the celebration of Christ- encourage each other to examine our project mas, our environment is inundated with materials and educational philosophies and Dear Mr Scofield, Thank you for your letter. School age Christmas trees and Santa Claus, yet there to tailor them to become more culturally childcare in New Zealand is referred to as is supposed to be a clear Feparal ion ofsensitive; more global in approach and Out of School Care and Recreation - OSCAR church and state in our schools and public more direct in challenging the critical think- for short. education system. When forcing the cel- ing skills of our children and youth. Our organisation is a community basedebration of Christmas, using the terms References group set tip to support and provide resources Christmas vacation, holding ChristmasDon is, Michael "Why I'm Not Thankful for providers of school age childcare and act parties and giving gifts through our educa- for Thanksgiving",Rethinking Columbus, as a representative at a local and National tional program, we can he negating the Below, Miner, Peterson. Eds., Rethinking Government level. We are presently setting significance of other religious holidays or Schools, td., 1991, p. 13. up a resource library dealing with all aspects the importance of different faiths and be- Wendy C. Horikoshi works with the Uni- of school age childcare and offer a series of liefs. training workshops. We have an outreach versity of California Cooperative !'.;ten- NilIf the history of the Thanksgiving and sion in Hayward, California. worker who runs regular meetings of people Christmas celebrations are taught, are other with an interest in OSCAR. cultural or religious celebrations taught, School age childcare is a relatively recent issue in New Zealand. As yet there are no discussed and presented with the sameSAC Instructor's licensing requirements and consequently no respect, tolerance and understanding? (continued from front page) government support in terms of direct fund- III Are the daily lives of the communiti.s Care Alliance's 1995 Conference will he in ing. Pre-school childcare as a contrast is very of the people who celebrate these "other" San Francisco and hence appear to be close w'ol supported at a National government holidays studied throughout the year? for the California instructors, many in- level in terms of regulation and funding sub- structors may not attend because school- AMON1110111111111=0 sidies. age is not their area of interest. It isjust one As yet there is no accurate indication of Unfortunately, all too often the cul- of many courses they teach. Reaching these how many school age childcare programs instructors at NAEYC is more feasible. exist, we are in the process of conducting an ture of the dominant society is The '94 NAEYC Conference is sched- Auckland wide survey to determine numbers what is taught as the norm and if uled at a difficult time for instructor's to and the needs of the services. Auckland is the other expressions are highlighted, leave campus. It is in Atlanta, November largest centre, 1/3 of the total population ofthey become trivialized or "visited" 3.5 million live in the area, therefore our 30-December 3rd, the week after Thanks- network represents a considerable sector offor the day and are seen as differentgiving, and the last week of classes and New Zealand. and therefore somehow inferior. beginning of finals at many colleges. Thus, The other mail cities also have Networks location and scheduling of this conference of School Age Childcare providers although make this the best chance to reach the most they tend to be affiliated with Pre-rchool Unfortunately, all too often the culture ofnumber of SAC instructors. Childcare Associations. There is a move- the dominant society is what is taught as the JUST IN: Meeting will be at Disney- ment to set up a National Network, although norm and if other expressions are high- land Hotel at the Sierra Center, Cerritos this is being done with considerable volun- lir 'ted, they become trivialized or "vis- Room, 5:30-7:00pm, Thurs. Nov. I I. tary component so is progressing slowly. ite..." for the day and are seen as different There is nodouht that the number of groups and therefore somehow inferior. looking at setting up school age programs is I see our responsibility as adults working SeloolAgeNOTES increasing. We are being contacted t,y an with children and youth to examine our role Subscriptions: $22.95/year increasing number of individuals and in teaching them some basic beliefs about organisations for information and resources. society. It is for this reason that we have 12 issues Like the United States, the caregivers are removed graphics and thematic a: [work of School-Age NO"l'ES coming from a wide range of community Send To: these holidays from our newsletter. I don't P.O. Box 40205 sectorsprivate centres, home based care, schools, community centres etc. think that multicultural educators arc par- Nashville. TN 37204 We would very much like to be included in ticularly advocating that we quit teaching 615-242-8464 your International Network and look for- about Thanksgiving or about how people Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. ward to our subscription to School-Age celebrate Christmas. However, we realize Nashville. TN 37204 NOTES. Please do not hesitate to contact us that our young people have been taught "cofield if you require further information. very little about the daily lives of Native Editor/Publisher:Richard Americans both past and present, and that Office Manager: Mary-Helen Marigza Sandy Thompson, Co-ordinator Out Of School Care Network the colonization of the Americas was not an Published Monthly in Nashville. Tennessee PO Box 3813, Auckland, New Zealand entirely noble event. Very few people know 01993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 2 OCTOBER 1993 t5)Printed on Recycled Paper 12 Ord Consequences made children sad and lonely to be removed from the group, which in turn As we do our planning sessions, Cor Punishments made me feel inadequate and meanwe ought to keep these rights and, I became convinced, made every- and freedoms in minda pro- one feel tentative and unsafe. These "Punishments teach children to gram based on them is bound to emotions show up in a variety of un- obey by making them feel bad about be successful in meeting the what they have done, with the hope thatwholesome ways depending on whether they will not want to do those thingsone is a teacher or child. We are all cutneeds of school-agers. again. Punishments include spankings,from the same cloth. The time-out chair threats, loss of privileges, lectures,was my means of punishment. 'You can't play' is the child's way [of pun- Here is t1 rlist of child care rights scolding and sarcasm. Punishments, and freedoms their words: which hurt the child in some way, oftenishing]." cause short-term behavior change. Over 1. The right to have fun. time, however, punishments lead to What do you use in your program 2. The right to play. greater problems," says Richard Curwinpunishment or consequences? Do you and Allen Mendler in Am I in Trouble?have consequences that may turn into3. The right to choose what we want Using Discipline to Teach Young Chil-punishment if not monitored? Does staffto do. dren Responsibility (available fromrespond in ways that make children4. The right to learn new things (not School-Age NOTES). feel "tentative and unsafe." This mayjust thesame stuff we learn in school). "Consequences teach responsibil-be yelling, sarcasm, belittling, or over-5. The right to be creativenot just ity. They help children learn to makeuse of time-out. I'm reminded of theart. We want to make up things better choices in the future. They aremother who said she knew there wasnew snacks, new rules to old games, natural and/or logical and directly re-something wrong with her child's afternew inventionsstuff like that. lated to the rule, and the connection isschool program when every afternoon6. The right to privacywe need a obvious to the child." as she drove up she heard staff yellingplace to put our things and a place to A kickball left outside over nightat children on the playground. Whenbe alone. parents drive up to your program or disappears. The natural consequence is 7. Freedom from botherwe don't enter your building, what do they hear that it is not available anymore to the want other kids to ruin our stuff and and see'? ,o) children using it. And a logical conse- we don't want teachers always tell- quence to solve the problem is that the ing us what to do. kids figure out how to earn money or do jobs around the center to "earn" back This last comment led to an interest- getting a new ball. The result is moreChild Care "Rights ing discussion about the kind of center responsibility for the program's equip- rules needed to guarantee this "Free- ment. A punishment of a time-out forand Freedoms" dom from bother." an afternoon or being yelled at wouldby Roberta Newman Several thoughts came to mind as I not give the power of choice and re- listened to these children. I was re- sponsibility to the children involved. On a site visit to a school-age pro-minded again of how true it is that "Power usually involves choices.gram, a group of 5th and 6th gradersschool-age kids know what they want Punishments are power based, mean-came rushing up to the program leaderand need in programs; we need to listen ing that the choice belongs to the adult." with this demand: "We want to knowto them often. As we do our planning Consequences involve choices. Thewhat our childcare rights and freedomssessions, we ought to keep these rights children can choose to earn the ball are; we've been learning about the Bill and freedoms in minda program back and in the future choose to beof Rights in school and we think there based on them is hound to he successful more careful about equipment. ought to he child care rights and free- in meeting the needs of school-agers. Child Care Information Exchangedoms too." The program leader jumped quoted the following related to time-right in and said, "You're probably Roberta Newman is achildcare devel- out, punishment and exclusion. It isright. Let's talk about what they should opment and training consultant who from Vivian Gussin Paley's You Can'tbe." The kids sat down and brainstormed doesworkshops and keynotes on school- Say You Can't Play (Cambridge, MA: a list of seven rights and freedoms they age care. The selection above is from Harvard University Press, 1992): thought they should have every day atone of her keynotes. She can he con- "Thinking about unkindness alwaysthe center. tacted at8 Randolph Ave., Cape reminds me of the time-out chair. Ii Charles, VA 23310 (804) 331-3158. 01993 Schoo/-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 ® Printed on Recycled Paper OCTOBER 1993 3 8. Resource book (from library) Mask National American Creating Halloween Magic (Harcourt Brace Jovanich) Costumes Out of the making masks with low cost materi- Indian Heritage als Month Scrap Bag 9. Old or borrowed jewelry (parents again!) November is National American In- 10. Lots and lots of orange, green and Edith Head, one of Hollywood's most dian Heritage Month. This is an excel- brown construction paper, glue and famous costume designers, was quoted lent reminder to us of the rich and diverse scissors in Parade magazine: "As I discovered, as culture of the first Americans. But, just as a child at the turn of the century, half the the contributions of African Americans fun of Halloween is making your own to our society should not be remembererd costumes. Today's children can have the only during February (Black History same treat by letting them be apart of the Month), or civil rights should not be magical process in inventing and carry- thought of only on Martin Luther King, ing out their own ideas about what is the Jr.'s birthday, the Native American cul- perfect Halloween look'. ture should also be a part of the year The school-ager, with a few props,Possible Costumeround awareness in your program. One some resource books and pictures, imagi- way to achieve this is to have books in nation (theirs and yours) and a little adultIdeas: your program's library that give an accu- guidance can make their own Halloween rate portrayal of American Indians. In costume. Robot or Tin Man - large cardboard her book Positively Different (soon to be Plus, with an increased national con- available from School-Age NOTES), cern for children's safety, more commu- box, recycle aluminum foil, painted, with holes made for head, arms and legs Ma Consuelo Matiella provides a sug- nities (and school-age programs) are hav- Raggedy Ann - red/orange yarn for hair, gested reading list for children. The fol- ing Halloween parties rather than the lowing is a portion of that list: traditional door-to-door "trick or treat-cut-off jeans, leotard tights, red striped shirt, striped socks, make-up mask ing". Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians by Planning and creating both costumes Gypsy - long skirt, big blouse, scarfs (bright colored), jewelry, make-up maskAliki and the party are excellent activities for Princess white sheet wrapped into dress, school-agers. another sheet for a cape, old jewelry, The Desert Is Theirs by Byrd Baylor crown made from aluminum foil wrapped Halloween over cardboard Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor Scrounger's CornerScarecrow - Old clothes, hat, straw (or shredded construction paper) When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor How can you use these everyday items? Note: The Gift of the Sacred Dog by Paul Goble

In cultures not celebrating HalloweenIshi,Last of His Tribe by Theodora 1. Make-up (involve parents by ask the ideas presented here can be adapted Kroeber ing them to contribute -- new make- for festivals, carnivals, etc. up only to avoid spreading diseases) Be aware of any families who may notAnnie and the Old One by Miska Miles 2. Plastic garbage bags (green, black, want their children participating in any white, yellow) Halloween activities for religious or other Island of the BlueDolphin by Scott O'Dell 3. Old clothes (involve parents, again, reasons. Plan ways to help those children or call sororities, church women's not to feel left out. groups, Rotary, Lion's Club) 4. Old boxes from TV or grocery 45 Activity Ideas stores These ideas have been adapted from an article that originally appeared in the 5. Yam - for hair The minimum number of Activity Ideas September /October 1981 issue of School - 6. Newspapers - for paper m ache mask in this issue is 45. 7. Paper bags (from home again!) Age NOTES.

01993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 4 OCTOBER 1993 ® Printed on Recycled Paper 14 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday ci) , National AmericanNov 1, 1880 - the Nov 5, 1958 - For Children's Nov 26 - birthday White House was A Indian Heritage Shirley Chisholm Book Week visit a of Charles Schultz. completed. Presi- IX Month. Find out was the first black library, review new Collect Peanuts W about Chief Sarah dent John Adams women ever elected books or read aloud W and his family cartoons from old of the Paiute, a to the US House of from a book to get newspapers. Make a W linguist and lec- moved in. Find out about what visitors Representatives. started and then scrap book or Q turer, a writer of the 4 to the White House How many are there make it available. bulletin board. late 1800's. now?ow?

Design your ideal Imagine your familyYou are planning an Make a model Designa fashion to W school. Think about in a space bubble onaquarium (or a zoo) house of boxes, rug be wornin winter. the rooms you H another planet. You for your city. How scraps and wallpa- ..t would have and are self-sufficient. will it look and per. Put in curtains W the floor plan What animals and what will you and make furniture. UwhatU would be. plants would you include? .;--) co need?

Watch a house or How many tools are Use tools to make Learn to use wood- Learnhow to fix a building being built used in the kitchen? repairs -- a needle working tools to crackor hole in a or renovated. EA Name as many as and thread, or nails, make something wallor sidewalk. CObserve the kinds you can. Remember hammer, screws, useful. (What W'of tools that are 0 that utensils are screwdriver and a tools are used for E" being used. tools. thick enough board work outdoors or in to practice on. the yard?)

List all the things Learn how to use a Ask a ham radio Learn how to Learn a new skill >" you use that need fire extinguisher or operator to help you operate a pay on a computer. delectricity.What how to maintain a contact a ham telephone or find ,-4 would you use smoke detector. operator in another out how the office 4instead if you had town. transfers calls from no electricity where one extension to W you live? E-0 another.

'..', How is a plane able How do a bird's Make aboomerang. Look in current Look for. US postage -tt to (1) stay up and wings work to let it science or news stamps about air and (2) move forward? fly? Make a mobile magazines to see space. Tb.rf, are even qDesign a paper of birds in flight. what the Mars space fantasy stamps. 4tZ airplane to improve Observer is learning What would you put length of flight. about Mars. on a stamp if you t could? Draw around your Prepare a treat for Read a storyabout Make woven paper Cut a sponge into a t../ hand to make a the birds for stone soup.Orga- placemats. turkey shape or a 'c5 2.4 turkey. On each tail Thanksgiving. 4 nize a fooddrive for fall leaf shape. Use feather (finger) donations tothe 0 :MI, it with paint to cy, write one thing for .641,-,.-; food bank. . make prints on which you are 111;3(ty placecards or A( thankful. N.1 e, notepaper. ... 1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205 ashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 ® Prin ed on Recycled Paper 1 5 OCTOBER 1993 5 ,A T, I V

plore ways child care could help make aS.ACaLL,9A April 14-16, 1994 Washington Notes National School-Age Child Care Alliance, recipients of Aid to Families with De- 6th Annual Conference. Philadelphia. PA by Charles Pekow pendent Children self-sufficient. In its Contact: Diane Barber 215-643-0569 Charles Pekow is the Editor of "Dayplace, the legislation "encourages" such CALIFORNIAApril 22-23. 1994 Care USA.This report was written ex- projects to be funded out of Section 1110 New Listing clusively for SAN readers. of the Social Security Act, which funds 11th Annual California School-Age social service and income maintenance Consortium Conference. Red Lion Inn. San Diego, CA Community Service Plan to Payresearch. Contact: Darci Smith 415-957-9775 for School-Age Care DO WE HAVE YOUR SAC CONFERENCE Mom Earns 30% of the Household DATES? AB workers in the national community service program will get school-age careIncome if they need it. President Bill Clinton and Employed mothers of school-age chil- Planning Your congressional leaders agreed on a Na-dren in two-parent families earn 30% of tional & Community Service Trust Acthousehold income last year, according toSchool-Age of 1993 (H.R. 2010) which sets up aCensus Bureau data. Corporation for National Services (CNS) Technical to provide educational grants for volun- Assistance For The teers who work in public service jobs.Conferences The House approved the measure and the (continued from back page) Upcoming Year? Senate is considering it. Volunteers couldTEXASNovember 5-7, 1993 New Listing Texas Licensed Child Care Association get $4,725 per year for up to two years of Annual Conference, Houston, TX, will have a School-Age NOTES would like to work to pay for their educational ex- SAC track Contact: Lorie 1-800-937-8522 help you. penses. CNS would make grants to gov-: WASHINGTONNov. 7, 1993 New Listing ernments, non-profits, Indian tribes, col- S.E. Region WA SACA Mini-Conference. fi We will send free catalogs and mini- leges and universities to operate commu- Clarkston, WA Contact: Dale Owen 509- samples for your next school-age work- nity service programs. The bill would 758 -8723 shop. authorize $300 million in FY 94, $500 CALIFORNIANov. 20, 1993 New Listing Carousel School-Age Conference "Go for the million in FY 95 and $700 million in FY We will list your conference in our Brass Ring", San Diego County Dept of Ed monthly School-Age NOTES newslet- 97, at Congress' discretion. Contact: Sylvia Selverston 619-565-4148 Implications for SAC Programs ILLINOISFebruary 3-5, 1994 New Listing ter. The legislation requires that grantees Chicago Metropolitan AEYC Annual We will provide free catalogs and mini- provide school-age care for volunteers, Conference will have 19 SAC workshops S samples for you to place in your confer- either by buying the care or providing it Contact: 312-427-5399 themselves (if a school system, for in- MARYLANDJan. 22, 1994 New Listing ence packets. Annual SAC Conference, Baltimore, MD stance, operates its own before- and af- Contact: Marsha Howes 410-554-0429 Ill School-Age NOTES offers DIS- ter-school program, it could mandate that GEORGIAFeb. 25-26, 1994 New Listing COUNTS for GROUP SUBSCRIP- all volunteers' children he placed there). GA SAC Association "Georgia's Latchkey TIONS 20% off for 5-19 subscriptions: But Jantees could use CNS money for Challenge: Putting It All Together", Atlanta, 25% for 20-49; 30% for 50-99; and a care only if volunteers need it to partici- GA Contact: Kimberly Nottingham 404- 40% discount off fbr I 00+ subscriptions 373 -7414 pate not for after-hours care or if a great gift -- ongoingmonthly train- volunteers have another source of care. MISSOURI February 11-13. 1994 Annual School-Age Care Conference ing for your conference participants or CNS would have to develop guidelines sponsored by Missouri SAC Coalition, Lake for working with multiple centers. for subsidy levels and eligibility. Con- Ozark, MO Contact: Bonnie Vento 3 I 4- gress hasn't estimated how manyvolun- 225-4494 Rich Scofield is available as a keynote teers may need school-age care. KENTUCKYMarch 4-5. 1994 speaker or workshop leader for your con- 5th Annual KY Coalition for SACC Confer- ference call today as his schedule fills ence, Louisville, KY Contact: NormaMeek up quickly. Welfare Demos Canned 606-739-5344 MINESSFLE March 11-12, 1994 School-Age NOTES the network of The feds won't fund any special at- 5th Annual Tenn. School-Age Care Confer- tempts this year to see if, how, and when ence, Nashville, TN Contact: Cathylienris professionals interested in quality school-age care helps parents kick wel- 615-741-3312 school-age care!'4' 0 fare. The final version of the Omnibus ILLINOISMarch 18-19, 1994 New Listing Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 signed 8th Annual Spring SACC Staff Conference, into law dropped a House-passed autho- Congress Hotel, Chicago IL Contact: Traci Mehay 312-525-0605 Afternoons only rization of $3 million for projects to ex- © 1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville. TN 37204 615-242-8464 6 OcroBER 1993 ® Printed on Recycled Paper 16 Wanted: A New And our specialized knowledge is some- cation and caring. Gee, now that sowios thing we are eager to share with parents, like a profession that I want to he involved Model of community and other SAC profession- in! als.] Professionalism When I talk about "professionals" inReferences SAC, I am using the second meaning that Donald Schon (1983),The Reflective Prac- for SAC is, someone is a professional to the extent titioner: HOW professionals think in ac- by Steve Musson that she engages effectively in develop- tion. mentally appropriate practice and highSpodeck, Saracho & Peters (1988),Pro- The current discussion about profes-quality programming. Personally, I didfessionalism and the Early Childhood sionalism and professional development not enter nor stay in the SAC field in order Practitioner. cw, in SAC makes me a lithe nervous. I want to become more like a lawyer or doctor. I to take the discussion hack to the basics like the freedom, flexibility, and meaning Steve Musson, of Vancouver, British and ask two simple, but important, ques-of child care. Columbia, Canada, is co-author ofThe tions: 1) what do we mean by the terms There is no doubt that in the future the New Youth Challenge: A Model for Work- "professional" and "pro fe:. -onalism", and SAC field will benefit from some aspects ing with Older Children in School-Age 2) what would be the underlying reason of increased professionalism. However,Child Care. Heis an active SAC advocate for trying to increase professionalism in to make the most of our future I urge SAC in Canada. SAC? workers to reject the traditional model of Spodeck. Saracho & Peters (1988) have professionalism reject the old school pointed out that the term "professional"model that values theory over practice,EDITOR'S has at least three meanings. The first is asencourages a snobbish distancing fromCOMMENTS a term to distinguish someone being paidclients, and a claim to "special knowl- for an activity, such as "professional edge" knowledge that the laymen (A definition of professional that I heard at NAEYC's Institute last year that I like singer." It does not tell us about theshould not have access to. We must ask is: a professional is one who has to make person's skill level. ourselves why do we want to become on the spot decisions and uses special The second meaning is used to describe more professional? knowledge to make those decisions.) someone with a high level of skill and I believe that good SAC workers de- Musson's concern that child care would competence. When a person constructs aserve higher wages and more respect and become like the medical or law profes- beautiful oak cabinet others may com- social status, but i reject the idea that these sions in that it involves "a distinct expert- ment that she did "a really professional things can only be achieved by pretending client relationship which values distance job". In this sense a SAC worker is profes- that we are like doctors and lawyers. I and objectivity" is mostly unfounded in sional to the extent that she does her job think that the new model of child care any scenario of the future of child care or well she is professional because she isprofessionalism will link higher wages, of school-age care. Rather than the danger effective and produces high quality re-better benefits and increased status with of becoming like a "traditional model of sults. excellent results i.e. developmentally professionalism," one that is snobbish and The third meaning is used to refer to theappropriate practice and high quality pro- holds (or withholds) special knowledge, "learned professions," for example, medi- gramming. child care faces a larger issue. An issue cine and law. These professions are char- [Editor's note: Another reason for be- that is one of the reasons that it is not seen acterized by (among other things) pro- coming more professional that is implied as a profession. It is society's perception longed theoretical training, a distinct cli-in "developmentally appropriate practice that "anyone" can step in and "watch" ent-expert relationship which values dis-and high quality programming" is the kids as long as they are not child abusers. tance and objectivity, and a claim to aincreased realization within our field of That perception is not true for the medical specialized knowledge. [This knowledge the need for specific know) edge and train- and law fields. may he obscured from the layman by ing about SAC. Being a certified elemen- And that perception of not needing spe- special words and language.] tary school teacher or a recreation special- cial training or knowledge actually raises In terms of the recent discussions aboutist does not automatically mean one can the issue of whether school-age care is a professionalism in SAC I do not think thatbe effective in an after school program.] profession with a special body of knowl- we want to use the first meaning (profes- It seems obvious to me that increased edge or do we just have a body of prac- sion as simply paid activity). And I hopeprofessionalism in the SAC field is a tices? Do we have a pedagogy, a science that we are not talking about becoming means to an end, and not an end in itself. of teaching? Are we actually a part of professionals in the same way that doc-True SAC professionals and those who child development or early childhood care tors, dentists, and lawyers are considered work for and in the best interests of the and education or a part of the study of professionals (the third meaning). [Valu- children, the families and the staff. The ing "distance" in our expert-client rela-"new professionals" will help others to middle childhood? These are questions to ponder as we deal with the complex issues tionships is not what quality care is about. learn about respect, effective cornmuni- of "professional development." (4, 1993 SchoolAge NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville. TN 37204 615-242-8464 ® Printed c'Recycled Paper OCTOBER 1993 7 1W The Summer 1993 issue is availablemembers) plus $2 S&H. Order from Southern Early for $5. Contact: SECA, PO Box 56130,SECA, PO Box 56130, Little Rock, AR Childhood Assoc. Little Rock, AR 72215. For member- 72215 dao ship info. call 501 663-0353. don Tackles SAC Helping Children The Southern Early Childhood As-What Do sociation (SECA), an organization of Cope with Death 14 states with 18,000 members, changed School-Agers Like its name last year from Southern Asso- Someone Special Diedis a beauti- ciation on Children Under Six. One ofto Do Instead of fully illustrated, sensitively written the reasons for the name change was toWatchc TV? children's book about a little girl who be more inclusive of and to better serve comes to terms with the loss of some- Television Today: AConversation its members working in school-age care. very special to her.Helping Chit- with Bob Keeshan and Friendsis a 17 The Summer Issue of SECA' s lour- dren Cope With Deathis the accompa- minute video developed by SECA and nalDimensions of Early Childhood flying resource guide for adults, which designed for inservice training and par- includes a special four page report on includes suggestions for talking about ant meetings. Famous for his TV char SAC by the SECA Public Policy Insti- with children, describes how chil- acter Captain Kangaroo, Keeshan talks tute. "The Latchkey Solution: School- dren react to death, stages of mourni ng, about the negative effects of TV on Age Care Comes of Age" reviews na- and more. The books sell for $8.95 young children and alternatives to TV. tional issues and programs (not just each and are part of the Fearon Teacher A group ofo young schoolhl -agers talkta from the South but includes states such Aids series for Preschool through Grade about what they like to do instead of as Minnesota and Hawaii). Three entitled Kids Have Feelings, watching television. Their unrehearsed The Summer issue also contains ar- Too. To order call Fearon at 1-800- ideas about fun make the video perfect tides on sociodramatic play, thematic 2=12-727 2. el-AD fantasy play, and reaching troubledfor parent meetings. Available for $22 ($20 for SECA children.

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ISSN0278-3126 01993 School-Age NOTES A National Resource Organization on School-Age CarePioneering the Field Since 1980 A Vision of Dedicated Space ,INSID The Chaliange for the Year 2000 Dedicated Space by Rich Scofield Jobs for 10 year -olds 3

Canada SAC 3

Gingerbread Houses 4

Federal SAC $ 6 Portfolios for Parents

Kwanzaa Resources 8

LACK OF PERSONAL SPACE Each set of standards or indicators of quality school-age care points to the importance of making the program feel like home including having a place for children's belongings. Programs have been extremely creative in providing portable bins, putting markings on the floor, and designing personalized rolled-out mats for belongings. How- A classroom in a Seattle school was made into dedicated space for the SAC program allowing ever, it doesn't replace the need for for creative environment design with a loft, sofa and rugs. one's own permanent space where one The challenge for the future of qual-out-of-control and yet the din pulsatedcan leave belongings from day to day ity school-age care will be obtaining in my ears. It was too loud. without feeling like a nomad. dedicated space in schools instead of We know that noise can be a stress The clearest image for me of what we using barren cafeterias and gyms or factor in the workplace. One can onlydon't want is the school where the using shared space in classrooms and wonder the stress for a child in a noisychildren carried their book bags and libraries. gym or cafeteria for 2-3 hours a day allcoats with them as they trudged to the shared space in schools (most of-week long. And what about the stress different spaces in the school the pro- ten cafeterias or gyms) is the moston the caregiver who has inside duty allgram had access to many different difficult space to use. of the time? spaces and rooms but none they could call their own. NOISE LACK OF WARM, HOME-LIKE They almost seem as if they wereWithout setting a goal ofENVIRONMENT made to create noise. In a sense cafete-obtaining dedicated space, Another key to quality that we al- rias and gyms with high ceilings, smooth programs by default areways hear about is to provide a warm, floors and unadorned walls are perfect home-like environment. Usually rugs, for bouncing sounds. doomed to Inadequate andplants,soft lighting, bean-bag chairs, I have walked into a cafeteria in which inappropriate space forstuffed chairs and sofas and creating each child was appropriately engaged.quality school-age care. divided, cozy spaces are given as ex- Children were at tables participating in amples of changing the environment. activities, playing board games and the Gyms and cafeterias by their nature older kids were sitting on a rug social No one has looked at the issue ofdon't feel warm and home-like. izing. None of the behavior individu-noise as a,stress factor in school-age ally was too noisy, inappropriate orcare. (continued on page 2) Vision of Space... DEDICATED SPACE WITHIN A your goal in writing and set a date two, CAFETERIA three, ten years from now. (continued from .front page) SAY, Inc. of San Diego runs more Without setting a goal of obtaining SPACE FOR PROJECTS than a dozen SAC programs in schooldedicated space, programs by default Finally, having space for leavingbuildings. !. finally saw a program in aare doomed to inadequate and inappro- projects out to dry over night, leavingcafeteria that made me feel as thoughpriate space for quality school-age care. fbrts up for several days, or leavingthere was hope for shared space situa-Every program in shared space should marathon hoard games out undisturbedtions. have a vision of being in its own space is not usually available in shared school They made their own dedicated space some day. space. by using a corner of the cafeteria aboutTHE NEXT STEP OBTAINING DEDICATED SPACE the size of a classroom and by placing The next step to obtaining dedicated When schools are overflowing, how low bookshelves (about three feet high) space is to iet parents, school adminis- can you get dedicated space? as the other two "walls." The cornertrators and the community know about Ideallya school system would ap-created by the two walls of shelvesyour goal and then bring them into the preciate the importance of dedicatedmeeting was left open to create an en-process of brainstorming ways to get space and let the SAC program have atrance way. A hoard acted as a gatededicated space. (Remember dedicated classroom inside the building and justduring the day to keep kids out. Theirspace can even mean moving out of the add another portable classroom to thesecurity system was all the kids who school building. It should not be viewed row of existing portables. (Of courseattended the program watching duringas a win-lose situation with teachers the new teacher would get assigned to school hours to make sure no oneand principals.) the portable.) The program might offer "messed" with their program. FOOTNOTE to "share" its space with itinerant teach- Inside, their "room" was carpeted Yes, there are some great programs work - ers, speech pathologists, or counselorsand had bean -hag chairs and a sofa and 1g in incredibly difficult space. (In the or with other adults needing a place tocubbies fbr each child's possessions September-October 1989 issue we reported work with individual or small groups and the other fixtures of dedicated space. about the program in a university fixed- of children. Making double use of theThe children also had access to theseat, tiered lecture hall that had to set-up space is an obvious selling point forcafeteria's tables for messy projects orand take-down-and-disappear every day.) But those are extremely creative school- this concept. just to spread out. The playground and age care professionals. Our education sys- access to it was right there and allowed Second choicethe school places a tem has not been able to replicate Marva portable classroom on the school for a flow back and forth according to Collins' success in teaching. She is unique. grounds for the SAC program to use.children's interests. We cannot replicate the talented SAC pro- Less desirable because of lack of water SETTING A GOAL fessionals who can "run a program under a availability and going to restrooms in Getting dedicated space doesn't hap-tree." Our school-age space must be such the building presents security issues in pen by accident. Even inthe ideal that the average caregiver can run a quality the late afternoon when the building is situation of being given your own class-program in it. And our very creative SAC not occupied. Similar security issuesroom it doesn't come about unless youprofessionals certainly should not he ex- might exist when using school gyms orask for it. Documents such as the prin-pending their talents compensating for in- libraries. cipals' Standards for Quality School- adequate space rather than focusing on the In some communities programs haveAge Child Care obviously can be used program and the children. The vision and its goal always has to be dedicated space. raised funds and bought portable build-to back your case for dedicated space. ings to he placed on the school prop- Often in the child care field we are erty. Again, best use would be to tradetoo accommodating and too willing to References used were: for a classroom inside settle for the "scraps." (Our knack for Standards for Quality School-Age Child In Wisconsin a non-profit, youth being good scroungers and being inno- Care by the National Association of El- agency raised $250,000 to build an vative in recycling things can get in our ementary School Principals ( Available from addition to the school building for theway.) We may have to learn to say, School-Age NOTES) SAC program. "No, we can't do a quality program in Assessing School-Age Child Care Qual- ity by the Wellesley School-Age Child In Seattle, WA a city bond issue was this cafeteria. We need dedicated space Care Project (Contact 617-283-2547) passed to have separate SAC spaceto provide a quality program that theseDevelopmentally Appropriate Practice built into all new school buildings. children may end up using every after- in School-Age Child Care Programs, 2nd Some programs have sought nearby noon for four, five or six years." Edition by Kay M. Albrecht and Margaret houses to renovate and use as a center So the first step to obtaining dedi-C. Plante of Project Home Safe (Available

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2 NOVEMBER 1993 0 1993 School-Age NOTES x 40205Nashville. TN 37204 615-242-8464 e Printed on Recycled Paper although they must complete one jobManitoba SAC Ontario Looks at before they move on to another one. Seamless Day The posting states what the job is and aChallenges The province of Ontario in Canada step by step description of it, includingby Debra Mayer now has licensing legislation that al- what equipment is needed. They work Debra Mayer is the editor ofChild Care lows school boards to operate day nurs-without direct supervision, with a staff checking on them periodically. There- Focus.In a recent editorial she listed the eries (child care) as defined by the Day challenges faced by SAC professionals in Nurseries Act (which includes school- fore, they are expected to work respon- sibly or they could lose the privilege of Manitoba. age care.) According to the Canadian National Child doing future jobs. We pay them out of Care Study, demand for school-age care will petty cash. Occasionally , a long term continue to rise, Is the Manitoba child care Some school boards havejob will be paid by the hour, but usually community prepared to meet the challenge? there is a set fee such as 15 cents per Licensing of new programs is contingent established Seamless Daychair for washing them. upon not ever, ever, ever requesting funding. Committees to developThe guidelines for these jobs are as School divisions which agree to accept responsibility for the operation of a program follows: modelsofintegrated can circumvent the licensing process com- staffing. The child must be at least 10 yearspletely, and then quality control is out of old. control. Their parents must read the job de- This now allows for the possibility ofscription and sign a permission slip .1.11=1111111 establishing seamless days for children.since the child doesn't work under di-Issues such as intermittent Some school boards have establishedrect supervision. Seamless Day Committees to develop The jobs are usually manual jobs,supervision and privacy for models of integrated staffing. In an such as cleaning the yard in the spring,10-12 year olds in care integrated staff model an after school washing chairs, or anything else thatcontinue to be unresolved. staff person might work in the morning needs to be done that staff members kindergarten as an assistant. All staffdon't have time for. working with children during any part The job must be completed and Parent-run lunch programs, while well of the day would be on teams. Eachchecked by an adult before payment. If intentioned, may group excessive numbers team would be responsible for the samea child leaves halfway through and of children in a gym to eat lunch with only a group of children from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. someone else finishes , it is that personfew untrained volunteers, while the licensed Although, some school boards arewho is paid. There isn't any payment program down the hall has vacant spaces. looking into the concept, increased costs for half finished jobs. Camps and parks and recreation programs are a main concern and barrier. eit Jobs may be shared with one friend, compete for the same children, while costs and quality may vary differently. but then they must also split the money. Licensing standards for school-age pro- You can add another dimension by grams may not always reflect the develop- Wanted: Jobs for having applications and interviews for Ten Year Olds the jobs and move into using schedules (continued on page 6) by Barbara Sugimoto and time cards. The success of the jobs program is Child care is a difficult place at times School-AgeNOTES dependent on who is in the center at the for ten year olds. They're too young to time and their interest in working. But Subscriptions: S22.95/year he at home, yet often feel that they are on an individual basis, it is very suc- 12 too old for child care. Our center in cessful. It gives children a sense of Send To: School-Age NOTES Winnipeg, Manitoba, has tried to fill responsibility and starts teaching them P.O. Box 40205 that gap by providing some activities Nashville, TN 37204 that the older children could be in-a lesson about doing a good job and being repaid for it. Most importantly 615-242-8464 volved in if they were at home. One of though, it tells them that you , as an Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. those things is providing an opportu- Nashville, TN 37204 nity to do jobs for money like thoseadult, see them as maturing and ca- pable human beings. coo Editor/Publisher:Richard T. Scofield they could do in their neighborhood. Barbara Sugimoto is the Supervisor of the The jobs are posted on a board in our Office Manager: Mary-Helen Marigza St. Boniface Children's Place D'Enfants, Published Monthly in Nashville, Tennessee kitchen and it is first come, first serve, Winnipeg, Manitoba 01993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 NOVEMBER 1993 ® Printed on Recycled Paper I") 1 3 firA. Gingerbread HouseSnow Frosting forAdi (African Game) Gingerbread House To make the house, use a ginger- Materials Needed: bread cutout cookie recipe or mix - Two rows of six containers, side that will make rolled and cutout 1 egg white by side. (This can be the bottom cookies. For a shortcut, and a 1/4 tsp cream of tartar half of an egg carton or holes made smaller house, graham crackers 1 cup powdered sugar in the ground.) may be used instead of gingerbread. - Two large containers, one at each Beat the egg white and cream ofend of the two rows. Make patterns from cardboard,tartar until it peaks. beat in the pow- place them on the rolled out dough - 48 beans, marbles or dry seeds. dered sugar. Place the frosting in indi-- 2 players. and cut around them with a knife. vidual plastic sandwich bags. Twist the The pattern for the sides of thebag down and tie or use a rubber band. house is a rectangle 3" x 4 1/2".The frosting can be prepared ahead and c3 You will cut out two of these. Thestored in the bags in the refrigerator. end of the house is 4" wide acrossWhen ready to use, clip the corner ofWhat To Do: the bottom, 3" up the straight sides,the bag and squeeze the frosting out in 1. Place 4 beans in each of the and 4 1/2" tall at the peak of thestrips. small holes. roof. You will need 2 of these also. 2. One row of six small containers /NJ African-Americanand one large end container be- longs to each player. Toe Puppets 3. Flip a coin or draw straws to decide who begins first. Finally, the roof requires two 4. The first player picks up the four pieces which are rectangles 3" x beans in the first container in their 6". The house pieces may be baked Make your puppet out of a toiletrow. Going counterclockwise, drop and reserved in plastic bags for use one or more beans into each small the following day. paper tube. Draw a face on it and give it a bit of yarn or fur for hair.container (belonging to both play- For a base you will need a piece ers). Drop only one bean into of cardboard to make the yard.Accordian fold paper strips to give it legs that dangle. Arms for theplayer's own large container. Cover it with waxed paper and tape 5. When first four beans are used, the edges on the bottom of the cardpuppet should be made of card- board and fastened with wire bradspick up beans in next small con so it will not slip. tainer, and keep going, .ac. To erect the house, squeeze out ato permit movement. Each child can make two pup-6. When an empty small container strip of frosting 6" long and set the is reached, it's the second player's side of the house on it. Put downpets, a boy and a girl. Place a single strip of cardboard as arms joiningturn. Second player continues by another strip of frosting and set picking up beans in next available your end panel on it. Use a strip tothe two of them and draw their joined hands. container. Be sure to drop one bean seal the two pieces together where Punch a hole through the hand onin own larger container. they meet at the corner. The frost-the outside and tie a 12" string7. Special Rule: If, when adding ing is both serviceable and decora-through it. Do the same on bothone or more beans to one's own tive. sides.On the free end of the stringsmall container, the number of When both ends and both sides ofmake a loop large enough to fitbeans equals exactly four, the the house are in place, squeeze outover the child's big toe. player may take the four beans and a strip of frosting where you will Play an African tune or one withadd to own large container. Four lay the roof in place, first one sidea nice rhythm. Clap or drum withbeans in the other player's small and then the other. Put frostingyour hands and use your feet tocontainer means neither player may along the ridgepole. make your puppets dance. add to their large container. Now you are ready to decorate. Cultural Awareness for Children, p 17. 8. Continue the game until one Colorful hard candies, peppermints, player has all the beans in their redhots, gumdrops and candy canes38 Activity Ideas large container or until a previ- are good for this. Spearmint leaf The minimum number of Activ-ously determined time is up. Then gumdrops can be used for trees. ity Ideas in this issue is 38. count who has the most beans. 0 1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 4 NOVEMBER 1993 ePrinted on Recycled Paper 22 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Find out how a par-Decorate a holidayLocal historic sitesMake greeting cardsMake gingerbread O ticular ethnic grouptree entirely withmay feature tradi-for nursing homehouses. See p. 4 for observes the holi-handmade orna-tional holiday deco-residents. recipes. days. Make yourments. rations in keeping own ethnic or tra- with a historic pe- ditional decora- t riod. Can you visit? tions.

