Community Coordinated Care for Children Inc. (4C)
Early Head Start Gazette
March 2016
Special points of
interest:
 Are you and your family eating toxic food
dyes?
 Big Seeds for Little
hands: Peas
 Tips to help protect
children from
sexual abuse
2016 Nutrition and
Family Fitness day
April 7. 2016
3-5 p.m.
Location:
Frontline Outreach Center
3000 C R Smith Street
Orlando, Florida 32805
Contact Information:
Brenda Nieves
(407) 401-2413
Bert Reeves
(407) 797-4055
Andy Alexandre
(407)325-6992
Lullabies aren't just for babies.
At what age does a child
outgrow lullabies? The
answer: never! Children
of all ages as well as
adults can benefit from
soothing music. Every
culture has lullabies and
quiet time music created
to soothe and relax.
Lullabies are a great way
to transition from an
activity to quiet time, to
play when the noise level
in your home or car gets
too loud or as a way for
the whole family to relax
together.
Turn on
a lullaby
or quiet
time
recording
to settle
children
down
before dinner or to calm
children during a long car
ride or while sitting in
traffic. Just watch the
noise and anxiety level go
down.
Tips to create relaxing music time
Hold or hug your child
while singing or
humming
along
Use these
recordings
as a cue to
wind down
at rest
time and
bedtime
Use selections of your
favorite classical
recordings or
lullabies that celebrate your cultural heritage.
http://www.leapfrog.com/en-us/
learning-path/articles/article-lullabies
-arent-just-for-babies
Topsy-turvy reader
Purposely pick up your
baby’s favorite book upside down and start to
read. Quickly “discover”
your mistake and correct
it. This will send the message that books have a
right way to open them
up. Soon you’ll notice your
child adjusting a book in
his lap in order to have
the front
cover rightside up.
For toddlers, make a big,
silly deal about how you
can't read the
book because
all the words
and pictures
are upside
down. Ask your
toddler if he
can help
"fix" your problem.
http://
www.leapfrog.com/en-us/learning-path/
activities/topsyturvy-reader
Early Head Start
Stick to Naturally
Colored Foods
for Your Health
Your diet should
include a range of
vibrantly colored
foods. These foods
should be naturally
rich in color. Red
bell peppers,
purple eggplant,
green spinach,
blueberries and
rainbow chard are
all examples of
healthy foods
whose bright
colors are signs of
the important
nutrients they
contain.
Are You or Your Family Eating Toxic Food Dyes?
Food dyes are one of the
most widely used and dangerous additives. While
the European Union has
recently placed regulations
on labeling food dyes to
inform consumers of the
health risks, the United
States has no such requirement.
Here are some of the most
common food dyes used
today, according to the
Food Freedom Network:
Blue #1 (Brilliant Blue)
An unpublished study suggested the possibility that
Blue 1 caused kidney tumors in mice. What it's in:
Baked goods, beverages,
desert powders, candies,
cereal, drugs, and other
products.
Blue #2 (Indigo Carmine)
Causes a statistically significant incidence of tumors, particularly brain
gliomas, in male rats. What
it's in: Colored beverages,
candies, pet food, & other
food and drugs.
Citrus Red #2
It's toxic to rodents at
modest levels and caused
tumors of the urinary
bladder and possibly other
organs. What it's in: Skins
of Florida oranges.
Green #3 (Fast Green)
Caused significant increases in bladder and
testes tumors in male rats.
What it's in: Drugs, personal care products, cosmetic products except in
eye area, candies, beverages, ice cream, sorbet,
ingested drugs, lipsticks,
and externally applied cosmetics.
Red #3 (Erythrosine)
Recognized in 1990 by the
FDA as a thyroid carcinogen in animals and is
banned in cosmetics and
externally applied drugs.
What it's in: Sausage casings, oral medication,
maraschino cherries,
baked goods, and candies.
Red #40 (Allura Red)
This is the most-widely
used and consumed dye. It
may accelerate the appearance of immune system tumors in mice. It also
causes hypersensitivity
(allergy-like) reactions in
some consumers and might
trigger hyperactivity in
children. What it's in: Beverages, bakery goods, dessert powders, candies,
cereals, foods, drugs, and
cosmetics.
Yellow #5 (Tartrazine)
Yellow 5 causes sometimes
-severe hypersensitivity
reactions and might trigger hyperactivity and
other behavioral effects in
children. What it's in: Pet
foods, numerous bakery
goods, beverages, dessert
powders, candies, cereals,
gelatin desserts, and many
other foods, as well as
pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
Yellow #6 (Sunset Yellow)
Caused adrenal tumors in
animals and occasionally
causes severe hypersensitivity reactions. What it's
in: Color bakery goods,
cereals, beverages, dessert powders, candies,
gelatin deserts, sausage,
cosmetics, and drugs. http://
articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/
archive/2011/02/24/are-you-or-yourfamily-eating-toxic-food-dyes.aspx
Big Seeds for Little Hands: Peas
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Peas are easy seeds for
kids to handle because
they are, well, the size
of a pea! They are one
of the first crops that
can be planted in the
spring – as soon as the
soil can be worked in the
spring or 5-6 weeks before the last spring
frost date in your area.
