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May 9,1996 5 Early Childhood Education News- Schedule of Events: May 9, 1996, Thursday, Health (Round-Up) Fair, for only 3 year old children, not Pre-Kindergarten chil dren. At the IHSWellness Center, 9:00am -3:00pm. ParentsGuardians, look and watch for your letter from the Head Start program. We look forward to seeing you join us on this day set aside just for you and your childrcn to prepare for entrance into Head Start. May 12, 1996, Sunday, Mother's Day! We wish to each and every mother, a special thank you and may your day be filled with the warmth from your family and friends. May 14, 1996, Tuesday, Parent Club Meeting, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Parent Club Officer's, parents, guardians, staff and community members, please join us, we look forward to hearing new idea's for future fund raising for the program. May 15, 1996, Wednesday, Par ent Policy Council Meeting, 5:30pm - 7:00pm. The program wants to en courage your in vol vement, come join us for this meeting and hear what we have to share. May 16, 1996, Thursday, "ALL HEAD START CLASSROOMS CLOSED." (HEAD START, FULL DAY AND PART DAY) ParentsGuardians you will need to find child care for your children on this particular day. All of the Head Start teaching staff will be attending training on this day (out of town site visits). If you have further questions regarding this announcement, please call 553-3241 or stop by the front office. May 21, 1996, Positive Guid ance & Discipline, Series 5, Les sons of the Cradleboard. Parents this is a must, please join us. The purpose of this session is to help parents un derstand the needs of children for nurturance through looking at the models for good nurturing available in our Indian heritage. The featured guest speaker will be announced at a later date. May 23, 1996, Health (Round up) Fair, for only Pre-Kindergarten children, 9:00 am -3:00 pm. This day is specifically set aside for those children who are going to be entering into the Warm Springs Grade School as a Kindergarten. Parents mark your calendars. May 27, 1996, All of ECE's programs will be CLOSED Memo rial Day Holiday. May 30, 1996, End of the Year ECE Mini Pow-wow, 10:00am -11:00am. Watch for flyers and an nouncements. May 31, 1996, End of the Year ECE Picnic. 1996 HEALTH FAIR (ROUND UP), MAY 9, 1996 Parents and guardians, have you received your letter in the mail yet regarding your 3 year old child who will be 3 years of age on or before September 1 , 1996. We invite you to participate in the Health Fair (Round Up) at the IHSWellness Center from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. This day is set aside for the children to receive their physical examinations, up date im munizations, make dental appoint ment for a complete dental exami nation and to complete a registration ' " '' : . v U A(Y i. if. i ' k.t i V 3 V Children of all ages participated in parade. packet. We would like to request that parents give their children TYLENOL before they receive their shots. Parents need to bring the follow ing: 1) APROOFOFINCOME(10th pay check stub, W-2 Form, AFS eli gibility letter, a letter from your su pervisor, ect.), 2) Children's BIRTH CER. TIFICATE (if not an enrolled tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) and TRIBAL ENROLLMENT NUMBER, 3) COURT (CUSTODY) OR DERS for foster children or if you have joint custody of your child. 4) No registration packet will be handed out prior to May 9th, 5) ParentsGuardians will be noti fied of Head Start enrollment status before June 14, 1996, 6) Your child will not be consid ered for enrollment if their registra tion packet is incomplete. IMPOR TANT for you to re-check all docu ments required. The next Health Fair (Round-up) will be May 23, 1996, for QHH Pre-Kindergarten children. Parents mark your calendars! We look for ward to seeing your there. If you need more information re garding the up coming Health Fair (Round-up) for ONLY 3 year olds, please call the ECE office and or call 553-3241 and ask for Versa Smith, Suzanne (Smith) Moody and Nancy Seyler. Thanks! COMMUNICATION STA TION: WHAT'S IN THE SKY? WRITING DOWN THOUGHTS Cut out 5 large cloud shapes from white construction paper one for each day in the week. Clip them to a clipboard. Attach a pencil to the clip. Take the clipboard outside. Tell the children that when they see something in the sky, they should tell you. You write it down on the cloud. When you get back inside, read the list to the children. Did anyone see anything else? If so add it. Hang the list in the area at the children's eye level. Repeat the activity each day. Hang the second list next to the first one . and so on. At the end of the week, read all the lists:examples, see what things the children saw everyday maybe the sun. Did someone see something on only one day - maybe a butterfly. What things did you see the most - maybe birds. (How many ?) ARTS TO ENHANCE LIFE AND LEARNING What are the benefits of the ex pressive arts foryoung children? The arts can make a positive impact on cognitive