Read the Just-SoHave a Beethoven's Before cameras, Saint Nicholas wasSix states have De- Stories of RudyardBirthday Party. Lis- Gilbert Stuartpaintedborn in Turkey. Saycember birthdays. Kipling. Write yourten to music. Deco-more portraits ofhis namt. 10 timesCan you name them own "How the ... rate with Schroeder.George Washingtonas fast as you canfrom their postal story. Rememberthan anyone else.and you will see codes: TX, MS, AL, Beethoven's accom-Paint a portrait ofwhy he is calledIA, IL, IN? plishments though someone you know.Santa Claus. deaf.

Carve a design onMarbelized paper.Make wrapping pa-Practice wrapping aLearn to make a half a potato. UsePour a little oilper by blowing thebox with paper,ribbon bow for a paint thinned with folding ends and tempera paint toturpentine on wa-paint with a straw, package. make wrapping pa-ter surface in aor by folding thecorners neatly. per of newsprint. dishpan. Lay apaper for an ink sheet of paper onblot design. the surface and carefully lift it off. Dry. Use a paper tube toPut beans or pebbles Make the AfricanWhat shape was theMake a marble race- gift wrap smallinside a paper tubetoe puppets on p.4. cardboard the paperway with intercon- items. Wrap in pa-and tape paper or tube is made of be-nected tubes, tape per longer than thelight cardboard over fore the tube wasand string. (Kids tube. Twist the endsthe endsfora made? America pp. 250- of the paper. TieKwanzaa shaker. 251.) with string or rib- bon. Kwanzaa - Dec 26-Invite a storytellerRead books or showMake rhythm in-Play the African Jan 1 is a celebrationor check your tapes of importantstruments such asgame on p. 4. of black culture andlibrary black Americans. drums and shakers. Listen to African z black pride. for Celebrate the unique-African music and enjoy the ness of the African-folk rhythms. American culture. tales.

Make stationery.Write thank youCollect stamps offCollect seals. TheDecorate a tree for Use stencils, gad-notes for holidayyour holiday mail.first Christmas sealsthe birds outdoors. get prints, pen andgifts or entertain-Trade duplicateswere TB seals. OtherUse suet, popcorn, ink, or water color.ment, or send awith your friends tocountries have them,cranberries or toast. note to a shut-in. get different stamps.too. How many can 0 you find?

©1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 NOVEMIp. 1993 5 15)Printed on Recycled Paper 23 Washington Notes And grantees would have to pay child Very few inspectors tested soil in care fees for any volunteers with school-playgrounds. though ground within 25 by Charles Pekow age children needing before-and-afteryards of major roads can contain dan- Charles Pekow is the Editor of "Day school care in order to work. So far, the gerous levels of lead, the result of years Care USA. This report was writtengovernment hasn't estimated how manyof use of leaded gasoline. exclusively for SAN readers. participants would need school-age For a free copy of the 21 page GAO care. Also, volunteers may he able toreport. request GAO-RCED-93-197 Few Federal Dollar work in non-profit school-age programs from US GAO, 13() Box 6015. Changes to earn their scholarships. Gaithersburg MD 20884-6()15, (202) 512-6000. Fiscal year 94 will he a repeat of FY Dangerous Lead Also, the National Conference of 93 for school-age programs dependent State Legislatures (NCSL) offers its on federal largess. Both houses of Con- Buildings and playgrounds used forState Lead PoL.DningPrevention Di- uress passed funding hills for the year school-age care can contain unhealthful rectory1993. a state-by-state guide to with the same spending levels forlevels of lead. And federal and statelead poisoning prevention programs, school-age care. These include:efforts to protect children in schools tbr $12 plus $3 shipping and handling. $892.711 million for the Child Careand day care aren't nearly adequate,Contact NCSI, Book Order Depart- and Development Block Grant, $450 according to a recent survey taken byment, 1560 Broadway, Suite 700, Den- million for Job Opportunities and Ba-the General Accounting Office (GAO). ver CO 80202, (303) 830-22(X). Credit sic Skills Training Child Care, $95 Most government effbrts to protect chil-cards taken. million for Transitional Child Care, dren from lead poisoning have focused $318) million for At-Risk Child Care. on housing, saysToxic Substances: The At-Risk Relatively $2.8 billion for the Social Services Extent of Lead Hazards in Child Care Successful Block Grant, and $12.939 million for Facilities and Sc /tools Is Unknown. the Dependent Care Block Grant. All GAO surveyed 16 states and 57 school The At-Risk Child Care program figures are the same as last year. exceptdistricts and tbund that no state rou-works reasonably well in helping fami- the JOBS and TCC ones. These two aretinely checks day care programs for all lies stay off welfare, says the Office of entitlements and the Administration forlead hazards. Seven of the states don'tInspector General of the Department of Children and Families figure more fami- inspect for lead at all. None of theHealth and Human Services. The pro- lies will need the care this year. JOBS others routinely check all three likelygram provides $300 million per year gets boosted $55 million and TCC $11 sources of contamination: water, paint(with a required state match) that state million. and soil. And while 5() of the :,choolcan use to pay !Or school-age and pre- districts tested the water, tcw routinelyschool care for families at-risk of fall- SAC Fee $ to be in tested the other two. which the Envi-ing on welfare without it.dk, ronmental Protection Agency consid- Community Services Act ers more hazardous than water. And many of the districts didn't even test all Manitoba SAC... While the old programs are just hold-the schools' water. (continued from page 3) mental level of the children they are de- ing on to the same inflation reduced Therefore, GAO concluded that "suf- signed to protect. support, a new source for child careficient" information is not available for fees is coming. President Bill Clinton Issues such as intermittent supervision assessing the full extent of lead hazardsand privacy for 10-12 year olds in care signed into law the National Commu- in the nation's child care facilities and nity Service Trust Act and Congress is continue to he unresolved. schools and for assessing how ad- Training requirements for center directors in the process of approving $391 mil- equately these hazards are being ad- [should he higher and' only 1/2 of the staff lion for it this year. A new Corporation dressed." No one has collected enough are required to he trained at all. for National Service will award grantsdata to judge 'low widespread lead is Relevant training for the care of 6-12 year to institutions of higher education, gov- and how much damage it is doing to olds is hard to come hy. ernments and community agencies to children, the report says. But exposure lhe articles by Barbara Sugimoto and Debra create programs for volunteers. For eachto lead can damage children's neuro- year a volunteer works in a social ser- Mayer were reprinted by permission from logical development and lower intelli- the fall issueof Child Care Focus Iv/tic/1:.c a vice job, he or she would earn $4,275 gence levels. The Centers for Disease publication of the Manitoba Child Care As- for higher education tuition (up to two Control considers lead the most serious sociation, 364 McGregor St., Winnipeg MB years). environmental threat to children. R2W 4X3, CANADA.

NovimBhk 1993 1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 4020Nashville, TN 372046 15-242-8464 6 (i) Printed on Recycled Paper 24 Portfolios: A Link servations with the objective. themselves, but usually little informa- One means of comparison is inter-tion is shared. By having a portfolio in 0 To Home And To viewing the studentasking questions hand and going to the educator or to the on the process and the project. Again, administrator of the school, the School not all items in a portfolio are projects. caregiver may find school personnel by Gary A. FortneV Children could record in a journal how more willing to listen. They do want to a conflict was resolved. whether they know what the school-age program is In an age of evaluation, most pro- were participants or .)bservers. doing, how it can assist them, and if the grams want to know how effective they Portfolios may also he used as a mar- child is showing the same abilities and are in obtaining their goals. One method keting and public relations tool. Afterskills in a different environment from of assessing a program is individualobtaining a parents' and childs' per- what they See daily. Thus the portfolio portfolios of the children and youth in mission to use the material, the portfo-also opens lines of communication and your program. lio materials can he compiled into afosters a cooperative effort in educat- The wnfolio is a collection of projectslarger portfolio to show prospective ing the child./Editor's Note: Program's and activities produced by a child which parents. The child's name can either beshould check whether they can share reflects the social, academic, physical eliminated or remain depending upon information with teachers or whether and emotional growth of that child over the material brought together. parental permission is needed. Ideally a set period of time. everyone is working in the best interest In a sense a portfolio is an autobiog- of the child, however, restrictions are raphy by the child. The portfolio con- By sharing the portfolio a to safeguard the privacy of children tains illustrations of art, social interac- natural conversation opens and parents. I tion, interviews with peers and with Once the child, the parent, the school program coordinators, pictures of com-the door forpositive and the school-age program personnel pleted projects, illustrations of solu-communication... are communicating. they can each make tions to problems in the school-age suggestions of what materials or environment, stories written, journals, projects to place into 'he port folio. Some personal assessment by the child, and The portfolios become a link to thematerials are planned just for the port- observations (not evaluation) by theparents. Many times a parent comes in folio; others are placed in the portfolio on-site coordinators of the program. the building, signs the child in or out, because they represent what the child is Observations are emphasized withsays "hi," and then leaves. By sharingdoing or thinking. It is recommended no evaluative comments made as it isthe portfolio a natural conversation that at least four projects or activities he not the intent of the school-age careopens the door for positive communi-planned each year to be entered into the programs to critique work and projects cation even in times when the informa-portfolio. The child should have the but to provide opportunities to partici-tion might be troubling or a concern. greatest say as to what goes into the pate and to meet developmental needs. At set times throughout the year theportfolio as it belongs to him or her. Since there is usually a lack of stor- coordinator and parent can meet like a Portfolios provide the school-age age space, it is best to have the materi-parent-teacher conference using theprogram coordinators a tool to assess als placed in file folders or in small portfolio as the meeting ground. Thetheir own program and help to market boxes. For illustration of art or scienceportfolios reveal the growth of the childit. They also help link the program with projects, a picture can be taken of thethroughout the year and provide en-parents and schools. deb project, the project sent home, and thelightening information on social and picture placed in the file. At all times developmental advances. They can also GarvA.Foamy, Early Childhood Edu- the project or picture needs to be datedshow the parents how the child thinks cation Specialist, is SACC Coordina- in order to compare and show grow. and acts, as well as strengths or areas tor for the State of Arizona. Portfolios can be used to assess needing more attention. The portfolios whether or not the program is obtaining and the individual parent meetings dem- its own established goals. This state-onstrate to parents the interest the SAC"Program staff gain understanding ment assumes that the program hasprogram personnel have in theirof each program participant's outlined in writing goals and objectives children's grow, development, andschool, home, and other experi- O that are performance based and childwelfare. ences outside the program and work centered. By observing the children's The portfolios also provide a link toin partnership with parents toward portfolios, the district and local coordi-the school. Againlike the parents, teach-common goals for each child or nators can compare the work and ob- ers might might stop by and introduceyouth."from DAPin SACC Programs

1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242A41(i4 ® Printed on Recycled Paper J NOVEMBER 1993 7 Let's Celebrate Kwanzaa: An Ac-Leather Crafts Get an Early Start tivity Book for Young Readers by Helen Davis-Thampson - Contains the for Kwanzaa Tandy Leather is the world's largest 7 principles, a Kwanzaa song and rap, Kwanzaa is celebrated December supplier of leather and leathercraft sup- word games, activities for the holiday, 26th to January 1st and centers around plies. If working with leather is some - seven principles: unity, self-detenni- and instructions for Kwanzaa food reci- and simple gifts. Includes a se-thing that might work for your summer nation, working together, sharing, put- lected reading list of books for chil-program, now is the time to order and pose, creativity and faith. Now is a try it out before your real planning good time to find resources to prepare(hen. $5.95 begins. For a cataog look in local yel- Check you local bookstore for these for this celebration. Here are three from low pages under leather for a Tandy three resources and others. If not. avail- Inland Books to get you started: dealer or write: Tandy Leather Co.. PO able, Call Inland Books 800-457-9599 Kwanzaa: rterything You Always Box 791, Ft. Worth TX 76101 Wanted to Know But Didn't Knowto find your closest bookseller that car- Where to Ask by Cedric McClester -ties them. The origins and seven principles are Worthy Wages fully explained in this 56 page guide- Black Pride Making News Making History is a 15 book. Celebration ideas, food recipes, minute video about efforts across the Afrocennic hairstyles, fashions and gift The African Americans: A Celera-b country to increase child care wages. suggestions are included. $5.95 tion of Achievement is a Viking Stu-For information about the video, Re- source Packets and Action supplements Kwanzaa: An Everyday Resourcedio Books coffee-table type collection and Instructional Guide by David A.of 250 contemporary and historicalas well as how to order contact: Child Anderson - An ideal book to get peoplephotos. While expensive at $45, it may Care Employee Project, 6536 Telegraph started in joining the 13 million Ameri- be worthwhile for the interest pointsAve, Suite A-20 (Oakland CA 94609- 1114 (510) 653-9889 No cans celebrating or observing Kwanzaa. and jumping off places to explore Afri- $14.95 can American heritage that it presents.

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ISSNO278-3126 1993 School-Age NOTES - A National Resource Organization on School-Age Care - Pioneering the Field Since 1980 How Do I Control These N 'SI D E Rights & Responsibilities 3

School-Agars! Oatmeal Month 4 by Rich Scofield Project Home Safe Ends 6 Controlling kidseveryone asksliterally looks like "a runway" and Principals' Tips to Parents 7 How do I control these school-agers?shouts out to kids, "run, run." Move a The concept of controlling the kids (astable to the middle to break up that open NSACCA Notes 7 opposed to controlling the environment; space or put a folding divider there. Parent SAC Guide 8 controlling the conflict management What kinds of activities and interest skills to be taught; controlling the wayscenters do you have? Are there "enough Latchkey Solutions 8 staff are to respond; controlling thethings to do and places to be" for each activities presented) is probably wherechild? Are the activities and materialsflict resolution skills have you taught the wrong direction starts. From there itthat children can use and choose fromthe children? Do you give children op- goes downhill. interesting, relevant, meaningful andportunities to practice and role play Like a pot that's boiling, the morefun? these before real incidents occur? Can you try to push the lid down, the more children list several alternative actions the lid will push back. The more one they can take when conflict occurs? Do tries to control school-agers the moreLike a pot that's boiling, you strive for win-win solutions? Good resistance, acting out behavior and pa-the more you try to push theresources for conflict resolution and rental disenrol ments from the program win-win behavior management tech- one will encounter. lid down, the more the lidniques are Creative Conflict Resolu- Often young staff believe that afterwill push back. tion; Discipline that Works; and How school should be like school in the to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen sense that the adult lines children up So Kids Will Talk (and makes them wait) and that they The Staff and YourselfWhat are What values are supported in the should be quiet. As in any relationshipthe techniques for interacting and re-program such as "we strive to give the there has to be a sense that there is somesponding to children that staff and you kinds of choices and atmosphere that give and take. are to use? Look at the resources Kidswould be in a home after school." An- But What Can I Do? Club: A School-Age Program Guideother might be "when we are in the Once when I volunteered on onefor Directors and Please Don't Sit on program we use words to solve prob- hour's notice to fill-in and do a work- the Kids. Are you or your staff shouting lems rather than verbal or physical vio- shop on discipline and behavior man-or continually using Don't's and No'slence." See page 3 for a discussion of agement for infants through school rather than positive action statements? "rights and responsibilities." agers, Jack Wallace of Corporate ChildAre certain children getting more adult No one says working with school- Care Management Services gave me an attention than other children? Wouldagers is without conflict or that behav- interesting framework to work with.you and your staff give the same an-iors can be magically controlled or He said. "When I look at a behaviorswer if a parent asked, "What are yourchanged but knowing what you do have problem.I look at three things; theprogram's philosophy and methods ofcontrol over and working on that is the environment; the adults; and lastly thediscipline':. (1) most important step to resolving the child." So what can you do? The ChildDoes the child need cer- issue of "controlling school-agers." ego Examine what you do have tin social or peace skills? Does there O control over. need to Orne kind of intervention? How The EnvironmentIf you have can you work with the parents? Rich Scofield, M.S. is a child develop- ment specialist and editor/publisher of problems with kids running, have you The Techniques, Skills, and Pro- School-Age NOTES. left open spaces in your program suchgram Values Presented to the Chil- as the middle aisle in a cafeteria thatdrenWhat communication and con- 27 water can he both half-empty and half- were not created by Roberta Newman. SAN Issue Deemed full at the same time. They were what the children had come Offensive Prompts For me, as an editor, perspectives is up with after studying the Bill of Rights. O the best word to describe Wendy's ar-Roberta suggested that we listen to Cancellations ticle. She wrote the article because shewhat the children's issues were. had made the mistake of scheduling an As an editor, it may have been mis- One new subscriber who had justevent on someone else's religious holi-leading to put the children's words in received their first issue called to can-day. I did not see her as speaking against bold lettering. It called attention only to cel based on the content of the OctoberThanksgiving but rather saying that wewhat was listed. issue. Another subscriber wrote: "Thisshould look at the different perspec- My perspective on "The right to letter is to cancel our current subscrip- tives both the "proud and the shamefulchoose what we want to do," was that it tion to your newsletter. I have sub-motivations." meant choice within the context of the scribed to School-Age NOTES through As an editor, I also am aware that opportunities and choices that the adults three different schools and in the past holidays particularly religious or tradi-have made available not choice to found it a helpful newsletter containingtional ones are viewed as being underdo anything at all without boundaries. curriculum ideas and articles concern-pressure to change. In reviewing andChoice to do whatever you want within ing school-age care. However, I fbund editing articles I may not be as sensitive boundaries means that there are times the October 1993 issue very offensive."as I could be to how particular words orwhen everyone has to do something Her objection was to two articles.phrases may appear to some, School-such as clean-up or go on the field trip. She felt the feature "Food for Thought:A oe NOTES certainly believes thatThey don't have a choice about it. (Pro- Fall Celebrations" spoke against two ofceiebrating holidays is an importantgrams with enough staff may want to America's most treasured holidays part of our lives. look at optional field trips and children Thanksgiving and Christmas. The other may be interested in setting up a com- article that caused her concern was mittee structure for clean-up.) "Child Care Rights and Freedoms." "Not only do our children My perspective on "Freedom froin Peggy Patten wrote concerned thatand youth need to learnbotherwe don't want other kids to talking about rights without responsi- ruin our stuff and we don't want teach- O bilities was a dangerous message. (See multiple ways for dealingers always telling us what to do," was her letter on page 3 along with a list ofwith any issue, but theythat children felt as if adults hung over rights and responsibilities.) need to be given a broaderthem too much. I did not perceive it to mean that adults never direct children. perspective for examining The person who cancelled their sub- A Lesson in our country's history and scription writes: "Children need guide- Perspectives: relationship to the world." lines. Yes, they need well planned ac- tivities that offer choice but they also Editor's Response Wendy Horikoshi need an adult to set guidelines and by Rich Scofield (continued on page 6) As many of us struggle with the dif- Food for Thought ferent perspectives perhaps the two The author of "Food for Thought".questions Wendy raised could serve as SchoolAgeNOTES Wendy Horikoshi, talked about seeing guidelines: 1 holidays through our own "personal I"If the history of the Thanksgiving Subscriptions: S22.95/year perspectives" and failing to teach that and Christmas celebrations are taught, 12 issues certain ideas about our national cel-are other cultural or religious celebra- Send To: School-Age NOTES ebrations may he biased and "seentions taught, discussed and presented P.O. Box 40205 through one perspective." She said,with the same respect, tolerance and Nashville. TN 37204 "Not only do our children and youthunderstanding? 615-242-8464 need to learn multiple ways for dealing I Are the daily lives of the communi- Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. with any issue, but they need to heties of the people who celebrate these Nashville. TN 37204 given a broader perspective for exam- `other' holidays studied throughk ut the Editor/Publisher:Richard T. Scofield ining our country's history and rela- year'?" Office Manager: Mary-I lelen Marigia tionship to the world." This is similar to Rights and Freedoms Published Monthly in Nashville. Tennessee the dualistic concept that a glass of The listing of rights and freedoms ©199:t School-Age NOTES PO Bt x 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-g464 2 DECEMBER 1993 Prrnted an Recycled Paper 28 Rights Need Rights and Responsibilities Responsibilities Developed by Leal Elementary School, Urbana, Illinois My Rights My Responsibilitk 3 Dear Mr. Scofield, I have a right to he happy and to he I have the responsibility to treat oth- I would like to respond to Robertatreated with compassion in this school;ers with compassion: this means that I Newman's article, "Child Care Rightsthis means that no one will laugh at me will not laugh at others, tease others, or and Freedoms" which appeared in youror hurt my feelings. try to hurt the feelings of others. October issue. While I agree that chil- I have the right to he myself in this I have the responsibility to respect dren of all ages need to understand theirschool: this means that no one will treatothers as individuals and not to treat rights and freedoms, I also believe that me unfairly because I am black or whiteothers unfairly because they are black with rights and freedoms come respon- fat or thin or white sibilities. To talk about one's rights tall or short fat or thin without also talking about the responsi- boy or girl tall or short bilities we all share, gives a dangerous adult or child boy or girl message. The kind of responsibilities I I have theght to be safe in this adult or child am referring to include our responsibil- school: this means that no one will I have the responsibility to make the ity to be sure others are free from bother hit me school safe by not and are free to learn, for example (to kick me hitting anyone use two of the rights developed by push me kicking anyone children in Ms. Newman's article). pinch me pushing anyone Leal Elementary School which threaten me pinching anyone also sponsors a school-age child care hurt me threatening anyone program has adopted a statement, of I have the right to expect my property hurting anyone "Rights and Responsibilities." Thisto be safe in this school. I have the responsibility not to steal statement has been used for many years. I have the right to hear and he heardor destroy the property of others. It is given to every child, parent andin this school: this means that no one I have the responsibility to help main- teacher at the start of each school yearwill tain a calm and quiet school: this means and is taken quite seriously. It instills in yell I will not children, I believe, a basic understand- scream yell ing of their rights and their responsi- shout scream bilities as a human being. I would love make loud noises shout to see every elementary school and or otherwise disturb me make loud noises child care program adopt something I have the right to learn about myself or otherwise disturb others like it. and others in this school: this means I have the responsibility to learn about Our obligation as educators is to en- that I will be free to express my feelings myself and others in this school: this gender in children an understanding ofand opinions without being interruptedmeans that I will be free to express my their rights as a person as well as theiror punished. feelings and opinions without being responsibilities to others. Not to do so I have the right to be helped to learn interrupted or punished and I will not results in what Lilian Katz often refersself-control in this school: this meansinterrupt or punish others who express to as narcissism, a pre-occupation withthat no one will silently stand by whiletheir feelings and opinions. one's self. I abuse the rights of others or when I have the responsibility to learn self Thank you for your publication. others abuse my rights. control in this school: this means I will enjoy it a great deal and pass it along to I have the right to expect that all these strive to exercise my rights without others in the professional field. rights will be mine in all circumstancesdenying the same rights to others and I so long as I am exercising my fullwill expect to be corrected when I do Peggy Patten responsibilities. abuse the rights of others as they shall Illinois Child Care Resource and Re- be corrected if my rights are abused. ferral System I have the responsibility to protect Urbana. II. my rights and the rights of others by exercising my full responsibilities in all circumstances.

©1991 School-Age NOTES Po Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 DECEMBER 1993 3 ® Printed on Recycled Paper 2 c New Year Rummel-Pot-Laufer which is theWeather The Children's Television Work-name of an old German song thePredicting shop is hosting a New Year's Evechildren chant as they make their What are the coldest and warm-0 party for children: Sesame Streetrounds. People give out good luckest spots in your state, country and Stays Up Late! A Monster Newsymbols for the new year. the world? Year's Eve Party. The productionNorway In the northern hemisphere Janu- staff in the USA worked with those Children participate in candle-ary is a good month to watch for in other countries to create an in-lighting ceremonies inrecord low temperatures whether ternational program, part of SesameLillieputthammer, a magical vil-you are in Fairbanks, Alaska or Street's 25th birthday. At a partylage where the houses are small soKey West, Florida. In fact, most on Sesame Street, children andthe children can feel big. They singlocal newspapers will have national Muppets watch the Monster Newsfarewell to the old year and wel-and international high and low tem- Network's coverage of the holidaycome to the new year. peratures. USA Today also has an around the world. (See back page Watch on December 29 and thenexcellent weather section. for show time.) try some of these for yourselves Plan to record the temperatures Here is how children welcomeearly in January. for the entire month. the New Year in other countries. Have children predict what the Mexico National Oatmealtemperatures will be for the fol- lowing week. Perhaps each child Children celebrate by preparing - Clinton Cookies pinatas-- big, colorful papier m acheMonth can have a different city to track, animals with sweets and surprises Consumer Reports (Octoberlocally, nationally or internation- inside. Blindfolded children take1993) reported on a Clinton-Bushally. How much does the tempera- turns trying to knock the pinatabakeoffsponsored by Familyture vary each day from low to Circle magaL;r.during the 1992 down as it hangs from the ceiling. high? How much does it vary where election campaign. The winner was When it breaks, everyone enjoys a you live? How close does it come the Clinton oatmeal chocolate-chipto record-setting temperatures? shower of treats. cookies, a holiday tradition in the 0 Portugal If you live in the northern hemi- Clinton family. January is Nationalsphere, how does it compare to what When the New Year starts at mid-Oatmeal Month. Here is the recipe: night children eat 12 grapes--one is happening down under and vice for each month of the new year- versa? 1 1/2 c. unsifted all-purpose flour and make 12 wishes for the coming Plan with children to do this again 1t. salt year. in July. 1 t. baking soda Japan 1c. solid vegetable shortening Children illustrate colorful New1/2 c. granulated sugar It's AD Relative Year's cards and pound rice to make 1 c. brown sugar firmly packed You will need 3 pans of water- rice cakes. Also it is a tradition to2 eggs one hot, one warm, one cold. Ask play badminton, and the children2 c. old-fashioned rolled oats your first volunteer to place his hand first in the hot water and then love to lose, because the losers'12 oz. pkg. semisweet chocolate chips faces are painted beautifully by the in the warm. Ask him what tem- perature the warm water is. He will other children. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a Israel say it is cold. Ask the next volun- small bowl, combine flour, baking sodateer to put her hand in the cold New Year's festivities in Israeland salt. Set aside. In a large mixingwater and then in the warm. Ask are held in autumn. The blowing ofbowl, beat shortening, sugar, brownher what temperature the warm the shofar (ram's horn) begins thesugar, and vanilla extract until creamy.water is. She will say it is hot or holiday. Children are given applesBeat in eggs. Gradually beat in flourwarm. Why? dipped in honey so the coming yearmixture and rolled oats. Stir in choco- will be sweet. late chips. Drop batter by well-rounded Germany teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake Children get dressed up and go 8-10 minutes. Cool on sheet for 2 min- door-to-door banging pots and pans 56 Activity Ideas utes before removing to cooling racks. The minimum number of Activ- and asking for sweets or cakes forYield: 7 1/2 dozen. New Year. The custom is called ity Ideas in this issue is 56. 1993 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 4 DECEMBER 1993 ® Printed on Recycled Paper

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1993 School-Age NOTES PO liox 40205Nashville,TN37204 615-242-8464 3 Printed on Recycled Paper 31 Daces ER 1993 5 through the American Home Econom- What do the children in your pro- Empty House at ics Association. (See resources backgram think their responsibilities should Project Home Safe page.) coa he? What do the staff think about the 0 Project Home Safe has officially children's rights and responsibilities? ended. It closed its doors after six years Perspectives... of producing and providing resources(continued from page 2) Committing Acts of to increase the safety of children andexpectations for good behavior. No youth in self-care and to promote high- child should have the right to live andKindness quality alternatives to the latchkey ar-do as they please. A child's right is to This may be a good time to mention rangement. learn how to function in the world, the concept of "committi ng acts of kind- Major funding was through theWhirl-becoming a respectable and respon- ness" (rather than the often heard phrase pool Foundation and its initial funding sible person." I agree with that. Obvi- "committing acts of violence"). of over one million dollars was theously we both read Roberta's article We are concerned about acts of vio- largest grant the school-age commu-from different perspectives. lence but do we ask people, "When was nity had seen. Developed by the Ameri- The Bill of Rights and the Constitu-the last time you committed an act of can Home Economics Association, it at tion state rights without adding whatkindness?" first focused on self-care issues. butour responsibilities are as citizens. Per- Programs teaching kids how to "com- that quickly expanded to include mov- haps this was covered in high school mit acts of kindness" are springing up ing children and youth into adult super-citizenship courses which seem to have across the country. Books and articles vised programs in their out-of-schooldisappeared or perhaps it is analogous are urging adults to do it. hours. Their stationery still carries theto minimum standards versus quality During this season that for many of words "...Children in Self-Care." standards. us represents giving and new year's Most school-age care professionals Our laws are our minimum standards. resolutions perhaps programs can help are familiar with Project Home Safethat is, rules for not interfering withchildren and youth learn how to "com- through its free materials and resourcesothers, but quality standards such as mit acts of kindness." db particularly the 200X) copies of De-helping others are not codified except velopnientally Appropriate Practice inin groups such as scouts or in religious SACC and Quality Criteria for SACCbeliefs. To philosophize, this lack ofOther Conferences which often were distributed at staiecodified responsibilities may be a rea- National Association of Child Care school-age conferences. In additionson we have the newly coined term the Resource and Referral Agencies - many people received training from "blame society," the idea that if some-NACCRRA will hold its 6th Annual Kay Albrecht. author of the DAP mate- thing doesn't go right there has to bePolicy Symposium February 24-26, dals, or from Meg Plantz the director. someone to blame and which doesn't1994 in Washington, DC. Contact: Besides specific training on their mate- acknowledge our responsibility for our NACCRRA. 1319 "F" St. NW, Suite rials, they gave workshops at over 60own lives. 606, Washington, DC 20004, (209) 393- conferences across the country. What does this have to 5501. New Resource do with school-age care? 17th Annual Family Child Care Tools for Schools. Project Home Technical Assistance Conference If we operate our programs with the Safe's final project is to he released sponsored by Save the Children will be philosophy of a "home away from shortly. It is a guide for school systems April 14-17, 1994 in Atlanta, GA. home," then these comments and dis- interested i n contracting with local SAC Contact: Save the Children Child Care cussion mean two things. providers to run on-site, school-based Support Center, 1447 Peachtree St. NE. First, we can't ignore the values and programs. it is being distributed by the Suite 7(X). Atlanta, GA 30309, (404) perceptions about holidays and celebra- National Community Education Asso- 885-1578 tions that are taught in each home and 18th Annual Quality Infant/Tod- ciation. we must present them each with the Materials Still Available dler Caregiving National Workshop Developmentally Appropriatesame respect, tolerance and understand-presented by Dr. Alice S. Honig, June ing that each family has for them. Practice in School-Age Child Care 20-24, 1994. Contact: Syracuse Uni- Second. we have a responsibility to Programs, second edition, is available versity, QIC Workshop. Attn: Alyce discuss and model issues around re- through School-Age NOTES. Thompson. 201 Slocum Hall, Syra- sponsibility and how we treat others Beyond the Latchkey: Expanding cuse, NY 13244-1250. (315) 443- hopefully each home has its set of re- Community Options for School-Age 2757. ebb sponsibilities. Care, a training manual, is available 0 1993 School -Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 6 DECEMBER 1093 ePrinted on Recycled Paper 32 which everyone wanted to keep; the name Principals' Tips to More on a Vision ofof the professional field - S ACC or SAC Parents Dedicated Space. or something else: and the organizational structure name currently "Alliance." A by Rich Scofield strategic planning committee was formed What are principals telling parents to come back to the April meeting with a good school -age care program looks After sending the November feature recommendations. like? The answer is in the booklet The article on the need for programs in shared The struggle over "child care" or just Right Place at the Right Time: A Parent's space to have a vision of dedicated space."care" in the professional field name is Guide to Before-and-After-School Child I came across the following in the preface being avoided by some by dropping both Care" produced by the National Associa- of the new second edition of School-Age or looking at other possibilities - most tion of Elementary School Principals Child Care: An Action Manual for thekeep "school-age." (NAES P) and based on their Quality Stan- 90's and Beyond by Michelle Seligson NSACCA Public Policy Committee dards book. and Michael Allenson. The Public Policy Committee of The program should not feel like NSACCA will meet February 27-28,1994 "school." the mood should be relaxed, MIL in Washington DC. Sunday will he an free flowing, and full of interesting things "Away from accepting update on legislation and Monday's meet- to choose from. Look for a place that ing will take place at the Children's De- offers children their choice of activities, inadequate space. Away fense Fund. For those committee mem- plenty of time to play. run around, laugh from a norm that hasbers and others interested in attending out loud...." And it should meet the children sitting at cafeteria write to: Ruth Fitzpatrick, 547 N. Broad- children's needs for physical activity, tables all afternoon." way, Lexington, KY 40508. mental activity like hoard games and the Book Now for Hotel need to explore new ideas, individual Diane Barber reported that15(X) at- activity to think, read, draw and day- tendees are expected at the NSACCA dream and social activity. "The essence of what is possible in afterschool programs comes from facing Conference in Philadelphia April 14-16 some unpleasant truths about our society and to hook hotel Moms early. and then, in response, finding ways to The 6th Annual National School-Age "Look for a place that offersmake things different. To go in a differ-Conference will have over 120 work- children their choice ofent direction. Away from accepting inad- shops and will be THE place to he for activities, plenty of time to equate space. Away from a norm that has school-age care professionals. children sitting at cafeteria tables all af- If you have not received a postcard play, run around, laugh outternoon. Away from prescribed curricula announcing the conference and hotel res- loud..." - NAESP and commercially packaged televisionervation info, you are not on any of the products. Away from robbing children's mailing lists to receive registration mate- free time to compensate for unmet edu-rials. CONTACT: Diane Barber, S EPA- For indoor space the booklet says, "The cational goals." 44' SACC Project, 601 Knight Rd., Ambler, best setups offer a cozy. 'home away PA 19002 (215) (43-0569 .fr4. from home' feeling with carpets, couches, NSACCA NOTES pillows, plants and comfortable chairs." Penny-Kasich Bill Shared Space Should Have The National School-Age Child Care Additional Space Alliance held it's mid-year board meet-Defeated by S Parents often look at programs in ing in Anaheim before NAEYC's con- schools where space is shared as in caf- ference. These are some highlights. Votes eterias, gyms or classrooms. NAESPBoard Still Struggling with Name A bill in the House of Representatives comments that the best arrangements in As are Many Others in the Field that would have cut by 4% all school-age schools with shared space are ones that As reported in June a membership sur- and other child care funding as well as allow the SAC programs to also use the vey showed the majority were in favor of combine child care funding with meals library, computer lab, art room, and otherdropping "child" in school-age child care for the aging and other funding grants space for supervised activity. and board members felt it should come was defeated by 6 votes. Advocates just To Obtain out but were divided on what the profes- learned of it Nov. 10th while in Anaheim Single copies are S3 and in bulk packs of sional name should he. for NAEYC many call Congress from 25 for $14.50 per pack plus $3.50 S&H Board members report that at this year's there. It was defeated just before Thanks- from NA ES P I ducational Products, 1615 retreat there were three parts of the giving. THANKS to all who made calls Duke St., Alexandria. VA 22314-3483. NSACCA name to consider --"National" particularly NSACCA members. ;)4, Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 0 P)93 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205 DECEMBER 1993 7 ®Printed on Rem led Paper Sesame St. New Community Child Care Year's Eve Party Latchkey SolutionsEmployee Project The Children's Television Workshop's Beyond the Latchkey: ExpandingChanges Name, Seeks one-hour special "Sesame Street Stays Community Options for School-Age Up Late! A Monster New Year's Eve Care is a community training program to Exec, and Offers Video Party" which visits six different coun-empower concerned citizens to act on CCEP, most known for its Worthy Wage tries to learn how they celebrate the new local school-age care issues. It is orga-Campaign, has changed its name to the year will air Wednesday. December 29 nized into 7 modules of 49 topics with 400 National Center for the Early Child- (yes. it's not New Year's Eve) at 8 p.m.pages of resource articles and training hood Work Force and will move to Wash- EST on PBS (check local listings). (Seematerials. Two modules focus on self- ington DC. page 4 for more info.) .4 care skills and support services; one mod- Executive Director position is open. ule on supervised programs; and one Application deadline is January 10, 1994. module on community organizing, advo- Contact the National Center for position Parent SAC Guide cacy and resources. description, requirements, and address of The Right Place at the Right Time: A In addition to the 400-page binder 2 Management Center that is handling ap- Parent's Guide to Before-and-After- books (DAP and Quality Criteria); 1 hook- plications. School Child Care by the National Asso- let (parents' guide); and 3 hr )chures (self- Making News Making History is a ciation of Elementary School Principals. care readiness, self-care preparation and new video by the National Center high- (See page 7) Single copies are S3 and in quality care) are included with the manual. lighting Worthy Wage Day efforts across hulk packs of 25 for $14.50 per pack plus Beyond the Latchkey is available by the country. VHS; 15 minutes; S30 for S3.50 S&H from NAESP Educational sending a check for S35, payable to AHEA- institutions; 17.95 for individuals add 15% Products, 1615 Duke St., Alexandria, VA PHS, to Project Home Safe Manual, 1555 for S&H; Calif. residents add 8.27% tax. 22314-3483. 4- King St.. Alexandria, VA 22314.:x; Contact: National Center for the Early Childhood Work Force, 6536 Telegraph Ave., Suite A-201, Oakland, CA 94609- 1114, (510) 653-9889 ,..,b

