MAY 2018 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 ` INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Wash Your Hands 3 BREC’s 2018 Summer Camps 4 BREC’s 2018 Summer Camps 5 Early Child- hood Educa- tion 6 EBRPSS Launches District App 7 EmployBR Young Adult Services 8 Summer Remediation General Information 9 Project Power 2018 Summer Camp 10 MAY 2018 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 Activities to Keep Kids’ Brains Active in Summer It's summer -- that time of year when teachers bid farewell to students, hoping their gleefully escaping charges don't forget every- thing they've learned during the school year. It's also the time of year when nervous parents take on the challenge of keeping their children physically busy and mentally active during long summer days. To assist with these efforts, here are some ideas that not only reinforce skills taught during the year, but also to enter- tain students through the summer months. Many of these activities link to online resources. In most cases, however, the activities can be completed even by those without Internet access. 1. Teach kids to cook with the step-by-step lessons and recipes at Cooking With Kids. The site also includes measurement reminders, safety tips, and suggestions for involving kids in the cooking process. 2. Make homemade Bubble Solution and experiment with such unique Bubble- Blowing Tools as strings, milk containers, and garbage can lids. 3. Create musical instruments from materials found around the house. Need help? En- chanted Learning provides instructions for such Musical Instruments as a rattle, box guitar, maraca, and rain stick. 4. Cool down by making Ice Cream in a Bag. The simple technique produces delicious Power Parent ice cream in about 5 minutes. What ice cream varieties will you and your child concoct? 5. Learn about national parks from the comfort of your own home, and encourage your child to complete online activities and become a Web Ranger. Materials are grouped by age and include cool awards and a membership card. 6. Start a rock collection. Collecting Rocks, a Web site by the U. S. Geological Survey, offers advice to help the novice collector gather, identify, and store neat rock speci- mens. The Audubon Society Pocket Guide Familiar Rocks and Minerals North America will help children identify and label the rocks and minerals they find. 7. Take a virtual CampusTour of colleges and universities your high school student might be considering. Tour the schools' grounds, look at maps, view videos and photos, and request information about those institutions of higher learning. If you don't have Internet access at home, take your tour at the local library. 8. Soar into space (the space in your bedroom, kitchen, or dining room) by constructing Science Bob's Balloon Rocket.
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M A Y 2 0 1 8 V O L U M E 1 0 , I S S U E 1 0
`
INSIDE
THIS
ISSUE:
Wash Your
Hands
3
BREC’s 2018
Summer
Camps
4
BREC’s 2018
Summer
Camps
5
Early Child-
hood Educa-
tion
6
EBRPSS
Launches
District App
7
EmployBR
Young Adult
Services
8
Summer
Remediation
General
Information
9
Project
Power
2018
Summer
Camp
10
M A Y 2 0 1 8 V O L U M E 1 0 , I S S U E 1 0
Activities to Keep Kids’ Brains Active in Summer It's summer -- that time of year when teachers bid farewell to students, hoping their gleefully escaping charges don't forget every-thing they've learned during the school year. It's also the time of year when nervous parents take on the challenge of keeping their children physically busy and mentally active during long summer days. To assist with these efforts, here are some ideas that not only reinforce skills taught during the year, but also to enter-tain students through the summer months.
Many of these activities link to online resources. In most cases, however, the activities can be completed even by those without Internet access.
1. Teach kids to cook with the step-by-step lessons and recipes at Cooking With Kids. The site also includes measurement reminders, safety tips, and suggestions for involving kids in the cooking process.
2. Make homemade Bubble Solution and experiment with such unique Bubble-Blowing Tools as strings, milk containers, and garbage can lids.
3. Create musical instruments from materials found around the house. Need help? En-chanted Learning provides instructions for such Musical Instruments as a rattle, box guitar, maraca, and rain stick.
4. Cool down by making Ice Cream in a Bag. The simple technique produces delicious
Power Parent
ice cream in about 5 minutes. What ice cream varieties will you and your child concoct?
5. Learn about national parks from the comfort of your own home, and encourage your child to complete online activities and become a Web Ranger. Materials are grouped by age and include cool awards and a membership card.
6. Start a rock collection. Collecting Rocks, a Web site by the U. S. Geological Survey, offers advice to help the novice collector gather, identify, and store neat rock speci-mens. The Audubon Society Pocket Guide Familiar Rocks and Minerals North America will help children identify and label
the rocks and minerals they find.
7. Take a virtual CampusTour of colleges and universities your high school student might be considering. Tour the schools' grounds, look at maps, view videos and photos, and request information about those institutions of higher learning. If you don't have Internet access at home, take your tour at the local library.
8. Soar into space (the space in your bedroom, kitchen, or dining room) by constructing Science Bob's Balloon Rocket.
Activities to Keep Kids’ Brains Active in Summer (continued)
steps for constructing it, so another family member can recreate it!
10. Catch a firefly and then go online to learn more about fireflies or read a book, such as Fireflies by Sally M. Walker, to help your child learn more about them. Then invite your child to complete the Educa-tion World Firefly Facts work sheet. Firefly Facts An-swers:
• Fireflies are really beetles because they have four wings; true flies only have two wings.
• Most fireflies like warm, humid areas.