abilities, communication skills, self-esteem, social and emo tional competence, motor control and adaptive behavior. These are the ar eas so important and basic to educa tion whether or not children have disabilities. You can contact Tryna Muilcnburg, ECE'sEducation & Disabilities Coordinator and Jane Kirkpatrick, ECE'sSpecial Services Coordinator at 553-3241 for more information andor if you are looking for answers andor if you have questions regarding disabilities. MATHSCIENCE STARTERS COUNT-COUNT -COUNT Counting objects: Take every opportunity to count objects with your children. When ever possible, touch each object in the group as you count. Examples:Buttons on their shirts, children at school, worms on the playground, blocks in the tower, gi ant steps to the door, buns on the plate and glasses on the table. DROP THE BEANBAGS Recognize numerals Cut 2 or 3 large poster board circles. On each circle write 3 or 4 different numbers with a wide dark marker. Lay the NUMBER TAR GETS on the floor. (Cover each one with clear adhesive.) Have a bucket of bcanbags. Let the children pick up beanbags and drop them on numbers. Call out the numbers. Drop more beanbags and continue. LET'S MAKE SENSE SMELLING SMELL YOUR FOOD FIRST Encourage your children to smell their food before eating it. For ex ample, if they are going to make CHEESE CRACKERS for snack, remind them to smell the crackers and cheese slices before putting them together. TOUCHING FUZZY-WUZZY CATERPILLAR PUZZLES Get black and orange textured wallpaper. Cut the paper into lots of 3"-4" circles. Using poster board, make a large caterpillar head. (Sev eral if you want several puzzles.) Put all the pieces in a shallow container. Put the container on the floor table. Let the children put the cater pillar head on the table and then add his body. They can make the body as long or short as they want -straight or wavy. SEEING SQUIRTING WATER Get several one and two liter plas tic bottles. Poke holes in each bottle. You could: Put the holes in different places on the bottles. Make the holes different sizes by using different tools a sewing needle for small holes, a pencil point for medium holes, and aphilip's head screw driver for large ones. Put the SQUIRT BOTTLES in your water table. Let the children fill the bottles with water, and then lift them up and watch. (Another time have colored water in your water table.) TASTING MONKEY SANDWICHES You'll need: Hot dog buns, ba nanas, peanut butter Make Snack, remember: All "cooks" wash their hands. Peel the bananas and cut them in half lengthwise. Have your children spread peanut butter on the buns and then lay bananas halves on them. Cut the MONKEY SANDWICHES in halves or thirds. Serve for snack with milk. HEARING FENCE BAND You'll need: Long pieccsof heavy twineyarn, medium to wide dowel rods and 1 foot long, metal spoons, plastic rulers, wooden mallet, and large metal screws. Tie a long piece of twineyarn on each "musical instrument." Pick a place on your playground fence and tie the instruments to it. Let your children bang, pluck, slide and tap the fence with the instruments. How do they sound? Maybe your can make a band - pick favorite songs. Some children can play and others can sing. 7T s Penny Carnival a big success for kids young and old. Children celebrated during Week of Young Child Remember Mom Mother's Day Sunday, May 12 "Week Of The Young Child" 1 996 was a big success this year, thanks to the contributions of many. Children's artwork was posted around the community for all to enjoy. Wednesday, April 24th the annual Penny Carnival was held at the Community Center. Various groups and departments from the community participated in setting up fun and . educational activities for the kids. Most games were free to participants who ranged in age from 1 to 12 years old. A big effort was made by Children's Protective Services, Community Health Education, Recreation, Early Childhood Education, Sparky the Fire Dog, IHS dental and the IHS nutritionists to provide activities for children. The 4-H fishing pond was the hot spot with prizes galore ! The week wrapped up with the ECE parade down Kot- Num road on Friday, April 26th. Classrooms wore theme outfits ranging from "careers" to "puppies." Even McGruff participated! Special thanks to all parents who participated in the events and who took the time to spend special time with their children. And a great big thanks to all the penny carnival volenteers for sharing some of their time, and a lot of hard work, to make "Week Of The Young Child" a big success again this year. Hard ticks are most common in Central Oregon Early spring is the season when ticks to come out and feed on people and animals. They go all winter without eating and come out during the spring to find a host to attach themselves and eat. It is clear that people encounter and are bitten by certain disease carrying ticks more often than was previously thought. With population growing and the enthtisiasm for outdoor recreation in wild and semiwild areas increasing, it is inevitable that tick encounters will increase. The