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In This Issue: * NAEYC Re-Accreditation * Music Classes are Coming * Making Reading Part of Your Family's Lifestyle

NAEYC Re-Accreditation Awarded to O'Hare!

O'Hare Child Development Center 2300 E. Devon, Suite 171 Des Plaines, IL 60018 847.803.5181 www.oharecdc.org

We received notification that we maintain our NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Accreditation through July 2018! O'Hare Child Development Center continues to strive for excellence. As an accredited program we must: Promote positive relationships for all children and adults to encourage each child's sense of individual worth. Implement a curriculum that fosters all areas of child development: cognitive, emotional, language, physical, and social. Use developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate and

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effective teaching approaches. Provide ongoing assessments of a child's learning and development and communicate the child's progress to the family. Promote the nutrition and health of children and protect children and staff from illness and injury. Employ and support a teaching staff that has educational qualifications, knowledge, and professional commitment necessary to promote children's learning and development and to support families' diverse interests and needs. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with each child's family. Establishes relationships with and use the resources of the community to support the achievement of program goals. Provide a safe and healthy physical environment. Implement strong personnel, fiscal, and program management policies so that all children, families, and staff have high-quality experiences.
Guidelines above from: NAEYC Accreditation brochure #917

Music classes are coming

Beginning Friday, April 5, 2013 all the children enrolled in the center will have a 30-minute session with Michelle Weissberger, who came and did a demonstration class with all the age groups in January. Michelle Weissgerber has been teaching and performing music and musical theater for more than eleven years. Her teaching experience includes:

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teaching music, improv, acting and dance programs, for infants - 18 years of age with such companies as Bubbles Academy, Gymboree, Children's Lake Forest Theater Company, Ogden Elementary in downtown Chicago and the Ohio Performing Arts Youth Center. The O'Hare Area Federal Employees Child Learning Center (OAFECLC) our parent board, is generously funding the cost of the 6-week program. The infant classes will be done in the own classrooms and toddlers and preschoolers will have their session in the Activity Room. The schedule for the classes is: Infant 1: 9 a.m., Infant 2: 9:30 a.m., Toddlers: 10 a.m., Preschool: 10:30 a.m. and Preschool 2: 11 a.m.

Making Reading a Part of Your Family's Lifestyle

Parents play a critical role in helping their children to develop not only the ability to read, but also the enjoyment of reading. In the early childhood years, parents can help in their child's quest to become avid readers for life by following these principles.

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Turn off the tube. Start by limiting your families' television viewing time. Teach by example. If you have books, newspapers and magazines around your house, and your child sees you reading, then your child will learn that you value reading. The value of "modeling the way" is very important in a young child's life. Read together. Reading with your child is a great activity. It not only teaches your child that reading is important to you, but it also offers a chance to talk about the book and often other issues will come up. Books can really open the lines of communication between the parent and child.

Hit the library. Try finding books about current issues or interests in your child or family's life. For example, if your child is going to the dentist soon, you may want to check out books about going to the dentist. Or, if your family is going on an airplane soon you may want to take out books about a plane ride. Speak to your

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local children's librarian about books that are by highly-recommended authors and illustrators. Moreover, check your local library's schedule of children's activities. This may include drop-in story times and reading programs where parents can help their children earn prizes and value reading more while their parents are again modeling the importance of reading. Libraries are rich resources in our neighborhoods that sometimes get forgotten. Parents should make sure they have a current library card so parents can check out books. Young children should be encouraged to get a library card as soon as possible. Some libraries will issue library cards as soon as the child can write his or her name. Let your child take out books when he or she is able to because this helps to encourage responsibility.

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As part of the Month of the Young child, we have a family field trip planned. On the evening of April 24, 2013, we will meet at the Des Plaines Library. They will be given a tour of the children's area, the families will have a story time, and we will talk about the importance of library cards. This will also include a behind the scenes tour of the circulation area.

REFERA-FRIEND Save $25!

We would like to thank you for all of your wonderful words of praise about our Centers to your family and friends! Our program continues to grow through your referrals. Because of this, we are pleased to announce that the Refer-A-Friend incentive will continue throughout the year. For any private pay family that you refer to us, that enrolls in our Center, and stays enrolled for at least six months, you will receive the value of one week's private pay childcare fees FREE for your oldest child. Half of the incentive award will be given at the time of the new private pay family's enrollment, the other half after six months. In order to be eligible for this incentive, they must list your name as the referral on the "New

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