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November Newsletter 2015
CALGARY & REGION FAMILY DAY HOME AGENCY Inc.
Dates to Remember:
Invoice due date: Friday, November 20th, 2015. In-Service Date: Monday, November 23rd, 2015 at 7:00pm. This month our in-service is on Picky Eating. “Picky eating? Mealtime struggles? Don’t worry, it’s normal! Learn tips for helping children learn to eat well now and for life. Share ideas for creating positive and pleasant mealtimes that help kids get the nutrition they need to grow healthy and strong.” Presented by a Registered Dietitian with Alberta Health Services. Chestermere In-Service Date: Tuesday, November 17th, 2015 at 6:30pm. 105 Marina Road. “When anger and anxiety threaten to disconnect us, we can reconnect by understanding how the emotions affect our bodies, speech and minds. We are then able to create distance from the emotions, remind ourselves of their imperma-nence, and recognize that our thoughts, words and actions either make the emotion bigger or smaller.” Annual Turkey Dinner: Monday, December 7th, 2015 at 6:30pm. RSVP for our Annual Turkey Dinner! Send your RSVP to your consultant, or the office to ensure that you are able to attend. Space is limited.
Providers and Parents are welcome at all of our in-services!
https://www.facebook.com/CalgaryFamilyDayhomes
http://www.pinterest.com/crfdha/
National Children’s Day November 20th, 2015
What is National Child Day? National Child Day is celebrated in Canada on November 20 in recognition of the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is the perfect time for young Canadians to express themselves and shape their own future.
How to Celebrate National Child Day Learn more. Read about National Child Day and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Empower young people to use their voice. Download the youth-friendly version of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to remind our children and youth about their rights - and how they can protect the rights of others. Raise awareness. Use social media to start conversations about National Child Day with friends, family members or co-workers.
http://www.unicef.ca/en/our-work/article/celebrate-national-child-day-2015
From the desk of Louise: Parent Accounts Manager
I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving and a spooktacular Hallowe’en! It has been an amazing fall!
Parents-we are now offering etransfers for a payment method. If you would like to change let me know and we can send you the etransfer form.
Providers-just a few reminders. If a child is absent for 3 days you MUST let me know. This may affect your invoice! Also the contract that a parent signs states that they must give a 2 week written termination notice. If a parent lets you know please request a letter that you can sign and forward to the office.
With registrations we have noticed parents calling in to register and expecting to start the very next day. We do our very best but by the time the registration package is sent out and received back filled out (completely and correctly) it may not be the next day. Hayley will call when the registration is complete and will get the required information to you before care starts. DO NOT accept children if you have not received a call from Hayley or received the information!
See you at the Turkey Dinner in December! Remember to RSVP!
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From the desk of Susan: Director
Get your calendars out! Some exciting events coming up: March 5, Save the Date for the Annual Provider Confer-
ence (this year we are featuring the Bucket Lady, for more info visit www.bucketfillers101.com. Watch for more
info and early bird pricing to come in the next month or two.
It’s that time of year where we get to shine and show the great things we are up to. Some time in the next couple
of months we should be receiving our annual visit from Child and Family Services. Please make sure to invite
them in and show them around if they happen to pick your home for a tour.
National Child Day happens every year November 20. This year’s theme is The Right to Learn, and our city has
some fantastic opportunities (free skating, swimming, tumble time, workshops on the importance of learning
through play) Ask your Consultant or check our Facebook page to see how you can participate in celebrating our
Children.
Playpens! Please replace your playpens with cribs (for under 12months) or mats. Cribs purchased in Canada
should meet all the requirements. If you’re interest in cots from Wintergreen please ask your Consultant about our
COUPON.
RSVP is filling up fast for our Turkey Dinner, please call to get your name on the list!!!
From the desk of Laura: Invoicing
Thank you to all of the providers who came to our In-service on the 14th! We had a smaller turn-out, but may great questions were asked and hopefully you all left with the answers you needed. We will be organizing another early in the New Year so if you have recently opened your day home you will be able to attend, we look forward to seeing you.
