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Vol. 1 No. 9

November 2009

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Dear Readers, Thanksgiving officially starts off the holiday season. Family traditions, giving and celebrating all play a part in what we love about this time of the year. Unfortunately, sometimes we are so busy getting ready for the holidays that we forget to embrace and exchange our love with our friends and family. This Thanksgiving, remind yourself and your children, just how lucky you are to have each other and the importance of "Giving Back" to others.

what they do have. Talking to your children about the concept of "GIVING BACK" should be a priority this time of the year. As a family, discuss how you would like to help others in your community, and make a plan on how you can donate your time volunteering. Traditions like this can bring families together not only during the holidays but always.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Establishing gratitude as a family reminds children to respect the important things in life. It will also bring them comfort and security. Children often wish for what they do not have instead of appreciating

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Which is Different? All the bagels may look the same, but one is different? Circle the different bagel. There is no better way to enjoy the outdoors and teach your children about nature than to start a walking program. It is also a wonderful way to introduce your children to healthy exercise and get fit yourself. Walking with your child also gives you both alone time to talk and catch up with each other!

5 reasons girls should play sports Why play sports? You might say "to get exercise" and you'd be right. To have fun? That's true, too. But there's more. In fact, there are at least 5 more reasons. According to the Women's Sports Foundation, girls who play sports get a lot more than just fit.

1. Girls who play sports do better in school. You might think that athletics will take up all your study time. But research shows that girls who play sports do better in school than those who don't. Exercise improves learning, memory, and concentration, which can give active girls an advantage in the classroom.

2. Girls who play sports learn teamwork and goal-setting skills. Sports teaches valuable life skills. When you are working with coaches, trainers, and teammates to win games and achieve goals, you're learning how to be successful. Those skills will serve you well at work and in family life.

3. Sports are good for a girl's health. In addition to being fit and maintaining a healthy weight, girls who play sports are also less likely to smoke. And later in life, girls who exercise are less likely to get breast cancer or osteoporosis.

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Say the name of each picture out loud. Circle the two that RHYME in each group.

Froggy is raking leaves but some objects have hidden themselves within. Can you find them all?

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Does Your Child Have Processing Difficulties? by: Key to Me Therapy Processing difficulties are often hard to see yet can have a major impact on a child's behavior, academic performance and selfesteem. Luckily, auditory processing, sensory processing and other related processing challenges can be treated. Complete the following abbreviated checklist if you suspect that your child might be struggling with a processing issue. If you find that you have checked more than three items in one area or several items across the different areas, visit www.keytometherapy.com for a more detailed checklist and additional information about auditory and sensory processing. Please note that these checklists are not meant to be conclusive, nor are they intended as a diagnostic tool. If you suspect that your child has a processing disorder, consult a professional in order to have a formal evaluation conducted. Possible Indicators of Auditory Processing Difficulties

Possible Indicators of Sensory Processing Difficulties

___ Difficulty staying focused at school

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___ Clumsy, tripping or falling often, poor body awareness

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___ Frequent misinterpretation of questions or requests

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Did you know that November 8th is National Young Reader’s Day? Most of us have memories of a favorite childhood story. Whether you read the stories yourself, or your parents, relatives, or teachers read them to you, the stories probably had a big impact on your childhood. If you haven’t been spending time reading to your children, give some serious thoughts to starting. The benefits are huge. Think about it: you can begin an endless learning chain: You read to your children, they develop a love of stories and poetry, they now want to read by themselves, hence practicing reading, and eventually they read for their own pleasure. Before you know it, they are officially readers, and their world is forever enriched. As your child develops, through age 10, you can lay the groundwork for them to become a lifelong reader. You don't need to be an especially skilled reader yourself and you don’t have to devote great amounts of time to reading with your child. It's the quality of time you spend with your child that counts. Just be consistent–give as much time as you can each day to help your child.

The joys you will feel when your child reaches for that great book because they can’t wait to see what happens next, or the one book that they read over and over because they love it so much, will fill you with a sense of pride to last the entire day. Helping your child become a reader is an adventure you will thoroughly enjoy and savor. The benefits to your child are immeasurable, and in the process you will find your world enhanced as well.

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Flatfoot can be apparent at birth or it may not show up until years later, depending on the type of flatfoot. Some forms of flatfoot occur in one foot only, while others may affect both feet.

Thanksgiving Day Craft Show someone you love them with this Thankfulness Bag Get a brown paper lunch bag. On the front, cut out the turkey and bear pilgrim, on the right of the page, and glue to the bag. Then write "Made by: (child’s name)" underneath the picture. On the inside you’ll place 2 pieces of paper. Write the following on one piece: Thank you for your loving care and the kindness that you share, for helping me to learn and grow, and showing me all that you know. That's why I just want to say, "THANK YOU" in the biggest way!