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11' D 2E $6.5 Million Grant 1 NAEYC Proposals 2 SAC Metamorphosis.. ..3 Black History Profiles. ..4 Recycle Holiday Cards...7 Older Kids Conference. SAC Contract Guide.. ..8 Major $ Source for SAC in Danger by Rich Scofield "When is it okay to break the rules?" This is a photo of a bull's-eye painted on the side of a school in Anchorage, Alaska for kids Have you ever attended a school-age to throw snowballs at It demonstrates the concept of controlling inappropriate behavior by training or conference? giving permission to break the rules within certain guidelines. In this case children's natural urge to throw snowballs is directed to a specific target. Note that this entire side of the building Have you ever received a state grant had no windows and a second bull's-eye was also available further to the right. Are there ways to start or expand a school-age pro- in your program to "break the rules " in a controlled way. How about 15 seconds when everybody gram? yells at the top of their lungs, relay races in the hallway, or a Nerf Ball fight? Have you ever received materials to better prepare adults so they can about school-age care from a state Wellesley SACC provide more enriching learning and agency? CProject Awarded recreational activities for 5- through Most school-age professionals would 12-year-olds in their care. answer yes to at least one of these ques- C4\/Largest Private "The range of school-age child care tions. And in most cases the money for the services offered in many communities professional development would have come CDGrant is often uncoordinated, of varied qual- down to the state from the Dependent Care ity and not always available to families Block Grant (DCBG) which has been avail- $6.5 Million Initiative To who need help," said George V. Grune, able for the past seven years. This is a Improve SAC and Target chairman, DeWitt Wallace, Reader's small but highly effective Federal grant Programs for Low-income Digest Fund. "Our initiative will focus that is often the only or major source of on developing higher quality care that SAC funding in many states and is now Youth is more accessible to those with the probably slated for elimination in both of greatest need." two scenarios. The first scenario is the The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Di- Grune also said that providing better Clinton budget which would eliminate it gest Fund has awarded the nation'straining opportunities for child care completely. The second scenario is Con- largestprivate SAC grant to the School - professionals is a key element of the gress would consolidate it into the Child Age Child Care Project at Wellesley Fund's initiative. "It is critical that adults Care Development Block Grant (CCDG), College's Center for Research onare properly prepared so they can give in effect, eliminating it. Women. the quality of care that contributes to a The DCBG is only $12.9 million with 0 The $6.5 million initiative will de-child's performance in school and later many states only receiving between $50,000 velop model programs designed to pro-in life," he added. to $150,000. In the past only 60% of that vide quality school-age care within tar- The Fund expects to invest up to $6.5 amount went to school-age care, the other geted communities around the country.million in its school-agazare initiative 40% to resource and referral. The The initiative also will address the need r (continued on page 2) (continued on page 6) Proposal Tips in school-age care. This professional de- 3.5 Years of SAC Be specific in both your workshop title velopment program will be adapted for use Workshops at and your presentation. Example: "Provid- in local sites. O ing Quality Care" try instead "10 Ways to At the end of the planning period, three NAEYC for Rich Provide Quality Care" and then in the work- of the sites will receive three-year grants, Scofield shop give specific examples for each wayand each will implement a coordinated, and ask participants for their suggestions. community-wide school-age care network. In November in Anaheim, CA, Rich Avoid cutesy titles that don't explain Fund support over the next five years is Scofield, Editor/Publisher of School- what the workshop is about. Example:expected to result in development of new Age NOTES and a child development spe- "Scarlett O'Hara Meets the 21st Century"collaborative models for improving the cialist celebrated his 15th consecutive year try instead "Inexpensive New Technologyquality and availability of school-age care of presenting on school-age care at the Programming Ideas without a Computer."and the preparation of SAC professionals annual conference of NAEYC (National Pick one area of SAC to discuss. Ex-that could be replicated throughout the Association for the Education of Young amples: summer program playground ideas nation. At the conclusion of the initiative, Children.) ...tips for new directors ... working with athe Fund plans to share training materials School-age care has come a loi:g way. In board of directors in SAC ... developing and information on model programs with 1979 Rich's workshop in Atlanta (when all policies for parents ... finding good staffother interested organizations and commu- NAEYC workshops were two hours) was ...setting fee structures and enrollmentnities. the only one on school-age care. In 1983 policies and procedures , .. in-service train- The Fund sees its new school-age care after Rich's workshop again was the only ing ... the difficult school-ager ... prepar- initiative as an outgrowth of its continuing school-age workshop at NAEYC, School- ing staff for the unexpected. investment in programs to help young Age NOTES and others promoted submit- people fulfill their educational and career ting workshop proposals on SAC for the aspirations. The November 1992 SAN is- 1984 conference in Los Angeles. With aWellesley SACC sue reported on the Fund's grant to couple dozen proposals received on SAC, Project... WSACCP for "Investig ating Career Prepa- a separate"School -Age" track was created. ration in School-Age Care." (continued from front page) The 1993 conference was the 10th year of Michelle Seligson, Direc tor of WSACCP, a school-age track at NAEYCas Michelle over the next five years. The effort is being said, "The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Di- Seligson said in the front page article, gest grant validates the school-age care "we've come a long way." launched with a four-year, $1.7 million grant to the Wellesley School-Age Childfield and its work to meet the need for services, for quality, and for professional Care Project (WSACCP). '94 NAEYC Atlanta development. The fact that one single foun- Urban Models dation would put such an enormous focus Proposals one The Fund will work with WSACCP toon and investment in out-of-school care select three urban communities where thesays we've come a long way." January 28th need for school-age services is great. These Contacts for this project are Michelle School-age care profession:2s get yourcommunities, which will become laborato- Seligson and Caryl Goodman, SACC workshop-proposal-writing hats on andries for developing model systems for de-Project, Center for Research on Women, your Rhett Butler jokes ready for submit-livering quality SAC, will be selected from Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 02181 ting your presentation proposals fora pool of five cities that will each receive (617) 283-2547. NAEYC's 1994 Conference in Atlanta, $50,000 one-year planning grants in 1994. November 30-December 3yes, after Each of the five planning sites will en- Sdioo144146NOTES: Thanksgiving! Proposals must be post-gage in year-long activities to determine marked no later than January 28th. how to improve and coordinate local school- Subscriptions: $22.95/year To have a strong school-age track, work- age care services, with special emphasis on 12 issues shop proposals have to be submitted.expanding services to low-income fami- NAEYC generally accepts a percentage of Send To: School-Age NOTES lies. P.O. Box 40205 each subject area based on the number of Three of the five sites will be selected for Nashville, TN 37204 presentations it can accept and the total $1.4 million grants for years two through 615-242-8464 number submitted. four but will need to match it in increasing Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. For submission information and format increments. criteria check the Anaheim Program, the Nashville, TN 37204 November orfanuary issues of Young Chil- Model College Curriculum Editor/Publisher: Richard T. Scofield Concurrent with this model programs dren or call the conference department at OfficeManager: Mary-Helen Marigza effort, WSACCP will develop a model 800-424-2460 or call us and we'll FAX Published Monthly in Nashville, Tennessee college curriculum that will lead to degrees them to you. © 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 2 JANUARY 1994 ePrinted on Recycled Paper 36 Metamorphosis of cess. Just as on the first day of kindergar-article about rights and freedoms with me ten you can't start out with fifteen interestprior to starting this program. We are truly a School-Age centers, but maybe one or two. A verysuccessful now and my dreams are being adult-directed programming approach in arealized day by day. This happened only Program new SAC program may be needed beforeafter we learned (through trial and error) to by Rich Scofield moving to a more child-centered, child-operate our program based on a philosophy directed approach. nearly identical to what the children had The letter below demonstrates the meta-offered to Roberta Newman, 'When I read Like a butterfly that goes from larva to morphosis of a program's views of childMs. Newman's article, I immediately shared cocooned-pupa to adult butterfly, school- planning and of conflict management andit with my staff who unanimously agreed age programs evolve and can often make how the children and staff were ready forthat it stated things we had learned al- dramatic changes. Learning that program- the changes. It also shows that childrenready from the children in our care. ming, conflict resolution styles, and even become invested in the "rules" ar d "rights"[Editor's bolding] administrative structure can all go through when they've been involved in the plan- We have a very strict conduct code that is a metamorphosis can help free one to ex- ning. very similar to the one employed at the periment with change in a program. It even elementary level and it is enforced. We can help reduce conflicts produced by ad- Dear Mr. Scofield, expect good behavior and we have guide- hering to a status quo which may no longer I have just finished reading the Decem-lines. We base our program on the children's be Lppropriate. (Change can come in small ber issue of School-Age NOTES. I wouldrights and freedoms and it works! We have ways as the caption under the front page like to commend you for addressing thehappy, well adjusted, suitably occupied photo about "breaking the rules" indicates. issues in the Letters section head on. [Twochildren and staff. Maybe even one of the kids suggested the subscribers found the October issue "of- solution.) fensive" and cancelled their subscriptions. Programs that start off very adult-di- Scofie:d' s response to thel.. concerns dealt rected, very scheduled often find that both with the differences in perspectivesthat"[The children] are given staff and children quickly chafe under all there may be actual agreement on the issue choices daily and are the structure. More choice and individual at large but that its interpretation is viewedlearning that all choices or group planning seems to produce a morefrom two different perspectives.] The fact 0 relaxed and fun atmosphere that keeps kids that you voluntarily and publicly addressedhave consequences, good involved and coming back for more. the concerns of your readers states muchand bad." about you and your dedication to what you NIMIN111111111111111 do. I admire that. Thank you. "We base our program on I would like to comment on my interpre- Our children are responsible for their tation of the Rights and Freedoms articleenvironment. They are given choices daily the children's rights and by Roberta Newman. I operate an unusualand are learning that all choices have con- freedoms and it works!" school-age program. My program operatessequences, good and bad. in what was a traditional "day care center." The Child Care Initiative is a group of We have adapted the center to offer 5 local professionals in the Atlanta area spear- In developing a program and working separate rooms for school-age care. Theyheading an effort to provide care to a group with school-agers what works best is that include a library, art room, game room, etc.of high-risk children. At the last meeting which is created by those who are going to My dream for this center was that it wouldwe discussed in length our vision for a use it. Parents who organized the after be a haven for school-agers. A place theyschool-age program. I introduced theOcto- school program have a better and often would "want" to be (not "have" to be) afterber issue of School-Age NOTES and spe- more sympathetic understanding of the pro- school. cifically Ms. Newman's article. After read- gram than parents who come along four or ing it to the group there was unanimous five years down the road and view it as just agreement that our proposed program must a service they are purchasing. They don't "We have a very strictmeet those guidelines. have any investment in itonly what it can Thank you for offering Ms. Newman's provide them. And that, too, is a part of the conductcode...it isarticle and thank you for the great job you metamorphosis of a program. New ways to enforced. We expect gooddo. I will not only keep my subscription to involve parents have to be devised. SAN but will definitely renew again and Kids who help plan a project or activity behavior and we haveagain. have more of an investment and more inter- guidelines." Just another perspective. O est in it than those who are just presented with it as one more activity and have not Jannis Barber been involved in the genesis of it. The first year was a challenge to say theChildtimc Childcare There isn't a right or wrong to this pro- least. I wish someone had shared your Snellville, Georgia

1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 JANUARY 1994 3 CDPrinted on Recycled Payer 37 .111 Profiles in Black which the main characters wereDo It Again black History Prepare a script about Mary . Fold paper and cut out snow- McLeod Bethune. Research the flakes. Fannie Jackson Coppin, 1836- life of your main character, and dough and 1913, was an educator who pio- the costumes of the period. Film.... Roll out refrigerated neered the concept of industrial your production with a camcordercut with heart-shaped cutter. After education classes. or make a pretend camera to shootbaking, decorate with red tube Think about all the jobs in your your scenes. frosting or white glaze and red community. Which require a col- sprinkles. lege education and which do not?Madame C.J. Walker, 1869-1919, If possible visit a hospital or an was the first American woman to.... Provide red construction paper industry where there are many become a millionaire through herand lace doilies for making valen- different kinds of jobs persons own efforts. In 1905 she invented atines. do. Talk with them about their hair softener and a special comb pc. Play musical chairs. jobs and the education and skillsfor straightening the hair. She be- required for them. came wealthy selling it and other0- In a circle, move tomusic. cosmetics she developed for black Charles White, 1918-1979, waswomen. Madame C.J. donated large Play Contagious. In a circle, the known for "social art" -- paintingssums of money to churches andfirst player says, "My nose itches." of southern black people that de-charities and she founded a schoolShe twitches her nose, and all the picted their dignity despite theirfor girls in West Africa. other players copy her action. The struggles. He also became inter- If you could start a business ofnext player adds another symptom, ested in a genre that used only black your own, what kind of businesse.g. "My eye blinks", "My knee and white paint, no colors. would it be? How would you fi-jerks", "I have a cough". As each Try a painting or sketch using nance the start up? How would new symptom is added, all the play- only black and white. Use the you market your product or ser-ers add it and keep doing all the different shades to show shad- vice? others as well. ows, hard lines, soft lines and If you could donate money to a highlights. favorite charity, what would you0. Play Poor Pussy. In acircle, IT choose? approaches a player and meows. Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875- The player must pat IT on the heads 1955. The first tribute to a blackDr. Daniel Hale Williams, 1858-and say "Poor pussy", without person, or a woman, on public land 1931, performed the world's firstlaughing. If he laughs he will be in our nation's capital was a statuesuccessful open heart surgery. the next IT. of Mary McLeod Bethune passing Learn to take a pulse rate. What on her legacy to the children of does it tell us? 00 Make your own crosswordpuzzle today and tomorrow. or word search puzzle, using words Find out about Dr. Bethune andGarrett A. Morgan, 1875-1963,related to February. the college she built in Florida. received the patent for the first traf- Design a statue or memorial fic light. He thought up the idea of Play Recall. Study 30 small ob- you think would be appropriate using red and green lights to helpjects laid out on a table. Put them for another of the black heroes ondrivers take turns at intersections.away. Write down as many as you this page. If possible use a multi- Prepare a skit about what hap-can recall. dimensional art form. pens when people do not take turns. 0. Play Bug. Roll a 1, draw abody; Oscar Michaux, 1884-1951. was When you come to an intersec-roll a 2, draw a head; 3 is a leg (you the first film maker to show blacks tion, what should you do if you need six legs); 4, an eye; 5, a feeler; as pioneers in the West. He had arc on foot? if you are on a bike?and 6, a tail. written a novel about his family's experience as homesteaders and50 Activity Ideas Make up new jump rope games later made it into his first movie. The minimum number of Activ-for one, two, three or more jurnpers After that he made many movies inity Ideas in this issue is 50. at a time, single or double rope. © 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 4 JANUARY 1994 3' EDPrinted on Recycled Paper Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Who was the firstOn Feb 11, 1990February 9, 1964. On Feb 25, 1870Try some of the oblack pro basket-Nelson MandelaArthur Ashe, Jr.Hiram Revels became the first activities related to t--(=ball team? Whatwas freed after 27+ became thefirsttheProfilesin e) E.., were they calledyears in a Southblack on the U.S.black U.S. Senator.Black History on Z Davis Cup Team. p and when were theyAfrican prison. Look What state did hep. 4. organized? for his picture inPractice your ten-represent? news magazines. nis strokes. oa

Arrange an attrac-Ask a dentist to Compare the shapesMake apple peopleSpatter paint with tive snack tray ofshow yousomeof the teeth of variwith apples, raisinsn old toothbrush raw vegetables fordental x-rays andous animals includ-and peanut butter. andscreenwire snacks. Make car-explain what they ing humans. How is stretched on a box rot curls and radishtell him about thethe diet related to frame. Use white roses. person's teeth. the shape of the shoe polish and teeth? colored paper.

Draw around eachCollect food la-IT leaves the room.Relay. 2 valentineMake a valentine other on paper onbels. Compare fatThe group hides acut-outs for eachfor someone who and cholesterol for thefloor. Now200 calories ofvalentine. IT comesteam. Stand on one as may not get. one. draw in all the in-each food. Use aback to look. Theyou lay the other in side parts of you --calculator. Make agroup claps louderfront of you. Step to like heart, lungs,chart of your find-when he gets closeit; move the first one bones... ings. and softer when heto the front. Move to is far from it. it -- to the goal.

Hang up a world Collect pictures from Consult your worldInvite a bilingualHow many coun- map. Enlarge thecatalogs or maga-map andwriteschool-agcr to teachtries can you iden- outlines of the con-zines as well asdown the names ofa few basic wordstify which have tinents into a wallstamps and coins and as many countriesor expressions inmore than one na- mural. language samples to as you can. another language. tive language of mount on your mu- citizens of that ral. country?

Find out about theAssign a team toWork on the cos-Practice the danceShare what each purpose of dance ineach culture ortumes today forsteps today. team has done, and various cultures -- yourparticular rzz dance form. Find perform the dances. e.g. 'Thailand, USout about the mu-dance form or cul- Let all try each zsquare dance, clas-sic of the dance,ture. form as practical. sical ballet and soincluding musical on. instruments needed.

February 4, 1913February 12, 1809.February 15, 1564.February 24, 1786.February 28, 1890. Rosa Parks. MakeAbraham Lincoln.Galileo Galilei Wilhelm Carl Grimm. Waslaw Nijinsky. up a skit about her.Share stories youinvented his ownHe and his brotherStrongest male bal- have heard about telescope and Jacob wrote Grimm's let dancer. What him. Then read adiscovered 4 ofFairy Tales. Act outexercises do danc- biography. Jupiter's moons.one of the stories. ers do to build How does a tele- physical fitness? scope work?

1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 Prin ed on Recycled Paper 3° JANUARY 1994 5 Major SAC $ in ment does not bode well for persuadingWashington Notes Congress to over-ride the Administrationby Charles Pekow Danger... budget recommendation regarding the (continued from front page) Charles Pekow is the Editor of "Day Care USA.This report was percentage restriction has since been lifted. "What to do: written exclusively for SAN For each state it has not been a lot of money DOCUMENT how the Dependent Care readers. but it has been very effective: Block Grant has helped your state [or your It has created new programs and new program] (one page maximum) and send a Dependent Care Block slots often with as little as $1000 to $2000 copy of this document to: Ruth L. start-up or expansion grants. Fitzpatrick, 547 N. Broadway, Lexington Grant on the Block Most programs and slots created have KY 40508 [Ruth chairs the public policy When Congress reconvenes, it will been self-sufficient through parent fees thuscommittee for NSACCA.] be faced one again with a proposal to not relying on government assistance. Utilize this document in your meetingcut spending and end the Dependent Availability of school-age care has cut with public officials and in your correspon- Care Block Grant. Just before for two down on the number of latchkey children dence with your colleagues. months, the House defeated by four and allowed parents to become employed INVITE your congressional representa- votes an amendment to a government outside the home. tives to visit programs which have ben- reorganization bill that would have An under-emphasized benefit has been efited from the DCBG. Talk about theconsolidated the Social Services Block the creation of jobs (school-age care posi- importance of the grant as seed money and Grant, Community Services Block tions) at a very cost-effective rate sincehow it has helped leverage additional dol- Grant, At-Risk Child Care, Child Care most programs run on parent fees. lars. &. DevelopmentBlockGrant Improvement of the quality of care has WRITE letters and encourage constitu- (CCDBG), Dependent Care Block also been cost effective since the work ofents of congressional representatives toGrant (DCBG) and two other programs professional development and putting on write to their congressional members ininto one block grant with a4% funding trainings and conferences often involves both houses. A sample letter might include cut. The measure is designed to stream- many volunteered hours. Development of the following kind of information: line government and save $915 million local and state school-age groups has con- Number of parents receiving informa-over four years. tributed to the volunteered hours. tion about child care. But Senate Republican leaders have Merging the DCBG into the CCDBG Number of children served by pro- announced that they plan to bring the loses money specifically designated for grams receiving funds from DCBG. same measure up as part of their forth- school-age care often a states only source Number of providers receiving train- coming Performance & Accountabil- of such school-age funds. ing/technical assistance via DCBG. ity Act. In June of 1992 the Bush administration Matching funds which have been le- Meanwhile, the Administration is also had eliminated the DCBG from the budget. veraged by this grant. considering folding DCBG into A rally by the National School-Age Child Stress the importance of this grant as a CCDBG as part of its FY 95 budget. Care Alliance (NSACCA) and R&R (re- specific resource for SACC and a smallThe idea is to save administrative costs, source & referral) advocates saved it. It grant which provides maximum impactnot to cut funding. Budget analysts was a Republican administration and easierthrough stimulating other funds. figure that states can use CCDBG for a Democratic Congress to oppose that [For individual programs send letters to money for school-age and resource & budget proposal. This time with a Demo-your representatives stating how DCBG referral activities reserved in DCBG. crat in the White House it will take more funds, which are usually your state's SACC pressure on Congress to keep the DCBG grants, have helped your program and al- Senate Approves intact and separate. lowed for more children to be in supervised Community School care and how the continuation of your A Call to Action program has been self-sufficient. Indicate Measure The Senate passed a major crime bill Now is the time for you to take actionhow training and state materials on SACC to help save this funding. The following is have helped your staff do a better job and (S. 1607), which would authorize $100 the alert sent out by NSACCA in December perhaps increased retention of staff. Em- million a year through FY 97 for Com- to 200 school-age advocates. "...The bud- phasize the importance of keeping themunity School grants. Local govern- get is being prepared now, for presentation DCBG funds both intact and separate.] ments could use the funds for commu- in January. The narrow defeat of the Penny- SEND copies of the letters to Ruthnity programs in schools after class Kasich cuts-through-consolidation amend- Fitzpatrick." hours, including school-age care. © 1994 School-A1N3TES POBox 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 S JANUARY 1994 6) Printed on Recycled Poper D I "Ft E C T 0 & CORNER

Older Youth If you wish to keep the postcards at tracts; and monitoring and improving the the lower rate, make a cardboard pat- quality of programs. a Conference tern the kids can use to cut down the the Over 125 pages in a divided 3-ring binder Growing Up and No Place To size of the greeting cards. If you wantfor easy use. $16.50 includes shipping & handling; must be prepaid or credit card Go: Developing Successful the cards to remain oversized, then mark the correct amount of postage may be used. Available from: National PFugrains for 9-15 Year Olds Community Education Association, 3929 needed in the upper right-hand corner Old Lee Hwy., Ste 91-A, Fairfax, VA where the stamp goes. 22030-2401; (703) 359-8973. The Oregon School-Age Care Alli- The program can use these post- ance (OSACA) and the Washingtoncards for its own use School-Age Care Alliance (WASACA) The kids can turn this into a moneyBook Now for are working together to plan an excit-making project by selling the cards toNSACCA Hotels ing conference designed to promoteparents next year. The December issue did not include quality programs for youth ages 9-15 This project might work best if the years old. The two day conference will this hotel information for the National cards are saved now and taken out next School-Age Child Care Alliance Confer- be held in the Portland, Oregon area onyear before the holidays to create the August 19-20. The conference com- ence in Philadelphia April 14-16, 1994. postcards. We understand there is concern that mittee is seeking workshop presenters. hotel space will book quickly. There are Contact Colleen Dyrud 503-373-0790RESOURCES.. also two large conferences at either end Ext. 661 or Mari Offenbecker 206- of the NSACCA dates. 461 -3602 for more information. (continued from back page) Conference Headquarters: Doubletree signed for school systems that want to have Hotel-Philadelphia (formerly Phil. GREEN NOTES school-age programs but want outsideHilton & Towers), Single & Double $95/ groups to run them. night; Triple & Quad $105 - Call 215- Recycling Holiday Cards While geared to a principal or school 893 -1600 system, this guide would be essential to Warwick Hotel, Single & Double $95 Now is the time to collect used holi- any program that might want to provide in- (215) 735-6000. day cards. Turn used cards into next school programs. (While the YMCA is the Hotel Atop the Bellevue, Single & year's holiday greetings by creatingmost widely-known outside provider ofDouble $125 (800) 221-0833 school-site programs, mar" outside agen- holiday postcards. For cards with no Continued from page8 cies and private providers including major personal message on the inside of the child care ch ains are now involved in school- CALIFORNIA April 22-23, 1994 front cover, cut along the fold of the site SAC.) 12th Annual California School-Age Consor- card, making a postcard. You can also tium Conference, San Diego CAContact: Includes 35 tools and samples that can Darci Smith 415-957-9775 cut out the printed holiday message be copied and used for observing quality; inside the card and glue it in the mes- de-veloping proposals, time-lines and con- DO WE HAVE YOUR SAC sage area on the left-hand side of the CONFERENCE DATES? back of the postcard. Be sure to leave enough room for the address area on the right-hand side of the back. Think NOTES of it as being just like a picture post- SEND TO: P.O. Box 40205 Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 card. Note: cards with glitter or other Yes, sign me up for: attachments won't work very well. New Subscription Renewal (check mailing label for expiration datemonth/year) BENEFITS: 1 year $22.95 Canada $25.95 U.S. Funds Foreign $27.95 Funds Promotes recycling Saves $ on buying new cards Saves $ by using postcard rate rather Name than letter rate Note: The US Post Office told SAN ProgramName the maximum dimensions for the post- card ITof 19 cents is 41/4 inches high Address and 6 inches long. For postcardslarger than these dimensions the rate goes up City / State /Zip to 29 cents. L J 01994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 ePrinted on Recycled Payer 41 JANUARY1994 7 RESOURCE!

temperament, discipline and family issues. 101 Ways to Build Enrollment in Catalogs CONTACT: Parenting Press, PO Box Your Early Childhood Program by Ellen -The Children's Small Press Collec- 75267, Seattle, WA 98125; (800) 992-6657. Orton Montanari is for preschool or school- tionhas almost 500 books, many nc age programs. It is a wealth of tips and commonly available. They are mostly strategies on marketing whether attracting children's books but include many teacher The Business of new students and families or keeping the resources. Stories and subjects cover ex- ones you have. tensively African-American, Asian-Ameri- Child Care Under Idea #19 "Local Elementary can, Hispanic, Native American and other Two recent books focus on the business School" there are actually five different -allures as well as heroes and heroines, aspects of running a child care program. tips including giving school secretaries science and the environment, self-esteem, Profitable Child Care: How to Start pencils and mugs with your programs name life crisis, books "for the Spirit" and more. & Run a Successful Business by Nan Lee and phone number on it so its always handy CONTACT at: 719 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Howkins with Heidi Kane Rosenholtz is for them for parents looking for child care. Arbor, MI 48104; (800) 221-8056 directed at the full range of ages of care. In A real idea-generator and good value at 166 -1994 BLACK HISTORY CATA-fact, the book focuses equally on infant/pages. $12.95 plus $2.75 S&H from: CPG LOG contains books, posters, videos, gifts toddler care, preschool, school-age andPublishing Co., PO Box 50062, Phoenix, and games. CONTACT: Empak Publish- summer care with each chapter about 10 to AZ 85076; (800) 578-5549. ing Co., 212 East Ohio St., 3rd Floor, 15 pages Nan Howkins has advocated cost- Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 642-8364 effective yet quality services for many years. -1994 Women's History Catalog is A key component to profit and cost-effec- SAC Contracting ready forNational Women's History Month tiveness is flexible scheduling of slots. She in March as well as year round resourcesoutlines in detail and with charts how to Guide including children's books, posters, vid- add part-time students and hourly space- Tools for Schools: Contracting for eos, and gifts. CONTACT: Nationalavailable students. 270 pages hardbackSchool-Age Child Care by Kay M. Women's History Project, 7738 Bell Rd., $24.95 plus $1.75 S&H available from the Albrecht and Margaret C. Plantz is the final Windsor, CA 95492; (707) 838-6000 publisher, Facts on File, Atten: Customer publication from Project Home Safe. It is -Creative Parenting Fall & WinterService, 460 Park Ave. South, New York,an extremely comprehensive guide de- 1993 Catalog has books about feelings, NY 10016; (800) 322-8755. (continued on page 7) O .,. P, r..) ..c) e.-, re, elo Lr, so .15 in co cu ON 0 v.' oo 6) 0tI ) C.-) = ..zi. -0-,,, o u cZi 2 o 0 (...- V) 6 g .0 0 - .x., o Q. ,...(--. ci m ct 2 a) .-.1° c.) ON N tot 6) 0 E 0 ,..... -, os .... z >, o¢ o r8.). 0 cl '1: folt' 1. 1 .' O ra rt, ,-,.o g 0.,is (..) 44 w..1 E v., _Q., o C..). 4 Z '1-- 8 "s4 . >, 1 ,..., a) c15 6: = s.. ,0 Cn 4 ° 2rd g v o 5 4 U .2 ,....c^ a- ,, 0 . < .1.,- .E._ :... zr o'.0r , -,1 0;6. ,-; (i) ' "a o . 0 3.(,) 1-1 () (0 Nt t ,5's c' cr, U X (n. -4-4-) gk.)ZZLro E 6' tp , ;,,rl = .cs m ,.., -- ..c 0= , ,-,(, , -. (CN\ ...'.. v5 as - a co c-z E o. 0 c g s 4g E' 2 ,...-- ...... rii6 ..' - I . o . z - c1 't - 2 ; 4'. .> 2 F - a ; :-- c., -,4 4 & 8 inz.: a LP., N. - .0 l'a" In '...3 !...`.1, <5 7,1 - 0 (.) - ... 0 RI 73 ,I., e43 --.' U ,_i-.., ''''-" - < A cn III ' 0 -..45'(-.1 E - ro -. en tr,C g - <4 .5 "".. c."8 U -F,0 o 6 cr, U Li E (`-',1 -`-'.."8''3-'(--1 v? o.a V-, .:-: U c. 4 c..) en A .zC.J, N .0 az.tu w .ee -0 - 00 :-- z: % 4f)* c.-,= 0 - .- a ..g:-Z CI ci ,,,, 8 0., ..o _o < .t. 00 < o >,-, P '-' '-' eu 2 .2 ?..,.§f -,40..iwz a ....a. o 0or S .-, -0 o T., o 0 -41". 75 -c.)a U. ON ra'nOti . e3 0 .= 2 ai 7 (1)ci 0 t'll 0 .0 Oa 1 0 @ ...z 44 0 8 27, a tO 03 > U8 9. <5 ,,k2 co >, cg ig (..) 9°--,' 2 2 g Q .0,...a -c.-6, = 0 ..to,'"":4 -(9 '5 6) -2 2 >., 6' :.' 2 t ,s ''''4 ,P) 8. [2..--, z a.) 0 E.2 Z cn Z 12 a to 8 -5 4 3 o ..§ 4., li o 8 - 20.0g 53 6 § -L) co8 ,,, z :-.1 .26' - g A °) (..)°° "6 S = tiE, t = u 2 ii E '6 f? v - 0 t `1)--ca i iieu = 5 . = t) °O. 42 «.° -0". ,r-, (6 .4 g 0 0

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ISSNO278-3126 © 1994 School-Age NOTES - A National Resource Organization on School-Age Care- Pioneering the Field Since 1980 Giving Children then to gym, then to art, then to music. N S, E- Empowering children is the process of Their Childhood helping them to be growing, active Week of the Young Child..3 Back participants in their own development Famous Women 4 as well as decision-makers about their Indoor Ballgames 5 Paradigm Shifts hi own child-care program. School-Age Child Care: A Issue 2: Play vs. Busy-ness Chil- Housing Project SAC Work in Progress dren do not need to be kept busy. S ACC Grants 6 by Laurie 011hoff centers are the preeminent place to teach Nutrition Bill Proposed 6 children values of play, playing hard, playing fair, and resting. Must Have Catalogs 8 Laurie 011hoff s reporr"a work in Issue 3: Community Buildirg vs. SAC Video & Training progress" which is funded by the ActivitiesOne of the issues that must Minnesota Department of Education is Guide 8 designed to generate dialog in the fit into the whole picture of child care is the place of ethics, of caring for each school-age care profession. It is termed other and learning to be involved in "a work in progress" to be commented NSACCA their community. on and re-shaped as the field decides Issue 4: Maturity vs. Sophistica- its mission and role in school-agers' Conference News tion SACC programs need to realize lives. The following is a synopsis of the 0 the danger of facilitating sophistication issues raised. without maturity. Preconference Day Kids today face complex moral di- Put your tricorn hat on and get your lemmas earlier than ever before. I be- kite ready as people line up for the lieve school-age child care can be a National School-Age Child Care Con- force for giving children their child-Children do not need to beference April 14-16, 1994 in Ben hood back. SACC programs that havekept busy. SACC centersFranklin's city Philadelphia. Here is their base in relationships can teachare the preeminent place tosome information to help people plan social skills, interpersonal problem -teach children values oftheir schedules regarding arrival times solving, communication, and healthy and hotel nights. emotional expressionall things thatplay, playing hard, playing Thursday April 14 preconference day we are quietly losing. I believe thatfair, and resting. events include: Public Policy Forum SACC programs can refocus their half-day in the morning; Professional efforts to be powerful vehicles for Development Forum half-day in the children's health and wholeness. Issue 5: Self-Disciplined vs.afternoon. Also on Thursday are the Three critical questions are: 1) WhatTeacher-Punished Sell-disciplineProgram Site-Visits. Because of the is the mission or purpose of school-age vs. teacher-discipline affects identify-distance to some sites, the program child care? 2) What is our role? 3) Doing role and purpose. Overly super-tours have been combined with tours to we want to become a profession? If wevised children never learn to controllocal attractions such as historical sites, want to become development experts,themselves or make good decisions. agotourist stops and a shopping mall. Tours authorities in social development and are 3-6 hours. All trips are $18 and childhood interaction then we need to Laurie 011hoff is Director of Projectinclude the cost of any entry fee but not become a profession. we want to beKIDS, a school-age program in Eagan,food costs. There will be preregistra- babysitters and planners of activitiesMN. Copies of her 24-page report in-tion for the forums and site-visits. O for children, then professionalism istended to start a dialog in the school- The opening keynote is Thursday not a critical issue. age field are available by writing to herevening at 7:30 p.m. The speaker is Issue 1: Empowering vs. Herdingat: Rahn Elementary School, ProjectLeslie Saunders, Director of Pluralism In some SACC programs, children arc KIDS ,4424 Sandstone Dr., Eagan, MNStrategy for the Girl Scouts USA. herded, like flocks of sheep, to snack,55122. 43 (continued on p. 6) because of time differences and costsseem to be similar. Napkin Notes and 800 numbers are usually for U.S. At the first conference of our new callers only. In cases where we only[Australian] National Out of School Have an idea, question or comment give the address, it is usually because Services Association (NOSHSA) the for SAN? Put it on a napkin and send it that's all we were given. federal Minister said that "premises to us. Too often people believe they didn 't matter"! Which, as you can imag- have to submit items in a formal way. ine, alienated us all. We hope Napkin Notes - ideas, ques-Dear Richard, I have recently been involved in a Keep up the good work and the news tions, and comments submitted on nap- flowing. Its always good to feel that kins - will add some fun to your con-national project in Australia to develop a course for people working inschool- templations about SAC and create a Judy Finlason age child care, and I am extremely dialog with readers. Put this out to your NETWORK of Community Activities, eager to talk with people involvedin staff to come up with "napkin notes" to 66 Albion St., Surry Hills, providing training for school-age care send us. New South Wales 2010 workers in the United States. I have The idea for School-Age NOTES as AUSTRALIA a newsletter with the separatecolumnsalready drafted a partial itinerary for a Director's Corner, Activities, Devel-trip in January to Canada and the UnitedConcerns 10 Years Ago opmental Notes, Conflict Resolution,States, based on information I have gleaned from your extremely helpful From the Jan./Feb. 1984 SAN issue a Administrative Notes and Resources report' in the second SACC pre-confer- on the back page was written on apublication, School-Age NOTES. I am hoping you can provide a few moreence day at NAEYC found the follow- napkin in June of 1980. It seems fitting ing "hot" issues and concerns: contacts. to come full circle and ask for ideas on - School-agers getlabeled as "day napkins. Judith Bissland, Associate Director care kids" by school personnel and other children and becomes stigma Social Science and Arts From Kris Krueger, Mahtomedi, MN some counteracting this by choosing Thank you for the renewal reminder.Swinburne University of Technology Prahran Campus, 144 High Street "club" names. We love your newsletter. It has been colleges in U.S. have Prahran, Victoria 3181 - Only nine very valuable to our new child care bachelor's degree programs which spe- AUSTRALIA program! cifically address child care including Judith Bissland -1 have faxed you sug-school-age. From Vicki Herman, Milwaukee, WI Continued need for more training gested contacts and have included your Thanks for writing "How Do I Con- and to receive it during non-program trol These School-Agers?" in the De-letter and address so others can send you information on what they aredo-hours. cember issue. It is just the information - Recognitionof need for care for I need for our January Disciplineing. Your inquiry and the letter that follows gives others both here and out-older children (11-14) some programs Inservice! The analogy between trying have "hired" older children as assis- side the U.S. some insight to the preva- to control school-agers behavior and tants to work with preschoolers and the lid on a boiling pot will get everylence of interest in SAC issues and Richyounger school-agers. coo ones attention in the inservice. professional development. Scofield Why does SAN sometimes give an NOTES entire address such as for contactDear Rich, information for resources when it A quick note to wish you all the best Subscriptions: $22.95/year also has put in the telephone numberfor 1994 and to let you know how much 12 issues for contact information or will onlywe enjoy reading your newsletter. Send To: School-Age NOTES give the address and not a phone Its amazing how much we have in P.O. Box 40205 number? common. I had just finished reading Nashville, TN 37204 Aside from subscribers wanting toour [school-age group's] Decemberis- 615 242-8464 write contacts because postage costssue focusing on the need for suitable Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. less than a telephone call, we try topremises [space] when I received your Nashville, TN 37204 include addresses to help SAC profes-November issue [which called for a Editor/Publisher:F chard T. Scofield sionals in other countries be able to"vision of dedicated space"). We Office Manager: Mary-Helen Marigza haven't used the term "dedicated Iaccess resources in this country. Regu- Published Monthly in Nashville, Tennessee lar phone calls often are impracticalspace", a good one, but all the problems 1994 Schopl-Qge NOTES POBox 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 2 FEBRUARY 1994 I .4 ® Printed on Recycled Paper ADV00 AOY`

