February 2014 - Duplin County Partnership for Children

February 2014
Duplin County Partnership for Children
www.dcpfc.org
Duplin County Partnership for Children funds
two Pre-Kindergarten classes located at
Chinquapin Elementary and Rose Hill-Magnolia.
The Pre-K activity helps prepare children to
enter kindergarten ready to learn. The learning
environment is organized around The Creative
Curriculum that offers eight areas of interest.
Starting March 4 2014, Duplin County Schools,
will be accepting applications for
Pre-Kindergarten. Applicants for the
2014-2015 school year must be four years of
age by August 31, 2014. Applications are
available at each Pre-Kindergarten site. The
sites are open Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. To complete the application, the following items are
requested: child’s birth certificate, insurance or Medicaid card,
verification of physical address, proof of income for 2013 (i.e. tax
return, W-2, TANF, SSI, child support, etc.) and shot record. For other
information or questions, call any of the following Pre-Kindergarten
sites: Warsaw (910-293-2163, BF Grady (252)568-9951,
Beulaville/Chinquapin (910)298-6020, Kenansville
(910)296-0003, North Duplin (919)635-4364 and
Rose Hill - Magnolia (910)289-6572.
La Asociacion para Ninos del Condado de Duplin suministrar fondos
para dos clases del Pre-Jardín localizado en la escuelas de Chinquapin
Elementary y Rose Hill-Magnolia. La actividad de Pre-Jardín ayuda a
prepara a los ninos para entrar al Kínder listos para aprender, por
medio de un entorno de aprendizaje organizado en torno a ocho areas
de interes. Comenzando el 4 de Marzo de 2013, las escuelas del
condado de Duplin, aceptaran las aplicaciones para el Pre-Jardín.
Los candidatos por el ano escolar 2014-2015 deben ser cuatro anos de
edad antes del 31 de Agosto de 2013. Las aplicaciones estan
disponibles en cada sitio del Pre-Jardín. Los sitios estan abiertos a
Lunes-Viernes de 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Para llenar la aplicacion, necesitas
lo siguiente: certificado de nacimiento (acta de nacimiento), seguro de
salud o tarjeta de Medicaid, verificacion de residencia, verificacion de
trabajo de los padres 2013 (W-2 o devolucion de income tax). Para mas
informacion o preguntas, puedes llamar uno de los siguiente sitios de
Pre-Jardín : Warsaw (910-293-2163, BF Grady (252)568-9951,
Beulaville/Chinquapin (910)298-6020, Kenansville
(910)296-0003, North Duplin (919)635-4364 and
Rose Hill- Magnolia (910)289-6572.
Inside this issue:
Black History Month
Fingerprinting Event & Healthy Snack
2-3
A Healthy Mouth for Your Baby
5
Trainings & Reminders
6
Fluoride Facts
7
Car Seat
Workshop:
February 21, 2014
9:00 am-11:00 am
At Duplin County
Partnership for
Children
For more information,
please call
910-296-2000.
Taller de Asientos
de Niños:
21 de Febrero, 2014
9:00 am-11:00am
Al Duplin County
Partnership for
Children
Para mas
información, llama al
910-296-2000.
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February 2014
Black History Article
Black history month commemorates the significant events and achievements of the African-American
population of the United States. This tradition marked its beginning officially from 1976. It is celebrated
in the month of February in the United States of America. It celebrates all the historic events from 1915,
wherein the thirteenth amendment of the American constitution abolished slavery in the US.
Who Started Black History Month?
It was Dr. Carter Woodson who started the 'Negro History Week' to focus people's
attention and bring to their notice the role and contribution of African-Americans in
the American history. Dr Woodson was an African-American who completed his PhD
from Harvard. He found the need to become the voice of African-Americans who
were wrongly represented and treated in early times. He founded the Association for
the Study of Negro Life and History' in 1915, which is now known as Association for
the Study of African-American Life and History.
Why is February Black History Month?
It was around 1926, that Dr. Woodson initiated the celebration in February. He chose this month, as
February is marked by the birthdays of two great personalities of American history who had a very big
influence on changing the social standing and condition of African-Americans. These two personalities
were former president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Fredrick Douglass. Apart
from the United States, this month is celebrated in Canada in the month of February and in the UK its
celebrated in the month of October.
Pulled from www.buzzle.com
Did you know that Garrett Morgan invented the traffic light?