most common encounter is through pets. They run frequently in the wild and bring them home. Second most common is through recreational activities such as picnicking, hiking Life cycle of Brown dog tick Adult female brown dog ticks mate on the dog, then fall off and lay 1 ,000 to 5,000 eggs in cracks and crevices. Eggs hatch in 19 to 60 days. Larval ticks attach themselves to a host, feed for three to six days, fall off, and molt into the nymph stage, which lasts about a month. Adults can live over 500 days without a meal (actual size of adult: 18 inch). ph ' and camping. Two tick species common on dogs are the brown dog tick and the American dog tick. Both are hard ticks. Although other ticks are known to feed on dogs, these are the two you are most likely to encounter on your pets. The differences between the Adult female brown dog tick and the American dog tick (18 inch) is that the brown dog tick is about half the size of the American dog tick (14 inch) before feeding. The brown dog tick is a uniform red-brown with no white mottling; the American dog tick is dark brown with a shield that is mottled with white. The adult female brown dog ticks mate on the dog, then fall off and lay 1,000 to 5,000 eggs in cracks and crevices. Eggs hatch in 19 to 60 days. Larval ticks attach themselves to a host, feed for three to six days, fall off, and molt into the nymph stage, which lasts about a month. Adults can live over 500 days without a meal. The brown dog tick causes irritation, anemia and paralysis in dogs. It can transmit the causal organisms of canine piroplasmosis (a lethal blood disease) and malignant jaundice in dogs, and is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans in parts of Mexico. The American dog tick is common on dogs, but also feeds on horses and cattle. In the eastern United States, it is the species most likely to be found on humans. Unlike the brown dog tick, it does not become established in the liMt, although it may be found there occasionally if it happens to drop off the pet. The American dog tick is an efficient vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which is most pre valent in the eastern United States, even though its common name suggest otherwise. Also found in the Warm Springs area are the northern deer tick and the black-legged tick. The northern deer tick is found primarily in the northeastern United States, although it is also seen in areas of the Midwest where deer herds are abundant. This tick is the primary vector of Lyme disease in the northeastern and midwestern United States. The life cycle of the Northern Deer Tick, after feeding once-deer are the preferred host-the adult female deposits about 2,500 eggs in the soil in spring, then dies about three weeks later. The eggs hatch into larvae after one month. The larvae feed once in summer, preferring mice as their hosts. In spring of the next year they become nymphs, which also feed on mice once before becoming adults in the fall. The entire life cycle takes about two years. The deer tick is the most important vector of Lyme disease in the northeastern and midwestern United States. The deer tick is also the agent of malaria-like disease called babesiosis, caused by the protozoan Babesia microti. The western black-legged tick is found in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah and the province of British Columbia. It prefers humid coastal areas but is also seen on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Although all stages Continued on page 12 Chief Spirits conduct raffle The second annual 12 and under, Boys and Girls , Play For-Fun Basketball tournament was held at the Warm Springs Community Center May 4 and 5, 1996 . The host team was Chief Spitits. To offset tournament costs a raffle was also held with donations from family and community members, hollowing are the raffle results. Sarah Thompson- M. McGill -Cece Polk -Linda Bagley -Snugs - Shawndel Johnson Travis Wells -Nettie Dixon -Don Sohappy -Jack Mitchell -Missy Scott -Curtis Thompson -Nona Yazzie -Colwash -Preston Johnson -Miko Cooper -Augustine Pendrozo -Ray Shike Jr -Randy Boise Jr -Clay Jack Starr -Raymond Anderson -Luke Sanders -Charlie Ann Herkshan -Lana Leonard -Richard Tohet -Richard Tohet -Caroline Torres -Bugs Gilbert -James Johnson -Steve Stewart - Ruby Reed -Colwash -Morris Johnson -John Kalama -Delia Walsey -Mark Johnson -Bobbie Jim -Gracie Kalama -Tazz Trimble -Shon Histake -Keena Heath -White Dove Cooper - Football set Basketball Basketball Basketball Beadedhat Beaded Hat T-shirt Hand bag Keychain Hair-ties Beaded coat pin Beaded Keychain Beaded Earrings Beaded Earrings Beaded Earrings Beaded dream catcher Beaded dream catcher Beaded hat band Bag of roots Beaded medallion Beaded keychain Beaded watch Beaded watch Beaded buckle Beaded buckle Beaded belt purse Beaded rez-hat One night for Two at Kah-Nee-Ta $25 Free horse back riding for 2 at Kah-Nee-Ta Moccasins $50 Ceiling fan Beaded Medicine bag Beaded bag Furry blanket Pendleton blanket . Girls bike Boys bike Lube Job One cord of wood $25 Gift certificate from Satterlies