Week of the Youngwith an evening called Child Care in Even as hard times have fallen upon us, Child in SAC Fall River. this event somehow renews the spirit The provider group represents alland gives us new hope. by Vicki Herman forms of child care from home-based to The Week of the Young Child is center based, from infant/toddler tospecial to all of us and it is an opportu- This year's Week of the Young Child school-age, from private to public. Innity for providers across the country to (WOYC) will be celebrated April 17- January of each year, the local resourcecelebrate our most important natural 23, 1994. It is a time to celebrate chil- and referral office distributes a noticeresource,the children! d;lo dren and focus the public's attention on to all providers, inviting them to par- theirneeds. It is also a time to recognizeticipate in the event. Planning meetingsEloise G. Lauzier is the After School people who work with children, to edu- are scheduled with those who are inter- Day Care Unit Program Coordinator cate others on the importance of people ested and ideas begin to flow. for Citizens for Citizens in Fall River, who work with children and the need The main objective behind the weekMA. for quality child care and school-ageis to provide an opportunity for the programs. community to see what types of quality In the past, the Family After School child care services are available, asOther April Dates Program, which has nine sites and 450 well as, celebrate the children we serve.for Advocacy children, has made a point to send a The providers choose one evening near special thanks to all the school district or during the Week of the Young Child Thursday, April 21, 1994 administrators and staff for their sup- from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and planWorthy Wage Campaign Day port and help. A letter of thanks comes hands-on experiences for the childrenFor more information contact: National from our office. Also, letters are sent to and parents to enjoy. Center for the Early Childhood Work state and federal officials reminding Force, formerly the Child Care Em- them of the importance of school-age ployee Project, 6536 Telegraph Ave., care for children of working parents. Ste. A-201, Oakland, CA 94609; (510) FASP staff, children and parents are ...Provides an opportunity 653-9889. involved in both these processes. for the community to see Tuesday, April 19, 1994 Parents and state and federal officials what types of quality childNational Youth Service Daywhich are also informed about the importance care services are available... promotes youth volunteerism. For more of worthy wages for school-age care information contact: Youth Service professionals. America 202-296-2992. To learn more about the Week of the Each provider chooses activities Thursday, April 28, 1994 Young Child and events that your cen- from their daily programming to share2nd Annual Take Our Daughters ter can participate in call the National with the families. It's almost like ato Workevent is aimed at giving girls Association forthe Education of Youngtrade show, each program sets up theirexposure to the workplace. Call 800- Children at 800-424-2460.etk. own space and everyone in the commu- 353 -2525 or write to Take Our Daugh- nity is welcome, free of charge. ters to Work, Box 9644, Uniondale, Our thanks to Vicki Herman, Pro- Committees from the participantsN.Y. 11555 for information. coo gram Director for The Family Afterorganize decorations, media coverage School Program in Milwaukee, Wis- and donations from local businessesAdvocacy 10 Years Ago consin who in the July 1993 issue solic- for refreshments. Since the first year, Ten years ago we were advocating ited ideas from our readers about cel- the event has averaged approximatelyfor passage of the "School Facilities ebrating WOYC which resulted in the 1,000 people. The evening is filled with Child Care Act" (Senate Bill S. 1531) following responsefrom Eloise Lauzier. smiling faces enjoying games, crafts,which was "to encourage the use of stories, block play, and lots of energy.public school facilities before and after Our WOYC The space used is an old basketballschool hours for the care of school-age gymnasium adjacent to one of the childchildren and other purposes." by Eloise G. Lauzier care centers. The transformation from This was the forerunner of the De- gymnasium to "Child Care in Fallpendent Care Block Grant which was Here in Fall River, Massachusetts,River" is incredible. broader legislation affecting the devel- local providers have been gathering This experience offers the provid-opment and enhancement of SAC in all together for four years to celebrate theers an annual opportunity to work to-kinds of settings not just school facili- Week of the Young Child. We do itgether to accomplish the same goal. ties. et,to 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN.37204 615-242-8464 0 FEBRUARY 1994 3 e Printed on Recycled Paper 4 5 Hf ACTIVITLES Firsts For Women Profiles of FamousFingerprints Deana big. Go where no one hasWomen Fingerprint yourselves and compare gone before. Following is a list of Nancy Green, 1831-1923, was hiredthe prints. Now collect a set of prints women who scored an historic first.as a living trademark for a new inven-from members of your family. Is there Find out more about them. Use thetion a prepackaged, self-rising pan-any more similarity between yourprints information for your bulletin boards.cake flour. The name Aunt Jemimaand those of your family than there is Make up skits. Imagine you are one of came from a character in a performancebetween yours and those of your these women and write a pretend diary. one of the inventors had seen. Theyfriends? Imagine what you would like to be ornamed their product Aunt Jemima Pan- do and make a painting of yourselfcake Mix and set up a booth at the achieving it. Chicago World's Fair in 1893 where Elizabeth Blackwell - first woman to Nancy Green made her debut as Aunt graduate from a U.S. medical school Jemima. She cooked pancakes for thou-Plan Now For and first woman medical doctor. sand of visitors to the World's Fair, butSummer Susette La Flesche Picotte - first it wasn't just the pancakes that won Now is the time to recall fun times American Indian woman to earn a over the crowds. Nancy was a singer last summer. medical degree. She then returned to and storyteller as well as a cook and she Plan a day camp. Wear camp t-shirts the Omaha reservation where she wasplayed her role to perfection. She was or hats. Do a condensed version of a the only doctor. so popular the Fair had to hire extra Margaret Brentfirst woman to ob- summer day schedule. Let campers security for crowd control at her booth, share memories such as the neatest tain a land grant, she became a leading and her employer got 50,000 orders thing we did last summer, what I liked landholder in the Maryland colony. from merchants who wanted to carry most/least about the summer program, Nancy Ward (Nanye'hi) -first Chero- his new product. Nancy spent the rest something I'd like to do again this sum- kee cattle-owner. of her life performing her famous role mer, or something new I'd like to try. Antonia Brico - first woman to con- as Aunt Jemima. Bring out those photos or home videos duct the New York Philharmonic Sym- Today Aunt Jemima has a negative from last summer. If you made a time phony Orchestra. image for many people. What do you capsule during the summer, unveil it Olympia Brown first American think? now. woman ordained by a full denomina- What other actors do you know who Brainstorm with the kids for summer tional authority (Unitarian Church). have played a role so long and so well Wilma Rudolph -first American ideas for field trips, community in- that the actor/actress is associated withvolvement opportunities, weekly woman runner to win 3 gold medals in the role he/she portrays? Think about a themes, something different to see or track at a single Olympic competition. role you could play. Work on a costume do. Did their families do anything that (Her courage in overcoming paralysisand a monologue. night also be fun for kids club? If these from a childhood illness is a story in ideas cost money (travel, admission itself.) Women's Day Jane Margaret Byrne first woman to March 8 is Women's Day in Angola, fees) let the kids write or call for infor- serve as mayor of a large city (Chicago) Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cape Verde Is-mation on prices and discounts and Annie Jump Cannon - first woman lands, Mauritania, Moldova, Tajikistan,plan a budget. What resource persons do they know who might bring an ac- to be awarded an honorary doctorateTurkmenistan, and Ukraine. Locate from Oxford University. (It was for these on a map or globe. Plan your owntivity or skill to the site? (Do not over- look parents, grandparents or other fam- work in astronomy.) celebration of Women's Day. Rebecca L. Feltonfirst woman to ily members. Where do the parents preside over the U.S. Senate, and first Detective work, and what are their hobbies?) woman in Congress to co-sponsor the Players stand in a circle. Place a ring Let the kids help design the informa- tion/registration brochure for the sum- Equal Rights Amendment. on a string and tie the ends of the string Alice Hamilton - doctor and social together. Players hold down the stringmer program, or at least a promotional or advertising piece that they could worker at Hull House in Chicago, with both hands, palms down. The de- became interested in health prob- tective stands in the center and tries tocarry home. lems of factory workers and pio- find the ring as the players keep their neered in industrial medicine. She hands moving at all times to look as if 69 Activity Ideas fought for reforms to protect work- they are passing the ring. The detective The minimum number of Activ- ers from hazardous substances. gets thre ity Ideas in this issue is 69. © 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 4 FEBRUARY 1994 46 ISPrinted an Recycled Paper MARC'H' CURRICULUMU..L CORNE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday March 1, 1961 Marc'. 3 in JapanWomen's HistoryMarch 14, 1879 March 29, 1886 `)Birthday of Peaceis a day honoringMonth. Assign aBirthday of AlbertCoca-Cola was intro- dCorps. Invite some-girls. Families alsodifferentgroupEinstein. duced by inventor CI display their doll *4 one who has served each week to do aWhat did he meanJohn Pemberton. ...1 as a Peace Corps vol-collections. bulletin board on"ImaginationisInvent a new drink of c-) unteer to tell about the How could you cel-achievements ofmore 4.1 importantyourown--anew fruit a.., program and theirex-ebrate? women. En than knowledge"? juice combination or perience. fruitade perhaps. Locate Ireland onWhat can you learnFind about theseOffer baked IrishMarch 17 is St. map or globe, about the climateIrish traditions: potatoes and vari-Patrick's Day. ZCZ Compare the size ofof Ireland? the Blarney stone,ous toppings forCut out green pa-

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1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 ,61 242-R-16-1 )Prin ed on Rervdrd Pam. 4 FEBRUARY 1994 5 Child Nutrition Bill ...Explore the Scientist in You ... Washington Notes When Your Inner Child Meets the Child by Charles Pekow Would Boost Snack at SAC ... Mosaic: Fitting the Pieces Charles Pekow is the Editor of After-school programs may find itTogether - Intervention Strategies that "Day Care USA." This report easier to get reimbursed for servingWork snacks in the future. Reauthorization was written exclusively for SAN bills for child nutrition programs, which readers. Congress must consider in 1994, in-Saturday Workshops clude some boosts. In the Senate, the Some of Saturday's topics are: Feed the Custodian, Romance the Teacher Start-Up Grants for SAC Better Nutrition & Health for Children Act introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy,and Adopt a School Board Member ... in Housing Projects Space the Vital Frontier in SACC Pro- The federal government is offeringchairman of the Committee on Agri- culture, Nutrition & Forestry, wouldgrams ... Just-a-Minute Games ... You grants of up to $300,000 to start or Ought to be in Pictures: Photography deem school-age children automatically expand school-age programs for public and Video in SACC ... Summer Sizzle and Indian housing residents. The fund- eligible for an after-school snack if they meet eligibility criteria for other SACC Dinner Theatre: One Model ing is available under the Public Hous- Between Love child nutrition programs. of Parent Involvement ing Child Care Demo Program. Grant- and Discipline ... Reflections on Scan- And in the House, Rep. Lynn Woolsey ees can use funds for center-based or dinavian SAC. in-home programs in or near housing(D-CA) introduced H.R. 3582, which would allow after-school programs to projects. Silent Auction Only Head Start programs and resi-get reimbursed for serving snacks to The 2nd Annual Silent Auction will dent m anagem ent corporations and resi- children up to age 18. And Reps. Dale be held Friday evening. Items to be dent councils of housing projects canKildee (D-MI) and Bill Goodling (R- auctioned will include handmade crafts, apply for the grants. But they can sub-PA) introduced the National School t-shirts, pieces of art, books and pro- contract with other non-profits to oper-Lunch Act & Child Nutrition Act of gram resources. Do you have some- ate the programs, so school-age pro- 1966 Amendments (H.R. 3580), which thing to donate from your state? Con- viders can work with these groups onwould expand use of Nutrition Educa- tact: Sandy Kaufman or Connie Morak obtaining and using the funds. Appli-tion & Training funds to include edu- 215-572-0862 cants must show a need for the servicescating children and families through in the area. For details and applications after-school programs. ek) (due Feb. 18), see the Dec. 20 Federal Programs Close Doors Register or contact Madeline Dowling, to Parents to Open the Head Start Bureau, PO Box 1182,NSACCA Doors to Quality (continued from front page) Washington DC 20013, (202) 205- Many local programs in the Philadel- 8549. Registrations Mailed phia area including some school dis- D-Day February 25 If you havetrict-wide programs are closing their Criminal Background not received your registration materialdoors Friday April 15 to allow all their Checks to Be Available by Friday Feb. 25th, call 215-643-0569. staff to attend the National SACCA Within Three Years The deadline for early registration isConference. Three years hence, centers should beMarch 11 and final deadline March 31. Diane Barber, Pennsylvania Chair- able to check job applicants for crimi-Hotel reservations need to be madeperson for the Conference told SAN, nal backgrounds. Congress passed the now if not already done so. Doubletree"Closing a program to enable staff to National Child Protection Act, which$95/105 215-893-1600;arwick $95 attend a conference that gives them requires states to provide criminal 215-735-6000; Bellevue $125 - 800-access to national experts sends a state- records into a national databank em- 221 -0833 ment to parents, school districts, and ployers can use to see if providers or community about the need for training job applicants have been convicted orFriday Workshops to enhance program quality. For many are under indictment for child abuse or Over 120 workshops in two days parents and probably some employers other violent crimes, as well as prosti-some of Friday's topics are: But Theythe range of inconvenience will be from tution, felony drug counts, etc. WhileSpit Scratch and Swear ... Stress Howmild to great. But whether mild or states must collect and provide the datado You Spell Relief ... Moving from great, closing program doors still re- to the Department of Justice, no state orMe to We: How to Build an Adminis-minds everyone of the importance of program must check providers. tration Team ... Teaching Tolerance school-age care. coo It) 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205 Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 6 FEBRUARY 1994 ePrinted on Recycled Paper arrismilmr.4 " DIRECTOR'S

Must Have Catalogs. . . Children's Resource Center has a continued from page 8 Conferences flyer about the Phrenogarten Experience continued from page 8 which is an arts-based educational pro- Redleaf Press, 450 North Syndi- gram using puppets, music, art, and peer NSACCA '94 April 14-16, 1994 cate. Ste 5, St. Paul MN 55104 (800) leadership. CONTACT at: PO Box 8697, 423-8309 e140 National School-Age Child Care Alliance, 6th Scottsdale AZ 85252 (800) 641-KIDS Annual Conference, Philadelphia PA We came across these resources in the Contact: Diane Barber 215-643-0569 Other Catalogs Early Childhood Product Pak (mail-back S&S Arts & Crafts now promotes itscards). Some are free catalogs and others CALIFORNIA April 22-23, 1994 products to both "day care & after schoolare resources for sale (we have not seen 12th Annual Calif. School-Age Consortium programs." All kinds of craft projects, craftor reviewed them). Conference, San Diego CA materials, dramatic play and manipulatives. - Book - The Complete Playground Book, Syracuse University 800-365-8929 Contact: Darci Smith 415-957-9775 S&S catalog has been a staple resource for - Catalog - about sleeping cots 800 -960- SAC programs for many years. CONTACT 5600 OKLAHOMA April 30, 1994 New Listing at: PO Box 513, Colchester CT 06415 - Stain Remover - "Spot Blaster" 800- OK Office of CC School-Age Conference, (800) 243-9232 421 -8481 Keynote: Kay Albrecht Lakeshore Learning Materials is one - Software for center management - Contact: LuAnn Faulkner 1-800-347-2276 of thebest one-stop-shopping for non-bookThese three companies will send demo resources such as arts & crafts materials,disk and information - SofterWare, Inc FENNSYLV ANIA May 21.1994 New Listing 800-220-4111; - YORE 800-220-YORE; mobile storage furniture, sand & water SE Penn. SACC Project Summer Workshop tables, table manipulatives and blocks plus- Mount Taylor Programs [for with Rich Scofield, Penn Wynne PA puzzles and much more. CONTACT at:Macintosh) 800-238-7015 Contact: Lauren Atwell-Do uglas 215-643 -0569 PO Box 6261, Carson CA 90749 (800) - Fund raising through creating your 421-5354 programs own cookbook 800-853-1364 MASSACHUSETTS June 25-30, 1994 Constructive Playthings contains- Book - Nutrition and Meal Planning in Child Care Programs: A Practical Guide, New Listing "Caring for School -Age Children", materials and equipment for active play, American Dietetic Association 800 -745- Instructor: Ellen Gannett, co-sponsored by block play, manipulatives, furniture, "after 0775 ext 5000 SACC Project and Advanced Seminars in CC school games" and more. CONTACT at: - Catalog on playground equipment 800- Administration, Wheelock College, Boston 1227 East 119th St., Grandview MO 64030 843 -9915 MA Contact: Pat Day 617-734-5200 X279 (800) 448-4115 - Catalog on play structures and play- Chime Time Movement Productsground equipment 800-426-9788 carry interesting movement equipmentsuch- Information on playground surface DO WE HAVE YOUR SAC material 800-FIBAR-21 as BODY SOX that kids climb into plus CONFERENCE DATES? co) mats & foam shapes, safety & play balls,- Catalog of children's music including beginning sports equipment, health relatedcross-cultural tapes 800-443-4727 emo fitness equipment, floor scooters and stor- age containers. CONTACT at: 2440-C Pleasantdale Rd., Atlanta GA 30340 (800) Check Your Address 477-5075 FREE SPIRIT Publishing has self- Our mailing list service converted our subscription list help materials for both children and youth as well as materials for parents and teachers to a new computer system. including books, posters, games, and cards. In the process many of the addresses CONTACT at: 400 First Ave North. Ste were either inverted or had a line dropped. 616-41, Minneapolis MN 55401(800) 735- 7323 National Education Association Please check your address carefully. (NEA) Professional Library has a four- page early childhood flyer with twenty Let us know immediately if it is incorrect. resources several of which people in SAC may find helpful. Also available is a full 36 page catalog. CONT'A CT at: PO Box 509, School-Age INOTES10 PO Box 40205 Nashville TN 37204 West Haven CT 065 1 6 (800) 229-4200 0 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 Printed on Recycled Paper FEBRUARY 1994 7 40 perience of staff or workshop partici- SAC Video, school personnel. VIDEO is VHS 25pants. Includes tips for training and Viewer's Guide & minutes. points to highlight. Bibliography and Viewer's Guide contains video pro-list of resources for school-age pro- Trainers Guide gram summary, training modules andgrams. 120 pages $16.95 ($14.95 for exercises, supplementary readings andsubscribers) plus $3.50 S&H die Now Available worksheets. It can be used for self- study or for organized in-service. Con- RobertaNewman, knownfor herworktains enough exercises and extensionsCatalogs in school-age carefor over twenty years, of those exercises to provide several in-Must Haves has produced a video and accompany- services each month. 110 pages As we look at 1994 many spring ing guides. The Video & Viewer's Guide iscatalogs conic across our desk. The available from School-Age NOTES forfollowing are three must have catalogs Video & Viewer's Guide $39.95 ($35.95 for subscribers) plusthat we usually mention each year be $4.50 S&H Keys to Quality School-Age Care cause we believe in their resources and because with the high turnover in our is a practical, step-by-step approach to using "Four Keys" to unlock the doorsTrainer's Guide field many new people to school-age All to quality programs: 1) Planning with Trainer's Guide to Using the Videocare might not be aware of them. 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Creating Themes Themes 1-2 Differential Programming 3 April Activities 4 Summer Planning 4 4:4 April Curriculum 5 Proposal to End DCBG. .6 What Families Want...7 Tracey Ballas Asks Congress: What did you do after school? Starting with a simple object like a water bottle cyclists use may lead to a theme on different containers and ways to get fluids which may lead to a trip to the museum to Tracey Ballas, president of the National see how astronauts get their food and fluids in space. School-AgeChildCareAlliance (NS ACCA) testified before Congress Feb- One part of programming for school-age This is what Jo Hopkins, former director ruary 9th on behalf of NS ACCA and school- of the Champaign IL Park District After- care is the development of a theme around age care professionals. She asked that Con- School Program did in an article originally which some of the planned activities are gress reauthorize and appropriate $20 mil- centered. The theme also serves as a spring- appearing in the January/February 1983 lion for the Dependent Care Block Grant board for ideas that kids use for their own issue. She outlined the thinking process (DCBG). This grant is the only federal spontaneous activities and play. with concrete examples that the children One problem that often occurs when and staff could get interested in and build legislation exclusively devoted to school- planning a theme is that the theme is so upon with other related activities. age care and child care resource and refer- broad and complex (such as transporta- Reminder: Themes should reflect the in- ral services. tion, the seasons, animals) that it becomes terests and concerns of the children them- Ballas asked the questioned many SAC a shallow treatment of the subject. It does selves rather than a set curriculum by the people have heard in training, "What did not allow children to get fully involved. adults. Presentation of something familiar you do after school when you were a school- Children, especially school-agers who like but not high interest like an orange can be age child? Where did you go and what did to take things to completion, need to have turned into high interest by the way the you like to do?" adult presents it and relates it to the opportunities to experience individual Congressman John Edward Porter of Il- children's lives. things to theirfullest.They need opportuni- linois said his mother was home and that he ties to take ideas as far as they can develop- played in the neighborhood and played lots mentally.This means allowing school-agers "Orange" You Glad of sports. to practice or play out some ideas until they have fully experienced one or two simple by Jo Hopkins Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of Cali- 0 concepts. fornia remembered going to the library and One planning technique is to focus in on Creating themes for school-age program- reading lots of books. specific ideas rather than a broad concept. ming is not really difficult once the leader Congressman Jose Serrano of New York Take a broad idea like nutrition or a cat- learns to think in a "strange" way. Because played games in the street such as stickball egory like fruit and then choose one part of certain topics are aRpropriate for certain and kick the can. it to expand upon such as an orange. 5 ifcontinued on page 2) (continued on page 6) the answers. If foods such as orange muf-oranges the same? (Bananas aren't.) Are Creating Themes... fins are mentioned, can they be made by thethere other fruits similar to oranges? (Grape- (continued from front page) group? fruit, limes, lemons, kiwi.) How do astro- 6. Why do people keep saying orangesnauts eat fruit in space? age groups, it sometimes seems that schools are good for you? You will probably hear Take any one of these questions, plus have developed all of the topics to the about the vitamins. Which vitamins? Canothers that the children come up with, and fullest and there isn't much left that is new you see them'? How do you know they areyou are ready to take off on your next and appropriate. Not true! The group there? Oranges have acid. Will it react ontheme. leader's role is to take the usual school soda in the same way that vinegar does? During the course of preparing and eat- subject and find a new and different angle What does "citrus" mean? ing a snack as simple as an orange, vocabu- of approach; one that is fun and interesting. lary has been increased and improved, nu- The very simplest of objects can serve as a trition and health have been discussed, sci- springboard for a multitude of avenues. The theme also serves as aence explored, creative thinking has been Take, for example, an orange. An orange exercised, an art project has evolved, and has an outside, an inside, a history, and a springboard for ideas thatsnack has become interesting. All of this future. An orange can demand that children kids use for their owndid not just happen. The group leaders use all of the skills and knowledge that they along with the children made it happen. have been building for six hours a day forspontaneous activities andNow the adults needs to be prepared to several years. play. follow through on some of the discussion Using an orange for a springboard does 11111111 topics. Where will they go now? It's up to require that a leader plan ahead a bit. Step both the kids and the adults. one is to arrange to have oranges for snack 7. What can we do with the parts of the Through with the orange? Try the simple one day. Step two is some mental organiza- orange that we don't eat? egg next. Begin by discovering how the tion, and preferably some organization on Seeds: egg is like the orange. If an orange can take paper. Allc w for discussion and discovery. dye them a group to Italy, an egg could take them to Use brainstorming. Record answers. Make plant them China for 100 Year Old Eggs. Have a good charts. Ask questions that have many an- soak and punch holes in them trip ... and keep thinking and looking for swers. You might start with: for a necklace the unusual angle all the way! 1. How would you describe this object. make mosaics.... There is probably not a child in the program Peels: Summary Steps For Creating that has not been through numerous school grate for use in cooking A Theme dry and use for potpourri units on the five senses. The description 1. Choose an object, idea or concept for a cut in strips and glue to scrap usually covers things such as color, texture, starting point to expand into a theme. taste and smell. Be alert for any new words lumber for a name plate 2. Allow for discussion and discovery about or for any words used by an older child that boil to make a dye the topic. use for crayon rubbings.... a younger one may not be familiar with, 3. Brainstorm with staff and children ways and let the older one explain the new word. If you cut the oranges in half from top to to investigate the topic. bottom and remove the segments, the cups Discussion around the snack table helps 4. Ask questions that have many answers. keen it informal and not feel like school. can be used to hold ice cream, Jello, nuts, 5. Record answers and make charts. etc. 2.1s there anything about this orange 6. Plan with children related activities. that is like us? Among other concepts the 8, Where do oranges come from? If group may become aware that, like us, an they know oranges come from trees, do orange has "skin", oil in the "skin", andthey know where the trees grow in theWhat Can We Do For A "pores". United States and in which other countries? Theme? Here Are Some Ideas 3. What is inside of an orange? Obvi- Will they know where oranges were firstDrums ... Ice ... Butter ... Paper-making ously, juice. Will they mention juice, seeds, planted, or who brought the seeds to this...Coins ... Truck drivers ... Bread ... segments, membrane? If they don't, lead country? (The Encyclopedia Brittanica willGravity ... Aerobics... Yoga ... Calligra- them to it. Make a list of the items men- tell you that Columbus brought orangephy ... Doll making ... Baseball bats ... tioned. You may wish to use this for a seeds with him in 1493. European settlersVolunteering ... Sign Language ... Quilt comparison with another object later. planted oranges in Florida and Brazil dur-making ... A day in the life of... Riddles 4. How many segment does an orange ing the 1500's. Spanish missionaries started ...Toothpicks ... Comics and Cartoons ... have? Let each child guess. Write the guess the California orange groves during theBookmaking ... Dyeing ... How to earn down on a chart. Peel the orange. (Does 1700's.) spenaing money ... Getting along with everyone peel an orange in the same way?) 9. What do we do next? Through dis-your siblings ... How to shop wisely ... Count the segments. Who came closest? Is cussions you may find the group interestedBallet ... Card tricks ... Masks ... What to O there an average number of segments? in trying to grow an orange plant. What do do if your house catches fire ... Origami 5. How many ways can we eat this plants need in order to grow? Why is the...Growing your own food... Shovels dip orange? You may be surprised at some of Orange Bowl call the Orange Bowl? Are all 1111.1116- 0 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 2 MARCH 1994 5 ® Printed on Recycled Paper Differential oriented versus play-based, develop-"after school" polarity which will pre- mentally appropriate, child-centered,vent ou r learning from each other. There Programming adult-facilitated. It brings up manyare things that have been considered One Way May Not Work points which I believe are critical in theappropriate practice in SAC from the for All development of programs, both in andbeginning such as giving children out of school, which will be able tochoices and developing activities based Are there different ways to program meet the needs of this nation's increas-upon their suggestions. Our activities for school-agers that may work wellingly "at-risk" children. tend to cross over curricular areas so with some groups and not with others? As a long-time SAC professional, Ithat they involve many different types If classroom learning in a particular fully understand the frustration and in-of skills. community is failing, what is the role of dignation of those who deal with chil- School reform movements across the the SAC program to meet that child's dren after school toward school admin- country are advocating this same type full range of developmental needs in-istrators who would impose a moreof learning in the classroom and calling cluding cognitive needs? "academic" structure on our programs.it "Interdisciplinary Instruction." They Differential programming means that It is absolutely true that children shouldcould learn much by watching a good we may have to program differently for not be asked to sit still, memorize, drill,SAC program in action. We, on the children and youth depending on their and be quiet, especially after school.other hand, could profit from watching developmental needs. These activities do indeed run counterthose elementary school teachers who Two factors often not articulated to the best in children's nature and arehave found ways to make basic "aca- about how much child-direction cannot effective, even in the classroom. demic" skills fun. There are ways to occur are 1) the range of life experi- On the other hand, in my "other"integrate the skills with which many ences of the children and youth and 2) career as a school counselor, I see anchildren desperately need assistance in the stage staff are at with accepting and increasing number of children comingourgames, activity centers, and projects. implementing such an approach. Kids through school for whom the educationIf we look at structured reading, writ- who have had a wide range of positivesystem is not working. They come toing, computation and critical thinking experiences have more to draw on forschool everyday from home situationsas "academic" and therefore not appro- ideas in their work and play at the which are unable to offer an environ-priate for our programs, we are missing program. Kids with limited positivement which supports and motivatesa tremendous opportunity to benefit experiences cannot generate as many them. They arrive with increasing emo-many children. I hope that we don't get appropriate ideas. (At this point thetional, behavioral, and neurologicallost in a war of semantics in which program would have a responsibility toproblems which make learning in thechildren will be the losers. coo add to the children's positive life expe- traditional ways a near impossibility. riences.) Staff, particularly young staff These children put in time through theBetsy Arns is a SAC consultant, writer who only know the adult-directed school day feeling more and more frus-and instructor. Her books and activi- model, may need to phase-in creatingtrated and hopeless ... and then theyties newsletter are available from more child-directed experiences. Pro-come to us in the afternoon. School-Age Workshops, PO Box 5012, gramming models need to be compat- If, as I believe, it is our responsibilityHuntington Beach CA 92615 ible with the developmental stage ofto do our best to help each child to the staff. develop to his or her highest potential, Of> we must address the fact that many 41.11.:Aj NOTES "Academic" May children need to learn the skills which Not tie a Four- allow them to be successful in life some- Subscriptions: $22.95/year letter Word in SAC where other than school or home. For 12 issues many of them, the place that can offer Send To: School-Age NOTES The Case for Academic the most support and success is their P.O. Box 40205 Skills in SAC SAC program. Nashville, TN 37204 Our field is in a unique position. We 615-242-8464 by Betsy Arns are relatively new and do not have Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. There has been debate over the ap- decades (or centuries) of tradition about Nashville, TN 37204 propriate nature of SAC programming.how we should work with children. We Editor/Publisher:Richard T. Scofield How much should it be an extension ofare figtning it out as we go and doing a Office Manager: Mary-Helen Marigza academic learning particularly if thegood job. The present danger that I see programming is adult-led and product-is the creation of an "academic" and Published Monthly in Nashville, Tennessee

© 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 MARCH 1994 3 Printed on Recycled Paver 53 Design a Game- any life in the rain water? What about Profiles of Women pollution - any sign of it in the rain Win $24,000 Mary A. Albertson (d. 1914) workedwater? to collect a complete herbarium of Nan- Take advantage of yourkids' interest Measure (in inches, in centimeters, in computer games. USA Today re-tucket, Massachusetts flora -- both na-or in ounces or grams) the amount of tive and introduced. She worked in an ported on a contest for kids ages 3-14 to rain collected in an hour, 2 hours, a day. area close to her home. You can, too. come up with an idea for an educational Make a than of this over one month. How many species can you identify computer game and write about it for a Footprints for your area? Sketch it; don't pluck it! chance to win a $24,000 college schol- 1.) Line a shoe box with aluminum foil Sketch in color the leaves, flowers, arship or EduQuest computer system. or plastic wrap. seeds/seed pods, and the general ap- Include the game's name, descriptions 2.) Fill half way with mud. Add a little pearance. Record how tall the plant of characters and goals and a drawing sand or dirt to make it drier. gets and when it blooms. of possible on-screen situations. Write 3.) Place your bare foot (or hand) into Trees are plants, too. Can you deter- Electronic Arts, Inc., College Scholar- the mud. Press enough to make a deep mine a tree's height by measuring its ship, 1450 Fashion Island Blvd., San print. shadow? (Suppose you also measured Mateo, CA 94404. Deadline is June 30. 4.) Mix plaster of paris powder with yourself and the height of your shadow? What kind of ideas can the kids come water to make a thin cream consis- Then could you find out the tree's up with? This might be a good time to tency. introduce brainstorming and mind-height?) 5.) Pour mixture into foot (or hand) Work together on your project to mapping creative techniques. (If not print. Be sure not to overfill. familiar with these, ask a principalavoid duplication of efforts. Compile6.) Let dry for about a week. and keep your results. This can be put which teacher is using them.) 7.) When dry, take out hardened print. away for awhile and brought out again Make Your Own Games Brush away loose dirt. in summer or fall. Supplement data on If you're lacking in computer whiz 8.) Your print may be painted or left as each plant with observation in that sea- kids, how about creating yourprogram 's it. Use in whatever way you want (pa- son. Some spring plants may disappearper weight, decoration, etc.) own board games? Games could bein the heat of summer and different educational or just for fm (sorry, no Variation - Use sand instead of mud. plants will be discovered. Some springUse melted wax (to make candles) in- $24,000 prize). Have categories suchplants will rejuvenate in the fall but as the game to use the most recycled stead of plaster of paris. (Adapted from may not bloom again then. coo products, the one with the shortest di- Sticks and Stones and Ice Cream rections, the one with the most rules, Cones.) ft the most original and whatever otherRain...Mud...Water categories you can generate (so that ...Mess Summer Planning there are lots of chances and lots of Now is the time to arrange your ma- ways of thinking about it.) Having a One of the challenges continuously being faced by caregivers is: how tojor trips; brainstorm side trips; plan a wide variety of categories such as the major theme and/or weekly themes; game with the shortest directions alsoturn a dismal situation into fun-filled gather ideas and needs from parents; allows the younger children to partici-activities. The overabundance of rain and involve children in the long range pate. and mud this time of year is one of those situations. What follows is a list of rainplanning process. What de your chil- Why limit it to board games? Design dren want to repeat from last year? new games for indoors or out. Present-and-mud activities to assist you in this What do they want to avoid? What are the object of the game, the rules, num-challenge. Rain - What is It? the timelines for planning? Post them ber of players and equipment needed, if to help involve the children and to any. Use some of the same categories - Collect rain in empty, clean contain- generate excitement. Put up photos, art simplest directions, most original, great-ers. work, newsletters from last summer to est number of players. Look at it under a microscope or help them remember all the things they Take your board games outdoors.magnifying glass. did and to create enthusiasm for plan- Draw the board in chalk on the side- Compare tap water to rain water to ning the coming summer. etto walk or paved play area. Be your own sea or river water (if available). game piece and walk around the board. Draw pictures of what is seen under Some games can be drawn in a line the scope. 105 Activity Ideas using the squares of the sidewalk in- Go to the library and find books on The minimum number of Activ- stead of going around as on a board. etto microscopic life. Can anyone identify ity Ideas in this issue is 105. 1994 NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 4 MARCH 1994 4 e Printed on Reeyekd Paper '4 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday b. Apia 6,1949.April14is Pan April 18, 1775. April23,1564.April 25-29. Judith Resnick, American Day, a day The Midnight Ride ofBirthday of WilliamConsumer Protec- O astronaut. d. 1986 into celebrate friend-Paul Revere. Shakespearte. Cantion Week. Look in Challenger. Whatship and cooperationHenry Wadsworthyou draw a parallelnewspapers and skills are requiredamong Americans -- Longfellow's famousbetween Romeo &magazines for ex- and how are astro-North America,poem is great fun toJuliet and modernamples of exag- nauts chosen? South America, and read aloud. teen-age violence,geration in adver- Central America. gangs and suicide? tising claims. Make an aluminumFindout aboutIfyou cannotMake a banner or a Observe and record can crusher with atrees and shrubs"Adopt a Highway" regulation sightings of birds hinge and two 2 x 4's. size flag and other wildlife. native to your area.to pick up litter EA RI-I-1 Get permission toregularly, adopt a celebrating Are there wildlife plant one. Are yoursidewalk or a sec- the future ofpreserves in your state bird, tree andtion of the backyard Planet state? for which spe- flower native toor schoolyard. Earth. Cies? your state?

