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FEBRUARY 2021

Volume 40 • Number 6

FEATURES

6 TIPS TO PREPARE FIRST TIME

BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION

COUNTDOWN TO COLLEGE

Overnight Campers

for Reading Success in Small Children Tips to Help Students Find Their Fit • Plus, a Checklist to Take You Places ...AND MORE

6 Good to Know

• Scribbles and Ink • Black History Month • Poison and Ingestion Control

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BS KIDS and WGBH has released a free interactive digital series that allows kids ages 4-8 to discover the joy of drawing. Scribbles and Ink, based on the popular books and characters by author/illustrator Ethan Long, allows kids to propel their way through an immersive adventure, drawing in an open-ended fashion that will be animated and become a part of the story! In Scribbles and Ink, kids’ creativity becomes front and center. Digital brushes, crayons and pencils allow kids to express themselves within a variety of story lines: throwing a party for a Snoogledorf, scuba diving in a surprisingly deep rain puddle and blasting off into space in a rocket drawn by the players themselves! The drawings can be changed and adapted at any point along the journey. Available free of charge at PBSKIDS.org and on the PBS KIDS Games app.

Black History Month “If there is no struggle there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass

hese words are as relevant today as they were in 1857 when the famous statesman, writer and orator first used them. Black History Month, or National African American History Month, was started in 1926 as a weeklong celebration coinciding with the birthdays of Douglass (Feb. 14, 1818) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12, 1809).

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arch is National Poison Prevention Month, and this is a great reminder to familiarize yourself with Poison Control and safety interventions to help keep your loved ones safe. The goal of this campaign is to raise awareness around the multiple different ways a potential ingestion could happen, and how to be prepared in case of this emergency. WHAT IS POISON CONTROL? Poison Control Centers offer free, confidential services for possible ingestion 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Poison Control Centers answer close to 3 million calls every year, with one call happening every 15 seconds! Poison centers are staffed by pharmacists, physicians, nurses and poison information providers who are toxicology specialists. These poison control centers also track emerging trends of hazardous ingestions. HOW TO CONTACT In case of emergency of ingestion, contact the Poison

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• Hand Sanitizers: Hand Sanitizers range from 45-95% alcohol, and children who ingest even a small amount Poison Control Help Hotline can be at risk for alcohol 1-800-222-1222 poisoning. Poisonhelp.org • Single load Laundry DeBe proactive and prepared for tergent Pods: Mistaken as an emergency by Texting POIcandy in younger children; SON to 797979 to automatically Also used in a viral dare save the Contact Info for Poison game that includes ingesControl in your phone! Also, tion amongst teens that can print the Poison Control Hotline potentially be fatal. phone number and store it on • Synthetic Cannabinoids: the front of your fridge so it is Side effects of use of this easily accessible in case of an are psychotic episodes and emergency. seizures. • CBD oil: Use of CBD oil is CURRENT TRENDS OF rapidly on the rise across all INGESTION ages. Poison Control Centers • Opiods/Narcotic pain also track emerging trends of medication: Opioid ingestion ingestion and alert the public if continues to rise year after any of these trends are rising year. and cause for concern. Some trends are more common PREVENTION/SAFETY amongst different age groups About 90% of accidental inas well, which is important gestions occur inside the home information for parents. The each year. Help keep your current rising trends of ingesfamily safe and poison-free with tion found are as follows: these tips: • E-Cigarettes: There conMake sure all household tinues to be an increased cleaners and laundry deterconcern this liquid nicotine. gents/pods are out of reach from children. Control Center immediately, using one of the following methods:

Educate older children about the hazards of E-cigarettes, CBD oil, and Synthetic Cannabinoids. Secure all opioids and narcotic medication away in a child resistant locked area; and safely dispose of all expired medications. Safety proof your household with safety locks on all potentially harmful areas. Periodically inspect these areas to make sure they are still secure over time and use. IN CASE OF INGESTION OR POISONING Take immediate action and call Poison Control ASAP if ingestion is suspected- don’t wait for signs of poisoning to be present in order to call. Stay calm, and try not to panic. Try to have the container of the potential product that was ingested- the label can hold vital information. Call 911 if the person is having trouble breathing.

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Tips to Prepare

First-Time Overnight Campers By Bud Copeland

hether your family has a long tradition of summer camp or this is the first camper from your clan, once you’ve made the decision to send your child to camp, the real work begins. Directors in our membership have shared thoughts on first-time, overnight campers, and below are 6 tips for preparing those campers.

