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Babies
Put on a music or sing a nursery rhyme and help your baby clap hands, wiggle feet, bicycle legs. Show and help your baby to clap hands, wriggle fingers, twirl, and bob up and down. Read more!
Toddlers
Save clean containers of all shapes and sizes, like yogurt containers, margarine tubs, and plastic spice jars for your toddler to play with. Talk about which ones are big, and which are little. Encourage and help them put the small container inside the big container or to add items (like blocks) into the containers. Talk about when the items are in and when the items are out of the containers. Let them practice putting the lids on and taking them off. Read more!
Preschoolers
Low-adhesive tape, like masking or painters tape, can be used to make a road map in the living room. Working with your preschooler, ask where the roads should go. Will they go over a sofa? Under a table? Behind a chair? Once created, they can use toy vehicles, dolls or toy animals to follow the roads. Ask where the roads lead and what they will find at the end. Read more!
Kindergartners
Share with your kindergartner a measuring tape and show him the numbers. Have them measure different items in the living room and ask questions about the sizes of the different items. How tall is the coffee table? Is it taller than the chair? Which is smaller - a book or a picture frame? How do they know which is smaller? Read more!
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12 Family and Friend Books |
Ciencia Magica enla sala de estar by Richard Robinson
Please, baby, please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Who’s in my Family by Robie H. Harris
More More More, Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera Williams
Annie Rose is My Little Sister by Shirley Hughes
Lion in the Living Room by Caelaach McKinna & A. R. Stone
Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
Toot & Puddle You Are my Sunshine by Holly Hobbie
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Max’s First Word by Rosemary Wells
Hunter’s Best Friend at School by L. M. Elliott
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
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Featured Article: The Importance of Parent's Mental Health |
Families and others who care for children often experience significant stress, whether it’s the normal stress of being responsible for many things at once (job, family, multiple children, household chores, etc.), seasonal stress (holidays, winter blues), or significant stress due to family crises, military deployment, financial problems, etc.
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, families are faced with unusual challenges. We may be caring for a child full-time, without assistance or support from child care, family members or friends. We may be juggling caring for our child while working full-time. We may feel as if we don’t have one minute to ourselves, may feel overwhelmed, tired, or frustrated. All of these feelings are very normal!
While we know some stress is a normal part of being human and is even healthy, we also know when parents and caregivers experience a lot of stress, it has a negative impact on the children in their care. Parental and caregiver stress levels can cause immediate behavior problems as well as longer-term mental health issues, so taking care of ourselves and managing stress is very important.
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Even if you were not required to file a tax return, you may still qualify for the $1,200 Economic Impact Payment. Oct. 15, 2020 is the deadline to apply.
Many U.S. citizens and U.S. resident aliens are eligible to receive an Economic Impact Payment. The payments are up to $1,200 per individual and some people may be eligible for up to an additional $500 per qualifying child. You don’t need income to be eligible.
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Resources on Face Masks for Children |
The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) recognizes helping young children to be comfortable wearing face masks and to keep face masks on may be challenging. It is important to help children feel more secure wearing a face mask when around other children and adults.
To help support families, and the Early Intervention and early childhood education community, available is a list of resources to help support and teach young children about wearing a face mask.
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Is Your Family Ready for an Emergency? |
September is National Emergency Preparedness Month. Use this month to help your family prepare for an emergency like floods, fires, winter storms and more.
Check out these resources to help your family prepare for emergencies.
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Make sure your child travels safely! Available are one page graphics from the Centers of Disease Control that demonstrate how to avoid the most common mistakes while using rear and forward-facing car and booster seats for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and older children.
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There may be a monster in your home and it's right in front of your eyes! It's your television or tablet!
Spending time watching TV or using a tablet means your child may not be engaged in creative or learning activities, like reading, playing or just being a kid.
Many homes have one or more TVs or tablets. Too often, a child's free time may center around what's playing on TV or on the tablet. Watching excessive, or inappropriate shows or games can lead to:
- violent and aggressive behavior,
- obesity,
- poor body concept and self-image, and later,
- substance abuse and early sexual activity.
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The PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) provides families access to high quality services to prepare children for school and life success.
Find more information about Quality Early Learning in Pennsylvania
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