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Spilyay Tymoo February 6,1981 Page 9 Electric blanket safety Snow and cold nights have -Do not tuck in the wired area finally come! One of the easier of the blanket. Overheating can ways to cut down on the result in the risk of fire between expenses of heating your home the mattress and the box during the winter is to turn spring. down the thermostat at night -Don’t use pins. They may and either throw more blankets damage the wiring. on, or use an electric blanket. -Keep the control away from an Although an electric blanket open window. A cold draft may may look like an ordinary cloth affect the operation of the blanket, its electric parts and thermostat so that a higher wiring mean special care must temperature than desired may be taken with its care and use. your baby. Baby should hear The following safety precau -Avoid bunching or folding the tions are recommended for blanket when in use to prevent electric blanket users: overheating. -Read the m an u factu rer’s -Turn the blanket off when not instructions before using the in use. blanket. -Unless otherwise marked and ;D on’t use the blanket on an instructed, do not dry-clean infant, helpless person or anyone insensitive to heat. your electric blanket. The solvents used may cause the b l a n k e t ’s in s u la tio n to deteriorate. -Always follow the instructions for the care and laundering of your electric blanket. -If you have a problem in the operation of the blanket stop using it and consult the manufacturer or the dealer. -As with any other electric appliance check its cords and connectors for wear. Use blankets that display the UL Listed label—it means that the design of the blanket has been investigated and found to meet nationally recognized safety standards. Popcorn an unbeatable snack Popcorn has a lot going for it. Not only does it taste good, but it is also one of the cheapest snack foods available. Each cup of unpopped kernels make 30 to 35 cups of popcorn and a quart of popped popcorn costs between three and eight cents. At such a bargain basement price, it’s no wonder Americans consume about 33 quarts of popcorn per person every year. Popcorn comes in two varieties, white and yellow. One pops as well as the other. The yellow type usually has bigger kernels which pop bigger than the white. The smaller white popcorn is usually more tender. After long term storage, popcorn may not pop as well because it has lost some moisture. However, it can be reconditioned. Simply fill a Eleven steps Were you satisfied with your mother. child’s recent report card? If Step 1: Talk a lot—and sing to there were some problems in your baby. Baby should hear the area of reading, then the rhythmic nursery rhymes and ability to read is almost a songs from the day of birth. By necessary skill for living in our seven or eight months, baby modern society. It is also a may be ready for a simple magic key to learning and to picture book. The right time to developing imagination and begin is when your baby is creativity. ready to listen. This first All parents w ant their introduction to books will children to read, but good p ro b a b ly involve sim ply readers are not made by just pointing to a picture and wishing. Good readers are naming the object: “Ball,” guided and developed. And “Dog,” but soon you will both that development is strongly enjoy the addition of sounds: influenced by parents during “ Bumpety B um p,” “ Bow fiv e y e a rs of in fo rm a l wow.” “learning” before children start Step 2: Begin using books school. Learning to be a good when the child is ready to listen. reader starts long before your Step 3: Play with sounds with child even sees a book. It begins the baby. By 12 or 14 months with the baby who enjoys the baby may look at a picture sound of a parent’s friendly while you read a short verse. By v o ic e — ta l k i n g , s in g in g , 18 to 24 months, baby may rh y m in g —and begins to even turn the pages as you read develop language and rhythm (or say) a nursery rhyme or skills even before he or -she jingle. understands that the sounds Using a book while a baby is have meanings. Here are some so young is important; it makes things you can practice with lap sitting, snuggling and your child or pass on to a new shared cloneness happen. Ana quart jar three-fourths full of p o p c o r n a n d a d d one tablespoon of water. Cover and shake often until water is absorbed. In two to four days, the popcorn should be ready for good popping and eating. Remember, also that there aie only 25 calories per cup of popped popcorn. For each tablespoon margarine added, calorie content climbs by 100! Extension Notes from Pennie Little and Clint Jacks .......... ... -J Beef cattle market report The cattle market during the p a s t m o n th h a s b e e n characterized with liberal supplies of market-ready cattle. The wholesale beef trade has been somewhat depressed, interest rates have reached the 20’s, and the New York and Chicago futures markets have