2009-2010Acknowledging Strength

Building on Success!

NORTH

Vision:Vision:KidsFirst NORTH children enjoy a KidsFirst NORTH children enjoy a good start to life and are nurtured good start to life and are nurtured and supported by caring families and supported by caring families

and communities.and communities.

“Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more

amazing than self-defence and as

courageous as either one.”

-Gloria Steinem

“It is not until you become a Mother that your

judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”

-Erma Bombeck

KidsFirst Home Visitors teach families the Daily Dos.

4 Steps to Success

DAILY DO DUDE

E-Parenting

Brain Builders

Play by Play

Character

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Body Builders

“Sleep is the best meditation.”-Dalai Lama

“The wise man should consider that health is the

greatest of human blessings. Let food be your

medicine.”- Hippocrates

“The first wealth is health.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character Builders“You cannot dream

yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.”

-Henry David Thoreau

“When there is no enemy within,

the enemies outside cannot

hurt you.”-African proverb

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.”

-Dr. Seuss

4 Steps to SuccessStep 1. Get the child’s attention.

“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of

the world.”-George Washington Carver

Step 2. Demonstrate an activity.

“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing

another, it is the only means.”-Albert Einstein

Step 3. Watch and wait to see if the child does the activity on their own.

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before

which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”

-John Quincy Adams

Step 4. Praise the child on their success!

Play by Play

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.

-Robert Frost

Brain Builders

E-Parenting

“A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words

bruise the heart of a child.”

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

CHEEERS• CUES

• HOLDING

• EXPRESSION

• EMPATHY

• ENVIRONMENT

• RYTHMICITY/RECIPROCITY

• SMILES

• CUES - How frequently do parents recognize and respond appropriately to the cues?

• Holding - How are parents stimulating the child?

• Expression - How much are parents talking to the baby?

• Empathy -How is the parent responding sensitively to the child’s feelings?

• Environment - How does the parent use their environment to interact with the child?

• Rhythmicity/Reciprocity - How is the rhythm between the parent and child?

• Smiles - How do the parent and child demonstrate joyful interaction?

KidsFirst NORTH Home Visitors observe family strengths with Cues.

KidsFirst NORTH Home Visitors observe family strengths with Holding.

KidsFirst NORTH Home Visitors observe family strengths with Expression.

KidsFirst NORTH Home Visitors observe family strengths with Empathy.

KidsFirst NORTH Home Visitors observe family strengths with Environment.

“Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.”

-Mark Twain

KidsFirst NORTH Home Visitors observe family strengths with Rhythmicity and Reciprocity.

KidsFirst NORTH Home Visitors observe family strengths with Smiles.

“Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”

-Mother Teresa

KidsFirst NORTH families find success by building on their strengths!

“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.”

-Oprah Winfrey

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music.”

-William Stafford

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

-Winston Churchill

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”

-William Shakespeare

KidsFirst NORTH Stars!

“There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that

reflects it.”-Edith Wharton

“Coming together is a beginning.Keeping together is progress.Working together is success.”

-Henry Ford

“Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together

harmoniously.”-Mark Twain

Congratulations KidsFirst North on another great year!!!