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1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 MARCH 1994 5 e Printedon Recycled Paper r Proposal To End ber school-age programs are eligible for Among examples she cited was Con- NAEYC accreditation if more than 50% ofnecticut where the $167,000 grant enabled DCBG Now Official their children are younger than nine yearsleveraging additional funds totalling over O by Charles Pekow old.] $1 million for before-and-after-school child For more information on the project,care. It's official. The Clinton Administrationcontact: Bee Jay Ciszek, Exec. Dir., Chi- At the very end Ballas told the commit- has decided to terminate the Dependentcago AEYC, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Ste tee,"it is very heartfelt when I tell you I feel Care Block Grant (DCBG). The 525, Chicago IL 60605 (312) 427-5399. eflafor you having to make the difficult deci- administration's proposed FY 95 budget sions about the allocation of resources but would fold DCBG into the Child Care & if I could leave you with one thought it is Development Block Grant (CCDBG) alongBallas Asks. that the children are our future and our best with the Child Development Associate (continued fro;n front page) investment. This investment will yield our Scholarship program, Temporary Chi/4,/ highest and most important return. Prob- Crisis Nurseries funding, and the never- Congressman Henry Bonilla of Texasably today out there in some school-age funded Child Care Licensing & Improve-offered that he, too, had similar memories program is a child who is having the oppor- ment Block Grant. of his after school experiences. tunity to do science experiments in a recre- Administration officials say don't worry; Making the issue personal was a very ational setting. That future scientist may be you'll come out ahead anyway. The pro-successful way to gain the attention and the very person that has the cure for AIDS posed budget will replace about $26 mil-ears of the Congressional panel who hadand ALS and all the other problems set lion of earmarks with an additional $198already heard e dozen pleas for more fund- forth before you today. But if a child is million in CCDBG (to a record level ofing. Some pleas were from AIDS victims, sitting home alone, they don't have the $1.091 billion). But states don't get CCDBGsome for more funding for emergency heat- same opportunities to be exposed to this funds until the last day of the fiscal year, soing for the elderly, and one from the son of possible future." programs counting on DCBG grants earlierSenatorJavitz whose father died from ALS Ballas commented to SAN that her expe- in the year may have to wait. And states(amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - sometimes rience before the sub-committee was both won't have to earmark any of the funds forcalled "Lou Gehrig's Disease"). The tech- exhilarating and nerve-wracking. She was school-age care. The Administration onnique was so successful that Congressman extremely grateful to the NSACCA mem- Children & Families (ACF) plans to retainSerrano congratulated Ballas for setting a bers who had given her advice and espe- the formula that mandates that mostrecord. He said, "With all the hundreds ofcially Ruth Fitzpatrick who is the chair of CCDBG funds go for subsidies, as opposedtestimonies I have heard, never before has NSACCA's Public Policy Committee. No to licensing, training, resource develop-someone come before us and asked us a ment, etc. coo question. We are usually the ones askingCareer Policy the question." Ballas pointed out in her testimony how Report $k.11. Million Grant effective the DCBG money has been even Making a Career of It: The State of the for Chicago though it is a very small amount. School- States Report on Career Development in age care gets only part of the $12.9 million Early Care and Education by Gwen Programs of this year's allocation (in the past SAC's Morgan, et. al. from the Center for Career share was approximately $7.7 million) and Development in Early Care and Education. News Flash from NAEYC throughit is divided by population among the fifty This report is the first comprehensive ATLIS News Service: The Chicago Asso-states and territories. ($7.7 million is really national study of state regulations, train- ciation for the Education of Young Chil-small when you realize that the Wellesley ing, and funding policies in early care and dren (Chicago AEYC) has received a $2.1 SACC Project received a four-year $6.5 education. Profiling the status of early child- million grant from the McCormick Tri-million grant from one private foundation hood training and career development ef- bune Foundation to conduct a program toand Chicago got $2.1 million for enhance- forts in the United States, the report pro- accredit child care centers in the Chicagoment and accreditation for just 60 pro- vides information about: area. grams - see article on this page.) "It is our qualifications requirements A variety of program types and popu-view that the Dependent Care Block Grant - available training resources lations will be sought for a total of 60has been so effective because it is so small," - higher education models and access programs to participate over 5 years. argued Ballas. "The money is carefully - federal funding streams for all program Programs selected will receive funds forutilized to provide maximum opportunity types accreditation fees and "quality improve-for training, technical assistance and qual- - promising practices for developing, coor ment grants" averaging $20,000. [Remer,1-ity improvement." (continued on back page) 0 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 6 MARCH 1994 56 e Printed on Recyckd Paper DIRECTOR

thing to make a working family's life less 2W,LLESLEY SACC PROJECT What Families J994 LEADERSHIP INSTITIlTF.S Want From SAC stressful! (2 OD TEXAS, Austin, April 22-24 O Becky Spencer is the Executive Contact: Michael Rush 512-454-4732 Director of Child Care Services for the ILLINOIS, Rend Lake, May 15-20 Providers Contact: Rachel Sloane 312-769-8008 YMCA of Greater Toledo. DISRICT OF COLUMBIA, May 18-20 Contact: Dr. Kellene Bruce 202-727-1839 The Six "C's" To Success CALIFORNIA, Mill Valley, June 4-8 Contact: Darci Smith 415-957-9776 by Becky Spencer Receiving Extra MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, June 25-30 Contact: Pat Day 617-734-5200 x279 ILLINOIS, Starved Rock, July 10-15 C = Consistent Staff Copies of SAN? Contact: Rachel Sloane 312-769-8008 The same smile, the same name, the Did you receive 2 or even 3 copies of the GEORGIA, Atlanta, July 25-27 Contact: Kimberly Nottingham 404-373-7414 same person to greet them and care forFebruary issue of School-Age NOTES? MISSOURI, Kansas City, July 31-August 5 Let us explain. First decode your label. Contact: Kathy Hermes 816-756-1950 their children each day. Consistency is VIRGINIA, Newport News, October 21-22 #1 in quality. The top line has a code number on the left, Contact: Paulette Bomberger 804-591-4825 the expire in the center and the subscriber C = Cheerful Staff CANADA May 12-14, 1994 New Listing Out-of- The last thing our parents and grand-- number on the right. Apaid subscription School-Care Conference, Edmonton AB parents need after a hard day at work is to will have a number at the end of the top line. Contact: Margaret Eastwood 403-497-5169 see a grump. Be happy and smile when The letters "NS ACA" at the right hand end PENNSYLVANIA May 21, 1994 of the top line means that as anew member SE Penn. SACC Project Summer Workshop w/Rich you greet your families! You may be the Scofield, Penn Wynne PA only friendly face they encounter through- of NSACCA(National School-Age Child Contact: Lauren Atwell-Douglas 215-643-0569 out the day! Care Alliance), you received an introduc- WASHINGTON July 22-23, 1994 NewListing C = Communication tory 6-month subscription provided by WA SAC Alliance Annual Conference, Renton WA Contact: Janet Frieling 206-461-3602 Know how to answer questions aboutSchool-Age NOTES. policies, prices and schedules. Share posi- Because the NSACCA subscription can- OREGON August 19-20, 1994 Oregon SAC Alliance and Washington SAC tive stories about their children. Knownot be used to extend an existing subscrip- Alliance Joint Conference, "Developing Successful when a discussion is private and pull thetion, there will be duplications for a few Program for 9-15 Year Olds", Portltnd OR Contact: Colleen Dytud 503-378-5585 x 661 or parent or child out of the main area tomonths for a number of subscribers includ- Mari Offenbecher 206-461-3602 0 talk! ing renewal letters referring to your 6- MEfifiti September 24, 1994 New Listing C = Caring Environment month subscription through NSACCA. OR SAC Coalition Conference, Albany OR, Please share the extra copy with a friend. Keynote: Tracey Ballas Parents and guardians want a program Contact: Colleen Dyrud 503-378-5585 x 661 where their children are treated fairly. If you received 2 NSACCA copies in February, this was an error. It has been CALIFORNIA September 24, 1994 New Listing Families look for a caring staff who spend Carousel School-Age Conference, San Diego time interacting with the children. Chil- corrected and this copy should be your only County Department of Education dren want a friend to play with and some- NSACCA one. Contact: Sylvia Selverston 619-565-4148 one to listen to them talk, talk, talk ... When it comes to renewals, your expira- ji,LINOIS October 1, 1994 New Listing tion date is at the upper right hand corner of 3rd Annual Fall School-Age Care Conference, This takes caring individuals! Effingham IL Contact: Kevin Johnson 217 -367- C = Clean Facility and Clean the address label. Compare the expiration 8013 or Vera Durbin 618-283-1104 dates on your subscriptions and send us the Children JNDJANA October 8, 1994 New Listing It's ok to get dirty and make messes,renewal notice for the subscription you YMCA of Greater Indianapolis SACC Training but it is important to teach children the wish to renew. cab Conference Contact: Evelyn Guinn 317-266-9622 skill and value of cleaning up! Both them- PHIO October 9-11, 1994 New Listing OECE and SACC Conference, Columbus selves and the table top and the floor andConferences... Contact: Robert Snyder 614-262-4545 the Monopoly game and the 1,032 Lego (continued from p. 8) NEW YORK October 10, 1994 New Listing blocks and hole punch droppings. Most CALJFORNIA April 22-23, 1994 Capital District SACC Network Annual Fall importantly children must be clean 12th Annual Calif. School-Age Consortium Conference, Albany NY Conference, San Diego CA Contact: Debra Parsons 518-426-7181 and ready for school just like their Contact: Darci Smith 415-957-9775 parents brought them to you in the morn- MICHIGAN October 25, 1994 New Listing INDIANA April 29, 1994 New Listing Michigan School-Age Child Care Association ing! Send them to school cleaned up, Conference, Detroit M1 Indiana Association for School-Age Child Contact: Barbara Papania 313-467-1574 settled down and ready to learn. 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SSNO2783126 ®1994 School-Age NOTES - A National Resource Organization on School-Aga Care - Pioneering the Field Since 1980 School-Age Child Care Ideas NSiDE SAC 50 Years Ago from 50 Years Ago Quality Square Footage 1 2 oped around the contemporary scene Bonding & Older kids "The [school-age program] isand current events, children's inter- Summer Programs .2 developed around theest in the occupations of the immedi- May Curriculum Ideas 5 contemporary scene andate world and their personal experi- SAC-Related Legislation...6 current events, children'sences. These [personal experiences] are Development Conference..8 interest in the occupationsexpressed primarily through: of the immediate world and dramatic play, words, music,Space (square their personal experiences."dancing and games, and with ad- equate [raw] materials feet per child): The raw materials out of which Most school-age care professionals are children develop play are: - sandThe Unexplored unaware that today's current thinking - blocks - paints - clay andpractices about school-age childcare Frontier - wood - tools - scrap can be tracedbackto 1917 andthe school- by Rich Scofield materials and toys age summer programs based on John - Dewey' s play schools. The philosophy - dolls - animals transportation vehicles - house- and practices included school building ...We have been mixing use, providing a home-like atmosphere, keeping accessories -occupa- making the pro gram interesting, relevant, tional toys. minimum licensing meaningful and fun, and the importance They transform these raw materi-standards with minimum of creating a rich environment and then als into play which fits their own letting the program flow from the needs emotions and experiences. They movequality standards. and interests of the children. freely and play with other children In1944from27 years ofexperiences ofin small groups, or alone. Unlike theThe Issue a national movement in school-age care activity in the school proper, which In the quest for defining quality school- (called play schools), Clara Lambert ofmust cover the subjects of a fixed age care our professional field has a prob- the Play Schools Association in New York curriculum, the play projects may be lem with physical space the number of wroteSchool's Out: Child Careshort-lived, changing with children'ssquare feet per school-ager that would be a through Play Schoolspublished by rapidly shifting interests. criteria of quality. It would appear that we "Harper & Brothers." The [caregiver] who accepts play as a have been mixing minimum licensing stan- The following is from Lambert' s way of learning [and exploring] knows, dards with minimum quality standards. School's Out.To make it read easier for The quality indicators, criteria, and per- relating to today's school-age child care, formance standards published in the last formatting plus a few words and phrases Unlike the activity in the schoolthree years have used 35 square feet per have been changed. child or per school-age child. Several, if not From 1944 proper, which must cover the many, states, including Tennessee include Because "play" is important to a child 's subjects of a fixed curriculum, in their minimum requirements 35 square development, a worth-while [ after school ] the play projects may be short- feet per school-age child as the minimum to O program is based upon the natural inter- lived, changing with children's be licensed. We can't have the bare mini- ests of each age level. How then does rapidly shifting interests. mum to be licensed be the same as the such a program differ from ordinary minimum for quality. In Tennessee and school? Texas the minimum adult-to-child ratios The [school-age program] is devel- (continued on pg. 6) (continued on p. 2) 59 .SS U ES

At what point does it just become "get- .. ment. With a usual furnishing load, this Space. space usually amounts to 50 square feetting by" or maintaining" but not really (continued from front page) measured wall-to-wall." quality? for school-age are 1:25 and 1:26 respec- It does not distinguish space requirement Quality square footage is difficult to tively. We don't use those for minimum differences for different ages. measure because school-age programs quality standards. Most quality criteria use Child Welfare League of America in often use spill-over space (hallways, side- 1:10 (for five-year-olds) and 1:12 (for over its Standards of Excellence for Child Day walks, next door rooms). Your home-base age 6). There is no confusion over mini- Care Services (1992) advocates: "The child space would often feel too crowded if all mum licensing stando' i minimum day care center building should have a ratio the school-agers spent the whole afternoon criteria for quality. Miele is more than of 50 square feet of playroom floor space in that space. It is the availability of outdoor twice the difference between the two. per child, exclusive of the space occupied space, gyms, and other spill over space that What Different Quality Stan- by sinks, lockers, and storage cabinets, forallows you to provide a quality program dards Say the activities and comfort of the children."beyond your home-base space. The National Association of Elemen- It does not distinguish space requirement However, the question remains, if you tary School Principals in their book, Stan- differences for different ages. However, were to be in one room with school-agers dards for Quality School-Age Child Care this was the best square footage of thefor an hour or two or more what is the (1993), states as a "Quality Indicator" quality standards reviewed. maximum number in the room that would "Indoor space is adequate, with at least 35 Study Needed still represent quality and what is thesquare square feet per child." As far as I can tell the issue of quality and footage of usable space? The National Association for the Edu- square footage has not been studied nor LetSchool-Age NOTES know what your cation of Young Children's Accreditation addressed by our profession. It is an "unex- opinions are on quality square footage. Criteria & Procedures (Revised Edition plored frontier." Write School-Age NOTES, PO Box 40205, 1991) says, "There is a minimum of 35 What is Your Opinion? Nashville, TN 37204. coo square feet of usable playroom floor space Programs with their own dedicated space indoors per child." It does not distinguish may find quality square footage the easiest Scrambled space requirement differences for different to accurately address. ages (birth through age 8). Usable space For cafeterias and gyms, it seems thatAddress? means "that space used for permanent stor- square footage per child may almost be a Is your mailing address scrambled? Our age should not be measured when assess- different issue. Such large spaces may need computer service ran a program that at- ing amount of space." even greater square footage because of the tempted to match our subscribers' addresses Quality Criteria for School-Age Child large open spaces involved and probablyand zip codes with what the post office Care Programs (1991) edited by by Kayquality space criteria would be governedconsiders "better mailing addresses." It M. Albrecht for Project Home Safe is revi-by the limits of quality criteria for group improved some addresses but scrambled sions and expansions of the accreditation size. The NAESP's Standards for Quality others such as flipping program name and criteria of NAEYC's National Academy ofSACC says, "Group sizes will vary ac- address or street address and PO Box. Early Childhood Programs to reflect t' e cording to activity, but will average no The post office delivers to the address needs of school-age children and youth. Its more than 25. Research and practice dem- line closest to the city, state line. If your PO physical space quality criteria is: "There is onstrate that smaller group sizes and lower Box line has been flipped or any other a m inimum of 35 square feet of usable floor ratios improve program quality." If pro- scramble in your address that should be space indoors...." grams in cafeterias have no other space,fixed please mail-in or call-in your correc- Caring for Our Children- National except outside, does this mean for quality tion (615) 242-8464. c Health and Safety Performance Stan- the program should be limited to 25 school- dards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home agers? This is a question for our profession NOTES Child Care Programs (1992) by the to examine. American Public Health Assoc. and the MEASURE your room (have the kids Subscriptions: $22.95/year American Academy of Pediatrics require- help) to find out your room's square foot- ments are: "The designated area for age of usable floor space. Subtract unus- 12 issues children's activities shall contain a mini- able floor space. (See Caring for Our Chil- SendTo: School-Age NOTES mum of 35 square feet per child, 50 square dren above for examples of non-usable P.O. Box 40205 feet measured on the inside wall-to-wall floor space. Furniture kids can "beat or on" Nashville, TN 37204 dimensions. These spaces are exclusive ofsuch as couches, desks & chairs should 615-242-8464 food preparation areas of the kitchen, bath- probably be considered "usable floor Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. rooms, toilets, ... offices, staff rooms, hall- space.") Nashville, TN 37204 THE QUESTION ways, closets, lockers, ... cabinets, and Editor/Publisher:Richard T. Scofield storage shelving spaces.... Comments: The What is the most number of kids in 35 square feet of available play space peryour space that you, feel comfortable Office Manager: Mary-Helen Marigza child should be free of furniture and equip- with that you think is still quality? Published Monthly in Nashville, Tennessee © 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615.242-8464 2 APRIL 1994 6)Printed on Recycled Paper 60 Bonding Older program at the beginning of summer toor swim and refreshments. During the help show that they are significant andsummer, older children are taken to Kids to Your not just in a "day care program." swimming pools as often as two or Summer Program New Experiences three times a week if this is at all fea- Being in a setting for all day every sible. emo Beginning Summer Event day in the summer where the environ- "Kids in 6th thru 9th grade are devel-ment is the same as the after school20-Year-Old Study oping both interdependence and inde-program, the staff is the same, and theStill Valid for pendence. It is important to win theother kids are the same means all en-Summer Programs older kids over early in your summerergy for new stimulation will be fo- School-age child care in family day program if it is to be successful. That's cused on the one new staff person or homes and in centers (group care) was why we have a special trip or event at one or two new children. Giving a new studied20 years ago by Elizabeth Prescott the beginning of the summer," says experience, especially in a setting that's Janice Baldwin, Director of the after and Cynthia Milich of Pacific Oaks Col- new to them helps focus their energylege in Pasadena, California. The fol- school program at Davidson Academy positively die. in Nashville, Tenn. And she should lowing is from there center-based care study in the book which was one of the know. Davidson Academy is the larg- Summer Programs most extensive books about SAC, School's est school-age program under one roof50 Years Ago Out! Group Day Care for the School in the U.S. During the school year, 430 Age Child (1974). The following is what children attend the program; most are Perhaps the best way to give the reader from the 680 pre-k thru 6th grade sec-School'sOut: Child Care through a flavor of summer in school-age day tion of the 1230 student body pre-k thru Play Schoolssaid about summer care is to begin by describing the things 12th grade. In the summer 230 children programs in 1944. See front page for which day care staffs have mentioned ac attend a program that Janice starts plan- more information about this book. the good things about summer. ning almost a year ahead. It is somewhat easier to plan a good By far, the most frequently mentioned The Bonding Experience program for the summer. The childrengood quality about summer had to do A bonding experience can be a year come to these groups for the whole day,with the difference in its departure from long project of planning and fundraising five or six days a week. There arethe rigid scheduling of winter. Nearly for trips to Chicago by bus; Myrtlelonger periods in which to play morehalf of the centers described a summer Beach, S.C. or St. Louis, Missouri. time, less pressure, less fatigue. For theprogram which was relaxed, individual- But Janice points out it does not have younger children from five to nine yearsized and permitted freedom and a cama- to be an expensive or elaborate event toof age, the day is divided into the fol-raderie between staff and children. The produce the same effects. A special lowing periods before lunch: indoorfreedom from time constraints seemed to camp out at a local state park or on theplay...out-of-door period...discus-be the major feature which was respon- grounds of the school or even a Fridaysion period or story time . .music orsible for this change. One almost needs to overnight "lock-in" provides a set ofrhythms ... preparation for lunch. [Af-see a winter program in action to realize unique experiences for just that group. ter lunch] preparation for rest ... rest ... the degree to which time constraints and Experiences and stories that they canready for afternoon program at 2:00. the schedule of the public school domi- talk and laugh about that are different[Depending on how hot it is outside]nate the program. In the summer, when this rigid time schedule is not operating, from what the other kids in the program outdoor play period follows rest. [If too everyone seems to switch over to a dif- have experienced. warm, the children can be indoors and] ferent system of relating. When the re- The kids become aware that the can continue play interests begun dur- moval of time constraints is also accom- caregivers are interested in them, noting the morning or they can work at panied by a reduction in the number of individual projects of their ol,vn. [Then] just in a paycheck (even though her people using the facility, the resulting ... staff is paid for the event). Theshowers...afternoon refreshments change in atmosphere is striking. A n - caregivers have shown their willing-clean -up time ... [then either indoor orother difference that was described in ness to spend extra timeit's a demon- outdoor play] until dismissal. nearly one-third of the centers was a stration of commitment beyond the pro- For older children the program ischange in activities, with more trips and gram. more flexible. The time is divided intospecial activities such as swimming or Special Event in Early Summer longer or shorter periods, depending onpicnics in the park. Here again the Helps Bond the Other Children the activities under way. The morningswitchover to new kinds of sensory input Baldwin explained that they also planis broken up by alternating active and appears to contribute to feelings of well- a special event for everyone in the quiet periods, the afternoon by showerbeing and camaraderie. ego

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Kids 63 America, p. 194-6 a. 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 ® Printed on Recycled Paper APRIL 1994 5 DCBG Advocates from $285 million to $555 million, whileing for volunteer replacements. The school ACF expects to increase Transitional Childreadiness priority specifically emphasizes Wait for Word Care subsidies from $140 million to $156working in programs for younger children. 0 What's happening with the federal bud- million. Funding for At-Risk Child CareBut while the school success priority fo- get and the school-age dollars in the De- will remain at $300 million. cuses on "educational achievement of pendent Care Block Grant? Good question. A proposed jump in support for theschool-aged children", it leaves room for While school-age advocates hold their Early Childhood Development Program atafter-school "learning opportunities" or breath that these dollars which have been the Department of Housing & Early Devel- "educational enrichment programs (and) slated for elimination, will be saved, there opment (HUD). The administration wants recreational opportunities". has been much discussion on Capitol Hill to increase funding for the program from CNCS will adjust its priorities annually about how to save this successful program. $15 million to $35 million. Public andbased on citizen input. ept, Its fate changes from day to day. Watch for Indian housing groups can use the money an alert to be announced at NSACCA's to start and expand school-age care forIdeas... housing residents. HUD wants to expand April 15-16 Conference. Meanwhile the (continued from front page) the program to serve homeless families and larger, general Child Care Development however, that the collection of facts is those at risk of hoinelessness. Block Grant (CCDBG) has been increased part of play. She stimulates questioning significantly in the budget but does not by being "saturated" with information specifically set aside money for school-age More Legislation herself. Without rich content of her own, care.. The following articles by Charles Introduced she rarely gives more than a hodgepodge Pekow outline other proposed changes and Members of the House introduced an-of information to her children. Instead of legislation that could it naet school-age integrating and clarifying their ideas she care. ef4) other measure that could affect school-age care. Jumping on the use-the-schools band-confuses them. She must know her envi- wagon, Rep. Steve Gunderson (R-WI) in-ronment so that she can suggest trips to Washington Notes troduced the 21st Century Communityenrich the group experience. She must by Charles Pekow Learning Centers Act (H.R. 3734), referredmake some firsthand investigations her- Charles Pekow is the Editor of "Day to the Education & Labor (E&L) Commit-self in order to be able to work out a Care USA." This report was written tee. The bill would authorize $25 million in program for her children. exclusively for SAN readers. FY 95 to turn public schools into commu- Program making for [school-age care] 0 nity service centers. Minimum grants ofdoes not mean making a blueprint. Its In the proposed federal budget addition $50,000 could last three years. Granteesfoundation is an understanding of age- to the proposed increase for CCDBG, there would have to provide at least four differ-level interests in the development of chil- are the following proposals: ent social services. They could, of course,dren, plus an awareness of their close A one-time $1 billion addition to Social include school-age care and providerrelationship to their environment and Services Block Grant (SSBG) for Empow- training. culture. All children reflect the culture erment Zones and Enterprise Communi- around them in their play. ties. Congress approved the money in FY National Community 94. but the Department of Health & Human Service & SAC Services will distribute it this fall to eco- "School Success" and "School Readi-Program making for [school-age nomically distressed areas. Six urban em- ness" were named top proposed prioritiescare] does not mean making a powerment zones will each get $100 mil- for the first year of national service grants.blueprint....Itis flexible and lion. Three rural zones will get $40 million, The Corporation for National & Commu-designed to suit the age and and 95 enterprise communities will getnity Services (CNCS) declared that it will development of different groups of about $3 million. Eligible activities in- award much of approximately $78 million children. clude after-school programs in school in direct federal AmeriCorps grants in FY buildings. Regular SSBG funding will re- 94 for these programs. CNCS designed the main at $2.8 billion. priorities to meet the national educational It is apparent that there are limits within A youth initiative. The budget requests goals for the first year of the national ser-which children probe their environment, $20 million for community-based drug and vice program, in which grantees train vol-experiment with materials and learn about gang prevention programs. Activities can unteers to work for up to two years in public human relationships. It is these limits, include after-school enrichment pro- service jobs in return for scholarship money. these so called "age interests" which grams to provide alternatives to cor- It is currently drafting final regs. (States areshould be known to teachers in a general rupting influences on youth. free to determine their own priorities forway, as a guide in program making. The Anticipated increases in welfare re- their share of the grants.) program is not a hard and fast one. It is form-related care. ACF figures to increase Where does this leave school-age care?flexible and designed to suit the age and spending for Job Opportunities & Basic It didn't get top priority but before- anddevelopment of different groups of chil- Skills Training (JOBS) child care will raise after-school proems could still get fund- dren. (44,) t 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 6 APRIL 1994 6 63Printed on Recycled Paper Afterschool Club late and dis-enrolling the child if aadditional staffing I can quickly evalu- payment is two weeks overdue. Theate the child-to-staff ratios for the re- Uses Computer to computer gives the site and central staffcent period and see whether additional Manage Growth the information necessary to managestaff is needed or if there is some other this process." Other important benefitsproblem," she remarked. Parent communication has been an- The Afterschool Club in Lake Villa,in handling receivables on the com- puter are being able to produce reportsother area that has been enhanced by Illinois was founded in 1985 to operate for the parents of the year-to-date pay-the use of the computer. The system a school-age program for the Lake Villa School District. Their mission was toments for tax purposes and having bet-can merge information from the enroll- create unique programs that were re-ter information on the breakdown ofment records into word processing sponsive to the needs of the school revenue by the various sources. documents so that the Afterschool Club districts and corporations which were can produce personalized correspon- to be their clients. By 1989 they were dence. "When you are trying to encour- serving about 125 children and getting"Because of our multipleage parents to enroll in your summer ready to open their third site for an program or some other special activity sites, the computer is theit really helps to be able to make your adjoining school district. Linda Rix,management resource we the CEO of Afterschool Club, knew solicitation better targeted. You're that they needed a better solution todel, end on most to keep on speaking to the particular person rather than parents in general." handling their finances than the Lotustop of what is happening at Linda advises school-age programs spreadsheet they had been using. At the the sites." who are thinking about computerizing Chicago AEYC Conference Linda dis- =NW covered EZ-CARE, a software system to not only closely evaluate the soft- ware but also the quality of the support designed forchild care centers. "It could In the area of registration manage- services. "We are not computer people, handle our weekly recurring billing and ment, the Afterschool Club has evolved was flexible enough to handle our spe- their approach. Linda notes, "We'vewe're education people, and when we have a problem or question it is very cialized needs," said Rix. actually reduced the amount of infor- important that the assistance we get is The Afterschool Club now operates mation we maintain about the children quick, thorough, and understandable." 15 sites for 7 school districts and theiron the computer because we found that computer use has expanded dramati-some data was better maintained at the cally. Linda noted, "Fees and paymentssite. We've been able to change our for our 1500 families are computerizedsystem so that we only have to maintain "Theschooldistrict and managed centrally. But what reallythe information we need." administration is constantly surprised us is that managing our ac- Computerized registration has al-looking for statistics on the counts receivable is now only a smalllowed the Afterschool Club better in- part of what we rely on the system for."formation for running their operations. services we are providing Lisa Hansen, the executive director"The ability to generate reports at aand the computer gives us notes, "We really use the software formoment's notice has been one of theinstant ability to summarize four main functions: Registration andmost valuable benefits of computeriz-our enrollment data in the Information Management, Accountsing," commented Rix. She adds, "The Receivable, Scheduling/Attendanceschool district administration is con-myriad of ways needed." Management and Parent Communica-stantly looking for statistics on the ser- tion. vices we are providing and the com- In summarizing the Afterschciol Because of our multiple sites, theputer gives us instant ability to summa- Club's experience with computerizing computer is the management resourcerize our enrollment data in the myriad Rix says, "The computer tells us where we depend on most to keep on top ofof ways needed." we've been and where we're going. what is happening at the sites. For in- The Afterschool Club also uses their stance, we produce an aging reportsystem for keeping track of theExpanding as quickly as we have would each week identifying who owes uschildren's constantly changing sched-not have been possible without a suc- money, how much and how long over-ules. Not only is this needed for pro-cessful administrative system. Oursys- tem has allowed us to be betterbusiness due the payment is. Each site is respon- ducing accurate attendance sheets but managers." oic. sible for enforcing our policy of warn-also allows Rix to optimize the sites' ing a parent when a payment is a weekstaffing levels. "When a site requests

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Lessors Learned: Summer I . N D E Summer Programs 1 Programs for 5-Sth Graders NSACCA Conference. .1 by Sherry Wicks * Signing behavior contracts. Black History Activities. 4 Editor's Note: In the April 1992 * Gearing it to their interests. June Activities 4 issue of SAN I responded to a letter Bringing real life issues to the pro- June Curriculum Ideas. 5 inquiring about programs for 12-14 gram such as Drug & Alcohol counse- year olds by saying, "I have found lors. SAC Legislation 6 that while there is a demand from 0Electing a president of the pro- Summer Resources 8 parents and from the community for gram who could sit in on staff meet- programs for middle school and ings. junior high children and youth that 1300 Mob NSACCA there is a disturbing failure rate of Comments A record-setting 1300 eager SAC these programs." In response to this -a Empowerment was a program-advocates, practicioners, and present- comment we reported in the July ming tool. Holding elections, allowingers were at the 5th annual conference of 1992 issue on two summer programs representation and input at staff meet- the National School-Age Child Care for early adolescents that were just ings, and setting up their own authority Alliance in Philadelphia. Ignoring the getting off the ground, one of which structure were all ways to empowerobstacles20,000 welders in towna was Sherry Wicks' program in this age group. bomb threat that closed down the air- Baltimore, Maryland. Sherry gave a * Behavior contracts looked good on port (turned out to be a box of dead lash) full report of that first summer in our paper but there were still plenty of and high winds which sent a table March 1993 issue. behavioral challenges. This is an age from the fifth floor crashing down on An interesting trend in the past two when they are trying to find their ownthe sidewalk narrowly missing a pre- years is that there are more middle identity and in the process are judging senter on her way to her workshop, school programs being started and others on their clothes, their language, conference participants discussed, com- being successful. I have heard this in and even the way they walk. plained, argued and laughed about SAC ,-ny travels and phone conversations 0Space to spread out. Making sure subjects varying from pockets games and it was definitely on the minds of there was enough "elbow room." to program evaluations to national many at last month's NSACCA * Successful activities and trips in-policy. conference. Even programs that corporated some use of physical activ- Highlights and Comments failed have been restarted and now ity. 200 people came in a day early to boast a healthy enrollment. 3 The kids enjoyed the trips andparticipate in the morning and after- activities that were new to them andnoon Public Policy and Professional Past Insights that they hadn't done in school. Development forums. The following are some of Sherry* Doing something the younger Status of Dependent Care Block Grant Wicks' insights from those other ar-school-agers in our Play Centers is that the Senate authorized it for one ticles. didn't get to do was important to ourmore year (should be easier to pass in older kids. the House) and then most likely will be What did we hope would work? rolled into the CCDBG for the year 3* Getting out and about in the com-Update after. munity at least 3 times a week. In 1993 Play Centers, Inc. completed Many people were from large multi- 0 *Giving options to the kids as to howits second summer of the S.P.I.R.LT.site programs whose numbers of kids, the day would go and what they would(Summer Program Influencing Re-staff and sites seemed overwhelming. do. sponsibility, Initiative and Together- The school-age theatre troupe per- 3 Going with the flow. ness) child care program for children forming at both keynotes on issues fac- 3 Scheduling time for hanging out. (continued on page 3) (continued on page 2) 67 NSACCA rials emphasize Mexican culture and Napkin Notes ignore Central and South American (continued from front page) cultures.) ing school-agers today left many people 0 From Michele Vinet, Community Science, music, dramatics and exer- misty-eyed. Education & At-Risk Programs, Aus- cise videos for kids were brought up as A The NSACCA board heard presenta- tin Independent School District, Aus- needing further exploration people tin TX tions on proposals for national SAC accreditation (of programs) and SACwanted more songbooks and tapes. Thanks for the ideas about Week of Food, cooking, and snacks seem to the Young Child and the idea aboutcredentialing (of people). A Name change recommended. The remain another constant . closing centers for a training day, which Adults are ti ring of dinosaurs but kids Long Range Strategic Planning Com- sends the message to parents and com- still like them. munity about importance of profes-mittee of NSACCA recommended to sional development. We sent a letter to the Board to drop the "Child" and be- come the National School-Age Care1995 San Francisco our principals thanking them and their The 1995 Conference will be in San Alliance. This issue has been appear- staff for their support of our programs. Francisco right down or the waterfront ing on NSACCA Board agendas for We said that we valued our partnership at the Hyatt Hotel April 20-22, 1995. over two years. The membership and with them in caring for our school chil- Workshop proposals are being solicted profession was surveyed and 55% were dren in the after-school hours when now. Deadline is July 31, 1994. Con- in favor of dropping "Child." The issue many would be unsupervised and in at- tact Darci Smith, California School- was referred to the newly created plan- risk situations. We also told them about Age Consortium, 111 New Montgom- ning committee which mcomrnended the celebration of Week of the Young ery, Ste 302A, San Francisco, CA 94105 Child, which is marked on our district-the change. It went to the Board meet- ing in April and was deferred to the(415) 957-9775 for proposal informa- wide calendar as an event. tion sheet. November meeting.Many publLa- 1996 St. Louis From Alison Jamar-Doty, Kids Club,tions, professionals and coalitions and alliances have already dropped either Mark your calendars. The 1996 Con- Edina, MN ference will be in St. Louis, Missouri Another "must have" catalog is Com-the "child" or "child care." National conferences will continueApril 25-27, 1996. munity Playthings, Box 901, Rifton, 1997??? East of the Mississippi NY 12471-0901. Very sturdy w_ell-to have the challenging job of provid- ing a conference program to meet the NSACCA is seeking bids from local/ made cabinets, storage carts-on-wheels state coalitions to host the 1997 confer- needs of local front-line staff for pro - great in portable programs. A Iso have ence. The site will most likely be se- "hollow blocks" to build fort , with. ego gramm ing ideas, new di rectors looking for management help, multi-site ad-lected from the eastern third of the ministrators seeking organizationalcountry. Hosting the conference SAN Changes models, and old-timers in SAC whostrengthens local and state SAC efforts want more advanced-type workshopsin many ways including the fact that half the profits go to the local coalition. In re-designing the back page ofand discussions. School-Age NOTES to meet postalHeard at the SAN Exihibit BoothFor proposal fact sheet contact: Catharine Cuddeback 612-296-1436.c* regulations the RESOURCE column The HOTTEST topic Older Kids was switched with the mailing half especially trying to find appropriate which had been upside down. For the outlets for energy of older boys. People NOTES March and April issues this left the asked for books on activities and model RESOURCE column upside down. programs for youth. Subscriptions: S22.95/year With this issue that column is now Next hottest topic Accreditation 12 issues right-side up. Also: Send To: School-Age NOTES We wish keeping your mailing ad- ADHD and other special needs con- P.O. Box 40205 dresses from getting garbled throughcerns were expressed. Nashville, TN 3720. transitions in our computer service was Discipline seems to remain a con- 615-242-8464 as easy as turing them upside down. stant concern. Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. PLEASE CHECK YOUR ADDRESS Interest continues about anti-bias, Nashville, TN 37204 LABEL TO MAKE SURE IT IS COR- diversity and multicultural issues with Editor/Publisher:Richard T. Scofield RECT AND ALL LINES NECES-Native American and Latino issues Office Manager: Mary-Helen N1arigia specifically mentioned. (One comment SARY FOR DELIVERY ARE IN- Published Monthlyin Nashville, Tennessee CLUDED.CMID received was that many Hispanic mate- 0 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-R464 2 MAY 1994 N. Printed nRerveltd Paper 6VU ° Summer. . . members decided to do both,so as tolocal arcade; Go-Carts; and, ofcourse, (continued from front page) allow flexibility in their spending. LikeWild World. the previous summer, the members sold entering fifth through eighth grades.M&M's and held a car washto raise"Jr. Helper Day" extra money. Daily attendance ran a total of 90-100 A special highlight from thispast kids at four locations. From the previ- Before each trip I would tell themem-summer that the members said they ous summer the program made struc-bers of the potential cost of the tripandreally enjoyed was "Jr. Helper Day". tural changes on two levels. they would decide what extrasto in-During the summer Play Centers, Inc. clude. For example, the members de-operates approximately 11 other Trip Fee cided how much money to spendforschool-age programs (not including First, Play Centers added a trip fee oflunch or for the arcade,and not toS.P.I.R.I.T.). The members of $15.00 every two weeks to the regularspend money at the Inner Harbor afterS.P.I.R.I.T. were offered theopportu- visiting the National Aquarium. tuition. In general the trip feewas very Ap- nity to go into one of the othercenters well received by the members (the kids)proximately half-way through thesum-that provided care for children in kin- and the parents. The parents appreci-mer I sat down with the Presidents, whodergarten through fourth grades and be ated not being asked each day formoneyhad been elected earlier in thesummer,"Jr. Helpers". It was explained that the to support various trips. and presented to them the existingbud-Jr. I lelper was responsible for creating get. It then became their task to review an activity for a group of children and Doing their own budget the costs before each trip with theotherfollowing-through with it in the center. The unique aspect of this trip feewasmembers. I also gave a general talkto S.P.I.R.I.T. had about twenty-five "Jr. the other members to facilitate this dia- that the members of S.P.I.R.I.T.were Helpers" visit different centers forap- "in charge" of its spending. I believelogue. proximately three hours. In that time, the members enjoyed the opportunity each did his/her project and assistedthe to discuss financial matters. The under- Expanding staff teacher. All of the members reported lying goal to be accomplishedwas that The second structural change fromfeeling great about their day and wish- the members would gainsome mon-the previous summer had been the de-ing they could have stayed longer.Some etary skills as well as learn the value ofcision to hire two Directorsto overseeof the members expresseda new re- money. By allowing the members tothe four locations withme "coordinat-spect for the child care providers and budget the money, it reinforced to theming" their efforts. The program'ssizerecognized that everyday challenges that the program was primarily "mem-the previous summer had been 70en-that can occur. ber-driven" [child directed]. Mo.ny ofrolled children, with approximately40- them exceeded my expectations and60 children on any given day,at twoThis summer were very industrious and creative inlocations. In the summer of 1993the For this coming summer themem- their suggestions of how to budget theenrollment increased to almost 100bers suggested another amusement park money. In general the trip fee affordedchildren, with daily attendance of 90-that is two hours from thecenters and the members the opportunity togo many 100 members, with two additionallo-an overnight trip. It will be challenging places and gave them a chance to makecations. to organize and enact either of these some very critical and important deci- trips. Fortunately the membersof Kid survey sions about "their" summer. S.P.I.R.I.T. will be primarilyrespon- At the end of the summer,a survey ofsible for making this happen. The planning process the members' reactions to thetrips was In sharing with you the findings and At the beginning of thesummer Idistributed. The results supportedmysuccesses of S.P.I.R.I.T.'s program, we conclusion from the previous outlined for the members of S.P.I.R.I.T. summerhope you glean ideas and findencour- the general cost of some of the previousthat 10-13 year olds like trips thatare agement in the planning of yourown year's trips, surveyed the membersas physically "challenging" and/orthatsummer program. 600 to what trips they wanted to repeat, andare only available to the S.P.I.R.I.T. suggested some additional trips. Themembers (not the younger school- most costly of the trips was Wild World, agcrs). Some of their favoriteswere: SACC Day in Minn. a local amusement and water park. In CascP' le Lake, which has a vast swim- The Governor of Minnesotanamed order to go to Wild World, thcmem-ming area, a water slide, arcades, and April 20th School-Age Child CareDay. bers would have to either fund raiseorpaddle boats; lunches at various fastHow about lobbying yourGovernor for limit their spending on other trips. Thefood restaurants; a trip to the localmall the same during next year's Weekof to see a movie and shop; a trip to the the Young Child? 14:) 4) 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 Prink] on Rerveled Payer MAY 1994 3 A C 11.1.

