August 2015 - Children`s Developmental Center

AUGUST
2015
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Children’s Developmental Center | 1549 Georgia Ave. SE | Richland, WA 99352
(509) 735-1062 | www.childrensdevelopmentalcenter.org
Center Leadership
Since 1977, the CDC has been
lead by a group of devoted and
trusted volunteer Board of
Directors. They bring with
them a wealth of knowledge
and life experiences which
helps to support the mission
and vision of the center.
Board of Directors:
Jenny Briones, Chair
Rich Bresnahan, Treasurer
Scott Shinsato, Secretary
Denise Brandon
Jan Fraley
Cori Jones
Natosha Keogh
Neilan McPartland
Ruben Mendoza
Matt Nash
Connie Ostrander
Jeremy Simmons
Renee Stone
Raymond Swenson
Cathryn Tames
Medical Leadership:
Dr. Scott Grewe,
Clinical Director
Dr. Julie Raekes,
Medical Director
Meet Raymond Swenson,
Board Member and
Volunteer
Ray Swenson learned about the work of the Children’s Developmental Center when
his granddaughter Cora Dove Burton received physical therapy. He contacted CDC
and offered to volunteer.
Ray is an environmental attorney who works for CH2M Hill at the Hanford Site. He
was born in Japan, where his parents met when his dad was in the Air Force, and
grew up in Utah, returning to work in Japan for two years as a missionary for his
church, and learning to speak and read Japanese. He graduated from the University of Utah in mathematics and was commissioned an officer in the Air Force. He
worked at the NORAD Space Defense Center inside Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado
Springs, Colorado (home of the fictional Stargate of the TV show), designing software to track spy satellites. The Air Force sent him back to Utah to earn a law degree, and he worked in Washington, DC and Tokyo before being sent back to
school at George Washington University in DC to become a specialist in environmental law.
Ray worked at Strategic Air Command, dealing with the environmental impact of
nuclear missiles and bombers, and then as Air Force Regional Counsel for the
Western US, based in San Francisco. In 1993 he retired as a Lt. Colonel, and
joined a law firm in Salt Lake City, representing the owners of Superfund Sites undergoing cleanup, and cities taking over the land of closing military bases in California, Utah and New York. In 1997, he joined Bechtel working on the cleanup of nuclear waste at the Hanford Site, and in 2000 the company transferred him to the
Idaho National Laboratory. He returned to Hanford in 2008.
Ray has taught law courses for universities in Tokyo, Nebraska, California, Utah,
Idaho, and is currently an adjunct instructor teaching the hazardous waste management and environmental law courses for students at Washington State University’s
campuses in Pullman, Vancouver and the Tri-Cities.
Ray enjoys reading about science, history, religion, politics, and science fiction. For
the last three years he has coordinated community service by members of his
church congregation. He enjoys singing in church choirs, including performances of
Handel’s Messiah in Omaha; Oakland, California; and the Tri-Cities. Ray and his
wife Connie have three adult children and 16 grandchildren, ages 6 months to 15
years, including 7 in Kennewick.
Thank you !
Sponsors:
Restaurants/Catering Companies:
Red Mountain Pairing Wines:
HAPO Credit Union
Micki McKinnon State Farm
Insurance
3C Prime
Cooper Wines
Atomic Ale Brewpub & Eatery
Hedges Family Estate
Baum’s House of Chocolate
Kiona Vineyards
Columbia River Catering
Country Gentleman Restaurant &
Catering
Fire & Brimstone Wood-Fired Eatery
Tapteil Winery
Terra Blanca Winery & Estate
Vineyard
Dr. Shannon Dramis
Tri-Cities Life Real Estate
Lourdes
Kadlec
Bill Robertson Nissan
Tri-City Community Credit
Union
Frost Me Sweet
Marilyn Heasley
Dr. Heather Phipps
elevate
Meadow Springs Country Club
North Richland Dental
Platinum Memories
Platinum Entertainment
Mobile DJ Services
Henry’s Restaurant & Catering
Ice Harbor Brewing Company
Monterosso’s Italian Restaurant
Pacific Pasta Grill & Catering
Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar
kid’s carwash tunnel
Have you noticed how the simplest things
bring the most fun! Let’s play by making
a Homemade Car Wash Tunnel for
the kids using simple items you will find
around the house. This is such a fantastic
activity to do with toddlers, older babies
and pre-schoolers to help build up gross
motor skills and have lots of fun inside
when it is raining outside.