Write the following on the second piece:

Thankfulness Bag Ingredients: 1. A rubber band - to keep our hearts tied together always. 2. A candy kiss - to say thank you for all your love. 3. A penny - to say thank you for sharing my thoughts and letting me know they are important to you. 4. A warm fuzzy (small piece of furry fabric) - to make you feel good when you are sad, like you always do for me. 5. An adhesive bandage - to say thank you for all the times you make my hurts feel better. 6. A facial tissue - to say thank you for all the times you dry my tears. 7. A piece of Lifesavers candy - a circle to show that my love for you will never end.

Have all these items on hand for the children to put in their Thankfulness Bags.

Help the Pilgrim Find His Hat!

Ballot Box

November 3rd is election day. Voting is important and it is great to teach your children about what voting is. A fun way to educate your child about the importance of voting is by holding an election in your home. Have your children decide on a topic to vote on for your family. Voting can be done for chores or family goals. You decide as a family and have your own family election. This great ballot box activity can also be used on family outing and game nights.

What you'll need: * Child’s shoe box (Note: We used a box where the lid fits completely over the bottom.) * 3 sheets of white construction paper * ½ sheet red construction paper * 1 sheet blue construction paper * Scissors * Glue stick * Black marker * Scissors

How to make it: 1. Cover the shoe box with white construction paper using glue stick. 2. Have a grown up use scissors to cut a slot in the top of the box. 3. Cut a rectangle from red construction paper larger enough to completely cover the hole and cut out an opening in the center. Glue over the opening to cover any jagged edges. 4. Use a pencil to draw 9 stars on a piece of blue construction paper. Cut the stars out and glue them, pencil markings facing down, to the top of the ballot box. 5. Use a black marker to write the words “BALLOT BOX” on the front of the box. 6. Use small pieces of folded paper to write down your votes and place in the box until your election is over!

Tips:

* Voting is important and many young citizens don’t take part. Do your part to educate your child about the

importance of voting. * Have your own election, whether it’s at home or in the classroom, and see how your candidates stack up. * Suggest that your parents use your ballot box for voting on family outing and game nights.

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Did you know laughing has real health benefits? That’s why, laughter is said to be the best medicine. Have you ever noticed, how you feel after laughing? Laughter makes people feel good and relaxed. Laughter makes it easier for us to cope with different challenges in life. It improves and strengthens our immune system and helps prevent a number of diseases. Laughter therapy can be used to cure several diseases such as hypertension, ulcers, arthritis, stroke, diabetes, stress, depression and even heart diseases.

HILARIOUS HOLIDAY JOKES! Knock Knock Jokes Knock Knock Who's there? Snow Snow who? Snow business like show business! Knock Knock Who's there? Donut Donut who? Donut open till Christmas!

Why couldn't the butterfly go to the Christmas ball? It was a moth ball! Knock, Knock! Who's there? Honey! Honey who? Honey-kah is my favorite holiday!

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Why couldn't the skeleton go to the Christmas Party? He had no body to go with!

T h e Te a c h i n g s o f A r t . . . a n d Child Development 8. The arts help children learn to say what cannot be said. When children are invited to disclose what a work of art helps them feel, they must reach into their poetic capacities to find the words that will do the job. 9. The arts enable us to have experience we can have from no other source and through suchexperience to discover the range and variety of what we are capable of feeling 10. The arts’ position in the school curriculum symbolizes to the young what adults believe is important. SOURCE: Eisner, Elliot W. (2004). The Arts and the Creation of Mind, Chapter 4 What the Arts Teach and How it Shows (pp.70-92). Yale University Press.

The Arts are generally highly valued and encouraged as an educational tool in the school system. As much as parents may appreciate the creative outlet it provides their children, in poor economic times when there are budgetary cuts to be made, either Art or Music may be the first to go. This can be so disappointing and detrimental in a child’s development, as both an educational subject and creative outlet. There are so many aspects of art that stimulate critical thinking which may improve your child’s performance in school: Handwriting, Math, Science and Creative Writing. For instance, the child may see something that inspires him to draw, then later write about the event. Symbols, a logo or lettering on a sign may inspire him to create her own ‘font’ or logo, or at the very least increase awareness of his own handwriting and strive for improvement. Problem solving is used when we discuss a project and ask the child what materials would be most well suited and why . . . or giving them materials and seeing what they think is its best use, and helping them develop their idea. It is not a specific factual knowledge, but a broader based development which involves judgement, logic, cause and effect, spontaneity, reaction and alternative solutions. She may love fashion and hope to become a designer or she may have an interest in structure and go for architecture or sculpture. A movie or visit to the zoo may inspire an interest in drawing animals and nature which may have him think about becoming an illustrator, naturalist or a vet! There is stimulation all around them, and that may encourage them to express their own ideas and feelings.