Profiles in Black Shark Fold an 8 1/2" x 11" paper inhalf by History: Benjamin bringing the 8 1/2" sidestogether. Banneker 1731- Crease the paper in halfboth length- 1806 wise and crosswise. Benjamin Banneker is remembered I primarily for his part in designingthe Yarn Flower blueprints for Washington DC,but he You will need a strip ofheavy card- had other interests, also,such as math Fold down all four corners tothe board 1/2" x 2" and a pieceof yam 1 and science. centerfold. A yard long, a piece of VIM2" long, and When Banneker was a young man, a a green chenillestrir traveling, salesman gave him apocket Wrap the yam aroulid thecardboard, watch. He took it apart and putit back and tie the ends together asshown. Use together again to learn howit worked. the short piece to tie theloops together. Then he built a clock. Hecarved all the Pinch together points A andB be-Slip the loops one by oneoff the card- parts out of wood. Hisclock kept per-tween the thumb andforefinger of theboard. Use the chenille stripfor a stem. fect time for 40 years. left hand and points C andD between A neighbor got him interestedin as- the thumb and forefingerof the right tronomy and he became verygood at it. hand. Tie these AB He successfully predictedthe solar ends together eclipse that occurred April14, 1789. Bring point CD up to in a loop. 0,40 He even publi shed analmanac for more meet point AB and than 10 years. slip point CD under Can you get old clocks,phones, a and into AB to form Bean Sprouts for use computer or otherelectronic or me- the jaws of the shark. Make your own bean sprouts CD chanical gadgets to bedisassembled in salads, sandwiches or eggfoo-yung. quart and reassembled? (Rememberto re- Hold the two jaws togethertightly You will need a wide-mouth pair of panty- move electric cords.) with the thumb and forefingerof thejar, a rubber band, an old beans, and wa- Can you get a kit forexploring theleft hand. You will have a3-sided fig-hose, 1/4 cup of mung circuitry of a doorbell, a hearingaid orure. The one sideopposite from theter. jaws will look like this. Rinse the beans and putthem in the an alarm? water. Cut Create a model to demonstratehow a jar. Fill it half-full of warm to cover the top of solar eclipse happens. Howoften does E a piece of pantyhose the rubber a total eclipse ofthe sun occur in our the jar and secure it with hemisphere? (This information maybe band. Soak the beans overnight. beans and found in an almanac.) The two sides runningback from the In the morning, drain the Drain off all Explore an almanac to seewhat otherjaws will look like this. rinse them in cool water. jar on its side. kinds of information you canfind.coo the water and turn the (All of this draining andrinsing can be EE done without removing the coverof the Catch the jar.) Put the jar in a darkplace where it Dragon's 'fail Force the fold on the oneside inward.can get air. Whilethe seeds are sprout- other two sidesing (3-4 days), rinse themtwice a day. Join everyone in a line,hands on theAt the same time the will be pressed flat to makethe shape ofWhen they are ready, alittle sun will waist of the one in front. Thefirst of the Then keep them end of thethe shark. help keep them green. line is the dragon's head. The Where the two points E cometo-rinsed and store them in therefrigera- line is the dragon's tail. Theobject is for tail. When thegether at the back of theshark, take onetor. Use them soon. die the head to catch the them apart player at the end is caught,that playergently in each hand. Move mouth. Move60 ActivityIdeas drops off and moves to thehead of theand the shark opens its of Activ- them back together andthe mouth The minimum number line. Players must keephold o: the ity Ideas in this issue is60. player in front of them atall times. dto closes. c9F, PO Box 40205 Nashville,TN 37204 615-242-8464 n 1994 School-Age NOTES sPrinted on Recycled Paper 4 MAY 1994 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Rose Month June 7, 1955 June 14. Flag Day.June 22. First Day ofCheck with a local 4;4 Cut out pictures of$64,000 QuestionThe colors, stars and Summer. Check your dairy to see how they roses. Make tray fa-debuted on TV. Write stripes in our nation'slocal paper for times will observe National 4 VO7S, or pool themyour own quiz show. flag have a meaning.of sunrise and sunsetDairy Month. ,and make a poster-Decide on categories,Make a personal flag on June 21, 22 and -tt size collage. questions, emcee and that says something23. or A contestants. Make about you. Make a sundial. ... pretend prizes.

Let children takePin the name of a fa- Go around the circlePaint a picture ofPlay centipede. 2 turns acting out some-mous person on eachintroducing the per-something you would teams sit in line with thing each likes to doone's hack. To find son on your left, tell-like to do or of some- each player's legs

-,D ';.D,..., and let the othersout who you repre- ingonenew thing youthing you like to re-around the waist of D ';'., guess what it is. sent, ask one ques-just learned aboutmember. Share yourthe one in front and -r tion per person to be them. picturewiththemove the centipede answered yes or no. group. with their hands. 61

Let the kids evaluatePut up a tent. Even aPlan for and prepareTeach orienteeringPlan long-term the contents of yoursheet hung over aa one-pot dinner out- with a compass, in-projects to work on a first aid kit. Whatrope will do. doors. Work in smallvent you own naturallittle each day. (oil needs to be restocked? groups and permit astrail markers (no en-painting, basketry, C..) What would go into a much hands on as you vironmental impact)wood w o r king, -tt kit to take along on can for each child. A or make maps as youneedlework or hikes? go. drama).

Let each child sug-In teams prepare aRun through a sprin-Plan a paper airplane Play balloon basket- T.4 gest a game he/shescavengerhunt. Eachkler, sail boats in acompetition. Recog-ball. p likes to play. Inten-team plans, sets ourtub, use squirt bottles nize several different include asclues and hides ato knock pingpongcategories such asMake up exercises Wtionallytx.7 many as possible inprize which will beballs off a ledge, orlongest flight, bestfor fingers, arms, E the near future. sought by anothermake mudpies. Itprecision to a target,legs, necks or faces. cn team. doesn't take much or speed. water to have fun.

4 Where does yourPlan a project to re-Do an experiment to Pick up litter from a I Write letters to gov- _,et cn community get en-duce energy con-measure airpollutionsquare block area.eminent officials to 4r. nergy for light and airsumption. Design aor water pollution inMonitor the area toexpressconcern ..." 41 conditioning? Howhome for the future. your area. see how quickly litterabout an env iron- ?: g does this affect the en- D et becomes a problem mental issue. 4 vironment? again. ra. <4 4 Play a circle gameMake a cameo. Make individual piz- Paint happy faces.Do a relay that fin- like drop the hanky zas on bagels or En- Give them away tovolves jumping or cat and mouse. glish muffins. someone who can usethrough a HOOP or ;41.1 ..4 a smile. passing a hoop for (..) 4 each player to pass C...) over the head and step out of.

0 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 3720445f2012-8464 IDPrinted on Rerycled Paper MAY 1994 6 CORRECTION of the April issue page House is considering a major bill (H.R.the National Conference of State Leg- 6. The proposed increase in the Job4092) that would authorize $250 mil-islatures (NCSL). (Some other states Opportunities Basic Skills Training lion a year through FY 99 for programs passed child care legislation that may O (JOBS) child care will be from $528designed to keep youth out of trouble.have also affected school-age care.) million (not 285) to $555 million. The legislation includes a $150 million Mostly the states didn't enact broad Ounce of Prevention Grants Program,new initiatives or spending. Virginia allowing the Department of Health &permitted school boards to start school- Washington Notes Human Services to give grants to gov-age care. Previously, they weren't sup- ernments, schools, non-profits, for-posed to use public schools for non- by Charles Pekow profits and community coalitions foreducational activities. Washington state Charles Pekow is the Editor of youth activities such as school-age pro- ordered its Child Care coordinating "Day Care USA." This report grams. The bill also includes $100 mil-Committee to develop a statewide was written exclusively for SAN lion a year for a Family & Communityschool-age plan. California ordered readers. Endeavor Schools Grant Program thatschool districtsto coordinate with can also fund after-school activities. Ifschool-age providers. Seven States Congress appropriated $29 million or A few states loosened up regulation. more in any year, each state would getIndiana exempted most school-based Emphasize School-Age a share. Grantees would have to comeprograms from licensing, while Iowa Care with CCDBG $ up with a 30% non-federal match. Theincreased the number of children fam- Seven states plan to use the bulk ofSenate passed a similar crime bill (S.ily day care providers can care for to their federal quality improvement 1607) with only $100 million for simi-accommodate school-agers on days money for school-age programs this lar activities. when schools close because of weather year. Delaware, Massachusetts, Michi- A few other measures may also pro-conditions. gan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylva-vide help for after-school activities. The summary of legislation costs $20 nia and Texas reported that they plan toThe House passed the Urban Recre-plus $4 s/h from NCSL, Book Order use most of the 25% set-aside of theation & At-Risk Act of 1994 (H.R.Dept, 1560 Broadway, Suite 700, Den- Child Care & Development Block Grant4034), which would also allow grantsver CO 80202, (303) 830-2054, FA"C (CCDBG) funds for quality improve-for after-school activities for at-risk(303) 863-8003, American Express, ment al.' related activities for school-youth. Grants would come from theVisa & MasterCard taken. (14a age programs as opposed to preschool. Urban Park & Recreation Recovery The figures come frum an analysis ofProgram. NAEYC Board... state plans for FY 93 money done by Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ), mean- (continued from page 7) William Tobin, lobbyist for Child Care while, introduced the Youth Develop- of America, Inc. ment Block Grant Act (H.R. 4086),She has been a long time advocate of For a copy of Tobin's analysis ofwith $400 million in FY 95 in blockschool-age care including helping ini- state CCDBG plans, send $40 to Will- grants to states f r youth developmenttiate and organize school-age programs iam Tobin & Associates, 3612 Bentprograms, with each state getting ain the early 80's. Branch CL, Falls Church VA 22041,share. And Sen. Jim Jeffords (R-VT) Two other candidates for the Gov- (701) 941-4329. introduced the 21st Century Commu-erning Board have experience with nity Learning Centers Act (S. 1990),school-age child care. Susan Ander- Legislation Could Fund which would authorize grants to schools son is with the Iowa Department of SACC Programs to expand services such as school-ageEducation and has advocated for SAC care. A move in Congress is brewing to start-up in the Iowa school districts. start funding streams that school-age Muriel Wong Lundren Director of programs can take advantage of. Con-Nine States Address the Preschool Laboratory and Referral gress is showing considerable interestSchool Care Center in Miami, Florida lists in her candidate statement experience as a in legislation this year designed to keep Nine state legislatures approved laws "head teacher of preschool and school- children away from gangs, narcoticsspecifically concerning school-age care and other trouble. in 1993. The nine states passed 10age programs." Ballots will be mailed out in May. The most likely new funding school-separate bills, according to the 1993 Candidate statements are in the March age programs will be able to use comesState Legislative Summary: Children , issue of Young Children, the Journal of from omnibus crime legislation. TheYouth & Family Issues produced by t., NAEYC. cot,

. AV 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-24243464 6 MM 1994 6) Printed on Recycled Paper 72 SAC Advocates for ,ASK A October 20-22, 1994 New Listing AAEYC Annual Conference will have a school- Oops - Actually, NAEYC Board age track, Anchorage AK We're Offering An Contact: Cecilia or Christie 907-696-5884 NAEYC (National Association for Even Better the Education of Young Children) will NEW JERSEY October 21-22, 1994 elect Governing Board officers and New Listing 7th Annual NT SACC Conference, Discount. members in May. Two nominees are Great Gorge NJ We recently began distributing our strong school-age care advocates. Contact: Denise Sellers 609429-1603 new 47 page 1994 After School Re- source Guide. After mailing it., we M.-A. Lucas is Chief of Army Child MICHIGAN October 25, 1994 and Youth Services, Alexandria, VA. Michigan School-Age Child Care Association realized that in the new Resource Guide She is a candidate for NAEYC vice- Conference, Detroit Ml we had printed our old group discount president. She has been at the forefront Contact: Barbara Papania 313-467-1574 rates for the School-Age NOTES News- of school-age care issues within the letter. Below are the new, even better INDIANA February 25, 1995 discount rates. Army's child and youth services in- YMCA of Greater Indianapolis School-Age cluding the soon-to-be-released school- Child Care Training Conference age child care credential for Army per- Contact: Evelyn Guinn 317-266-9622 DISCOUNT GROUP RATE sonnel which is the first such school- FOR age specific credential. She has NAEYC WELLESLEY SACC PROJECT Board experience having been ap- 1994 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES SCHOOL-AGE NOTES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, May 18-20 pointed to fill a Board vacancy halfway Contact: Dr. Kellene Bruce 202-727-1839 NEWSLETTER through the term. CALIFORNIA, Mill Valley, June 4-8 Order FIVE or more subscriptions to Nina Sazer O'Donnell is President, Contact: Darci Smith 415-957-9776 the same address or different addresses NSO Associates, Kailua, Hawaii. She MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, June 25-30 Contact: Pat Day 617-734-5200 x279 (but billed at the same address) and is a candidate for the Governing Board receive the following savings: (continued on page 6) ILLINOIS, Starved Rock, July 10-15 Contact: Rachel Sloane 312-769-8008 GEORGIA, Atlanta, July 25-27 20% off 5-19 subscriptions Conferences... Contact: Kimberly Nottingham 404-373-7414 25% off 20-49 subscriptions (continued from page 8) MISSOURI, Kansas City, J.4 31-August 5 Contact: Kathy Hermes 816-756-1950 30% off 50-99 subscriptions 40% off 100+ subscriptions OREGON September 24, 1994 VIRGINIA, Newport News, October 21-22 OR SAC Coalition Conference, Albany OR, Contact: Paulette Bomberger 804-591-4825 Keynote: Tracey Ballas If you have not received your copy of Contact: Colleen Dyrud 503-378-5585 x 661 DO WE HAVE YOUR the 1994 After School Resource Guide, SCHOOL-AGE CARE or if you need a second copy for a CALIFORNIA September 24, 1994 CONFERENCE DATES? et friend, please give us a call at 615 -242- Carousel School-Age Conference, San Diego County Department of Education 8464.613 Contact: Sylvia Selverston 619-565-4148

ILLINOIS October 1, 1994 NOTES 3rd Annual Fall School-Age Care Conference, SEND TO: P.O. Box 40205 Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 Effingham IL Contact: Kevin Johnson 217- 367 -8013 or Vera Durbin 618-283-1104 Yes, sign me up for: New Subscription 0 Renewal (check mailing label for expiration datemonth/year) INDIANA October 8, 1994 YMCA of Greater Indianapolis School-Age 0 1 year $22.95 Canada $25.95 U.S. Funds Foreign $27.95 U.S. Funds Child Care Training Conference Contact: Evelyn Guinn 317-266-9622 Name OHIO October 9-11, 1994 OECE and SACC Conference, Columbus OH Program Name Contact: Robert Snyder 614-262-4545

NEW YORK October 10, 1994 Address Capital District SACC Network Annual Fall Conference, Albany NY City / State / Zip Contact: Debra Parsons 518-426-718 I

0 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 ePrinted on Reevrted Paver MAY 1994 7 73 FIRST CLASS NOTES U.S. Postage PAID PO Box 40205 Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, TN 37204 Permit No. 695 May 1994 FIRST CLASS ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

LIMA May 14, 1994 ISACCA "Fiber Optics" Conference 5 locations throughout state feeding from Johnston Contact: Amy Williams-McKern 515-277-6026 Ea/zany/1mA May 21, 1994 SE Penn. SACC Project Summer Workshop with Rich Scofield, Penn Wynne PA Contact: Lauren Atwell-Douglas 215-643-0569

WASHINGTON July 22-23. 1994 WA SAC Alliance Annual Conference, Renton WA Contact: Janet Frieling 206-461-3602

OREGON August 19-20, 1994 Oregon SAC Alliance and Washington SAC Alliance Joint Conference, "Developing Successful Program for 9-15 Year Olds", Portland OR Contact: Colleen Dyrud 503-373-0790 x 661 or Mari Offenbecher 206-461-3602 (continued on page 7)

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(505) 982-4078 [John Muir 1838-1914 carrying it. Some stations may choose NAEYC Brochures was a U.S. naturalist hence the typeofto broadcast it at a later more conve- An often overlooked resource for pro-books carried.] die nient day and time. Also ask if there grams wanting to help parents and to will be any follow-up opportunities. expand their own professional develop-Conference on The purpose of the 60-minute work- ment is the brochures available from shop hosted by Shari Lewis is to ex- NAEYC (National Association for theBlack Children plain how PBS shows such asGhost- Education of Young Children). The 24th Annual Conference of the writerandLamb Chop's Play-Along Subjects cover ADA (Americans withNational Black Child Development In-can be used interactively inbefore- Disabilities Act); resisting bias; goodstitute (NBCDI) will be October 6-8, and-after-school settings. ft teaching practices; playground safety;1994 in Seattle, Washington. Over 3,000 TV violence; testing; compensationattendees are expected. CONTACT:Summer ideas guidelines; African-American literature;NBCDI, 1023 15th St., N.W., Suite 600, The following catalogs were adver- learning self-control; ethical conduct;W:.shington DC 20005800-556-2234.ft tised in a recent deck-card mailing: reading; math; beginner's bibliography * Badge -A- Mint -"Design your own and more. For new Spring '94 Catalog ASK (After ScLool buttons using drawings, photos or say- contact: 800-424-2460. dt Kids): TV SAC ings or choose from 1,500 stock de- signs. FREE catalog features a com- Books for Ages 8+Videoconference plete line of button-makingmachines, Get ready for summer reading with WGTE Public Broadcasting Station button parts, stock designs and sup- exciting books for kids about the envi-(PBS-TV) in Toledo, Ohio is producing plies." Call 800-223-4103. ronment; nature; history and our heri-a videoconference trainingopportunity * S&S Crafts Catalog Features arts; tages from John Muir Publications -for school-age care providor4 across the craft' ; games; activities; dramatic play; Young Readers Ages 8 and Older Cata-country May 18. manipulatives and "crafts as low as log. CONTACT: John Muir Publica- Call your local PBS station (educa- 250 each." Call 800-243-9232. de) tions, PO Box 613, Santa Fe, NM 87504 tional TV) to find out if and when they are Volume XIV #10 The Newsletter for School-Age Care Professionals June 1994

%MEW ISSNO278-3126 C 1994 School -Age NOTES A National Resource Organization on School-Age CarePioneering the Field Since 1980 "Lifers" in SAC: ,N S I b E, Lifers 1 Summer Program Challenge 20 Years Ago Facility Partnerships. ..2 age. It is difficult to provide that much Character Curriculum. 3 Linda Sisson of Kids Club in Edina, challenge and variation of experience Minn. has referred to those school- in a single facility over a long period of Ontario Course 6 agers who start in kindergarten and time. 4-H Summer Resource. 7 stay with the program for 6-7 years as "Boys, especially, seem to hanker for SAC Definition 7 "lifers." (In child care programs that more challenge and variety. They would start at birth, the number of years in the welcome chances to get out into thePlastic Bubble same program could conceivably be 9, community, to explore on bicycles, and 10 or 11 years.) Those children gopoke around and perhaps build treeHighly Flammable through many, many staff changes and houses or forts with friends. It is this Large plastic bubbles blown-up by box often out last directors. very kind of activity which is mostfans and able to accommodate inside a New staff and new directors need to difficult for group care to provide. The group of children have been popularized be aware of this issue when planning long summer day is often too hot for the by many school-age trainers. Now we both the after school program and the organized sports which hold interestshave found out from Jim Therrall of summer program. The existence ofduring the school year. What to do PPLA-USA (Professional Play Leaders "lifers," long-term attendees, under- clearly is a problem for the staff." Association) that the most common plas- scores the importance of not having a tic used is highly flammable. program based on continuous activi- What to do? Therrall reported to SAN, "We did a ties with no sense of purpose. It also School-Age NOTES over the years test and the plastic caught fire and melted emphasizes the importance of involv- has discussed different ways of ad-almost instantly. In fact, it melted and ing the kids in the planning. Continu- dressing the issue of making the sum- stuck to my niumb leaving a second-third ous activities and programming with-mer program interesting, relevant anddegree burn and scar!" out consideration of developmental and different to children who have been "I don't want to overstate the danger, individual needs leads to bum-out by attending for many years rather thanbut it's definitely there. If the bubble was both kids and staff. focusing on keeping them busy. near any heat source or spark from a short The April issue quoted passages from [30 Plan for some activities andcircuit and caught fire, the kids wouldn't School's Out! Group Day Care for theexperiences to occur in a totally dif-be likely to get out," stated Therrell. School Age Child (1974) by Elizabeth ferent setting local church, camp site, Therrall has been marketing "Space Prescott and Cynthia Milich part of a community parks, library, or computer Bubbles" as multi-use play areas. He has study done 20 years ago which is still center. five different sizes to choose from and valid for programs today. The quoted [X' Plan for overnight events evenalso offers to provide a sheet of uirec- passage was about what "staffs men- if it is only a "lock-in" at your program. lions if people want to make their own. tioned as the good things about sum-Have a campfire on the playground, He commented on his search for a safer mer." The following passage is aboutroast marshmellows and other tradi- plastic, "We've special ordered a very "lifers." tional summercamp evening activities. flame retardant plastic to make bubbles [X] Utilize local libraries, Coop- out of - i is more expensive, but amazing "Lifers" 20 Years Ago erative Extension and4-1-1offices, stuff. We've also added other safety and "The problem most often described Girl Scout and Boy Scout books and durability designs and specifications." (at 40% of the centers) for summerother community resources that have For a free flyer about ordering a "Space programs is that of keeping children information on camping, water sports Bubble" write to: PPLA-USA, PO Box busy, most especially older boys. Many & activities, arts & crafts projects, 161713, Austin TX 78716. of the older children have been at the games, songs and anything else that A free PPLA-USA newsletter is also same facility since they were preschool would make your program special. cht,available from the same address. din Q. I RECTOR!S "c-0R N

Educate jog their memory in hopes of remind- Successful Take the time initially to educateing them about the diverse needs we Partnerships school personnel about the program.deal with each day. Remind the staff that children can by Marsha Faryniarz The information that the school board wants is usually different than what thehave 10 or more adults in authoritative Now is the time to be planning for staff wants to know. positions telling them what to do be- building partnerships with the facility 'School Boards tween the time they get up until school that you occupy and /or with the school Boards are typically concerned withlets out at the end of the day. This will that you serve. Although written from help them to understand why the chil- the perspective of an outside groupissues such as insurance, responsibil- ity, finances and accountability. Havedren may be "a bit noisier" after school using a school building, the following all your information at hand when pre-than they were in the classroom and can be used by church programs re- senting yourproposal to a school board. why having lots of choices available in lated to their facility relationships or They need to be assured that the pro-your program is so important. even private programs that wish to gram will be well supervised and thatQualifications and Standards build better relationships with the the school will not be held liable, either Let the teachers and administration schools they serve. financially or legally, for any mishaps.know about the qualifications of your As the need for quality school-age Facility Staff staff, the licensing standards you main- child care continues to grow, providers The principal, teachers and support tain and all training you and your staff will be looking more and more to com- staff (i.e. secretaries, custodians, lunchundergo throughout the year. We have munity facilities in which to house these helpers, etc.) need to be informed re-found that many people are surprised programs. Many of the school-age pro- garding the philosophy of your pro- and impressed to hear just how profes- grams in existence today are hOuseL in gram, the logistics of how it works andsionally trained child care staff really public school buildings. [According to what space you will be using. The bestare. [Standards for Quality School-Age the National Study reported in SAN way to do this is to ask for some time atChild Care by the National Associa- April 1993,28%am in public schools; an initial teachers' meeting. You cantion of Elementary School Principals 35% in child care centers; 14% at reli- then take this opportunity to introducecan help show school personnel how gious institutions; and the remaining yourself to the staff and talk about theyou are meeting quality standards and 23% are in community centers, work program. Any literature you have which also show the assistance on space is- sites, nonreligious private schools, uni- describes your program may also be sues needed from the school.] versities, colleges and municipal build- disseminated at this time. This includesOpen Communication ings.] promotional brochures, parents hand- Strive to keep open the lines of com- Having programs housed in the school books and manuals. munication. Let school staff know that building makes sense since the popula- you, like they, have the best interest of tion these programs serve are already the children at heart. Therefore wel- there when school lets out, and the The most important thingcome any feedback they may have building, for the most part, is available which will help you to better meet the during the hours care is needed. that you can do to build a needs of any child. This can be done on In order to ensure that school admin-positive relationship with (continued on page 3) istrations want to be involved with school-age child care programs, a posi-the school is to maintain a tive relationship must exist betweenquality program. NOTES the host site and the provider. There are many things that providers can do to Subscriptions: $22.95/year maintain and further develop positive This is a great opportunity to let the 12 issues school staff know what your program working relationships. Send To: School-Age NOTES will look like each day and why it won't Building Relationships P.O. Box 40205 Our YMCA has been providinglook anything like their classrooms. A Nashville, TN 37204 school-age care in public schools forshort exercise in which you ask the 615-242-8464 staff to remember back to their child- approximately seven years. To date we Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. house programs in fourteen differenthood and list the various activities they Nashville, TN 37204 participated in after school is a good school buildings. Over time we have Editor/Publisher:Richard T. Scofield lead in. Adults can very easily forget come to understand and appreciate the Mary-Helen Marigza what it felt like to be a child getting out Office Manager: importance of a good relationship with Published Monthlyin Nashville, Tennessee the professionals at our schools. of school each day. This exercise can 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 372'14615-242-8464 2 JUNE 1994 e Printed on Recycled Poper The Character ideas presented and see areas of appli-success. Children invite their teachers cation to school-age programs. It isto an afternoon "tea" in which the snack Curriculum interesting to note that probably thethey have prepared is served and teach- USA Today recently reported on theactual curriculum in many schoolsers can take part in some of the activi- Hyde School in suburban New Haven,would only focus on one of those re-ties. We have had a lot of feedback Conn. which has instituted a "charactersults -"core knowledge and skills." Yetfrom teachers and school administra- curriculum" based on the concept ofthe Hyde School felt that core knowl-tors regarding how enlightening and "doing your best" The curriculum in-edge and skills was only one part of itspositive these afternoons are for them. cludes traditional subjects but also re-curriculum. die Ways to Say Thank You quires students to take performing arts, In working with school administra- sports, and provide a community ser- tors, a little kindness and thoughtful- vice. Partnerships ness can go a long way. We always The Hyde School's curriculum ex- (continued from page 2) invite administration and support staff pects all students to develop thesean informal basis through phone callsto our family nights. We also make sure TRAITS: or brief visits. It should also be donethat we show our appreciation to the The courage to accept challenges formally through an evaluation eachstaff by leaving "goodies" in the The integrity to be truly themselvesyear. Newsletters should always beteacher's lounge or at a table for their Concern for others shared with school personnel to keepmeetings. Thank you notes from the The curiosity to explore life and learn- them up-to-date on program happen-children are always sent when a staff ing ings. Ask that they share their schoolmember does something for the pro- Leadership in making the school andnewsletters to keep you up-to-date ongram. community work school events. A school handbook can Children love to help out with pnajects help you understand the school policies and we have often availed our services With these traits, five PRINCIPLES and procedures. to school custodians. Projects such as develop: Becoming a Part of the School painting playground equipment, buile- Destiny. Each of us is gifted with a The most successful school-baseding bookshelves and cleaning out clos- unique potential. programs are ones in which the pro-ets are just some of the things that our Humility. We believe in a power andgram is accepted by parents, childrenschool-age kids have helped with at a purpose beyond ourselves. and staff alike as an integral part of thesome of our sites. Truth. Truth is our primary guide. school program. Your program shouldMaintain a Quality Program Conscience. We attain our bestbe visible throughout the school. There The most important thing that you through character and conscience. are many ways in which this can becan do to build a positive relationship Brother's keeper. We help othersaccomplished. The following are just awith the school is to maintain a quality attain their best. few: program. Your program should be one Post all newsletters and program in-the school is proud to have in their Expected RESULTS from students: formation in the teacher's lounge building each day. Continually evalu- Core knowledge and skills Ask for space on a prominent bulletin ate yourprograms through parent, child, Capacity to use education and a rever-board in the school to display artworkschool personnel and SAC staff evalu- ence for learning Take on a school betterment project ations. There is always room for change Self-confidence, perseverance, cre-such as planting flowers, painting play- and flaprovement in any program. ativity and personal vision ground equipment or making bird- Successful partnerships work well Integrity of relationships houses for the school for everybody. As professional Responsible and effective citizenship Decorate the school cafeteria duringcaregivers, we owe it to families to holiday times have the facilities available to us in Expected RESULTS for parents: Always include an article in the school order to offer quality child care pro- Personal liberation from children'snewspaper about the program grams in each community. This will challenges Be sure to have some representation atonly happen if we do all we can to be a Vision beyond parenthood school fairs and family nights welcome "guest". cop Simultaneous personal growth with Afternoon Teas children It isn't enough to just tell staff aboutMarsha Faryniarz is the Director of your program. They must have the op-School-Age Programs at the Greater School -Age NOTES felt its readersportunity to see the program in action. Burlington YMCA in Burlington, Ver- might be interested in the concept andOur teachers' teas have met with great mont, 0 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 ePrimed on Recvcled Paver luxe 19943 7 CT.IVITIES. Independence Maintaining SkillsSilhouettes o Encourage reading during the The birthday of Etienne de Silhou- Days summer. Read aloud to the kids; letette was July 5, 1709. He was the fi- July is a good month for Indepen- them read to you. nance minister in France, but his hobby dence Days. Besides July 4 in the USA, a Let the kids share favorite bookswas cutting out shadow portraits. there's Dominion Day in Canada (July they like to read. Silhouettes used to be very popular in 1) and Bastille Day in France (July 14). a Provide a good place for readingcolonial days, before the camera was There's even a July 24 observance in enjoyment. invented, back when the only way to South America. o Paint or draw an illustration forhave a- portrait was to sit still while On July 14, 1789 the French Revolu- a book. someone painted it. Portraits were ex- tion began when citizens stormed the a Write a book for younger readers.pensive, but silhouettes were quick and Bastille, a prison, in an effort to free a Provide access to good books;easy. political prisoners. On July 1, 1867 in make them easy to bump To make a silhouette, use a lamp Canada the provinces of Quebec, Nova a Let older children read aloud towithout a shade. Set the lamp even with Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario younger children. There are benefitsthe person's head so a sharp, dark formed a dominion. Other provinces for both. shadow is formed. Have the subject sit joined later so that today there are 10 a Visit the library to choose books.so a profile (side view) is projected. provinces and 2 territories. Locate these a Provide real textbooks for play-Catch the shadow on a piece of white on a map. Get a feel for where they are ing school. paper and draw the shape of the shadow. located and what their names are. a Let the kids write a playscriptThen you can color in the shadow shape What happened on July 4, 1776 in the based on a favorite book. black, or you can cut out the shadow USA? Locate Philadelphia on your m ap a Set up a play store. Let the kidsshape, which will be in white, and mount and the 13 states who sent representa- check newspaper ads for appropriateit on a black background. coo tives there. How many days do you prices to put on items. The clerk can think it took, by your calculation, forpractice adding up the order; makeTraveling Down each state's delegation to travel to Phila- change with play money. delphia on horseback? a Check out the different museums"Route 66" July 24, 1783 is the birthday of Simon available in your community and what Bolivar, known as "The Great Libera- summer opportunities are available forDear School-Age NOTES: tor" for his leadership in securing inde- children. There are art museums, sci- We are looking for help from School- pendence from Spain for Venezuela, ence and industry museums, museumsAge NOTES subscribers with a fun Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. What lan- of natural history and historical muse-project for our summer camp program. guages are spoken in these countries ums. Each will have something differ- This summer our center will be tak- and where are they located? Make and ent to offer. etio ing an imaginary road trip from our display flags of these countries on their hometown of Baltimore, Maryland special day. coo Liles of to San Francisco, California and then we'll be "flying" to Hawaii. Cup Relay Communication We are hoping to find school-age The Children's Museum in Lexing- For each team you will need a piece care programs along our route to ex- ton, Kentucky has an exhibit with 1 of string 4 yards long and a Styrofoam change postcards and pamphlets about mile of tubing coiled about through the or paper cup. Punch a hole in the cup nearby attractions. We will be travel- museum ceiling. Children hold both bottom with a pencil and put the cup on ing along routes 70, 80, 90. ends of the tube and speak into one end the string. Tie the ends of the string to and listen for their voice to come back a stationary object at each end of the Vivian Walters, Director to them from the other end of the tube. line. Hartford Heights Child Care Center You can do something similar with Without using his hands, the first 5300 Belair Road an old garden hose. Stick a funnel into player on each team moves his cup to Baltimore MD 21266 each end. Send your voice through the the end of the line by blowing into it. tube around the corner of the building When he reaches the end of the line, he and out of sight to your partner on the moves the cup back by hand along the other end of the hose. You can connect63 Activity Idea; string to the next playcron his team. Do The minimum number of Activ- play forts and other outdoor playsights. not let the string sag.(290 Caution: No shouting! cop ity Ideas in this issue is 63. CI 1994 School-Age NOTES POBox 40205Nashville, TN 37204615-212-8464 4 JUNE 1994 a10 siii) Printed on Recycled Paper Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday July 1, 1847 the postJuly 8, 1796 the firstJuly 12, birthday ofJuly 22, birthday ofJuly18,1918, 0 office issued the firstUS passport was is-Anne Moore (1871-Emma Lazarus whobirthday of Nelson NI US postage stamps, asued. Arrange to have 1961), a children's li-wrote the poem in-Mandela. How 5¢ and a 10t. Whosea traveler show you abrarian who started scribed on the Statue ofmany stories and picture was on each?passport and tellstory-telling hours.Liberty. ("The Newphotos of him can (Franklin-50, Wash-about his/her travels. Schedule a dailyColossus").Do youyou find in news- "ington-100) What is a visa? story-telling hourthisthink it still applies? papers and maga- week. What would you write? zines? Make a dish gardenWant an unusual gar- Make a salt garden.Try a rock gardenPlant a mini-garden for indoors. Use pot-den? Try a cactus Fill a bowl half full ofoutdoors -- a little soil, in a window box or ting soil, small plantsgarden. There arewater and stir in asa lot of rocks, andhanging basket. Use and pretty coloredmany small varieties much salt as you cancolorful plants for plants, not seeds, un- stones. of cacti in interesting plus 1T of vinegar.shallow soil. less your garden can shapes and colors. Add large porous winter indoors. stones. Let water evaporate.