Traffic Light Snack
Ingredients: Graham crackers, Peanut butter or chocolate frosting (Sample is
frosting), Red, yellow and green M&Ms and craft sticks
Directions: Spread peanut butter or frosting on a one quarter piece of graham
cracker. Place this on the top of a craft stick. Place the M&M's in the pattern of a
traffic Light. Snacks can also be made without the craft sticks.
Pulled from: www.kidactivities.net
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February 2014
Working Together
to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Joining Hands
Cindy G. developed this kindergarten and first grade activity to allow children the opportunity
to recognize that various ethnic groups have different colored skin and to promote tolerance
and peace.
Working together across our land,
Working together hand in hand,
Working together black and white,
Working together with all our might,
Working together -- you and me,
We make our world a better place to be.
Materials: Construction paper, pencil, children's hands, glue and scissors.
Description: Decorate your room with children's hand prints side by side. Children can trace
their hands onto construction paper using black, white, red, yellow and brown paper to
represent various skin tones found across our nation. Cut them out. Now, glue them together
in a chain as long as you like. They can outline a door, bulletin board or make a cute swag for
your window.
Explain to your children that each hand reminds us that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. joined
hands with people of all colors when he marched for freedom.
Comments: Another idea is to make chain links in the same colors as above using the same idea
to discuss people of all colors.
Pulled from: www.preschoolrainbow.org
Handprint Heart
If your child prints a handprint heart, it will be yours forever! These make a super
quick craft activity for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day and a lovely keepsake,
too.
You will need:
Pink and purple paint Paper
Instructions:
Keeping fingers together, print a handprint of purple paint on the center of the paper. With the other hand add
a handprint of pink paint overlapping the fingers with the purple handprint.
Pulled from: www.booksbythebushel.com
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February 2014
Free
Fingerprinting
Event
Celebrate your Valentines a day early, and show
your kids and grandkids how much you love them
and want to keep them safe. Woodmen of the World
Chapter 923 (Wallace) and the Wallace Police
Department will be holding a free fingerprinting
event at Bojangles of Wallace from 5 to 8 p.m.,
Thursday, February 13, 2014. Having fingerprint
records on hand can be an invaluable tool to help
law enforcement locate a missing child. Bojangles
is also sponsoring a Share Night that evening for the
local Woodmen of the World chapter. A portion of
the night's register receipts will remain local and go
to help pay for civic projects performed by the
Woodmen of the World chapter in Wallace.
Healthy-Heart Sweet Tarts
Fill mini pie shells with low-fat yogurt and fresh fruit
for an easy dessert or fun snack.
Ingredients
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1 package(15 ounces) refrigerated pie crusts
2 cups vanilla low-fat yogurt
3 cups diced strawberries
Whipped nondairy topping
Red crystal sugar
Make It
1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Unroll both pie crusts and cut out 12 4-inch circles of dough. Press
dough into the cups of a 12-cup muffin pan. Place an identical muffin pan inside the filled one (to keep
dough in place while baking). Bake 12 minutes. Let cool completely.
2. Fill shells with yogurt and strawberries. Add a dollop of topping and sprinkle with crystal sugar.
Pulled from www.parents.com
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February 2014
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month:
A Healthy Mouth for Your Baby
Here are a few tips on how to keep your baby’s teeth clean and healthy
Protect Your Baby’s Teeth with Fluoride:
Fluoride protects teeth from tooth decay and helps heal early decay. Fluoride is in the drinking water of many
towns and cities. Ask your dentist or doctor if your water has fluoride in it. If it doesn’t, talk to them about
giving you a prescription for fluoride drops for your baby.
Check and Clean Your Baby’s Teeth:
Check your baby’s teeth. Healthy teeth should be all one color. If you see spots or stains on the teeth, take your
baby to your dentist.
Clean your baby’s teeth as soon as they come in with a clean, soft cloth or a baby’s toothbrush. Clean the teeth at
least once a day. It’s best to clean them right before bedtime. At about age two, most of your child’s teeth will
be in. Now you can start brushing them with a small drop of fluoride toothpaste. Use a drop about the size of
a pea. Young children cannot get their teeth clean by themselves. Until they are seven or eight years old, you
will need to help them brush. Try brushing their teeth first and then letting them finish. And be sure that
you put the toothpaste on the brush---use only a pea-sized amount of toothpaste.
Feed Your Baby Healthy Food:
Choose foods that do not have a lot of sugar in them. Give your child fruits and vegetables instead of candy and
cookies.
Prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay:
Do not put your baby to bed with a bottle at night or at nap time. (If you put your baby to bed with a bottle, fill it
only with water). Milk, formula, juices, and other sweet drinks such as soda all have sugar in them. Sucking
on a bottle filled with liquids that have sugar in them can cause tooth decay. Decayed teeth can cause pain
and cost a lot to fill. During the day, do not give you baby a bottle filled with sweet drinks to use like a
pacifier. If you baby uses a pacifier, do not dip it in anything sweet like sugar or honey. Near his first
birthday, you should teach your child to drink from a cup instead of a bottle.
Take Your Child to the Dentist:
Ask your dentist when to bring your child in for his first visit. Usually, the dentist will want to see a child by his
first birthday. At this first visit, your dentist can quickly check your child’s teeth.
Pulled from: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov
Febrero el Mes Nacional De Salud Dental Infantil:
Una Boca Saludable para Su Bebe
Algunos recursos como puedes mantener los dientes de su bebe limpios y sanos.
Proteja los dientes de su bebe con flúor (también conocido como “fluoruro”):
El flúor proteja los dientes contra la caries y evita que progrese la caries que esta empezando. El flúor se
encuentre en el agua potable de algunos pueblos y ciudades. Pregúntele a su dentista o medico si el agua
potable donde usted vive tiene flúor. Si el agua potable no tiene flúor, pídale al dentista o medico una receta
para suplementos de flúor en gotas para su bebe.
Examine y limpie los dientes de su bebe:
Examine los dientes de su bebe. Los dientes saludables tienen un color uniforme. Si ve manchas o puntos en los
dientes, lleve a su bebe al dentista.
Limpie los dientes de su bebe apenas le salgan con un paño suave y limpio o con un cepillo dental para bebes.
Límpiele los dientes por lo menos una vez al día. Lo mejor es limpiarle los dientes justo antes de ponerlo a
dormir. A los dos anos, la mayoría de los dientes del niño han salido. Ahora los puede empezar a cepillar con
una pequeña cantidad de pasta dental con flúor. Use solo una cantidad pequeña de pasta dental. Los niño
pequeños no pueden cepillarse los dientes por si mismos. Ellos necesitaran su ayuda hasta que tengan siete y
ocho anos de edad. Comience el cepillado y luego déjelos que terminen, y asegúrese de colocar la pasta dental
sobre el cepillo de dientes. Utilice solamente una cantidad pequeña.
Dele a Su Bebe Alimentos Saludables:
Seleccione alimentos que contengan poca azúcar. Dele frutas y vegetales en lugar de dulces y galletas.
Prevenga la Caries de la Infancia Asociada con el Biberón (Pacha o Botella):
No acueste a su bebe con el biberón en las noches o durante la siesta. (Si acuesta a su bebe con el biberón, llénelo
con agua solamente.) La leche, formula, jugos y otras bebidas dulces como los refrescos (sodas) contienen
azúcar. Chupar el biberón lleno de estos líquidos azucarados puede causar caries en los dientes. Los dientes
con caries pueden causar dolor. También puede ser costoso tratarlos. Para tranquilizar a su bebe durante el
día, no le de el biberón con jugos o líquidos azucarados como si fuera un chupete 9chupon). Si su bebe usa un
chupete, nunca lo moje en miel u otro liquido dulce. Cerca del primer cumpleaños de su niño debe ensenarle a
beber de un vaso (taza) en vez del biberón.
Llevo Su Nino al Dentista:
Pregúntele a su dentista cuando debe llevar a su niño para la primera visita. Usualmente, el dentista le pedirá ver
a su niño antes de su primer cumpleaños. En la primera visita, el dentista examinara los dientes de su niño.
Escogido por: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov
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February 2014
February 2014
Trainings & Reminders
When: February 13, 2014
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Duplin County Partnership for Children
Cost: $5.00
When: February 27, 2014
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Duplin County Partnership for Children
Cost: $5.00
Changes in Facility Phone Numbers
When: February 20, 2014
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Duplin County
Partnership for Children
Cost: $5.00
BSAC Training
When: Saturday, February 8, 2014
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Sampson County - Roseboro
(Cason’s Community Care)
Cost: $25.00
For questions and to register, please call
910-642-8189 or 1-800-653-5212
If your facility has any changes to the
current phone number (land line or cell),
be sure to inform your DCDEE licensing
consultant as soon as possible!