Please note that your invoices and provider support funding forms as well as the children’s attendance records are legal documents; they must be filled out accurately, initialed daily and signed at the end of each month. Photos of invoices and timesheets are often very blurry, dark, and hard to read, making them difficult to process. We can accept your invoice by fax or as a scanned document, or you can drop it off at the office. The fax # is 403-240-2668 and the email to send your paperwork to is : [email protected]
I am available Monday-Friday from 8:30-3:30 to answer any of your invoicing questions. :)
What Can You Do With All Those Leaves?
It is still fall, which means there are still a ton of leaves on the ground! Here are some creative ways to use those leaves that you can collect on your daily outings.
Leaf Rubbings
Painted Leaf Prints
Autumn Sun Catcher
Leaf Mason jars (for the older children)
Fall Leaf Placemats
Leaf Wreaths
Do you have a lot of leaves in your yard? Rake them up into a maze
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Training Sessions / Workshops in the Community
For information on workshops and training sessions help by Alberta Health Services please visit their website at::
http://fcrc.albertahealthservices.ca/course_registration/public_course_list.php
Heart of South Calgary Family Resource Centre
They offer lots of free classes that are drop in or registration - call (403)219-3477 ext 213 or email
Training Sessions / Workshops in Chestermere
www.chestermere.ca > Town Services > Community Services > Programs For 0 - 5 Years Old
YWCA Parent Link Corridor
Visit the YWCA Calgary Website for more information on their upcoming workshops and newsletters.
For more information on upcoming programs call: (403) 262-0497
All workshop and trainings held at the YWCA Parent Link Corridor. 320-5th Avenue SE
Professional Parenting Professional Parenting puts on FREE Webinars each month. Visit
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=76d6a00c-38a1-4565-8ef3-89260d365d6d&c=e55cfd40-
bf12-11e3-9cb2-d4ae5292c4bc&ch=e63f46f0-bf12-11e3-9d09-d4ae5292c4bcfor more information
Accreditation Reminder of the Month
Find the Accreditation Standards here:
http://humanservices.alberta.ca/documents/accreditation-standards.pdf
Standard 2.4: Child care programs use observation, recording, and documentation to plan the program based on
the needs, abilities and interests of the children and their
experiences with families and communities.
Some examples of this include:
Plan routines appropriate for the developmental levels of the children
Review information shared by families to inform planning
Invite children to participate in the development of program planning, routines and rules
Provide the children opportunities to share and display their learning
How can you get the parents involved in helping you with your monthly program planning? What ideas do they have that
they can share with you? What can the children do to help you with program planning? (For older children) What do they
like to do? Get some ideas from them! Do you display the things that they are learning? Take pictures and print them to put
on your walls! The children can even draw pictures that you can put on display.
Physical Literacy
A link to the eBook; A Hop, Skip and a Jump: Enhancing Physical Literacy Tool Kit can be found here:
http://www.freebookez.com/ebook.php?u=aHR0cDovL2NwY2Njc3RhZmYud2VlYmx5LmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzEvMy82LzUvMTM2NTM0MzQvaG9wX3NraXBfX2p1bXBfcmVzb3VyY2UucGRmCkEgSG9wLCBTa2lwIGFuZCBhIEp1bXA6IEVuaGFuY2luZyB
QaHlzaWNhbCBMaXRlcmFjeSBUb29sIEtpdA==
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Do you have any Suggestions for the agency?
Please send any suggestions to Susan at
Happy Birthday to our providers
celebrating a birthday this month!
Freddie Sarah
Nicole Teresa
Qudsia Anu
Shazia Abida
Heather C
What Parents are Saying
About: Rowena D.
I love Rowena's day home because I can see that she takes care of the kids with immense attention and interacts with them a lot. My son, A, has learnt a lot from Rowena with his alphabets and numbers. Although the day home is quite a dis-tant from my residence, I don't mind sending him there as he is comfortable and happy with Rowena.