Spread drops of paintDip soda straw inDip a craft stick inMix food color orDip short pieces of about the paper bytempera paint. Covercolored water andtempera into liquidstring in tempera top of straw with fin- moving small mag- drip it on a paperstarch to make col-paint and arrange on netic objects on top ofger. Move straw overtowel. The designsored finger paints.art paper. Make a the paper using a mag-paper and releasewill have soft edgesDip the paper in wa-print of the com- net under the paper. paint droplets by lift- and colors will blend.ter before applyingpleted design onto a ing finger. Use food coloring inthe colors. clean sheet of paper water. pressed on top. Observe butterfliesCut one piece ofCrease paper downMake tissue paperDoes you local na- and moths. Learncrepe paper for boththe center. Paint thewings, craft stickture center or science how to tell the differ-wings. Cut a piece ofbody on the fold.body and chenillemuseum have an in- ence. Find out aboutchenille strip for thePaint one wing. Foldstrip feelers. Glide itsect zoo? These are life cycles, how longbody. Fold it double.the paper and blot the behind you on afun to visit and may they live and whatSlip black threads paint to fora the otherstring. give you several they eat. through the fold forwing. ideas. feelers.

Teams in single fileTransfer water from Use water balloonsCarry an ice cube on Do the old clothes roll a ball throughone bucket to anotherfor balls in an over/a spoon to the goal relay.Put them all their legs to the endby transferring itunder relay. line and back. Pass it on, run to the goal of the line. The last from cup to cup down to the next player'sand back, take them )-4 player runs the ball tothe line. spoon, who contin-all off, put them on the front of the line to ues. the next player and roll it through again. so on.

July is National IceJuly is also NationalJuly is National Rec- July is NationalCelebrate National Cream Month andPicnic Month andreation and ParkAnti-BoredomMonth Month by NationalPeachNational Hot DogMonth. Get a guideMonth. Have eachthinking of one Month. How aboutMonth. Plan a picnicto National Parks orchild suggest anmore thing to cel- somehomemadecookout for lunch. one to local or F,:ateappropriate activ-ei,ratc! peach ice cream? parks. ity.

0- 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN,3'7204615-242-8464 Printed on Recycled Paper JUNE 1994 5 7D For further exploration of what school- 114,11Sail October 1, 1994 ISchool-Age Career age care is about and what it is not, try 3rd Annual Fall School-Age Care Conference, Effingham IL Preparation in chapters 1 and 4 on Statement of Mission Contact: Kevin Johnson 217-367-8013 or and Curriculum in School-Age ChildCare: Vera Durbin 618-283-1104 Ontario An Action Manual for the 90's and Beyond Early childhood education is taking an (1993) by Michelle Seligson and Michael INDIANik October 8, 1994 YMCA of Greater Indianapolis SACC exciting new direction in Ontario. The early Allenson. ett childhood programs at Canador College Training Conference Contact: Evelyn Guinn 317-266-9622 presently have expanded from one meth- ods course to three administration, in- Resources. . OHIO October 9-11, 1994 fant-toddler, and school-age care. The di- (continued from page 8) OECE and SACC Conference, Special rection for the future is to expand again, Speaker: Linda Sisson, Columbus OH this time to a three-year program with theOther Conferences Contact: Robert Snyder 614-262-4545 National Community Education As- third year devoted to specialization in ad- NEW YORK October 10, 1994 ministration, in infant-toddler, or in school- sociation (NCEA) November 9-12, 1994, Capital District SACC Network Annual Fall age care. ,Des Moines, Iowa. There has been growing Conference, Albany NY Heather Houston, who teaches in theinterest from community education in Contact: Debra Parsons 518-426-7181 Early Childhood Education Program atschool-age care. To receive registration ONTARIO CANADA October 13-15 New and preliminary conference information Canadore College, reports that the present Listing, Ontario School-Age Conference, school-age emphasis includes a lab experi- when it is published contact: NCEA Con- Keynote: Rich Scofield, Gananoque (near ence in which the college students in theference, 3929 Old Lee Hwy., Ste 91-A, Kingston), Ontario school-age care course take over and run Fairfax VA 22030 (703) 359-8973 Contact: Wendy Mitchell 613-544-5400 the school-age program during their spring 7th Annual "I Have a Dream" Na- x1133 tional Youth Assembly, August 12-15, break. They use Half a Childhood for the AkAaliA, October 20-22, 1994 text and also to help in planning for lab 1994, Little Rock, Ark. The Assembly will AAEYC Annual Conference will have a experience. seek to empower participants through the school-age track, Anchorage AK Contact: Heather Houston teachings and life example of Martin Luther Contact: Cecilia or Christie 907-696-5884 NEW JERSEY October 21-22, 1994 Early Childhood Program King, Jr. to reject the culture of violence and materialism and become persons of 7th Annual NJ SACC Conference, Canadore College, Box 5001 Great Gorge NJ North Bay ON P1B 8K9 CANADA high moral and spiritual standards who Contact: Denise Sellers 609429-1603 705-474-7601 ext 5264 demand excellence from themselves and others. The focus this year will be on com- MICHIGAN October 25, 1994 munity service. CONTACT: The Martin Michigan School-Age Child Care Association Conference, Keynote: Tracey Ballas, Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commis- Philosophy... Detroit MI sion, 229 Auburn Ave., Atlanta GA 30312 (continued from page 7) Contact: Barbara Papania 313-467-1574 sional development that looks at this field (404) 730-3155. cot INDIANA February 25, 1995 as a career choice, it is going to have to put YMCA of Greater Indianapolis SACC some parameters around it and give it some Low-Income Families Training Conference definition. We can't ask people to be The National Center for Children in Pov- Contact: Evelyn Guinn 317-266-9622 trained for a field that we can't quiteerty has a one-page flyer describing five define. reports and monographs about low-incomeEEi.LESLEYSIMULQ.= 1994 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES During a phone conversation about the families and child care. CONTACT: Na- ILLINOIS, Starved Rock, July 10-15 tional Center for Children in Poverty, Co- SAC field, professional development, and Contact: Rachel Sloane 312-769-8008 the fact the field is in many ways still in its lumbia University School of Public Health, GEORGIA, Atlanta, July 25-27 early development. one SAC professional 154 Haven Ave. New York NY 10032 Contact: Kimberly Nottingham 404-373-7414 from Oregon created some slogans in jest (212) 927-8793.ew MISSOURI, Kansas City, July 31-August 5 about attracting people to an evolving field. Contact: Kathy Hermes 816-756-1950 VIRGINIA, Newport News, October 21-22 While said in jest, many may recognize the Conferences. .. Contact: Paulette Bomberger 804-591-4825 truth in these. --"Get in on the ground (continued from page 8) floor; we're building the building as the DO WE HAVE YOUR CALIFORNIA September 24, 1994 elevator is going up."and my favorite Carousel School-Age Conference, SAC CONFERENCE DATES?dlo "Help us develop our field while you de- San Diego County Department of Education velop your career." Contact: Sylvia Selverston 619-565-4148

1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 6 JUNE 1994 j. ePrinted on Recycled Paper 60 Summer & Full and as lessons to be taught through anwith your own. experiential model based on educational 0Day Curriculum objectives. The following quotes pro- Manual vide more insights to the philoso- ...the larger issue faced by phy of SACC. the field of school-age care: "Curriculum for SACC programs The 4-H School-Age Child Care should: Clearly specify the conditionsWhat is the purpose of Program at the University of Californiaunder which the learner should exhibitschool-age care?...What is Cooperative Extension has just com-the desired behavior and the behaviorthe difference between an pleted a Summer & Full Day Cur-expected, i.e. what the learner will be riculum Manual. able to do in order to show attainmentafter school program and a of the objective." program after school? a0=111INIM "The research base for the 4-H cur- riculum includes both the disciplines ...the introduction says The 4-H manual's philosophical "Readers are cautioned thatrelating to 'what we learn,' as well as to those relating to 'how we learn.'" emphasis on educational objectives and the philosophy represented The curriculum borrows heavily fromlearning raises the larger issue faced by in this manual may notthe field of education with referencesthe field of school-age care: What is the purpose of school-age care% What is coincide with their own..." to "elements of instruction," "time on task," "learning methods," and "rangethe definition? What is the age range it 1=WII 4111111111 of subjects covered." However, thiscovers? What are the expected out- comes for the children and youth who It is over 260 pages in a large 3-ringeducational emphasis should not over- binder divided into 87 pages of infor-shadow the content philosophy. "In 4- participate in programs after school? mation about development, environ-H, youth development refers to the What is the difference between an after mem, relationships, philosophy anddevelopment of life skills, knowledgeschool program and a program after delivery of activities, field trips, man-and attitudes for self-direction and liv- school? Is any program that takes place after school or during the summer agement, schedules, and planning out- ing a productive and satisfying life." To school-age care? What are the charac- lines. The other 180 pages are divided quote the introduction again "however, into 4 theme areas: Endangeredsignificant amounts of the manualteristics of school-age care that distin- guishes it from other programs and Rainforests, Water Wizards, The Won- should have relevance to a variety of events for children and youth that oc- derful World of Pets, Olympics in Ac- programs." tion. One theme a week with seven Summer & Full Day Curriculumcur during their out-of-school time? Is school-age care only programs that are pages devoted to each day's morningManual is $35 plus $2.50 S&H. Other regulated or monitored by child care and afternoon activities - over 40 pagesSAC materials available from the 4-H a week. School-Age Child Care Program are:agencies and departments of educa- CAUTION - Intriguingly, the intro-Management $17.50; Curriculum I tion? duction says, "Readers are cautioned$25; Curriculum II $25; and Facilita- 1 believe the key is in the word C-A- R-E. Care can be the narrow view as in that the philosophy represented in thistors Guide $10. Add $2.50 S&H for "caretaker" such as the adult on the manual may not coincide with theireach item ordered. Order from: 4-H school playground responsible to make own; however, significant amounts ofSchool-Age Child Care Program, 11477 sure there are no fights and to bring in the manual should have relevance to aE Ave., Auburn CA 95603 (916) 889- variety of programs." The curriculum7385 MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE the basketballs each day. Or care can be the broadest view as in "caregiver" approaches the purpose of SACC as anTO: Regents-University of California. which can encompass not only the "edu- opportunity to provide learning experi- COD ences. It does not talk about, in its cational" component as a provider of opportunities for learning but also care purpose, the opportunity to provide aEditor's Comments home-like atmosphere to meet the de- that is developmentally and individu- velopmental and individual needs ofon SAC Philosophy ally appropriate meeting school-agers' school-agers when their parents are needs. working or otherwise unavailable. It is definitely intriguing when anWhy is this important? This 4-H curriculum approaches all introduction to a school-age manual, or If the field of school-age care wants aspects of school-age care as opportu- any manual, cautions you that the phi-to move ahead and expand with profes- nities to enhance the learning processlosophy represented may not coincide (continued on page 6) © 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 e Printed on Recycled Paver Jun 19947 iiii0= FIRST CLASS PfeNOTES U.S. Postage PO Box 40205 PAID Nashville, TN 37204 Nashville, Tenn. Permit No 695 June 1994 FIRSTCLASS° ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

WASHINGTON July 22-23, 1994 WA SAC Alliance Annual Conference, Renton WA Contact: Janet Frieling206-461-3602

OREGON August19-20, 1994 Oregon SACAAndWashington SACA Joint Conference on9-15Year Olds, Portland OR Contact: Colleen Dyrud503-373-0790 x 661or Mari Offenbecher206-461-3602

OHIO September17, 1994 New Listing Northwest Coalition of Professionals for S ACC Keynote: Tracey Ballas, Bowling Green OH, Contact: Sue Neufeld419-353-8400

DREGON September24, 1994 OR SAC Coalition Conference, Albany OR, Keynote: Tracey Ballas Contact: Colleen Dyrud503-378-5585 x 661 (continued on page 6)

Projects for Older Kids ence in May hosted by Shari Lewis has Call 800-220-4 11 1 for a FREE pre- The Spark in the Stone, Skills andbeen distributed to 123 Public Broad- view disk and information packet. coo Projects from the Native Americancasting Stations (PBS) across the coun- Tradition by Peter Goodchild teachestry. 5,000 copies were distributed. Call Activity Kit Rentals your local educational station to see if the ancient traditional skills to create The Children's Museum of Boston copies are still available. The ASK-TV shelter, clothing, and other necessities rents activity and curriculum kits. Tar- Activity Book was developed with ac- fo1 'ving in the wilderness.In- geted for hands-on exploration in tivities from after school programs that how to make a stone ham- schools, they could be used as theme explored how PBS programs could be mer, create a fishhook or needle out of starters for SAC programs. Rentals used as a source of interactive activi- bone, male a Paiute grass shelter or a are for 1-2 weeks for $20-30. The free Plains tepee, build a loom, make craft ties. eilo 26-page KIT-a-log (catalog) gives baskets, pottery or a birchbark bowl, explicit descriptions and rental and brew teas of native leaves and berries, Management Software reservation process information for gather cattail pollen for yellow por- We have received requests about how over 90 kits covering different cul- ridge and more. Tnese are good activi-to get in touch with the makers of EZ- tures, fine arts, and the sciences. CON- ties for older school-agers, particu-CARE, a software system designed for TACT: The Children's Museum, Kit larly on long summer days. CON-child care systems, that was mentioned Rental Dept., 300 Congress St., Bos- TACT: Chicago Review Press 800-in the April issue. The Afterschool Club ton MA 02210 (800) 370-5487. Jae 888 -4741 cf4, in Lake Villa, Illinois used it for: regis- tration and information management, Catalogs PBS Activity Books accounts receivable, scheduling/atten- -School Tools has early childhood dance management, and parent com- The ASK-TV (After School kids) equipment plus arts & crafts supplies. munication. The maker is SofterWare Activity Book that was printea in con- Call 800-482-5846. c% junction with the SAC video-confer-of Ft. Washington, Penn. (continued on page 6) Volume XIV #11 The Newsletter for School-Age Care Professionals July 1994

ISSNO278-3126 0 1994 School-Age NOTES A National Resource Organization on School-Age Care Pioneering the Field Since 1980 Managing the Difficult Child 'IN E 10 Tips for Working with tently, predictably, promptly, and plainly. The Difficult Child 1 Don't get into complicated arguments which Children with Attention are just diversions. Self-Discipline 3 Qeflcit Risorder 5. Provide an escape-valve to help gain control and "save face." This may be saying August Activities. 4&5 Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and At- they are going to the directors office; going Ratio Survey 6 tention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder out in the hall; orgoing to a special designated (ADHD) are two neurological syndromes place in the cafeteria that has clay to pound $6.5 Million Grant 6 whose symptoms remind people of "the dif- and drawing and writing materials available ficult :land." Many staff in SAC programs to express their feelings. NSACCA Proposals. ..7 have difficulty working with children with 6. Break down large tasks into small tasks. ADD and ADHD Not all children identified Helping to "clean-up" at the end of the day as having ADD are hyperactive. { ADD and may seem overwhelming. Finding all the NSACCA Awarded ADHD has to be diagnosed by a medical LEGO materials and putting them in the box doctor with ADD expertise. } is manageable. President's Some of the characteristics of children7. Encourage physical exercise. Vigorous National Service with ADD or ADHD are: -easily distracted; - exercise helps work off excess energy and doesn't finish projects or activities; -hears focus attention. It stimulates certain hormones Grant but doesn't seem to listen; -difficulty adjust- and neurochemicals that are beneficial. ing to new situations and changes in routine; 8. Prepare for free time with lists of sug- -speaks out and acts out impulsively; dis-gested activities to help structure the ADD President Clinton has called national ser- rupts other children; -often talks excessively; child's choices. Sudden unstructured time vice the American way to change America. -has difficulty playing quietly: -often loses can be overstimulating. With the support of a $600,000 grant re- things such as notes from parents, lunch 9. Repeat, Repeat, Repeat. newable each year for three years from the money, homework; -disorganized, often10. Look for and appreciate their Corporation for National and Community cubby or locker a jumbled mess; -daydreams. specialness. Children with ADD are often Service, NSACCA (National School-Age "spacey;" -often engages in physically dan- tore sensitive, gifted and talented than they Child Care Alliance) and NACCRRA (Na- gerous activities without considering pos-seem. They are full of creativity, play, spon- tional Association of Child Care Resource sible consequences; -fidgets. wiggles andtaneity, and good cheer. They tend to be and Referral Agencies) will implement the drums fingers or taps feet. generous of spirit and glad to help out. They Action for Children Today (ACT) pro- The following are tips and strategics for usually have a "special something" that en- gram, deploying AmeriCorps volunteers managing children with ADD or ADHD. riches the opportunities with them. in communities around the nation to de- Many of these tips are also good practices for RESOURCES: velop child care for infants, toddlers and working with all school-agers. I Can't Sit Still: Educating and Affirmingschool-age children. The project was de- 1. Kids with ADD need structul e. TheyInattentive and Hyperactive Children by veloped as a collaborative effort between need external structure since they have diffi- Dorothy Davies Johnson, M.D., 1992, avail- NSACCA, NACCRRA, and the Center for culty structuring internally. Make lists. Cre- able from School-Age NOT7S $17.95 (15.95 Effective Services for Children (in consul- ate prompts and tJ-1-finders. Do previews. for subscribers) plus $3.50 S&H. tation with ZERO to THREE/National Provide repetition. Give direction. Set limits Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Leficit ElsorderCenter for Clinical Infant Programs, and boundaries. CCR&R state associations and local 2. Waiting is difficult. Engage them in ac- from Childhood through Adulthood by CCR&R agencies). tivities which constantly involves with no Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Raley, waiting such as dodgeball rather than kickball. M.D., 1994, available at local bookstores 523. In itsfirst year ACT will place 45 3. Help children make their own schedule PAY ATTENTION!!! Answers to Com- AmeriCorps volunteers in child care re- of what they arc interested in doing eachmon Questions About the Diagnosis and source and referral agencies in three e:ates, afternoon and what they are suppose to do Treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder California, Texas, and New Jersey. More (homework). Scheduling with agreed upon by Craig B. Liden, M.D., Jane Zalenski, and states and volunteers will be added in year prompts and reminders helps avoid one of the Roberta Newman, available from Transact two and three. hallmarks of ADD: procrastination. Health Systems for $15 plus $2 S&Il send to: The AmeriCorps members will be trained 4. Stt limits, boundaries. This is containing Atten: Sharon, Transact Health Systems, 2566 in both infant/toddler and school- and soothing, not punitive. Do it consis- Haymaker ltd."Monrocvil lc PA 15146. mr, (conlinved on page 6) Some Real Issues herding" Ketchek believed the real ques- Scandinavian model. tion is, "How does one not herd when there Low-Income Service Gaps in School-Age Care is only one teacher and 15 to 20 children (or One of the criteria for the communities what to do when half the children want toselected is their commitment to address- Michael Ketchek of Rochester, N.Y. re- go outside and the other half want to stay ing gaps in services especially low- sponded to the lead article "Giving Chil- in)?" income families. These families have dren their Childhood Back" in the Febru- been underserved by SAC programs and ary issue ofSchool-Age NOTES which asked some questions concerning the role ofEditor's Reply: affected by the often low-quality of Having ratios and staffing patterns that school-age care and the providers of that programs available. Tuition assistance provide the opportunity to avoid herding isplans for families in need of school-age care. [See page 3 for itOrmation about the February article.) He felt that the ques- one part of the answer. While in realitycare will be one of the anticipated some programs have ratios of one adult to tions didn't get to the real issues. activities in the implementation phase. 15-20 children and some states allow up to New Technology 11111M 25 or 26 school -tigers per adult (Texas), The community initiatives will partici- quality guidelines suggest 1:12. Even the pate in computer networks for information "How does one create a average ratio from minimum standards issharing, project management and training. profession when those 1:15 (see p.6 for survey results). The SACCProject will work closely with The other way to avoid herding is a each community to develop innovative and working in the field only change in attitude and a change in behav- comprehensive provider training supported work 3 hours a day after ior. With the wrong attitude even only two by videos, satellite conferences and on-line school, 3PM to 6PM?" or three children can be "herded." With training modules. respect for children as individuals and con- By building a community collaborative, cern for each child's own unique needsMOST is designed to serve as a catalyst to Profession vs. Babysitting (and with some great transition tricks, games facilitate and accelerate the availability of and songs), adults can personalize every The first question asked was whether quality school-age programs staffed by I situation and avoid the feeling of herding. school-age providers want to be a profes- well-trained experienced individuals. sion or babysitters. Ketchelc felt the ques- The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Self-Discipline vs. Teacher-Punished tion should be, "How does one create a Fund is launching this initiative as part of Michael Ketchek said, "The important O profession when those working in the field its continuing investments in programs to question is how to get children to have self- only work 3 hours a day after school, 3PM help young people fulfill their educational discipline. I don't think teachers want to to 6PM ?" and career aspirations. punish anyone." For further information contact: Caryl Editor's Reply: Goodman, SACCProject, Centei for Re- Editor's Reply: If we limit otir thinking to defining SAC search on Women, Wellesley College, How do you get children to be sell- as a 3-hour a day job. then we wilt be NN, eLlesley MA 02181 (617) 283-2547. ett disciplined? On page 3 Laurie 011hoff an- doomed to never having a profession. If we limit our vision of staff to only hiring swers this question and shows how some of Outtypical responses may make children college students, that too, will curb the feel "teacher-punished" by being over su- development of a profession. One practical answer is to expand the pervised and over controlled. Ego hours of the program to create more hours per day for staff. Is a before-school pro- gram needed? Do the kindergarten chil- MOST Grants. NOTES dren get out early and need care? Is the (continued from page 6) program paying for planning and staff Subscriptions: $22.95/year meeting time? Another practical answer is The final three communities will imple- 12 issues to look at the type of skills staff have and ment career path development through in- see if the school system needs help during novative strategies such as two-way ex- Send To: School-Age NOTES the school dayhelping in classrooms par- changes. College course students would do P.O. Box 40205 ticularly with the addition of pre-k pro- course linked field work in programs while Nashville, TN 57204 grams; supervising lunch rooms and play- SAC program staff in the community would 615-242-8464 grounds. As programs expand their hours serve as mentors and course instructors. Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. are they willing to create 1,11-time posi- The SACCProject will develop a frame- Nashville, TN 37204 tions for program and site directors? work for a college curriculum to aid the Editor/Publisher:Richard T. Scofield communities in designing their SAC Empowering vs. Herding eourst;s, It will be a creative curriculum OfficeManager: Mazy -Helen Marigza On the question of"empowering vti. adapting,philosophy and courses from the Published Monthly in Nashville, Tennessee 1994 School-Age NOTES POBox 4020 Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 2ltn,y 1994 Primed on Recycled Paper 8 4 However, we need to ask the other When a kid has a problem, must we Thoughts on Self- question, too. What are the long-term solve it for tnern? Or can we say, "you 0 Discipline consequences of raising a generation ofhave a problem, now what is yourplan?" children who are over-controlled by When a child tattles, must we act on The following is from "Giving Chil-adults all day long, who never have tothe tattle (knowing that will encourage dren Their Childhood Back: Paradigmmake a decision for themselves, neverother children to tattle)? Or can we ask Shifts in School-Age Child Care - Ahave to think for themselves? the tattler, "why are you telling me Work in Progress" by Laurie 011hoff Barbara Colorosa reminds us that wethis?" If the child is trying to get the which was funded by the Minnesotasometimes cause the very thing weother in trouble, we can say, "I believe Department of Education. It was de-don't want. When we tell a child everyyou are handling the situation appro- signed to generate dialog in the school-single day to hang up his coat, and then priately without me." Of course, some- age care profession. It was termed "a we wonder why he can never think fortimes children might need to practice work in progress" to be commented on himself, well, we shouldn't be surprised. what they will say. Some children have and re-shaped as the field decides its How many times has a child askedto be watched closer than others when mission and role in school-agers' lives. you if they could get a sticker or a treatthey go back to work it out. Remember, See the February '94 SAN issue for afor something they are supposed to do?we are getting out of rescuing them so synopsis of the rest of the report and seeIt is no wonder that high school gradu-that they learn they are capable people page 2 of this issue for comments onates only want jobs that pay high sala-who can solve problems. that synopsis. This section was origi-ries. Are we creating an adult popula- nally titled "Self-Discipline vs.tion that can't think for themselves?Conclusion Teacher-Punished." It has beenThat can't work without supervision? Self-discipline covers a variety of adapted to focus on self-discipline. That can't work together? areas, not just controlling inappropri- Recently the Minnesota Businessate behavior. It covers high thinking Introduction Partnership put forth a report that de-skills. It covers the self-esteem need of What is the nature cf children? tailed the skills that children needed tofeeling capable. It covers the confi- Are children competent, contained,be taught. High school and collegedence and the ability to control the and able to make good decisions? Orgraduates were hitting those businessesenvironment, rather than be victimized are they [wild, lacking self-control and] without the skills to work indepen-by it. need to be controlled every second? dently, without the skills to work in a Again, self-discipline must be seen The school in which I work has openteam, without the skills to think criti-as part and parcel of die whole para- classrooms. I am able to hear what cally. digm of child care. Self-discipline with- happens when teachers are not in the out empowerment is a waste of time room. The teacher leaves, and the chil-Messages of Self-Discipline and life. Self-discipline without play is dren erupt. There is an uncontrolled Children will only learn self- disci- working too hard. Self-discipline with- melee for a few minutes, and then.pline in an environment of loving andout maturity is impossible. Self-disci- inevitably, one child yells,"The teachernurturing support. They will only learnpline without community building is coming, the teacher is coming!" Theself-discipline if they have a chance tomisses the point. room quiets down just as the teachertry it, fail at it, and try it again. rounds the corner. Children will learn self-discipline if Laurie 011hoff is Director of Project Does this happen because we can'twe send them messages of I believe inPDS, aschool-age pro gram in Eagan, expect anything better. Or is it becauseyou, I trust you, you can handle it. MN. Copies of her 24-page report in- we have over supervised them, and In interpersonal conflicts is it neces-tended to start a dialog in the school- have never taught them the skills ofsary for the adults to rescue? Can chil-age field are available by writing to her self-control or self-discipline? I thinkdren decide together what they will doat: Rahn Elementary School, Project the latter. to solve the problem? If children makeKIDS ,4424 Sandstone Dr., Eagan, MN the decision, there is less chance of 55122. dOo The Problem of Over Supervision rebellion, because it's hard to rebel This is an uncomfortable topic. Many against your own decision. of us arc administrators who worry When children are about to blow, do about liability, and this topic makes usthey need to be reminded to shape up, squirm. It is safer to over supervise that they will be in big trouble if they do children because there is less chance ofthis or do that? Or can we remind them a lawsuit. to "stop and think"?

01994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville,TN 37204615-242-R464 111.y 1994 3 P mad on Itecveled Pacer What Can I Do? Make a bug motel. you remember or tc help you teach Get a dictionary or glossary and learnsome of the words. You might consider three new words. Pick words you canusing pictures or small objects instead O It's summer. I'm bored. What can l douse and practice using them. of using English words as clues in your NOW? Learn a new dance. game. Think about relays you have Francis Scott Key was born on Au-played and also board games. Can you These ideas are for the school-ager,gust 1, 1779. How old would he be if headapt one of these? not for the caregiver. A newspaper orwere still alive today? Look up verses Play checkers or polish up your chess hobby fair planned and produced by2-4 of The Star Spangled Banner. Learn game. the school -agers themselves may notone of those verses. Make up a new jump rope rhyme.cup be perfect, but may be more satisfying Find out everything you can about to them because they did it themselves.polar bears. Pioneers The first electric traffic lights ever were installed on August 5, 1914. This Write a letter to a grandparent or On a map, use different colors of happened in Cleveland, Ohio. Find out other relative, to a friend, orto a penpal. markers to trace the old pioneer trails about Garrett A. Morgan, the inventor Prepare menus within the budget for such as the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe (Profiles in Black History, School-Age something nutritious but out of the or- Trail, The Natchez Trace, the St. NOTES, January, 1994, p. 4) dinary for snacks next week. Make a Laurence Riverand others you can find The Smithsonian Institution was es- contest of it if you like. Let teams out about. What was the route of the tablished on August 10, 1846, in Wash- compete to submit plans, and vote as a first railroad built to California? ington, D.C. Pick up tourist informa- group for the plan to be selected. Con- When was your town started? Who tion on the Smithsonian. Try to list 100 sider cost, the health-wise factor, and or what was it named after? Why was things you might see there. appeal. the site chosen (water supply, trade Write something for your journal. Explore the newspaper. How many route or whaL)? sections are there? What are the regular Solicit entries from each school-ager What did children do for recreation, features? Is there a section for school- in the program. Get a newspaper staff, sports and entertainment in your com- 0 agers? Is there even one page for you? including several reporters to go after munity 50 years ago? 100 years ago? Is there one page for you even once a stories you decide on. Put out a news- Check the newspaper archives. What week? Look at the things in the rest of paper. Project what your circulation kind of transportation did they use? the paper. If you were writing the pa- will be. Figure your costs. Decide how Imagine yourself as a pioneer for one per, what things would you put on a many to print and what to charge for day. From the time you get up in the school-agers page? Make asample page each copy to recover your investment. morning how many things would you Have a hobbies fair, or spread a s:iar- and send it to the editor with a letter explaining why you think the paperhave to do differently, and how many ing of hobbies over several days, with things you depend on would not be an opportunity to try out skills, crafts orshould offer such a page. Look in a mirror and draw a self-invented yet (such as electric lights and activities related to various hobbies. electric appliances)? How many things portrait. Learn a new game. Teach it to some- would not be available so easily (such Make yourself a hat to keep off the one else. as foods requiring refrigeration or items Get out your math book from last SLIM not manufactured locally)? Invent a new cheerleading routine. year. Turn to the review exercises. Work Find out about black pioneers such as Draw the floor plan of your home. the problems. Can you still remember Jean Baptiste Pointe DeSable in Chi- all of those things? What about. yourindicate where the doors, windows and stairways are located. Map out on itcago, Biddy Mason in California, James spelling book? Beckworth in the Rocky Mountains or several exits you could take to get out in Make flash cards of multiplication George Bush in Oregon. 040 tables, or of addition and subtraction case of fire. Show where you would go problems. Get a friend to work withif there were a tornado warning. you. Time yourself. Try to cut your Play jacks. own response time. Practice with one of the tapes de- Learn to play dominoes. signed to help tourists learn basic words 70 Activity Ideas Design a building or a machine with and phrase r.; in another language. Learn The minimum number of Activ- LEGO Materials. It must be somethingthe words by ear by listening to the tape ity Ideas in this issue is 70. you have not buiit before. over and over. Invent a game to help

0 1994 School-Age NOTES " PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 4 Jut.Y 1994 40 Printed on Rtcycled Poe' Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Skim the newspaper 4 Mountsheetsof Cut out pictures ofAsk an ESL teacherSeehowmanyfamil- C0 newsprintand painta for placesin thechildren from newsto help acquaint youiar things you can worldmap of allthenews. Mark these lo- with an immigrant orname with origins in r 4f Z, stories and mount '-'continents. cations on your map. them on your maprefugee family. Findother countries -- 0g 4 M. ^ - ' neartheirhomelands.outabouttheirformerfoods, music, hob- IIIMEN cou -ary and why they days, imports, your came here. ancestors. .) lib4la

4 Go back to your mapRelay. Player at head Make an illustrationObserve objects be-Have a water sports mural and write intheof line names a use to explain why weing carried by a cur- day, or as an altema- =names of oceans andfor water. Player at have not used up allrent. Then make boats tive, run through a ..1[-i 4 seas. How much ofend of line then runs the water on ourthat float. sprinkler or wash a our planet is water? to the front and names car. 0 planet, or show the , 5 another use for wa- cycle of a raindrop. '2, ter. . r . -

Take pictures, cut outLook at magazines to Look at period cos-Note how illustra-Make an illustrated see how pictures are etpictures, or draw a tumes in a pictorialtions are used in be-brochure describing = series of scenes whichused to illustrate sto- history or theatre artsginner books for chil- your program's plans E.-, tell a story without aries. Make your own C.4 book. Draw a paperdren. Make a book tofor the fall semester g need for words. story with pictures Idoll family and theteach the alphabet, ororshowingoffasum- and text. ,..- clothes for a periodthe names of birds ormer accomplish- C..) you like. animals. ment. ii44 .

The state makesPlan a walking trip to Arrange a hike on aLearn to lay trailExperiment with a handbooks for driv-a site you would likehiking trail. What will markers that leave nopedometer, a corn- y) ers. Look at one forto visit. Plan youryou need for this hike environmental in.-pass, and making 4,1 all the safety rules.route. Estimate theand how will it differpact. your own map to ,..,W Make a handbook fordistance and howfrom an urban hike? scale. = pedestrian safety. long it will take you.

Write for materialFind out about lawsLearn how to makeAskthe police depart-Ask a bicycle shop from the Department in your state aboutimple bicycle repairsment what are theor a racing hike cn t.4 of Motors Vehiclesuse of helmets whenand do basic mainte- most common causes owner to show you .1 C.) about bicycle safety,riding bicycles.nance and lubrica-of bicycle accidents.the features of these inspection and licens-Evaluate and try on tion. Find out about bikebikes. C.) ing. Review rules and az different kinds of hel- trails in yourcommu- signals. mets. 4. nity.

How many Wash-What is the National What is the longestHow many placeWhich highways go ingtons can you findPark closest to yourriver in the USA? in names can you find a4 (4 all the way across -- states, counties,state? Where are oth- Canada? What rivers that came from Na-the USA,either 4P""4 towns? How manyers located? Which flow into it? What is tive American Ian- C.) east/west or north/ ix Bison or Buffalo?national historicalthe longest river inguages? from Euro-south? Which cross ;4 .;k How many Lincolns?site is closest? your state or prov-pcan places? fromCanada? A 4.1 ince? people's names?