10A NCAC 09 .1720 (8) have a working telephone
within the family child care home. Telephone numbers
for the fire department, law enforcement office,
emergency medical service, and poison control center
shall be posted near the telephone
Nutrition Requirements Your DCDEE Licensing
consultant will begin monitoring on the new nutrition
requirements. Be sure to have the necessary
paperwork in place.
10A NCAC 09 .0901 GENERAL NUTRITION
REQUIREMENTS
Creative Curriculum Your DCDEE licensing
consultant will begin monitoring Creative Curriculum
at child care facilities using this curriculum.
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Fluoride Facts
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Fluorine, from which fluoride is derived, is the 13th most abundant element and is released into the environment
naturally in both water and air.
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Fluoride is naturally present in all water. Community water fluoridation is the addition of fluoride to adjust the
natural fluoride concentration of a community's water supply to the level recommended for optimal dental health,
approximately 1.0 ppm (parts per million). One ppm is the equivalent of 1 mg/L, or 1 inch in 16 miles.
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Community water fluoridation is an effective, safe, and inexpensive way to prevent tooth decay. Fluoridation benefits
Americans of all ages and socioeconomic status.
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Children and adults who are at low risk of dental decay can stay cavity-free through frequent exposure to small
amounts of fluoride. This is best gained by drinking fluoridated water and using a fluoride toothpaste twice daily.
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Children and adults at high risk of dental decay may benefit from using additional fluoride products, including dietary
supplements (for children who do not have adequate levels of fluoride in their drinking water), mouth rinses, and
professionally applied gels and varnishes.
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Good scientific evidence supports the use of community water fluoridation and the use of fluoride dental products for
preventing tooth decay for both children and adults.
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Adjusting the level of fluoride in drinking water first used fluoride as a preventative for tooth decay in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. Fluoridation of drinking water has been used successfully in the United States for more than 50 years.
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Fluoridation of community water has been credited with reducing tooth decay by 50% - 60% in the United States
since World War II. More recent estimates of this effect show decay reduction at 18% - 40%, which reflects that even
in communities that are not optimally fluoridated, people are receiving some benefits from other sources (e.g., bottled
beverages, toothpaste).
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Fluoride's main effect occurs after the tooth has erupted above the gum. This topical effect happens when small
amounts of fluoride are maintained in the mouth in saliva and dental plaque.
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Fluoride works by stopping or even reversing the tooth decay process. It keeps the tooth enamel strong and solid by
preventing the loss of (and enhancing the re-attachment of) important minerals from the tooth enamel.
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Of the 50 largest cities in the United States, 43 have community water fluoridation. Fluoridation reaches 62% of the
population through public water supplies, more than 144 million people.
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Water fluoridation costs, on average, 72 cents per person per year in U.S. communities (1999 dollars).
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Consumption of fluids--water, soft drinks, and juice--accounts for approximately 75 percent of fluoride intake in the
United States.
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Children under age six years may develop enamel fluorosis if they ingest more fluoride than needed. Enamel fluorosis
is a chalk-like discoloration (white spots) of tooth enamel. A common source of extra fluoride is unsupervised use of
toothpaste in very young children.
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Fluoride also benefits adults, decreasing the risk of cavities at the root surface as well as the enamel crown. Use of
fluoridated water and fluoride dental products will help people maintain oral health and keep more permanent teeth.
Pulled from www.adha.org
Donor Levels:
$10-$49
Friend
$50-$99
Patron
$100-$249
Bronze
$250-$499
Silver
$500-$999
Gold
$1000 +
Platinum
Duplin County Partnership for Children is a 501(c) 3
private, nonprofit organization. Therefore, all donations
are tax deductible. All contributions are appreciated. If
you would like to make a contribution, make checks
payable to the Duplin County Partnership for Children.
Name________________________________
Contact Information
Telephone: 910-296-2000
Fax: 910-296-1497
www.dcpfc.org
Office Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Library Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
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Your donation will help ensure that young children in
Duplin County are healthy, safe, and ready for school.
149 Limestone Road
PO Box 989
Kenansville, NC 28349
Did you know…
Toddlers should receive at least 30 minutes
of structured physical activity and 60+
minutes of unstructured physical activity
each day. Preschoolers should receive at
least 60 minutes of structured physical
activity and 60+ minutes of unstructured
physical activity each day.