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Volume 3, Issue 2

Queens Childcare Network

110-01 62nd Drive
Forest Hills NY 11375

July, 2016

Getting Active This Summer!

Inside this issue:

Physical Activity

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Activity Sample
Schedule

Physical Activity
At Home

Get Moving Today!

Calendar

Track Your Moveit Minutes

Limiting TV Time
Chart

My Cookbook Tool

Early Intervention
Workshop

As summer is in full
swing, children have
the opportunity to
enjoy the weather
and outdoors alongside child care providers, friends, and
family. Therefore it
is a great time to
begin promoting,
practicing, and developing physical activity skills as part
of a healthy lifestyle.

Queens Childcare
Network (QCCN)
would like to share
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resources to help
its child care pro10 viders create new

and exciting ways for

their children to be
active within the daycare. Equally as important is the physical activity of the
children in their
homes. Since parents
are able to set the
strongest example, it
is important to keep
in mind that participating in physical activity with a child
demonstrates to him
or her the great value of being active
and how fun it is!
Unstructed play
with family and allowing the child to have

an influence on the
choice of activity the
group will participate
in teaches them how
to explore options
and use their environment in useful and
creative ways. This
shows that physical
activity can be spontaneous and boosts
the childs confidence
when they find that
they can enjoy and
express themselves
through activity and
have their personal
achievements noticed
by their peers, parents, and other
adults. This simple
groundwork helps the
child be more easily
engaged in structured activity both in
the home or in child
care centers.
Source:
http://youthreport.projectpl
ay.us/the-8plays/introduction

Activity Planners
A good way to start taking action is not only to get moving, but to keep exciting and new activities on hand. A part of this is to provide new challenges and actively track success in a visual
way that will boost the dedication of the children and prepare them for new challenges. Use
the tools on the next few pages to inspire original activity ideas that work best for you and
your children.

#1 Full Day Sample Schedule

Shows how one full day of activities can be organized with the rest of the days activities. It
includes both structured, which is adult guided physical activity, and unstructured physical
activity, and uses several examples from the At Home Physical Activity Calendar and the
Summer Activity Calendars.

#2 At Home Physical Activity Calendar

Provides one activity for each day of the week that allows for the adult and child to have fun
using the creative suggestions for an activity.

#3 Get Moving Today! Activity Calendar

Includes activities for each day of the year. It will help plan for the long term and provide
fresh ideas for each day. Use this planner as a template to create an original calendar, incorporating your daycares themes of the day/week to match with the activities. Set goals for
each month or week and show the children how far they have progressed in their physical activity achievement. Follow the link provided to access the full calendar.

#4 Track Your Move-it Minutes Sheet

This sheet is a visualize aid to help the children track their activity from day to day and meet
a 1 hour minimum of activity each day.

#5 Limiting TV Time Chart for Kids

You cant create new ways to have fun if your stuck on the couch. This tool helps show older
kids just how much they are watching and better balance screen time throughout the day.
While using these activity guides keep in mind:

Making the most of small spaces increases your ability to be creative in a limited environment.

Use activities that challenge a wide range of ages so that the youngest and oldest can participate.

Infants need activity and opportunities to explore movement and their environment. 3-5
minutes of tummy time for infants is crucial for incorporating short periods of movement
several times a day.

Full Day Sample Schedule:

7:30 am Children Arrive

Free Play

8:00 am Provider Led Activity

30
minutes

8:30 am Breakfast

1 hour

9:30 am Outdoor PlayProvider

Led Activity

1 hour

10:30
am

Transition Indoors - Group 1 hour

Read Aloud Time

11:30
am

Lunch

1 hour

12:30
pm

Nap time

1 hour

1:30 pm Outdoor playFree Play 2 hours

and Provider Led Activity

Stand in a circle. One by one,

toss bean bags into a box in the
center. Keep backing up to see if
you can toss further.

Work on dribbling a ball with

your hands or feet. Experiment
with different sized balls.
Act out the story and movements
of the characters like a play on a
stage.

Free Play
Pretend you are a superhero.
Run, Stomp, Swing, Fly, Melt,
March, and Tip Toe

2:30 pm P.M. snack

45
minutes

3:15 pm Provider Led Activity

30
minutes

Animal Follow the Leaderthe

providers moves like an animal
and everyone else follows.
Change leaders and animals.

3:45 pm Clean up and Prepare for

Supper

15
minutes

Have all the children help to

clean up

4 pm

Supper

1 hour

5 pm

Prepare to go home

Quiet free play

Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/cdp/mti-pre-k1.pdf

Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/cdp/mti-pre-k1.pdf
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Source:
http://www.healthychildcare.org/PDF/LetsMove%20CalendarENGLCalendarFULL.pdf

Being Active is Fun Healthy Goals - Printable Tracking Sheet

Source: http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-education-printables/240-children-family-healthy-goals-color-characters-activity-trackers Ages 3 and up

Source: http://www.nourishinteractive.com/system/assets/free-printables/242/tracker-limiting-tv-program-time.pdf?1343404246

Limiting TV Time Chart for Kids - Printable Tracking Sheet Ages 7 and up

How to Create A Custom Cookbook

With the My Cookbook tool at the USDA Mixing Bowl website, not only can you can access
hundreds of recipes, but you can search through them using various search criteria, just as you
might when online shopping. You can quickly add items you like to your Shopping Basket, then
download your selections as a formatted custom collection for sharing or using immediately on
your phone or as a printed document. On the next page is a sample of the recipe book QCCN
created in a short amount of time with just basic access to a computer and the internet. We
focused on summer inspired recipes.
The most notable asset of this tool are its search criteria filters. These include:

Amount of calories

Course of the meal

Cuisine style

Reducing sodium

Cooking equipment required

Increasing Calcium

Food group

Saturated fat per serving

Use this tool to save time on menu building so that you spend more time on what matters, eating delicious healthy food and enjoying an active summer!
When creating your menu be sure to include all the components required for each meal!
Access the USDA Mixing Bowl here: http://www.whatscooking.fns.usda.gov/cookbook

Find the entire cookbook we created for one day of meals here:
http://tinyurl.com/summerrecipeqccn
For the 15-Minute Enchilada, serve with two vegetables and/or fruit and a milk component.
For the Asparagus, Mandarin Orange, Chicken and Rice, serve with a milk component.

The CACFP program has many more resources on their website:

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/nutrition-and-nutrition-education

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*Sample From Cookbook *

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For healthy growth and development, children who need specialized assistance and attention benefit most when action is
taken early. By identifying what issues they are encountering,
parents can determine where to begin treatment through education, therapy, and other services. This helps these children
meet developmental expectations for children their age and
reduce or prevent any disabilities that may affect them later
in life.
The first step for parents and child care providers is to start
learning what can be done for their children through the Early
Intervention Program (EIP). Therefore, QCCN is hosting a representative from the EIP to speak during a workshop. This
speaker will provide information, answer parental questions or
concerns about the services offered, and cover what children
can expect when they begin, and how to find supportive services.

The workshop will take place on Saturday September 24th at 10am at the Early Childhood Center located at 110-01 62nd Drive Forest Hills, NY 11375.

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