Winter 2012 Edition – Upstate Bright Start Early

Volume 4, Issue 1
January 2012
Local Events
Greenville, Spartanburg, and
Anderson Area Connections
Winter Snow Globe
Here's what you'll need...
• Small baby food jar
• Glitter, foil confetti, or eggshells
• Florist clay (if using tiny toy)
• Tiny toy or greenery
• Glycerin, mineral oil, or baby oil
• Ribbon
• Distilled water or water that
has been boiled and cooled
• Glue for snow globe (clear
silicone sealant, aquarium sealant)
**Adult help required with gluing.
Here's how you make it...
1. Put something interesting on the jar lid, such as a small toy.
2. In order to elevate the scene so it is in clear view, glue a plastic
lid inside the jar lid or build up the area with a little extra florist
clay. Be sure to leave the edges clear so you have room to screw
on the lid.
3. Fill the jar up to 1/4 inch from the rim with water.
4. Prepare your snow using the shell from a hard boiled egg.
Separate the shell from the membrane, place in a Ziploc bag, and
crush with a rolling pin. Finer particles will fall more slowly in
the snow globe. Avoid crushing eggshell into a powder as it will
simply float in the water instead of falling.
5. Add several drops of glycerin or mineral oil or baby oil to the
water to keep the snow suspended and floating properly.
6. Spoon in some glitter. (Not too much though!)
7. Seal the lid with a bead of silicone sealant around the threads of
the lid and close tightly. When the glue is dry, turn the jar upside
down and watch it snow.
8. Wrap and glue a thin ribbon around the outside lid of the jar.
http://www.create-kids-crafts.com/winter-crafts-for-kids.html
A free PARENTING CLASS about how to build your
child’s self-esteem is from 9 – 11 a.m. Jan. 18 at the
Center for Community Services in Simpsonville.
A free PLAY GROUP for children ages 3 and
younger and a parent is from 9 – 10 a.m. Tuesdays
in January at the Center for Community Services in
Simpsonville. Call 688-2246.
STORY TIME is at 10 a.m. the first and third
Wednesdays of each month at Great Harvest
Bread, 1467 Woodruff Road. The program is free
and includes snacks for parents and children. Call
286-6944.
SUMMIT NETWORK is an informational network
of parents of children with autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and related disorders. Therapy tools and
books are available for loan or exchange.
Databases are available to pair children up for
social skills, occupational therapy and home school
classes. Visit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/summitnetwork
or email [email protected].
Kid Connection (for siblings of children with
special healthcare needs). Call Family
Connection at 331-1340 for event times and more
information.
Sign up to receive
weekly updates
about your child’s
development:
www.greenvillefirststeps.
org/parent-resource
Volume 4, Issue 1
January 2012
Extra!
Extra!
Winter Cookie Pops
Ingredients
20 vanilla wafer cookies
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 6-ounce bag white chocolate chips
M&M candies
M&M mini candies
Fruit roll ups, cut into 4" lengths
Ice cream sticks
Colored candy sprinkles
Wax paper or paper plates
Cake decorating writer gel
(green, black, orange)
• Tube of white cake decorator frosting
with flower tip
• Licorice whips, pulled apart and cut into 1-1/2" lengths
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Instructions
1. Spread peanut butter onto the flat side of the cookies. Place an ice
cream stick into the peanut butter on half the cookies. Top with
another cookie so the stick is sandwiched between the two cookies.
2. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave, one minute, then in 20
second increments, stirring until smooth.
3. Dip cookie pops in the melted chips, covering completely.
4. Roll pops in red and green sprinkles and lay or stand on waxed paper
or paper plates. Place in refrigerator to chill.
5. Variation: Snowmen
Using a licorice whip, while chocolate is still warm on pop, form
headband and position to regular sized M&M candies as ear
muffs. Lie pop flat on waxed paper and let cool. When cool, use
black decorator gel for eyes and mouth and orange for the nose.
Gently wrap a fruit roll up around the bottom of the cookie at the
stick.
Medicaid Information
Update:
The disenrollment form to change
Medicaid plans is no longer
available online. Call 1-877-5524642 to request that a
disenrollment form be sent to you.
HIPP Program:
The HIPP Program was designed
to provide assistance to the
families of Medicaid beneficiaries.
This program helps families with
the cost of the client’s health
insurance so that beneficiaries are
able to keep their private health
insurance. This allows Medicaid to
the pay secondary to private
insurance, thus saving money for
all tax payers.
Ask your EI for further information
regarding this program and
eligibility requirements!
http://www.kinderart.com/kitchen/cookiepops.shtml
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