Tylenol Recall

There has been a voluntary recall on several infant & children's products by Tylenol. Click here for more information and product specifications.

Ready, Aim, Play Recap

During the parent group at this months' Ready, Aim, Play, we discussed nutrition & the young child. Information packets are still available- just ask you parent educator to bring one to your next visit!

We shared two kid-friendly lunch/snack ideas. Click on the name to be directed to the recipe:

1. Snail Snacks



2. Lunch Ahoy!



For the boats, we made chicken salad with quartered red grapes, mayo, salt, & pepper. For the snail rollers, we used whole wheat tortillas, whipped cream cheese and 98% fat free ham.

Here are some great places to find kid-friendly recipes:

Kraft
Family Fun
Parenting
Parents
Disney Family
Eating Well Kids
Kids Health
Good Housekeeping
Redbook

Great Site About Childhood Nutrition:
My Pyramid Preschoolers

The Mulvane Public Library has several great resources about family cooking, nutrition, and children's health!

If you have any family favorites and recipes to share, contact me! We will be posting recipes on a regular basis here on our blog!

Join us next time for Ready, Aim, Play- Wednesday, October 21st from 10-11 AM in the PAT room. Our parent discussion will be on discipline.

Grins & Squiggles: Awesome Autumn!

Tuesday evening, several PAT families joined in on the Grins & Squiggles fun! We learned about owls, other words that begin with the letter "O", why the leaves change color in the fall, shapes, and the seasons.

The kids had a great time making owl puppets and leaf mosaics. We ended up with some very creatively arranged owls, and they were all masterpieces!










We also learned 3 songs/finger-plays about apples. If you were unable to make the meeting, here they are so that you can try them at home!

LITTLE APPLES (Sing to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little, two little, three little apples,
Four little, five little, six little apples,
Seven little, eight little, nine little apples,
All fell to the ground.

APPLE TREE
Way up high in the apple tree (stretch arm up high)
Two red apples smiled at me (hold up 2 fingers)
I shook that tree as hard as I could (make a shaking motion)
Down came the apples, (make a downward motion)
Mmmm--were they good! (smile and rub stomach)

I'M A LITTLE APPLE (Sing to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")
I'm a little apple, short and round,
I make a munchy, crunchy sound,
If you bite into me you will see-
I'm delicious as can be!

Please mark you calendar for our next installment of Grins & Squiggles- Tuesday, October 13th from 6:30-7:30 pm. We will have our own little Boo Bash in honor of Halloween!

Last Day for Registration!

Today is the last day to register for the upcoming Parenting With Love & Logic seminar.

This seminar will be held each Wednesday evening, beginning September 9th and ending October 14th. It will be held from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Woodlawn United Methodist Church in Derby. Free child care will be provided. You can register online by clicking here or you may call to register: 316-788-1507.