Our monthly kid's calendar for August for the Lamoille Valley - also published in the Transcript and available at the Playroom -- is out,
and can be downloaded here. If you want your event on this list, and it's for kids between 0-8, let me know - Steve
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Babies Prefer to Hear 'Baby Talk' From Other Babies
When babies hear sounds from other babies, they smile and move their mouths-almost as if they know this is a sound that they could try to make themselves. Click on the link below to see why researchers think this happens.
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Universal Pre-Kindergarten
Every 3, 4 and 5 year old who is not in Kindergarten in Vermont is entitled to 10 hours of free preschool for 35 weeks of the year. This new law will take effect in full in September of 2016. It is called "Act 166"
Private Child Care Centers can apply to be providers of Pre-K it's not just schools that are providing it.
If you are a child care center and are interested, note that qualification application form has changed. Here is the
new form. The Agency of Education has hired Melissa Riegel-Garrett to help both center, schools, parents and others with Universal Pre-K questions Call or email her: 802 479-1412 is Melissa's phone number. Her email is [email protected]
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Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union is not implementing Universal Pre K for the 2015/2016 school year. However, they do offer 10 hours of preschool for 3 and 4 year olds living in the OSSU district at one of three public preschool sites or at one of their partner sites.Their public preschool sites include: The Depot Center located in Wolcott, The Village Center located in Hardwick, and East Hill Preschool located in Craftsbury. Their partner sites include: Four Seasons of Early Learning located in Greensboro, Head Start located in Hardwick, Mud City Kids located in Morrisville, and Orchard Valley Waldorf School located in East Montpelier. Select sites accept three year olds.
For more information about their pre K programs contact Christine Gifford at 472-5411 ext 227 or by email
[email protected]
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Lamoille North Supervisory Union will fully implement Act 166 on July 1, 2016.We offer PreKindergarten in the towns of Cambridge, Waterville, Johnson, Eden, and Hyde Park. Over the past 17 years, our five elementary schools have provided universal access to all four-year old children. Waterville and Eden have been able to offer universal access to three year-olds as well.
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Lamoille South Supervisory Union is implementing Act 166 this year.This means that they offer preschool in their school based programs and also partner with area childcare centers who are pre qualified this year and will offer 10 hrs of preschool for 35 weeks. There is a list on the Agency of Ed website of pre qualified programs.(parents can look there) LSSU partners with the following: Mud City Kids, Wee Explorers, Puffer Childcare Center, Apple Tree Learning Center, Heartworks and Hunger Mtn Childcare.
Parents can contact LSSU this summer at 888-6707 and leave a message. This number is checked throughout out the summer.
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Welcoming new babies and families:
We (Building Bright Futures) offer a Welcome Baby Visit to anyone who asks - it's a way to welcome new families and babies to the community - to learn about playgroups and baby chats, and we give away a meal in a jar, books and a gift card to Hannaford's.
Get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested! Currently our volunteers who do visits are
Anne Farley and
Vicki Rich... they know ALL about having babies and raising them here! - Steve
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Clean carpet
There was a flood in the Playroom hall last week, but the carpet has been shampooed!
The Playroom is in front of Hannafords in Morrisville... it's a free play space for you. Come play... or just use the bathroom or the wifi... The Playroom is open Tuesday and Thursday from 9 till 3, and on Friday from 9 till noon.
You can also arrange to use the Playroom at other times... and you can join the crack team of elite volunteers who sometimes staff it...
New vocab from my 14 year old: "dank" as in "That trick is dank", "scrub" (refers to cool hair style) "Dude, you look scrub"
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I know, no image. But here:
Building Bright Futures
Just released an important Policy Brief on Childhood Neglect. It's significantly more prevalent in the United States, and in Vermont, than Childhood abuse. We pay much less attention to it however. Please check out the brief here.
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Miles listening to Emily talk about the new rules.
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Registered & Licensed Family Child Care Homes and Center Based Child Care and Preschool Programs Child Care Regulations
Two proposed sets of regulations are currently in the review process. Here are the next steps in that process:
2. Vermont Interactive Technologies (VIT) Hearings for Public Comment: Bennington, Brattleboro, Johnson, Lyndonville, Middlebury, Newport, Randolph Center, Rutland, Springfield, St Albans, White River Junction, Williston, Montpelier are scheduled:
- Monday, September 14, 2015, 9:00 - 11:00 AM
- Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 6:15 - 8:15 PM
3. Public Comment Period - August 8, 2015 - September 23, 2015 (Comments can be submitted through Survey Monkey, by mailing comments to the division, and by attending one of the hearings)
4. CDD Review of Public Comments & Regulation Revisions, and making any changes based on the comments - October 2015
5. File Final Proposed Rules with Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (LCAR) - Mid-November 2015
6. LCAR (Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules) Hearing - Date TBA but likely in January 2016
7. Adoption of Regulations
18. Provider Training on New Regulations
CDD is proposing that these two sets of regulations will be effective on September 1, 2016.
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Car seats. What a pain
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ut oh, so important.
The data suggests that 7 out of 10 kids are not properly buckled in.
If you would like a free car seat inspection, you can do that in Morrisville at Appleseed Pediatrics (across from Copley Hospital). Just call to make an appointment. 802 888-7337
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