Early planting gives cool
weather loving peas time
to grow before hot summer weather hits. By
May it may be too late
for spring pea planting
in many parts of the
country, but you might
consider planting in late
summer for a fall harvest. Plant peas in mid to
late summer about 12
weeks before the fall
frost date in your area.
If you live in an area
where winters are mild,
you can plant in fall for
a late winter or very
early spring harvest.
http://www.kidsgardening.org/activity/
big-seeds-little-hands
Nutritional Activity at Palm Plaza
March 2016
Each month Head Start and Early Head Start children participate in a hands on nutrition activity.
These activities provide an opportunity for children to try new foods, work together, develop fine
motor skills, and practice a variety of math skills such as counting and measuring. The children in this
pictures are making cereal trail mix. They are learning about the grain food group.
Announcements
Hello Parents! we want
to send a THANK YOU
to all of the parents
and family members
that have been engaged and participating
in the different activities happening at their
sites; whether it is the
monthly parent meetings, volunteering in
the classroom, or
working with your child
on the home connections. You all are doing an amazing job!
I would like to share
with you some of the
great things we have
coming up in our program.
Save the date: April
21, 2016 - Raising
the Bar: Parent Appreciation Luncheon.
We will be recognizing
all of the parents for
your participation in
our program. Please be
on the
lookout
for
your
individual
invitation.
county will
be competlike the frosting on a
ing to see
who will
cupcake, it makes it
accumulate
complete and oh so
the most in
sweet”
-kind and
the winner
- Unknown
will receive
a plaque
As we
and the right to brag,
prepare for our parent
of course! In-Kind can
appreciation luncheon,
be accrued through
we would like for you
all to TAKE PICTURES volunteering in your
child’s classroom or
with your child as you
assisting with activicomplete the HOME
ties for the classroom
CONNECTIONS and
in your home. Home
also while you do other
Connections are also a
activities together.
great way to accumuPlease turn these in to
late in-kind; please
your child’s teacher by
take the time to comMarch 15, 2016. We
plete these activities
will be preparing a
with your child every
slideshow to showcase
night.
all that you have been
“Parent involvement is
doing.
IN-KIND WARS will
be taking place
through March. Each
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Tips to Help Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
Fact: Children are most often
sexually abused by someone
they know and trust. Approximately three quarters of reported cases of child sexual
abuse are committed by family
members or other individuals
who are considered part of the
victim’s “circle of trust.”
If you know or suspect that a
child is being or has been sexually abused, please call the
Childhelp® National Child
Abuse Hotline at
1.800.4.A.CHILD
(1.800.422.4453) or visit the
federally funded Child Welfare
Information Gateway at: http://
www.childwelfare.gov/
responding. If you need immediate assistance, call 911.
Tips to Help Protect
Children from Sexual
Abuse
Teach children accurate names of
private body
parts.
Avoid focusing exclusively on
“stranger danger.”
Keep in mind that
most children
are abused by
someone they
know and trust.
Teach children
about body
safety and the
difference between “okay”
and “not okay”
touches.
Let children know
that they have
the right to
make decisions
about their bodies. Empower
them to say no
when they do
not want to be
touched, even in
Educate children
Sexual abuse affects many about the difference befamilies. It is estimated
tween good sethat 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6
crets (like surboys are sexually abused.
prise parties—
non-sexual ways
which are okay
(e.g., politely
because they
refusing hugs)
are not kept
and to say no to
secret for long)
touching others.
and bad secrets
Make sure children
(those that the
know that adults
child is supposed
and older chilto keep secret
dren never need
forever, which
help with their
are not okay).
private body
Trust your instincts!
parts (e.g.,
If you feel unbathing or going
easy about leavto the bathing a child with
room).
someone, don’t
Teach children to
do it. If you’re
take care of
concerned about
their own pripossible sexual
vate parts (i.e.,
abuse, ask quesbathing, wiping
tions.
The best time to talk
after bathroom
use) so they
to your child about
don’t have to
sexual abuse is
rely on adults or
NOW.http://www.nctsn.org/sites/
older children
default/files/assets/pdfs/
ChildSexualAbuseFactSheetFIfor help.
Fast Fact
NAL_10_2_07.pdf
Everyone’s Special
You can learn many things from
children. How much patience
you have, for instance.
~Franklin P. Jones
We're all so much alike...and yet we're all so different! A child's sense of
identity grows slowly and for several years isn't likely to be very secure. As
children grow, they need opportunities to express their uniqueness, whether in
choosing the clothes they want to wear or in developing their unique art
projects. There are always times when children need to do what everyone else
is doing, but there are also many times when we can support children's selfesteem by helping them carry out their own ideas.
-- Fred Rogers
http://www.pbs.org/parents/rogers/theme/1686.html