What Parents are Saying
About: Dammi W.
T is cared for like Dammi's own biological child! The way we know this is through T's excitement and constant mention of Dammi and all the kids she plays with at home! When we drop her in the morning she can't wait to take her shoes off and play and when we pick her up she is hesitant to leave!
What Parents are Saying
About: Sally O.
My day home provider Sally has her own chil-dren at the house. My daughter always says "that is B’s mommy, but she is my Sally." She always makes my child feel just as special as her own.
What Parents are Saying
About: Rita W.
It is a very safe, fun and comfortable place for me to take my child to every day. I have enjoyed and appreciated her day home very much it is a very fun, safe and comfortable place for my daughter and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Current Interests & Goals
Activities Involving
Provider Participation
Dramatic Play
Nature Exploration
Indoor Outdoor
Gross Motor Activities
Sensory Play
Creative Arts
Language Activities
Books
Problem Solving/Math Skills
Cooperative Play Fundamental Movement
Skills
Animals
Paper Plate Animal Masks
Fork Lion Painting
Ocean Sensory Bin
Mud Play Dough (create animal tracks)
Coffee Can Giraffe
Legs
Animal Races
Over in the Forest
Who’s in the Forest?
Puffin Peter
Hibernation Station
Memory Game
Spot the Differences Pictures
Outdoor Indoor
Fine Motor Activities
Drawing
different animals
with sidewalk
chalk (before it
starts to snow!)
Paper Plate
Octopus
Milk the Cow
Make a Cave / Where do the
different animals live?
Play with the different animal masks
that you have created! How many
different types of animals can you
create?
Move like
different animals
Animal Yoga
Field Trip to the local Pet Store
Move like different animals
(gross motor and fine motor
movements)
Backyard Safari and Map
Old MacDonald Had A
Farm
I’m A Little Chicken
5 Little Ducks
Go ahead and use this sample as part of your
Activity Planner—just make sure to
adjust it to meet your
day home’s needs
Visit our Pinterest
Page for more
details on many of
the activities on
this planner!
PROVIDERS:
Do you have any suggestions / interests that you are
needing help planning for? Send your ideas to Danielle
at [email protected] for them to
be added to an upcoming newsletter!
Websites to Visit
http://www.calgaryfamilydayhomes.com/providers.php Visit our website and fill out our provider survey
www.foothillsnetwork.ca Early Childhood services available to parents and communities within the Foothills
Region
www.aelcs.ca Accreditation for Early Learning and Child Care Services
www.child.alberta.ca This site accesses programs and services in Alberta’s government monitored child care
industry. Find the Family Day Home Standards Booklet on the website.
www.parentsmatter.ca This site provides information relating to parent-child development through the
Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs.
www.zerotothree.org A great site to get developmental, researched information on children age zero to 3 years of
age.
www.mentoringboys.com This Canadian site focuses on boys and their unique needs. Check out their monthly
newsletter for some great information.
www.positivediscipline.com This website looks at what is positive discipline.
www.familyfuncalgary.com This Calgary website links you to current family events offered in the city.
http://www.2000days.ca This website is a network of resources to connect people working in Early Years
Calgary and Region Family Day Homes Agency Inc.
Address: 3224 - 28 Street S.W. Calgary, Alberta T3E 2J6
Phone: 403.217.5394 / Fax: 403.240.2668
24hr Emergency Line: 403.852.3894
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Health Canada Recalls: Splash International Marketing Inc. Recalls Floating Duck Family
Product description This recall involves rubber duck squeeze toys sold in a set of four; one large duck and three small ducks are included in a clear plastic bag. The ducks are yellow with orange beaks, and there is a squeaker reed embedded in the underside of the duck.
Hazard identified The plastic squeaker located on the inside of each duck can easily be removed; these small parts pose a choking hazard to young children. Neither Health Canada nor Splash International Market-ing Inc. has received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries related to the use of the prod-uct in Canada.