My wish for families this comming year is peace and health! I am encouraging everyone to visit Chef Alex @ www.healthychefalex.com. In the spirit of giving, all of my links offer freebees. This site has recipes and health tips from Alex Jamieson, A.K.A. Healthy Chef Alex. She is the wonderful chef that helped Morgan Spurlock detox after he binged on McDonalds in the film "Supersize Me." I have tried her recipes, they're wonderful. Some are exotic, most are very easy to make and all are delicious. The best part is there's a large library of archived recipies. To paraphrase Chef Alex, one of the reasons people are becoming obese is the ritual of cooking our own food has been lost. Creating nutritious and good tasting meals can be done inexpensively and fairly quickly. Communities usually have a local farmers market where fresh, in season fruits, vegetables and herbs are available. Usually these foods are cheaper than in the grocery stores and much fresher because the farmers themselves are bringing the items directly from their farms. In Sacramento there is a wonderful open air market open on Sundays located on "X" Street between 7th and 9th Streets (under the freeway). I am welcoming anyone to add to this with info about other markets in a 20 mile radius.Every week I will be featuring a free link for building stronger families. I hope you enjoy! Happy Holidays!!
Jimmy Bell, Local Sacramento musician and kids music pioneer will host The Beat Club, a unique musical opportunity for children ages 5-13! They will experience writing, performing and recording their very own song or poem to be placed on a professionally recorded and produced CD with fellow attending kids.Classes Will Inlude:*Music History*Musical discussion*Musical Compostion*A professionally produced and recorded CD with your child's song *End of session CD release party!Where: Deep Studios 2030 Hst. A local art studio located in the heart of downtown Sacramento on thecorner of H annd 21st Streets. When: Classes will be held January 3rd & 5th, 10th & 12th. Last meeting: Record date- Jan. 17th 4pm-6pm. Classes will will run about an hour. Please arrive a bit early. Parents are welcome to stick around and participate.Cost: $75.00 per child. This includes everything. Plus the CD release party! The party will be scheduled upon the completion of the final CD, roughly a week or two after the final meeting.Classes are limited to 10 children. Classes will fill up quickly.For More information and to sign up for classes, contact Jimmy Bell @ 916-213-7018 or visit the website @ www.3rdbedroomstudios.com
Have you ever wondered what type of education is required to work in a child care center? Open a Family Child Care Home? What kind of emploment can someone find who holds a degree in Early Childhood education? Why would someone be interested in this kind of work? What are the rewards and downfalls to working with children? Would this field Be right for me?
I can help with these questions. I also have links to other providers who may need assistants, families who are in need of a nanny, and unexpected places you may find these opportunities.
Click on any of the underscored "comment" links to contact me regarding these or other questions regarding career opportunities in child care or contact me directly @ madsqbls@aol.com
*Family Child Care Providers, Inc.
"Promoting Quality Child Care in the Home Environment"
14kids@surewest.net
*Aimee's Playhouse Child Care (host)
"Licensed Child Care Creating Life-Long Learners"
madsqbls@aol.com
*Sacramento City College"Earn Your Early Childhood Units Here"
www.scc.losrios.edu
*Child Action Inc."Free Child Care Referrals; Subsidy for Child Care"
www.childaction.org
*Child Care Careers"Website to research different Early Childhood Professions"
www.childcarecareers.com
*Knowledge Learning Centers
"Find an accredited child care center"
www.knowledgelearning.com/centers/index
*eNanny
"Find a Nanny in your area/Become a Nanny anywhere in the U.S."
www.enannysource.com
*The Beat Club"Music Classes for Children taught by a Professional Musician"
Jimmy Bell @ 916-213-7018 or www.3rdbedroomstudios.com
(See Post for the Beat Club above)
Do you provide a service to families? Music or dance lessons? Child care provider or child care center? After School Program? Post on our blog. We serve the greater Sacramento area and can link readers directly to your service. To enter your information, click on the "comment" prompt and enter your info. This blog is up dated twice weekly, so most entries are posted quickly.
Questions? Contact: Aimee @ madsqbls@aol.com
All Children posted on this site are protected by strict confidentiality.
No names of children are posted -- ever. We want every one to be able to see what fun we have here, yet be safe.
Thanks. Aimee.
Do you have a question regarding anything that involves children and early childhood education? Any question answered; if I don't have the answer -- I have countless resources to get your question answered. All you have to do is enter your question under any of the links that display "comment" (under the pictures posted). Ask away...
Some of the resources include colleagues, the department of human services; community care licensing, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and my library among others.
Aimee's Playhouse is currently full. Openings will be available begining June 1st, 2006.In the event you would like schedule an interview, and/or be placed on our waiting list, please call the numbers listed below :
Full time is 4 days or more per week/Part time is 1-3 days per week. For more information and rates please contact me @ madsqbls@aol.com.Or call (916) 813-0063 / 455-4479.
Tips for Great Gifts for Children
Aimee's Playhouse Recommendation: Art Materials
Art materials may not last forever, but they foster creativity and help children develop skills that lead to reading, writing, and seeing beauty in life. Fingerpaints, watercolor markers, and large sheets of paper make great gifts.
Toys can teach children to use their imagination, solve problems, build muscles, and figure out how things work -- not to mention how to cooperate. Some other great toy ideas are:
*Toys that are appealing and interesting to the child
*Toys that are proper for that child's capacities
*Toys that are appropriate for the child's emotional
and social develop development
*Toys suitable for individual play or to encourage learning to play with others;
and
*Well constructed, durable toys safe for the age of the child
links: www.communityplaythings.com; www.youngexplorers.com; www.disountschoolsupply.com; www.hearthsong.com; www.naeyc.org; www.steinercollege.edu/newbookstore/bookstore.html
This month at Aimee's Playhouse we are creating fabulous art!!
We found a very creative and useful web site for providers and parents alike to help foster creativity in our children (of all ages): www.kinderart.com Please visit; your children will thank you for it!
Some of the fabulous project we have done for the holiday season are creating tree ornaments and wreaths with paint prints of our hands and feet, we've been working with melted crayon wax and wax paper to make stained-glass ornaments (equally as beautiful in a sunny window), as well as practicing cutting with our reindeer decorations (which feature our hand prints as the horns and shoe print as the head).
Please keep checking your e-mail, as I have been sending home pictures of your child's day on an almost daily basis.