What you’ll need:
You will need dining chairs, stockings,
long socks and scarves, and a large
blanket to throw over top to create an
enclosed tunnel effect.
We wedged the scarves and stockings between the chairs pushed together and to make sure they didn’t
fall through and also placed a cushion
on top to hold them into place.
Scarves are great for the car wash
because they flop over the chair seat
hanging over both sides, making it
less likely to fall during play.
KIDS CAR WASH IS GREAT FOR LEARNING:
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Lots of gross motor skills – crawling, sliding, pulling, wriggling and navigating objects.
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Sensory exploration – touching, feeling and looking for a way through.
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Developing movement and coordination
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Building strong bodies: muscles, bones and hearts
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Language development – using repetitive words, such a ‘wash’ and ‘peek-a-boo’.
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Loads of fun and laughter!
Wet Wash on the Line
Kids like to pretend! They like to pretend to be doctors, vets, check out
operators but they most like to pretend
to be a grown up.
Imaginative play washing line is so
simple to put together but yet so effective for kids to pretend, engage and
make sense of their world. Practicing
and experimenting with the various
skills they will take into adulthood.
Imaginative play is essentially children
acting out the various experiences
they have had or something of interest
to them. Children learn from experience: from what happens around
them, from what they see, hear, smell,
taste and touch. To absorb those
experiences and make sense of the
world, they need to be engaged in
imaginary play.
What will you need:
You will need a piece of string; we
have used a skipping rope, a basket
with small clothes or dolls clothing,
pegs and two chairs to tie the rope between. I found that the chairs were a
good height for little people to reach.
THE LEARNING BENEFITS OF IMAGINATIVE PLAY:
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It provides opportunities for children to identify with the adult world. Practice and role play their understanding and interpretation.
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Develop social skills: practicing negotiation skills, turn taking and sharing. Provides opportunities for
working out problems and experimenting with solutions.
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Emotional development: Understanding and expressing their feelings through the re-enactment of certain experiences. Taking on roles that encourage discipline and empathy.
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Encourages imagination: Children can be anyone and do anything in the pretend world.
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Develop language skills: practicing listening, looking and talking. Being spoken to and talking with other people, also developing an understanding of what is being communicated through body language
such as smiles and nodding.
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Imaginative play can be a great way for children to relax and unwind from their busy lives.
August Reading List for Toddlers
Look for these and other great books at the local library
Yummy Yucky
By Leslie Patricelli
“Spaghetti is Yummy. Worms are Yucky!” And so goes the lessons
learned by this hilariously bald toddler as he discovers which things are
good to eat and which are disgusting.
Curious George at the Zoo
By H.A. Rey
Toddlers adore touching, well, everything, right? While searching
for the always mischievous George on each page, they can feel a
rhino’s skin or a furry zebra mane.
I Love You Through and Through
By Bernadette Rosetti-Shustak
Take snuggle time to a whole new level (and grab a tissue) while
reading this feel-good book that says just what you feel — how you’ll
love your baby inside and out, always. Your toddler will love its silly
illustrations and unconditional-love message.
Peek-a-Moo!
By Marie Torres Cimarusti
Peek-a-who? One of the first things babies and toddlers love to learn
is animal sounds, and this colorfully illustrated book turns learning
into a fun peekaboo lift-the-flap game (with flaps big enough for toddler hands to unfold!)
Family
Reading
Night
Summer
Session
Ends
CDC Closed
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Cuisine
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Fundraiser
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Fall
Session
Begins
Thank you to those who made
a charitable donation in May!
Funding Sources
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United Way of Benton &
Franklin Counties
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Benton/Franklin Counties
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WA Department of Health
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Finley School District
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Kennewick School District
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Pasco School District
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Richland School District
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Insurance Reimbursements
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Grants
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Charitable Donations
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Fundraising & Special Events
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Numerica Credit Union
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Heather Murray
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Steve Ball Memorial Fund
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Cooper Wine Company
The Benevity
Community Impact Fund
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