TRY SLEEPOVERS. Some first-time campers have never slept away from home before. While camp is a great place for young people to adjust to being away from home and family, it’s not the best place to begin the experiment. Slumber parties, going to a relative’s house for the weekend, or spending the night at a friend’s house, are all good practice for dealing with that unfamiliar feeling prior to night one at camp.

INVOLVE THE CAMPER IN THE PROCESS. From the first conversation about camp, it is a family affair. Including the camper in these preparations and decisions lays the foundation for a positive camp experience. Finding camps, taking tours, talking to directors, planning communication, packing, etc. and anything the family can involve the camper with, they should. The more a camper feels ownership over this experience, the better. “Buying in” isn’t always the easiest for firsttimers, so start early, keep them involved and informed, and empower them throughout the process.

SET AND MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. It’s easy to tell

campers everything is going to be fine, and they are going to love camp. Odds are, you’re telling the truth. However, experience teaches us that love for camp often comes over time. Campers may experience homesickness, anxiety, or other unfamiliar feelings for the first time at camp. It’s important to talk about these feelings, communicate how normal they are, and brainstorm strategies to cope and continue having fun.

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COMMUNICATION IS KEY. Camps have policies

and procedures for communication during the summer. Some camps allow phone calls, some print e-mails for the campers, and almost all still encourage snail mail. Learn camp’s policies regarding camper communication and review them with your camper. Set realistic expectations for if, when, and how they can share the fun their having at camp. Also, prewrite a few letters and send them ahead of time for your camper. Hearing their name at mail call is one of camp’s thrills!

BE HONEST WITH CAMP. Prior to camp, parents

should communicate any and all pertinent information that could influence their child’s summer. Whether it’s family dynamics at home, new developments at school, or recent health changes, sharing this information openly and honestly with your camp sets up all parties for success. Things such as bedwetting, new medications, or having a camper whose sister who’s going away to college after the summer, can all be useful in helping camps prepare for your child.

GO DO SOMETHING (THE PARENTS).

You’ve done due diligence finding a camp. You’ve packed, practiced and rehearsed arrival day, and the time has come to drop off your camper. Once at camp, don’t stick around too long. When you depart, the magic of camp truly begins. Take this time and enjoy it. That could mean reading a book you’ve been putting off, getting together with other parents who are summer emptynesters, or doing any number of things that the joy of parenting forces you to delay. Remember that your child is off making new friends and facing new challenges in a safe environment. It’s time to step back and both have some fun. Provided by the American Camp Association. Visit acacamps.org

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for Reading Success in Young Children

By Beth Dinelli, M.Ed.

s an educator that specializes in teaching students with learning differences I am often asked by parents of young children, “How can I ensure that my child will be a successful reader and speller?” While a number of factors play a role in this effort, one of the most important is to build their phonological awareness, which is the basic foundation upon which all reading and spelling skills are built. It is a child’s awareness of the oral language segments (syllables and sounds) that comprise words, and scientific research indicates that without this crucial underpinning literacy skill children will struggle to achieve reading and spelling success. Beginning to strengthen a child’s phonological awareness can happen quite early—it is an auditory skill that should be part of their literacy instruction in pre-school, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten classrooms. Additionally, there are simple tasks that can be practiced at home. Several skills fall under the umbrella of phonological awareness. They include rhyming; segmentation of sentences, syllables, and sounds; sound isolation; deletion of syllables and sounds; substitution of sounds; and blending sounds and syllables. Below is a description of each area and how to exercise these skills with your child. The ability to recognize when words rhyme, and the ability to produce rhymes, is a skill that young children usually come by rather easily. For example, if you asked, “Cat, pat—do these words rhyme?” Your child should respond, “yes.” If you asked, “Flip, cot—do these words rhyme?” The response would be, “no.” You can do this activity in the car, waiting in line at a store, or at the dinner table. Tell your child that you are going to say two words and ask if they rhyme. Alternatively, tell your child that you are going to say a word and you want them to tell you a word that rhymes with it. It can be a made up word if they want. For instance, if you say, “tell me a word that rhymes with bat,” their response may be “rat,” or “tat.” Either one is correct. They are demonstrating their ability