10 Lessons the Arts Teach and How it Shows 1. The arts teach children to make good judgements about qualitative relationships. Unlike much of the curriculum in which correct answers and rules must prevail, in the arts, it is judgement rather than rules that prevail. 2. The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer. 3. The arts celebrate multiple perspectives. One of the large lessons is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world. 4. The arts teach children that in complex forms of problem solving, purposes are seldom fixed, but change with circumstances and opportunity. Learning in the arts requires the ability and a willingness to surrender to the unanticipated possibilities of the work as it unfolds. 5. The arts makes vivid the fact that neither words in their literal form nor numbers exhaust what we can know. The limits of our language does not define the limits of our cognition. 6. The arts teach students that small differences can have large effects. The arts traffic in subtleties. 7. The arts help children to think through and within a material. All art forms employ some means through which images become real.

Encourage your child’s interest in art, nurture that interest with lessons as an after school activity, or go to the library and borrow some ‘how to’ books to start, then buy one or two favorites for your child to keep on hand. Have a variety of art supplies always available for homework and for creative play! It's a great way to encourage siblings to work together! Give them an ‘assignment’ to work on: a decoration for an upcoming holiday or event, or just a new picture to display in the kitchen. It shows them that you value their efforts in being creative and working together with each other. In our classes we teach techniques and theories of color, composition, perspective, proportion and spatial relationships, all in age appropriate terms so that they are easily understood. This information becomes the tools to aid the students in their artistic creations whether at our studio or at home. These tools bring confidence and new ability to their works and improvement is noticeable to our instructors and the parents. We give our students an opportunity to work in many new mediums and experiment with them, which encourages greater creativity. Please call for more information!

Pick Up The Tab Pop Tab “Collect-A-Million Club” School Program P E R H A P S H AV E T H E S T U D E N T S M A K E T H E I R OW N C O L L E C T I O N C O N T A I N E R A S P A R T O F A N A R T P R O J E C T O R R E C Y C L I N G P R O J E C T.

POP TAB “COLLECT-A-MILLION-CLUB” SCHOOL PROGRAM

ECOLOGY Explain to students that by recycling cans and tabs, they are reusing our resources and helping our planet. A clean-up project is a good way to get the community involved in this project. SUGGESTED LITERATURE SUGGESTED READING How Much is a Million by David Schwartz If You Made a Million by David Schwartz Counting on Frank by Rod Clement

How Big is a Foot by Rolf Myller Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

These are just a few suggestions. The possibilities are endless. If you have some ideas or projects that work, please feel free to share them with us at the Ronald McDonald House! For the schools that collect a lot of pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House, it may be possible for the Ronald House to arrange for a free Ronald McDonald clown school show. Ronald does several school shows: environmental, street smart, fire safety, and self-esteem. This arrangement can be made with the Ronald McDonald House and participating McDonald’s restaurants.

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MEASUREMENT ACTIVITIES (WEIGHT) FYI: 1 POUND = 933 TABS •

How many tabs would equal the weight of a student? (example: student weighing 60 lbs. would weigh 55,980 tabs) How many tabs would equal a McDonald’s quarter pounder? (244 tabs = ? LB)

FYI: 1 FOOT = 12 TABS Have the students measure such things as how tall a student is using tabs as a unit of measure?

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How tall is the tallest building in your town? • FYI: 1 MILE = 63,360 TABS

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GRAPHS RAPHS: Students can graph the progress as they try to reach the goal of a million tabs.TI

How far is it to the Ronald McDonald House in Long Branch?

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Fill a plastic jar with tabs and have students’ guess how many are in the container. Count to see who is closest. How many tabs would it take to cover a student’s desktop? Estimate, and then have students count to see how many it would actually take.

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AT WHAT AGE SHOULD MY CHILD SEE AN ORTHODONTIST? The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that every child first visit an orthodontist by age 7 or earlier if a problem is detected by parents, the family dentist, or the child's physician. Many orthodontic problems are easier to correct if detected at an early age before jaw growth has slowed. Early treatment can prevent future problems and maximize future tooth and jaw development.

AM I TOO OLD FOR BRACES? Orthodontic treatment can be successful at any age. With treatment options that include ceramic braces and crystal clear Invisalign, everyone can have a beautiful and healthy smile. Twenty to twenty five percent of orthodontic patients today are adults.

WHAT IS INVISALIGN? Invisalign is an alternative to traditional braces that uses a series of invisible, removable, and comfortable aligners that no one can tell you're wearingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so you can smile more during treatment as well as after. Invisalign is made with 3-D computer imaging technology, and has been proven effective in treating certain types of orthodontic problems.

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