University of Nebraska at Omaha DigitalCommons@UNO Publications Archives, 1963-2000 Center for Public Affairs Research 1979 Day by Day Care Newsletter: October 1979 - June 1980 Center for Public Affairs Research (CPAR) University of Nebraska at Omaha Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cparpubarchives Part of the Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, and the Public Affairs Commons Recommended Citation (CPAR), Center for Public Affairs Research, "Day by Day Care Newsletter: October 1979 - June 1980" (1979). Publications Archives, 1963-2000. 75. https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cparpubarchives/75 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Public Affairs Research at DigitalCommons@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Publications Archives, 1963-2000 by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOLUME I, Number 1 October, 1979 LEAVES I like to rake the leaves Division of Continuing Education for Western Nebraska, Into a great big hump. part of the University of Nebraska system. Then I go. back a little way, Bend both knees, I don't have to introduce Marcia Nance and And jump! Jean Mellor to you because you know the good work that they have been doing. Marcia and Jean have agreed to continue on the team so you will see them at some of the workshops. They will be working with us through Kearney State which will represent us in the mid-state area. I'm Ginger Burch, coordinator of the Day Care Training and Service Program. We are really excited about the program this year. We will continue to provide the kinds of workshops you have liked, - at least 10 in each region - and we hope to try some new, exciting ideas. You'll be hearing more about provision for on-the-job training for day care center staff during nap-time; our mini­ training sessions where we will provide training programs if Dear Caregiver: you provide all other resourc,E.S such as space, refreshments, and publicity; and our buddi:rlg consultation service where Welcome to the first issue of DAY BY DAY CARE. we provide quick emergency training and information for We chose this name because we know that day care is a day individual care givers. by day profession, and the help we give you must be useful in your day to day work. We suggest you get a three-ring notebook with I'd like to introduce the new day care training and dividers so that both the newsletter and all materials service team from both Omaha and points west. First, provided at workshops can be placed in it. Marian Meier is the editor of the newsletter. She is a I hope to see many of you soon. I will be in Norfolk journalist, a former school teacher, and an avid bird watcher. on September 28; Grand Island, October 2; Dakota City, She welcomes your comments about the newsletter both October 12; Scottsbluff, October 22-2 3 with a trip to positive and negative. We want to make it us~ful for you. Chadron included; Sidney, October 24; North Platte-, Carole Davis is our administrative and research October 25. After that, I hope to see you at a workshop - assistant. Carole is both a trained social worker and so get those questionnaires in so we can plan our November researcher. When we let her have some time off, she likes sessions. Dates and places will be listed in the November to disco dance and travel. Carole will take care of mailing newsletter. lists and will be the person who puts your responses to the questionnaire in the computer so we can come up with the See you soon, training topics and times that you have asked for. Carole says "Please ask them to send the questionnaires back soon." If you forget, Carole knows she will have to send another ~ ~ copy to you and may even have to telephone. She would . ~ Ginger Burch surely like to save that time. Day Care Training/Service Coordinator Sharon Davis, (no relation to Carole) is our child development consultant. She is especially expert in play and the physical development of pre-school children. Sharon WHAT'S INSIDE THIS MONTH will be helping develop our independent home study materials so you can receive some of your training at home Child Guidance Page 2 or with a small group of other day care givers. You will also Recipe . Page 2 see Sharon at some of the workshops. Hallowe'en. Page 3 Let me introduce Jim Bowman who runs our Feeding the Birds Page 4 Scottsbluff branch office. Actually, it is his Scottsbluff Finger Plays Page 6 office, but it will be our home for several days each month. Regional Round Robin . Page 7 Jim is the coordinator of the Scottsbluff Learning Center What's What and When . Page 8 in the Panhandle Station in Scottsbluff. This is part of the CENTER FGR mum UU3AN RESEARCH To Train Up a Child .... SPECIAL, EXCITING TIME for children--Hallowe'en-­ A comes this month, but care should be taken not to make it too frightening for the young child. • Hallowe'en can be fun without making the children afraid of bats, spiders, owls, black cats or other live, common animals they might meet up with any day. Instead, emphasis can be placed on all kinds of imaginary "spooks" that children can enjoy because they are "pretend." Talk about witches, scarecrows, and ghosts with the OST PEOPLE who work with young children today children so that they can express their feelings. Stress that feel that play is very important to the growing child. witches and goblins and ghosts are 11pretend" creatures, and M It is the way children learn things that no one can really explain to them that farmers made scarecrows and set them teach them. Play is the way they explore their world and out in their cornfields or gardens to scare away hungry crows. become accustomed to it. Children will then enjoy spooky and exciting Halloween Child psychologists have said that most play activities I decorations and stories without feeling threatened by them. I should be chosen by the child. These activities should be BLACK AND GOLD supervised, but the day care provider should be careful to avoid being over-protective. Outdoor activities will often involve an element of risk when a child seeks to climb, Everything is black and gold, build, or come down a slide, but the adult should be Black and gold, tonight: Golden pumpkins, golden moon careful not to instill a fear of the unknown through over­ Golden candlelight; protection or lessen the chances of a child acquiring new skills. Jet-black cat with golden eyes, Through play children learn to develop social relation­ Shadows black as ink, ships: to take turns, to lead and follow; to ask for what they Firelight blinking in the dark, want or need; to learn the roles of mother, father, doctor, With a golden blink. policeman, and other occupations. Contact with other children and the need to communicate with them helps to stimulate • Black and gold, black and gold, language growth. Active play promotes large and small muscle Nothing in between-- development and strength. It serves as an acceptable outlet for When the world turns black and gold, the extra energy children always seem to have. Then it's Hallowe'en! Educators of young children have always regarded play as the right of the child. They recognize two forms of play: (Adapted from Nancy Byrd Turner) activity that is initiated by the child, and adult-prescribed activity that is more structured. In most day care centers and nursery schools, the greater Young children may not understand all of the words amount of time has been given over to the completely in a poem, but they like the sound and rhythm. Read the spontaneous type, that initiated by the child, and this is good. poem to them often. The more familiar it becomes, the Adult arranged play does have a contribution to make to better they like it. child development, but it is not enough by itself. Recipe of the Month PUMPKIN BREAD 3 1/3 cups flour 2 teaspoons soda 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nut meg 3 cups sugar 1 cup shortening 4 eggs 2 cups pumpkin - 1 small can Sift dry ingredients. Melt shortening. Mix shortening with eggs and pumpkin. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Pour into 3 ~. greased and floured loaf pans. Bake about 1 hour at 350 degrees. 2 • HALLOWE'EN HALLOWE'EN GHOSTS Children can make a very simple and easy ghost from two pieces of Kleenex. Wad one piece into a ball and drape the other piece over it. Secure with a rubber band. Draw eyes and mouth on the ghost with a ball point or felt-tip pen. A round sucker could be used for the head if desired. WITCHES' BROOMS Take the children for a walk and let them find little sticks from which to make witches' brooms. These can be put together in a variety of sizes and make nice Halloween decorations. Use a bundle of stiff dry grass, straw, or very tiny twigs for the broom part. Gather the bundle of straw or twigs together and insert the sticks leaving about two- thirds of the handle showing. Wrap string tightly around the bundle to hold it in place. You may need to tie the knots. The brooms may be hung from the ceiling, curtain rods, or light fixtures .