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to rhyme. Segmenting sentences, syllables, and sounds is another precursor to reading success. When you perform a segmenting task with your child you are asking them to chunk language into parts. For a sentence you are asking them to name all the separate words; for a multi-syllable word you are asking them to name the syllables; and for a single syllable word you are asking them to name the individual sounds. Tell your child that you are going to play a word game: you will say a sentence, and they need to clap once for each individual word. Say a sentence such as, “summer is my favorite season.” Your child should clap 5 times. Keep sentences limited to a maximum of five words. The next level of segmentation is to identify the individual syllables in words. Tell your child that you are going to say a word, and they need to clap for each part of the word. For example, you might say the word, “scramble,” and ask your child to clap for each syllable. Lastly, the most challenging task is segmenting a word into its individual sounds. For this task, ask your child to tell you each sound in a given word. It is important to note that some words may have more letters than sounds. One such example is the word, “stash,” which has five letters but only 4 sounds, as the letter combination /sh/ makes only one sound. Segmenting prepares a child to compartmentalize the sounds in words for reading and spelling. Two other important phonological tasks are deleting syllables or sounds from a given word and substituting sounds in a given word. The former requires a child to listen to a word and repeat it without one of its parts or sounds. Asking your child to say, “kangaroo,” and then to say it again without saying, “roo,” is one such example. Further, you can ask your child to delete a sound from a word and repeat the new word. This is a more complex task. Ask your child to say the word, “meat,” and then to say it again without the /m/ sound, which would result in the word, “eat.” Once a child can complete deletion activities they can advance to substituting sounds in a given word. This

task can be completed with colored blocks, wherein one block represents one sound. When using colored blocks, begin by telling your child that you are going to show them how to make the word, “sun.” Place three different colored blocks in a horizontal line going from left to right to represent the sounds in the word. Next, ask your child to change sun to fun. They would need to recognize that the first sound changed from /s/ to /f/, so they would change the first block to a different color. Continue in the same way until they have made four more changes. This procedure can be done without the visual aid of the blocks as well. Having the ability to name sounds in isolation is another skill young readers must possess. When given a word orally they should be able to name the initial, middle, and final sounds. If given the word happy, your child should be able to name /h/ as the first sound. It is important to remember that they are naming the sound and not the letter name. It is common for children to have difficulty distinguishing between a letter’s sound and its name. When asking for the middle sound only, provide words with three sounds such as, “moon,” “bait,” or “cub.” Blending sounds at the syllable and sound level is the final phonological task a child has to master. If given a multi-syllable word in its parts, they should be able to blend it together and say the whole word. For example, say to your child, “flow-er. What is this word?” If they repeat it in parts, ask them to say it faster and model for them how to say the entire word blended together. When preparing for this activity it is important to not exceed four syllables. At the sound level, tell your child that you are going to say the sounds of a word, and they need to guess what the word is. For instance, say /g-a-p/ and ask “What word is this?” Choose words with a maximum of five sounds. When practicing phonological awareness at home, only plan for a 5-10-minute activity per day and 1-2 areas to concentrate on, such as rhyming and segmentation, or isolation and deletion. As you begin to study phonological awareness with your child start with rhyming. If you suspect that they may have a deficit in this area, testing may be required to determine whether intervention is needed. The Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing-2 (CTOPP-2) is an assessment that you can request your school to administer. A child needs to be at least five years old to receive this test. Ensuring that your child can become a proficient reader and speller is possible with appropriate phonological awareness practice. It is notable that phonological awareness does not always come naturally—some children require direct instruction in this area before they learn the rules that govern the English language. Being proactive will help prevent your child from struggling with literacy skills and assist them in becoming a lifelong adept reader. Some helpful resources for phonological awareness activities include: • Phonemic Awareness in Young Children by Marilyn Adams & Barbara Foorman • Purposeful Play for Early Childhood Phonological Awareness by Hallie Yopp & Ruth Helen Yopp • Phonemic Awareness Activities for early Reading Success by Wiley Blevins

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Countdown to College Tips to Help Students Find Their Fit

he high school road to college may seem like four of the most challenging years families face. There are deadlines, tough financial choices and parents and children don’t always agree on colleges. If that isn’t stressful enough, every year there are tasks that high school students should be checking off their to-do list. How do parents help their high school students navigate all the details and decisions they must make during their countdown to college? Here is some advice from the pros -- a parent who’s been through the process and a college admissions counselor.

Starting the Conversation

It all starts with a conversation between parent and child. But often the question that starts the conversation is the wrong one, according to Rick Clark, an undergraduate admissions counselor. “Parents ask ‘Where do you want to go to college?’ “Clark says. The biggest question that parents don’t ask or lose sight of is ‘Why do you want to go to college?’ “That why is important, and should be followed up with questions like “What do you hope to get out of this? What do you want to study? What do you want to do long-term?” says Clark.