© 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205 Nthville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 PrinfetiOnkeryried POW 4, Jinx 1994 5 87 eventually. The Administration for Chil- for school-age children during their out-of- Washington Notes dren & Families (ACF) has just releasedschool time. by Charles Pekow proposed regs designed to make more uni- For serving as art AmeriCorps member, Charles Pekow is the Editor of "Day form the rules governing the Child Care & volunteers have the opportunity to receive Care USA." This report was written exclu- Development Block Grant (CCDBG), Joban educational award/Stafford Loan For- giveness from the National Service Trust. sively for SAN readers. Opportunities & Basic Skills Training Child Care, At-Risk Child Care and Transitional NSACCA and NACCRRA will each Child Care. employ a Co-Director for this project. The Under the proposed regs, states could setoffice will be in Washington D.C. at More Federal SAC In up separate categories of "higher quality"NACCRRA headquarters. They will work Summer care and pay providers more for it. Cur-closely with the local R& R sites directly The federal government's effort to solve rently, states can't pay more than the 75 involved who will in turn be working closely child care problems of it own employees percentile of tuition in a given community,with the local school-age coalitions. dio does far less for school-age care than for knocking out payments to the most expen- preschool. J ust 15% of 92 day care centers sive providers. The proposal would allow in federal buildings run school-age pro- states to set separate standards for quality5 Cities Receive grams [compared to the overall figure of programs (such as lower staff:child ratiosMOST Grants as 44% reported in October 1992 SAN].The or accreditation) and pay up to the 75th figure, from the General Services percentile of care for providers meeting Part of $6.5 Administration's survey taken last fall, isn't these criteria. really surprising because most of the on- The law allows payments for daycare for Million SAC site centers for federal employees aren't children over 13 only if they are "physi- near schools. These centers do more in the cally or mental;y incapable" of self-care.Initiative summer, however, when schools close: 28% The proposed regs would allow states to Community foundations in Seattle, Tuc- of the centers reported operating summer define these terms. The regs would also son, Indianapolis, Chicago, and Boston have programs for school children. allow states to continue paying for care forreceived one-year $50,000 planning grants. Weekly before- and after-school tuition up to a month whenever parents lose theirThree of the communities will be selected ringed from $25 to $61 and averaged $46 jobs but are looking for another one. Cur-to receive up to $1.2 million for over three for federal employees. When the centers rent regs allow such care during gaps inyears to implement their action plan to opened up to non-federal families, 'hey employment only when parents have al-improve the quality and quantity of child tended to charge them more: between $35 ready lined up a second job. db care services for children 5-13 years of age and $118, averaging $56. con during their out-of-school hours. As reported in the January 1994 issue of NET May Be Offered To SAN, the $6.5 million MOST Project Ratios All Over The Map After-School Programs (MAKING THE MOST OF OUT-OF- SCHOOL TIME) is a DeWitt Wallace - One staffer for 15 children. That's the Is nutrition education part of your cur- Reader's Digest Fund initiative awarded to most common staff:child ratio written into riculum? If not, the federal government staff regs for school-age programs, effec- may help. The House Education & Labor the School-Age Child Care Project (SACCProject) at Wellesley College's tive in 16 states and territories. But it ranges Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary across the country from 1:8 in New York & Vocational Education approved theCenter for Research on Women. for five and six-year-olds to 1:25 in 11 Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act Networks states and territories, according to the 1994 of 1994, which would authorize $25 mil- MI five communities will build school- Child Day Care Center Licensing Study lion for the Nutrition Education & Training age care community networks to work from the Children's Foundation. Idaho(NET) program. The bill would approve collaboratively on developing their own 3- doesn't mandate any ratios. use of the money to develop nutrition edu- year Action Plans of strategies for building Fora copy of the state-by-state summary cation programs for children and familiesSAC resources. of regulations, send $25 plus $3.75 s&h to in after-school programs. coo SAC Career Paths the Children's Foundation, 725 15th Street One of the unique aspects of this NW, Ste 505, Washington DC 20005-2109, initiative [and the one that may have (202) 347-3300. cao NSACCA the most long-term effects] is the goal (continued from front page) of developing professional career paths Proposed Rules Seek to for school-age care providers. Each com- age child care. Their primary goals will be Coordinate Funding munity will work with its local colleges in to increase the supply and improve the Streams the development of a college-based aca- quality of child care for infant/toddler anddemic program culminating in a degree or It should become easier to in. we children school-age children in their community as certificate. from one federal subsidy stream to another well as to develop othercommunity projects (continued on page 2)

0 1994 Schdol-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 6 ItrLY 1994 ePrima on Recycltd POW 88 NSACCA Workshop tion (SECA), formerly SACUS, serving IISILAISA October 1, 1994 Date Change the needs of early childhood education and YMCA of Greater Indianapolis SACC Training Con- care professionals in 14 southern states is ference, Indianapolis IN Proposals Due Contact: Evelyn Guinn 317-266-9622 The National School-Age Child Careseeking workshop proposals on school-age Alliance Conference Committee is seeking child care. Its 46th Annual Conference is OHIO October 9-11, 1994 qualified school-age care professionals for March 27-April1,1995in Orlando, Florida. OECE and SACC Conference, Special Speaker: Linda Sisson, Columbus OH workshops, seminars and roundtable dis- The special, extended deadline forSAC workshop proposals is July 30, 1994. All Contact: Robert Snyder 614-262-4545 cussions for the1995 NSACCAConfer- presenters must register for the conference. ence April20-22, 1995in San Francisco. NEW YORK October 10, 1994 Criteria for selection: One presenter for each workshop is pro- Capital District SACC Network Annual Fall Confer- ence, Albany NY - Clarity of goals and workshop summary vided complimentary registration. Contact: Debra Parsons 518-426-7181 - Appropriateness of topic for state and na- Proposals should include: -Name, address, phone number and profes- tional audiences ONTARIO CANADA October 13-15 - Participatory format sional title of individual making proposal Ontario School-Age Conference, Keynote: Rich - Typed original with attached 6 copies -Title of presentation that clearly and con- Scofield, Gananoque (near Kingston), Ontario Information to be included on the pro- cisely describes its content Contact: Wendy Mitchell 613-544-5400 x1133 posal - 2 pages maximum: -Content priority (School-age care) -Outline and description of content and form VIRGINIA October 14-15 New Listing Name, title, agency, address, work and (less than 200 words) Virginia SACC Network Conference, "Quality: A home phone, fax number of main presenter Statewide Commitment," Keynote: Roberta Newman, -A 20-30 word abstract of presentation and other presenters as necessary simultaneously w/Wellesley Institute, Richmond VA -Indicate willingness to conduct session twice. - Title of proposed presentation and 25-word Contact: Paulette Bomberger 804-591-4821 Mail 3 copies or less description for conference brochure to Jane Alexanuer, Director ALASKA, October 20-22, 1994 - Content area (such as Administration, Be- ofAdministrative Services, SECA,PO Box AAEYC Annual Conference will have a school-age 56130, LittleRock AR72215(501 -663- havior management, Curriculum, Kindergar- track, Anchorage AK 0353). ten, Older kids, Program management, Space d40 Contact: Cecilia or Christie 907-696-5884 design, Special needs, Staff development, Summer etc.) NEW JERSEY October 21-22, 1994 - Description and Goals: provide a descrip- 7th Annual NJ SACC Conference, Great Gorge NJ tion of your presentation, identify goals and Conferences... Contact: Denise Sellers 609-429-1603 (continued from page 8) how the presentation would be beneficial for IMA INF', October 22, 1994 New Listing a national audience (100 words or less) fiHIO September 17, 1994 Maine SACC Coalition First Annual Conference, Format: Interactive, Lecture, Panel, Northwest Coalition of Professionals for SACC Key- University of Southern Maine, Gorham ME Roundtable Discussion note: Tracey Ballas, Bowling Green OP, Contact: Lori Freid Davis 207-871-7449 Length: Choice of 1-1/4 or 2-1/2 hours Contact: Sue Neufeld 419-353-8400 Taro,et Audience: Veteran Administrators; 1111CHIcathi. October 25, 1994 PENNSYLVANIA September 24, 1 94 Michigan School-Age Child Care Association Con- New Administrators; Veteran Line Staff; New New Listing, Lancaster Area AEYC-SAC Confer- ference, Keynote: Tracey Ballas, Detroit MI Line Staff; All Audiences ence, Millersville University, Contact: Barbara Papania 313-467-1574 - Knowledge Level: Introductory; Intermedi- Contact: Carmen Weachter 717-626-2523 ate; Advanced or All levels INDIANA February 25, 1995 - Room Set-up Preference: Theater, Class- pELAWARF, September 24, 1994 New Listing YMCA of Greater Indianapolis SACC Training Con- room; SACC Conference, Dover DE, ference, Indianapolis IN Contact: Jean Williams 302-479-1674 U-shaped/Conference table Contact: Evelyn Guinn 317-266-9622 Audience Size Preference/Range OREGON September 24, 1994 WELLESLEY SACC PROJECT Handouts & AV equipment are presenter's Oregon SAC Coalition Conference, Keynote:: Tracey 1994 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES responsibility Ballas, Albany OR, GEORGIA, Atlanta, July 25-27 Contact: Colleen Dyrud 503.378-5585 x 661 Contact: Kimberly Nottingham 404-373-7414 Mall by July 32, MISSOURI, Kansas City, July 31-August 5 Send originalcopy ofthe proposalplus 6 CALIELEZIA' September 24, 1994 Contact: Kathy Hermes 816-756.1950 copies by July 31, 1994 to: Darci Smith, Carousel School-Age Conference, VIRGINIA, Richmond, October 14-15 California School-Age Consortium, I I 1 San Diego County Der, ,tmenr of Education Contact: Paulette Bomberger 804.591-4825 Contact: Sylvia Selverston 619.565-4148 New Montgomery, Suite 302A, San Fran- NSACCA '95 April 20-22, 1995 New Listing, 7th cisco, CA 94105 (415) 957-9775; FAX VERMONT September . /94 New Listing Annual National School-Age Child Care Alliance (415) 957-9776. co) VT SACC Conference, Randolph VT Conference, San Francisco CA, Contact: Ruth Matthews, Child Care Services Divi- Contact: Dar." Smith 415-957.9775 sion 802.241-3110 0SECA Seeking SAC DO WE HAVE YOUR IJI.INISS. October I, 1994 SCHOOL-AGE CARE Workshops 3rd Annual Fall School-Age Care Conference, Effingham IL Contact: Kevi n ohnson217-367-8013 CONFERENCE DATES?A) TheSouthernEarly Childhood Associa- of Vera Durbin 618.283-1104 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 372046l5.2trit464 ID Prink/ on 'frock' Pope Ion, 19947 BEST COPY AVAILABLE FIRST CLASS Schtnitz NOTES U.S.Postage PAID PO Box 40205 Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, TN 37204 Permit No. 695 July 1994 FIRST CLASS ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

WASHINGTON July 22-23, 1994 WA SAC Alliance Annual Conference, RentonWA Contact: Janet Frieling 206-461-3602

OREGON August 19-20, 1994 Oregon SACA and Washington SACA JointConfer- ence on Programs for 9-15 YearOlds, Portland OR Contact: Colleen Dyrud 503-373-0790 x 661 orMari Offenbecher 206-461-3602

TEN-1St:SVC, September 10, 1994 New Listing Knoxville Area AYC All-day School-AgeSeminar fith Tracey Ballas, Knoxville TN, Contact: Lisa Hurst 615-524-1214

WASHINGTQN DC Sept. 16-17, 1994 New Listing SACC Conference sponsoredby D.C. SACC Alliance and D.C. Office of EarlyChildhood Development, Keynote: Tracey Ballas, D.C. Renais- sance Hotel, Contact: Preston Bruce202-727-1839 .(continued on page 7)

Youth Sourcebook or TANDEM toy blocks that arefun been osed in a variety of SAC settings. Targeting Youth: The Sourcebookand involve math concepts such asFor more information contact: The Activities Club, 30 Church St., Ste for Federal Policies and Programs byaddition, subtraction, division, patterns, 210, Belmont MA 02178 (800) 873- Janet R. Reingold and Beverly R. Frankmultiplication, geometry and more. published by the Mott Foundation. Ex-LEGO materials are in constant use in 5487. cm) plains what federal resources and ser-SAC programs. This may be an easy, vices are available to assist youth. Pro-fun way to practice math skills andStrengthening vides information on 500 youth pro-concepts. 84 pages. $15.95 plus$5 grams and initiatives. Describesyouth-S&H, Elmwood Press, 1630 Elmwood Community Youth serving activities in 11 federal agen-Ave., Lakewood OH 44107. et-t, Programs cies. Indexes federal clearinghouses and Abridged Version - A Matter of resource centers. Lists national resource The Activities Club Time: Risk and Opportunity in the organizations related to youth and in- Theme guides, theme kits, and ac- Out-of-School Hours by the Carnegie cludes a selected bibliography. tivity boxes are available from The Targeting Youth is available for $15 Council on Adolescent Development. Activities Club created by Joan This 1994 abridged version (36 pages) from the Institute for Educational Lead-Bergstrom. The Activities Club ex- ership (IEL), 1001 Connecticut Ave. of the full report outlines how adoles- poses school-age children toexciting time, N.W.. Suite 310, Washington DC cents spend their out-of-school hobbies with educational activities that the challenges communities face and 20036. coo keep school-agers exploring, discov-potential support for youth develop- ering, inventing and experimenting.ment. It reviews how suc,ossful pro- LEGO Math The Activities Club introduLschool- grains arc serving youth andstrategies Lock Block Logic: Fun activitiesagers to lifelong hobbiesand interests for strengthening programs. To order for class or home by John Messerly.and encourages lifelong educational call 202-429-7979. coo Over 40 activities using LEGO, TYCO,values. Activities Club materials have .. August 1994 Volume XIV #12 The Newsletter for School-Age Care Profession.:Is

ISSN0278-3126 0 1994 School-Age NOTES A National Resource Organization onSchool-Age CarePlowed/74 the Field Since 1990

Children's World SAC. . . ACT Co-Director 2 S Behavior Tips SAC $ Protected . 6 SAC Research 7 National Magazines Spotlight SAC

School-agers in Children's World programs gave feedbackthat they wanted Programs to hearfrom theirfriends. In the new Quest 4Fun programs a telephone hue has bfft-nt set-up to receive incoming calls. The August issues of Working Mothet and Chi/dmagazines offer their readers Children's World Revamps insights into after school care. Both magazines suggest guidelines for choos- SAC Programs make activity choices corresponding toing an after school program and how their interests and development. Ratherreaders can rate any program their chil- Kid & Parent Input Play than having the same activities for 6-dren may already attend. Critical Role year- olds as for 12- Sear -olds, the pro- Working blorherhas two articles: "10 C\I Children's World Learning Centers,gram Includes separate activitiesforKeys to Quality Care," which gives headquartered in Golden CO, has initi-children in grades K -1, grades 2-4 andtheir guidelines on what to look for in ated a new school-age program. Questgrades 5-6, with program leaders whoschool-age care, and "Filling the After- 4 Funs, The Ultimate Adventures, wasserve as facilitators to helpguidenoon Gap," which discusses commu- z44 developed as a result of surveys ofchildren's interests." nity-based care and child care chains children and their parents who attend "Many programs recognize the vary-which have after school programs. the moee than 500 Children's Worlding developmental needs of school-ageSonic of WM's 10 keys include: children," said Kim Moore, vice presi- ra community-based centers across the staff who engage kids in meaningful nation. dent of education for Children's World.activities, boost kids self-confidence. Developmental Needs "As a part of the Quest 4 Fun program.and communicate with parents According to Children's World rep-however, we not only recognize these high staff-child ratios resentatives Quest 4 Fun was designedneeds, but we are responding to them kids are offered a variety of choices to meet the ever-changing needsofb:, incorporating, activities based onin activities which reflect individual school-age children by encouragingeach child's level of growth." interests and are age - appropriate individual growth and development for The unique curriculum, includes ac- the physical environment has sepa- 0 each child in kindergarten through sixthtit,i'iies created and tested by Children 's rate areas for different acti vities, there's grade. Children's World states thatWorld center school-age staff and chi 1- ample room for out door play, and staff "what distinguishes this program from d reacross the United States. The chil- members follow safety regulations and many other school-age programsis thatdren are also involved in programming hygienic practices. children are given the opportunity to (con.9!1/./ an pir.ge 2) (coniinued on page 6) color-coded activities designed to guideNSACCA Names (continued from Iron' page) a child to areas of interest or a new challenge. The color bars and codingACT Co-Director on a daily basis. It incorporates multi-system for the three sets of age groups The National School-Age Child Care cultural and non-biased learning mate- act as a guide to assist children in choos-Alliance (NSACCA) has selected Ray rials, as wellas"WOW' equipment,ing an activity that best suits their de-Mueller to be NSACCA's Co-Director which may include equipment such asvelopmental level and interests. Theof the Action for Children Tod ay (ACT) Foosball tables, Double-Shot. basket-color coding extends into the programproject. As reported in the July issue ball games, pool and air hockey tables, design, equipment and materials so thatACT is a three year project to deploy sing- a-long/Karaoke machines, andchildren easily can identify which re-AmeriCorps volunteers in communi- even a telephone line for children to soLt!sbest meet their needs. Bindersties around the nation to build the sup- receive incoming calls. include 150 activities, with additionalply of quality infant/toddler care and Activity Areas activities being added twice per year.quality programs for school-age chil- Activities in Quest 4 Fun an' brokenIn addition, children will have the op- dren. The project was awarder' to both up into four"activity areas" which were portunity to submit their own individual NSACCA and NACCRRA (National named by children: University, Arcade, activities to be published in upcomingAssociation of Child Care Resource Center Stage and Studio. activity sets. and Referral Agencies). The University contains study mate- Each Quest 4 Fun staff person uses For serving as an AmeriCorps mem- rials and supplies, brain teasers, a com-a comprehensive School-Ageber, volunteers will receive financial puter and new software, puzzles andFacilitator's Guide, designed by help for college or other higher educa- games, and is an area where childrenChildren's World and incorporatingtion opportunities. can do their homework if they choose. nationally recognized standards from Ray Mueller has been the Director of In the Arcade activity area, children Project Home Safe. Children's WorldChild Care Services for the YMCA of can take a break or play games withrrog rams will continue to be based onBoulder. He will start at the end of friends. They also may participate inguidelines set by the National Associa- August. At the same time NACCRRA's athletic activities and sports camps, usetion for the Education of Young Chil-newly named Co-Director, Laura WOW eqtopment or read about theirdren (NAEYC). Also employees will Nakatani from New Jersey, will alsoO favorite sport. continue to receive support from start. The Center Stage provides a placeChildren's World's quality assurance The school-age care communities in For imagination and creativity. Chil- specialist, as part of the company-wide California, Texas, and New Jersey will dren can create plays, musical produc-Total Quality Management process. begin hearing about this project and the tions or a comedy club, while using Public School-Site Programs AmeriCorps volunteers through their adult instruments such as keyboards With more than 500 locations in 23local resource and referral agencies. and digital drum sets. states, Children's World operates bothThose three states will be targeted in In the Studio activity area artwork,communitybased and employer-sup-the first year with more states added in sewing projects on a real sewing ma- ported learning centers. They also have the second and third years. A total of 45 chine, architecture and woodworkingbegun operating before and after school volunteers are to be trained and placed projects can be completed with real programs on the premises of elemen- 'n the first year. coo tools. tary schools. They have over 200 Interest Areas school-based SAC programs. These NOTES In addition to the activity areas, Quest programs use Children's World's Ad- 4 Fun incorporates two -interest ar-venture Club concept for SAC pro- Subscriptions: 522.95/year eas." gramming. Many of the school-site pro- 12 issues The Lounge is designed lu lake ongrams are in shared spaces such as Send To: Schc al-Age NOTES the feeling of home and provides chil- cafeterias. Since the Quest 4 Fun pro- P.O. Box 40205 dren a place to kick back, read a book orgrams need dedieated space for the Nashville, TN 37204 talk to a Friend large equipment and games, the school- 615-242-8464 The Diner is a relaxed area wherebased programs will continue with the Office: 2608 Grissom Dr. children get a nutritious snack whenAdventure Club programming. coa Nashville, TN 37204 they want one - there's always a choice Editor/Publisher:Richard T.Scofield "on the menu" of what to cat. 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(61=1111110111111441111.11ttlialiteNIMUSEIMIt1.4.. ItialmaelleadlaraMIONIeummatmul 5 Tips on Behavior helps us give children the motivationalioral guidelines and consequences. The energy necessary to focus their atten-child makes the statement in an attempt 0Strategies for the tion. to suggest that the system has no power, "Remember that the brain of the child but such a statement does not change ADD Child with ADHD lacks a good regulatorythe power of good behavior manage- system. That regulatory system shouldment plans. The only adult response In the July issue of School-Agebe causing the child to wait to act untilneeded is, "Nevertheless..."ekb NOTES, "Managing the Difficult Child"there has been time to check on goals offered ideas on working with childrenand previous experiences of costs and with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)rewards. But ADHD children tend to1224 Pages of or Attention Deficit HyperactivityDis-'fire first, aim later.' When the regula- order (ADHD) in order to minimizetorisn't functioning properly, theSchool-Age NOTES their sometimes erratic, out-of-controlchild's impulsive action takes placein 14 Years behavior. In her book, I Can't Sit Still:before thinking, unless there's a very As School-Age NOTES completes, Educating and Affirming Inattentivestrong, fast, guiding message getting through to say 'Stop!' Consequences,with this issue, 14 years of publishing and Hyperactive Children, Dorothy this newsletter (1224 pages), we would Davies Johnson, M.D. develops sixboth positive and negative, are part of like to thank all the- school-age care tools for coping with the ADHD child,our efforts to build those guides." 5 Underlying Strategies professionals who have helped us, stood which are easily remembered as by us and, of course, subscribed. We ABCDEF.These tools include (A) ad- Several important strategies underlie wish we knew and could thank all 5,000 aptations, (B) behavior managementbehavioral management. 1. Be consistent in not rewarding un-of you individually. Since that's not strategies, (C) cognitive-behavioral possible, we will have to settle for training, ( D) diagnose, demystify, drugwanted behavior. Inconsistent rewards encourage a behavior to be repeated,saying to y t and the many that have therapy, (E) esteem, and (F) feelings. become professional and personal In this issue, her behavior managementwhether the behavior is desired or un- friends A BIG THANKS! 610 strategies offer basic guidelines fordesi rd. adults who work with these children on2.Punishing doesn't work nearly as a daily basis. well as reinforcement and ignoring.Back Issues Behavior Management Punishment tends to cause anger, whichAvailable The following are some of Dr.decreases the desire to do well. Johnson's thoughts on behavior man-3. 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"1 don'tSend order of back issues wanted and reinforce limits and rules to help guidecare" is a predictable and irrelevantpayment to School-Age NOTES, PO Box 40203, Nashville, TN 37204.(90 children in spite of impulsivity. It alsodefense of a child in the face of bchav- J) 1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 AunUST1994 3 65Printed on Recwitd Pewtr Hispanic-AmericanTriangles Monkey In the Cage A Game for 2-4 Players Cut a circle about 2" in diameter out Heritage Week of light cardboard. Draw a gerbil or monkey or other small animal on one Make Molas face of the circle, and on the flip side This is a craft idea which originated draw a cage. Punch a hole in each side with the Cuna Indians of Panama. They and tie a piece of string through each. use the designs on their clothing or to Twirl the disk quickly between the blankets, but you can make it with Prepare the paper by making dots intwo strings until the animal ends up in paper. You will need several different the cage. dt, colors of construction paper. the shape of a triangle, one dot on the Choose a design from something intop line, two on the next line, three on nature. Draw your design on paper and the next, and so on until the paper is cut around it. Draw around it on an-full. other color of paper making it just a Hint: When the base of the triangle of little larger. Cut out this larger outlinedots reaches its widest, turn the paper and draw around it onto yet anotherthe other side up and go for a diamond color. Cut it out and draw it on anothershape. color and just a little larger. Make as Give each player a black marker andSources a color of maricer different from the many layers as you like. Then assemble School-Age NOTES Catalog pro- other players. To begin play, a player them and glue them together with the vides a complete reference on sources draws a black line connecting two dots. largest on the bottom and working up to cited on pp. 4-5 (including title, author the smallest on top. coo The next player adds another line. If aand price) except for the three follow- player can draw a line which completesing, whichare new. These are also a triangle, he may draw it with hisavailable from School-Age NOTES. color. This is a point for him and he The Multicultural Cookbook for Stu- may have another turn as long as hedents by Carole Lisa Albyn and Lois continues to score. His last line will beSinaiko Webb, a collection of recipes a black line (no score) and his turn isfrom over 120 countries with a brief over. description of the culinary habits of Relay From Israel When all the triangles are completed,each country. 287 pages. NEW (1993). count the number of lines in each color$27.95 ($25.95 for subscribers). to determine the winner. COD Teams line up, each holding onto a Outdoor Action Games For Elemen- rope with both hands. A hat is set on the tary Children: Active Games and Aca- ground in front of each player. Players Library Cards demic Activities for Fun and Fitness, may help their teammates by any means September 8 is Worldwide Literacy 125 games and activities. NEW (1994), they can except they must not use their 229 pages. $27.95 ($24.95 for sub- hands, which must remain on the rope.Day. Have you signed up for your li- brary card yet this fall? ciao scribers). The winning team is the one to get all Showy Science, Exciting Hands On their team's hats on first. (from Hands Activities That Explore the World Around the World, p.69). coo Around Us by Hy Kim. NEW (1994). Magic 180 Science demonstrations that are Word Pairs fun to do. 303 pages. $19.95 x$18.95 In two teams, think of word pairsA Hole In Your Hand for subscribers). .140 such as bread and butter, peanut butter Roll one sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" paper and jelly, salt and pepper, shoes andinto an 11" tube, 1" in diameter. Hold Shipping/handling for books: socks. When it is their turn a teamthe tube to your right eye with your $13-$25 .$3.50 shouts a word pair and then begins to right hand. Hold your left hand, palm $26-$50...$4.50 count. The other team must shout a new toward you, touching the middle of the $51-$75...$5.50

pair before the count of 10 is reached,tube on the left s;d.. Look straight or the other team will be declared the ahead with both eyes open. A hole will 38 Activity Ideas winner. Word pairs cannot be repeated appear through your left hand. The minimum number of Activ- once used. a./0 ity Ideas in this issue is 38.

4 Avotisr 1994 CsJ1994 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205Nashville, TN 37204 615-242-8464 01 Printed onRecycledPaper 91 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Why do we have a0 Sept 4, 1888 Sept 10, 1913 Sept 23 - first day ofSept 30last Friday Labor Day every yearGeorge Eastman Lincoln Highway fall. Go for a walkin September is Na- when no one works?patented the first opened, first coast- and look for signs oftive American Day. How did it start andsnapshot camera. to-coast paved road. fall. What observances when? Take pictures for a Invite someone 80+ are planned in your bulletin board. Put to share other locality? c6.) names with them. "firsts" they remem- Include everyone. ber.

Float 3-4 ice cubes inHold a table tennisExperiment with pa-Drop tiny pieces ofSept 30, 1902 water. Mark the wa-ball in a funnel. Blow per airplanes out-chalk in vinegar.Rayon was pat- ter level. Predict howinto narrow end ofdoors. This is a dif-They will bubble andented. In your much the water levelfunnel as you release ferent playing field.disappear. What hap-group, how many will rise when the icethe bald. It will floatHow can you designpens to a hard boiledthings are you using melts. (none) as long as you blow.to make use of pre-egg? Observe for twoor wearing today (Showy Science, (Physics for Everyvaillng air currents? days. (Showy Science, that require synthe- p. 100) Kid, p. 104) pp. 126-7) tics?

Make posters of theMosiac art is popularSept 15 is MexicanMake flowers of 5" "Irish" potatoes were flags of Central andin Mexico. TearIndependence Day.tissue paper circlesa pre-Incan product South America. Getsmall pieces of col-Parades and partieslayered. Loop a che-of Peru. Tty potato copies of some of theored paper and glueare held on the 16th. nille strip through 2pancakes Hispanic national anthems. them to paper to cre-Plan your own cel-holes punched in the style, with onions and ate a mosiac design. ebration with appro- center. Twist the ends cheese. (Multicultural priatefoodandtogether for a stem. Cookbook, p.236) games.

Use a Nerf ball or With colored chalk,Let each one sharePlay detective. ITIT says "I see some- tennis ball. Eachdraw a huge map ofsomething funny orcloses her eyes. One thing [names color }." player has a plasticthe Americas on thesomething fun to re- player hides. All For clues, player., zsk jug with the bottomplayground. Show all member that hap-change places. ITquestions to be an- cut out. Do not touchthe countries andpened to them duringguesses who is miss- swered yes or no. the ball with yourtheir capitals. the summer. ing. One guess before Many questions but hands. (Outdoor Ac- count of ten. only one guess per tion 'ames, p.131) player.

Draw on a rock withMake a carry-all. Use strands of cooked Paint the palm andProject Envelope. crayons. Press hard.Remove the label spaghetti to form pic- inside your fingers Decorate a large ma- Melt the markings onfrom a mesh bag liketures on art paper. It brown. Make a hand- nila envelope or the rock in a low,a potato or onionwill stick withoutprint for a tree trunk. make your own with warm oven. (Sciencesack. Weave yam in glue. Dry overnightUse fingerprints inheavy paper and

C.) Arts, p. 83) and out of the holes and then paint. (Sci-fall colors for leaves. staples. (Month by to decorate. (EcoArt, ence Arts, p. 108) (Happy Hands and Month Treasure Box, p.153) Feet, p. 11) p. 56)

Ask for wallpaperUse the legs cut from Cut squares of con- Decorate a box forMake a wall calen- samples or scraps.a womout pair oftact paperoradhesiveyour art supplies. dar for the school rn Use them to designjeans to make draw- shelf paper to make year. protective covers forstring bags for hold- bookplates. Write your books. ing small items. This book belongs to and decorate.

al Nashville, TN 37204615-242-8464 1 94 School-Age NOTES PO Box 40205 AtiousT 1994 5 Printed on Recycled Paper Washington Notes Transition Projects May (continued from front page) by Charles Pekow Require SAC Care Charles Pekow is the Editor of "Day A new Transition to Success Chal- Child's article "The 10 Best After-Care USA." This report was writtenlenge Grant program would require School Programs" lists those programs exclusively for SAN readers. after-school care if parents need it to with unique qualities whichmake those work. The Improving America's programs special. We have listed those Schools Act of 1994 (S. 1513) ap- programs and highlighted their unique Congress Protects SAC proved by the Senate would set up a qualities. What quality would you say new Part B under Title I (formerly made your program unique? Dollars for One Year Chapter I) to integrate curricula, health, I. University School of Nashville, TN, The Dependent Care Block Grant social services and parent involvement for offering "relaxed enrichment." (DCBG) will get a one-year lease on in special education programs. States 2. Care After School, Inc., Columbus life. Both Houses of Congress approved would have to share the costs 50-50 OH, fcr their "environmental aware-appropriations for FY 95 that would with the federal government. The pro- ness." keep the program alive for the year. gram would replace Follow Through, 3. The Every Buddy Program, South-The Clinton administration had pro- which Congress is ending. ern Rif hmond and Chesterfield County,posed eliminating DCBG and folding it While theTransition Projectwouldn' t VA, which serves special needs chil-into the Child Care & Development have to provide all the services them- dren, integrating them with normally Block Grant (CCDBG). Congress, how- selves, they'd have to help families link abled kids. ever, decided to continue the program up with school-age care and work with 4. Providence Day School Extendedfor the year, figuring that the proper the providers. eigo Day, Charlotte, NC. which is a "homeytime to end it or merge it with CCDBG hr.-en." would be next year, when both pro- 5. Carole Robertson Center for Learn-grams come up for reauthorization. Seeking Photos ing in Chicago, which "strengthens Congress did, however, cut the DCBG School-Age NOTES is seeking appropriation $116,000 (about 3.5%) seem ity and self-esteem." people with photos of school-agers and from FY 94, to $12,823,000. And it 6. The Building Bridges Programs at school-age programs that would be in- declined to increase CCDBG by $200 Mill Street Loft, Poughkeepsie, NY, terested in submitting photos for use in million, as the administration requested. which integrates senior citizens with several upcoming books on school-age Since money is tight, Congress only the children for "intergenerational care we are publishing. Some of the appropriated$934,656,000for inspiration." subjects we are interested in are: indoor CCDBG, an increase of $42,015,000 7. Creeker's Club A fterschool Program environments; outdoor environments; from FY 94. The president had asked in Irvine, CA, which is "offering op- groups of specific ages and those show- for $1,090,662,000. tions." ing mixed a:-*.,s; diversity of children Funding for othermajor subsidy pro- 8. Edina Kids Club. Edina MN, which and staff; conflicts and negotiation; grams includes: has a "developmentally designed cur- unique props, equipment, settings.They > $555 million for Work Activities riculum." may b black & white or in color. Child Care for participants in job train- 9. Family After School Program, Inc., Please send your name, address and ing and related activities, $27 million Milwaukee, WI, for its "confidence phone number to SAN, PO Box 40205, more than in FY 94; building." Nashville, TN 37204 so we can contact > $156 million for Transitional Child 10. Houston Adventure Play Associa- you with further information. ,..A40 tion, which is based entirely outdoors. Care, up $16 million; SAN con aratulates these programs > $300 million for At-Risk Child Care, for garnering this praiseworthy atten- down $61 million because some states The "C" Word tion! carried ove rthei r FY 93 allotments into Introductory comments for Chapter EDITOR'S NOTE: These articles FY 94; 4 "Curriculum" of School-Age Child arc evidence that school-age care has> $2.8 billion for the Social ServicesCare: An Action Manual for the 90's become part of the mainstream. Itis Block Grant, down $1 billion because and Beyond suggest "the very word now expected that along with all theof the cue -time FY 94 add-on for Em- curriculum is itselfinappropriate to other newspaper and magazine "get-powerment Zones. this discussion. The idea of imposing a ting-ready-for-the-new-school-year" fixed series of studies' las defined by type articles that there will be articles fiG Wetxteri runs 180 degrees opposite to on after school care. dJo the idea of SAC." cf,10 CJs 1994 `:.chool-Age NOT2S PO Box 40205Nashville. TN 37204 615-242 8464 6 AuoifST 1994 ePrinted on RecyrIM Par fr spent less time watching television and showed that children in informal adult- After School playing outdoors with peers withoutsupervised care performed more poorly Programs Boost supervision. than those in the care of their mothers Exploring reasons for these positiveon such measures as reading grades, Low-Income Kids findings, which contrast with the nega-work habits, and conduct, probably be- The following is reprinted by permis- tive results previously found by Vandellcause they had received less extensive sionfrom Growing Child Researchand then-colleague Corasanti, the cur-adult supervision. Review, Volume12, Number 7, Julyrent team points to the difference in the "The informal arrangements for many 1994. This article reports on the results two study samples' "social ecology." study children varied from day to day," a study appearing in Child Develop- For the middle -class youngsters inthe researchers observe. They were not ment, Volume 65, page 440. the earlier research, formal after schoolvery different from children in self- care was primarily "custodial," rathercare, and their performances often mir- than enriching. Indeed, the arrange-rored the low scores of children in self- Attending a formal after school pro-ment actually stopped these childrencare fulltime. gram has "extensive positive effects"from participating in such typical sub- on a disadvantaged urban child's aca-urban after school activities as scout- demic, social and emotional growth,ing, music lessons, and organizedThe investigators conclude according to research results from Uni- sports. versity of Wisconsin, Madison. that-after school programs A 1990 study by one of the authors of should not be considered the present one had identified negative...The students In [after"nonessential programs" effects in middle-class children enrolled in after school programs. This timeschool] programs...earnedwhen the funding crunch Deborah Lowe Vandell and currentbetter grades and conducttightens. colleague Jill K. Posner turned to low- ratings; got along better income urban youngsters to see whether the effects of formal care were morewith peers; spent more time The investigators conclude that for- positive in this group. They were. on academics andmal after school programs should not The study involved 216 third-grad-enrichment activities suchbe considered "nonessential programs" ers from nine urban elementary schools when the funding crunch tightens. In- in Milwaukee who were experiencingas music and dance; sharedstead such programs represent "one one of four forms of after school care:more activities with adultsway to alleviate some of the negative maternal care - 121 children; informaland peers; effects of urban poverty on children." adult supervision - 45 pupils; formal The mean age of the study subjects on-site after school programs - 34 was 9 and almost 60 percent qualified youngsters; and self-care15 children. The situation was reversed for low- for the federal school lunch program at Researchers collected informationincome children, who had no chance at some level. About half of the 216 pu- from the youngsters' parents (demo-such enrichment activities unless theypils were African American, and over graphics, perceptions about neighbor-attended a formal after school care pro- half (55 percent) were growing up in hood safety, ratings of children's be-gram. single-parent households. havior); from teachers (behavior rat- Their after school hours were now Posner and Lowe Vandell, Univer- ings, report card grades); and from the spent one-on-one with teachers doingsity of Wisconsin at Madison, con- children themselves (reports on after-academic work or collaborating withducted the study. e40 school activities and experiences). peers and adults on plays, music, In comparison with the third-gradersprojects, etc., activities that correlate Growing Child Research Reviewis in the other three after school care ar-statistically with higher academic and a monthly newsletter providing up-to- rangements, the 34 students in formal conduct grades. date news and research findings re- programs at their schools earned better Spending afternoons at :,chool ratherlated to child development. Subscrip- grades and conduct ratings; got along than unsupervised in the neighborhood tion rates are $48.00 for one year (12 better with peers; spent more time onalso correlated with better emotional issues). Contact: Growing Child Re- academics and enrichment activitiesadjustment scores and work habits. search Review, 22 North Second Street, such as music and dance; shared more The researchers' evaluation of the PO Box 620, LaFavette IN 47902. activities with adults and peers; andother three after school arrangements

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TENNESSEE, September 10, 1994 Knoxville Area AYC All-day School-Age Seminar with Tracey Ballas, Knoxville TN, Contact: Lisa Hurst 615-524-1214 HAalliacasakc Sept. 16-17, 1994 SACC Conference sponsored by D.C. SACC Alliance and D.C. Office of Early Childhood Development, Keynote: Tracey Ballas, D.C. Renaissance Hotel, Contact: Preston Bruce 202-727-1839

OHIO September 17, 1994 Northwest Coalition of Professionals for SACC Keynote: Tracey Ballas, Bowling Green OH, Contact: Sue Neufeld 419-353-8400

PENNSYLVANIA September 24, 1994 Lancaster Area AEYC-SAC Conference, Miller,ville University, Contact: Carmen Weachter 717-626-2523

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