undergone one of the broadest and steepest declines on record. Prices declined on the futures m a rk e ts fo r a lm o s t a ll commodities from wheat to cotton to cattle to gold, reflecting even higher interest rates, concern over a possible Soviet invasion in Poland — and, of course, the problem of traders being forced to sell some of their holdings to meet their bebts. All this has put a cloud over the cash markets. even though most analysts agree that cash prices would not start their rebound until after the first of the year. Yield grade continues to be a large price-determining factor as cnoice yield grade 2 and 3 have many outlets, but the back-up of yield grade 4’s are finding few outlets. Feedlot supplies of market- ready cattle continue to be current. Buyers in some areas were forced to leave their respective buying areas in order to get enough cattle for immediate kill requirements. In f a c t, one la rg e c e n tr a l Washington plant shut down due to the “lack of cattle.” In all, there seems to be adequate cattle to meet the current demand. to good reading baby begins to associate the pleasure of closeness with books. This is important to future attitudes about reading. Reading can be a pleasure or a chore, depending upon the way it is introduced. Step 4. Make reading time a shared pleasure. Make this a time when your child gets your complete attention. As your baby gets older, plan a regular reading time into the daily routine. Let your child pick the first story. Be ready to read it again and again if asked- -and you will be, for little children love the familiar. When you introduce a new story, let, your Child ask questions and play with words and ideas. Pause occasionally and talk about the pictures. If your child seems bored with the book or reading, stop. Step 5. Reading time is also idea time, looking time, and love time. By three and four most children talk a lot. Listen. Encourage your child to talk of each day’s activity. Ask simple questions that will expand the n a r r a tiv e a n d in c r e a s e language skills. “You saw a dog?” “What color was it?” “Where do you suppose it was going?” Four-year olds like simple word games. Make up stories together in which all the words start with the same sound or use rhyming words or words that imitate. Let your child “read” to you and show him or her that answers to “why” questions can be found in books. Step 6. Encourage your child to talk. D te p 7. S p e a k c le a rly yourself, to your child. Step 8. Play games that will encourage clear speech. Four-and five-yearolds love to explore. These are good years in which to provide experiences for your child to bring to reading. Visits to the zoo, supermarket or post office, planting a garden or looking at a family album or TV program can develop new interests that can be gratified with books. Step 9. Help your child find books that match his or her interest and experience. Some parents spend large sums of money on books and children’s magazines. Usually, a few become favorites. Others gather dust on bookshelves. You can encourage reading, and obtain books without spending large amounts of money. How? Get to know your library—and take your child for visits. At first you will carry your baby as you make your own selections. Later your child will select books, too (by age three). Surround your child with good books. Enjoy reading yourself—both alone1 and with your child—and you will have built a strong foundation for a lifetime of satisfying reading. Step 10. Use the public library as a friendly and exciting resource. Step 11. Set a good example for your child by enjoying books yourself. $$ Sign up for 4-H Clubs •Decorative Painting C lu b - L eader, K athleen Moses. Meetings every other Thursday Next meeting Feb. 12th, 5:00- 6:30 p.m. Kathleen Moses’ home. 3rd-6th grade boys and girls welcome. ♦Home Skills club—Leader, Mary Yordy. Meetings every Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the 4-H Room above the Daycare and boys welcome. Center. Next meeting Feb. 3rd. ♦Leatherwork club—Leader, 3rd-6th grade boys and girls Carm en Pinkal. M eetings welcome. every other Wednesday, 6:30- ♦Beginning Clothing—leader, 8:00 p.m.- in the 4-H Room Pat Smith, Meetings every above the Daycare Center. other Monday, 3:30:5:00 p.m. Next meeting Feb. 4th. 4th-6th in the 4-H Room above the grade girls and boys welcome. Daycare Center. Next meeting ♦Beadw ork C lub—Leader, is Feb. 16th. 4th-6th grade girls Caroline Tohel. Meeting every Wednesday 3:30-5:00 p.m. at the Community Center. Next meeting Feb. 4th. Age 9-18 boys and girls welcome. •Creative Arts Club—Leader, Gwen Leonard. Meetings every other Tuesday 6:30—8:00 p.m. at Gwen Leonard’s home. Next meeting Feb. 5th. 4th-6th grade girls and boys welcome. To become a member of one of these clubs sign-up at the Extension Office in the Old Administration Building, call in your desire to be a 4-H Club member . to the Extension Office 553-1161 Ext. 238, or go to the next club meeting of your choice.