Freshman Year: The Importance of Academics

Rachael Fain, a mom of three, stresses the importance of the GPA during freshman year. Fain’s daughter, Hannah, graduated from college in 2017. Fain also has a son, Matthew, who is a junior in college. “My children started taking high school classes in eighth grade,” Fain says. “A GPA is harder to 14

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bring up in junior and senior year, so our goal their eighth and ninth grade years was to keep their GPA high.” The freshman year is also important for getting on a challenging track of classes.“Course choice is important,” Clark says. “Math in particular is something students need to pay attention to.” Taking challenging classes in high school helped Fain’s son Matthew make his college decision. He decided to pursue his degree at the University where he took dual credit courses when he was in high school.

Sophomore Year: Getting to Know You

Tenth grade is a good year for self-reflection. Students can take personality tests and the PSAT to figure out their strengths and weaknesses. They can also start thinking about the kind and size of school they want to attend. Understanding what they are good at will help high school students be realistic about the school that is the best fit for them.

Junior Year: Balancing Grades and Activities

Grades are crucial during the junior year. Junior year also involves a more challenging track of classes and leadership roles in clubs and activities. It’s hard to do it all, so how important are the extracurricular activities? It depends on the student and the college. “At one of my children’s colleges, extracurricular activities were really important,” Fain said. “At the other one, they didn’t’ matter as much.” Clark says one out of every four students who apply to the school where he works are accepted. Continued on page 16 >>>

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“Most students that apply have good test scores, good grades and good courses. Then the review committee asks ‘Is this kid a good fit for us?’” Clark says they look for students who are innovative or who are entrepreneurs, and they ask “How does this student use their time?” “If they are a good student who goes home and plays video games, what will they contribute to the school?” Clark says. But it stands out if students are responsible, if they work a job or if they make an impact some way.

Senior Year: Find Your Fit

Clark says the most important thing about making a college decision is finding a good fit. “Fit doesn’t really mean can the student do the work, but are they aligned well to the school.” For example, Clark says two universities can look the same on paper. A student will apply to each with the same grades and same test scores and get accepted to one and not the other. “That is what fit is,” Clark says. “How a student fits with a school, not just from an academic standpoint.” If you and your child do not agree on the same school, Clark says how you approach the topic may resolve a lot of conflict over the situation. “Continue to tell your kids you love them, and that no matter where they go to college, it will be great.” The good news is that there are many schools across the country and probably more than one of them will match your student’s personality and academic standing. “If you or your child feels overwhelmed, take a deep breath and remember there is a school for every student,” says Fain.

Janeen Lewis is a writer, teacher and mom to Andrew and Gracie. She has been published in several parenting publications across the country. Parents Press | February 2021

Countdown to College Checklist A Timeline That Will Take You Places

Preparing for college can be overwhelming for high school students and their parents because of the many steps it takes to get an acceptance letter. But breaking the college to-do list into manageable steps for each year of high school makes the process less stressful and teaches students responsibility, the very thing they will need for what they want to achieve -- a college education. Follow this step-by-step guide for a smoother countdown to college. FRESHMAN YEAR • Talk to your parents and guidance counselor at the beginning of the year to set goals. • Take the most challenging courses available to you. Make good grades. • Try a variety of activities. • Take advantage of opportunities to visit college campuses when you travel. SOPHOMORE YEAR • Visit college and career fairs. • Build your resume. Make a list of awards, accomplishments, and activities. • Take the PSAT for practice (you can take it your sophomore and junior year, but it won’t count until you are a junior). • Start studying for the ACT and SAT. There are many test prep guides available online and in book form. • Assess your strengths and weaknesses and take a personality inventory. • Research possible careers. • During the summer begin researching colleges that might be a good fit. JUNIOR YEAR • Take the PSAT. • Accept leadership roles in the activities that suit you best. • Narrow your list of possible careers. • Narrow your list of possible colleges. • Take the ACT and SAT. • During the summer volunteer or find an internship or job related to your future career. • Write a college entrance essay draft. Have it critiqued by a guidance counselor or teacher. SENIOR YEAR • Narrow your college search to six to eight schools. • Post all important deadline dates on a wall calendar. • Retake the ACT or SAT if needed. • Polish your resume. • Ask for teacher recommendations. • Visit the colleges you are applying to. • Send out all your college applications. • After you receive your acceptance letters, compare scholarship and financial aid packages and make your final decision. • Notify all the schools you were accepted to of your decision. • Celebrate the beginning of a new timeline at college!

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Limited Space Still Available Contact us to schedule your virtual tour today! St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a K-8 independent school located steps from Lake Merritt. We welcome families of all faiths or none.

510-285-9617 www.spes.org

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