• In the United States, glowing fireflies are found east of the middle of Kansas.
• Firefly larvae feed mostly on earthworms, snails, and slugs.
• Scientists believe fireflies use their ability to flash as a warning signal to predators and to attract mates.
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This simple science experiment using a balloon, string, straw, and tape, illustrates the use of air pressure to produce movement.
9. Have your child follow instructions to Build the Best Paper Airplane in the World. Then ask your child to design an original paper airplane and diagram the
Ask questions to develop your child’s higher order thinking skills
Advanced thinking skills will help your child in
school and in life.
When your child builds her critical thinking skills, she will
be able to analyze, critique and evaluate information that
she reads or hears. Give your child some practice by
asking her questions in different situations. For example,
when reading together, ask:
• What do you think will happen next?
• Why do you think the story ended the way it did?
• Why do you think the author chose to include a par-
ticular event or element in the story?
When going somewhere new, ask:
• How is this place different from somewhere you’ve
been before?
• Does this place remind you of somewhere we’ve
been?
Source: C.A. Simon, “How To Encourage Higher Order
Wash Your Hands Handwashing is one of the best ways to protect
yourself, your family, and others from getting sick.
Washing your hands
with soap and water is
simple and easy. More
importantly, it’s one of
the most effective ways
to prevent the spread
of germs. Clean hands
can stop germs from
spreading from one
person to another and throughout an entire community—
from your home and workplace to childcare facilities
and hospitals.
When should you wash your hands?
You can help yourself and others stay healthy by wash-
ing your hands often, especially during these key times
when germs are likely to get on your hands and can
easily spread to you or others:
• Before, during, and after preparing food
• Before eating food
• Before and after caring for someone who is sick
• Before and after treating a cut or wound
• After using the toilet
• After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet
• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
• After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
• After touching garbage
Follow the five steps below to wash your
hands the right way every time.
Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or
cold), turn off the tap, and apply soap.
Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the
soap. Be sure to lather the backs of your hands, be-
tween your fingers, and under your nails.
Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a
timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from begin-
ning to end twice.
Rinse your hands well under clean, running water.
Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.
What should you do if you don’t have soap
and clean, running water?
Washing hands with soap and water is the best way to
get rid of germs. If soap and water are not available, use
an alcohol-based hand sanitizer[423 KB] that contains at
least 60% alcohol. You can tell if the sanitizer contains at
least 60% alcohol by looking at the product label. Alcohol
-based hand sanitizers can quickly reduce the number of
germs on hands in some situations, but sanitizers
do NOT get rid of all types of germs.
Hand sanitizers may not be as effective when hands are
visibly dirty or greasy. Furthermore, hand sanitizers might
not remove harmful chemicals like pesticides and heavy
metals from hands. Be cautious when using hand sanitiz-
ers around children; swallowing alcohol-based hand sani-
tizers can cause alcohol poisoning if a person swallows
more than a couple mouthfuls.
For more information on handwashing, please visit
CDC’s Handwashing website. You can also call
1-800-CDC-INFO or contact CDC-INFO for answers to
specific questions.
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Promoting Healthy Living for EBR Families
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BREC’s 2018 Summer Camps For over 40 years, BREC’s Summer Camps have been an inclusive, family tradition in East Baton Rouge Parish!
Parents recognize the quality of BREC’s summer program which is loaded with a diverse curriculum of fun and
memory-making activities that are second to none. Campers experience recreational games, community field trips,
sports, cultural arts, develop new friendships and more. From recreation and theatre to animals and science, there is
a camp for children of all ages and interests!
Registration for East Baton Rouge Parish residents will open on March 24.
Registration for any out of parish campers will open April 3
Follow the links below to learn more about BREC upcoming summer camps!
March 14th—15th,
2018
HOURS: 8:00
a.m.—4:00 p.m.
PARTICI-PANTS: ANY INTERESTED ADULT WHO RESIDE OR WORK IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WOR WAYS TO REGISTER:
On-Site Beginning March 24 from 9 a.m.-noon, East Baton Rouge Parish residents can visit the site where they want to attend camp and register in person. Payments can be made using cash, check, money order or Visa, MasterCard or Discover credit/debit card. Deposits and financial assistance (East Baton Rouge Residents Only) are available on-site only. Out-of-parish residents may begin registering on April 3 at 3:30 p.m.
Online Beginning March 24 at 9 a.m., East Baton Rouge Parish residents can register at all locations through WebTrac, BREC’s online registration system. Patrons are able to register online from their computer, tablet or smartphone. Pa-trons can register online using a Visa, MasterCard or Discover credit/debit card at webtrac.brec.org. Full payment is required at the time of registration online, no deposits or financial assistance are available online, as they must be
ATHLETICS BREC ART
BLUEBONNET SWAMP NATURE CTR CAMP SUNSHINE
CONSERVATION EXTREME SPORTS
FARR PARK EQUESTRIAN CTR GOLF
HIGHLAND RD PARK OBSERVATORY INDEPENDENCE PARK THEATRE
BE PREPARED Be Prepared. Be sure to login to the website before March 24 to make sure your information is up to date and that you are familiar with the layout and navigation. FAQs are available for tips and answers to most questions. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these files. If you still have problems, please email [email protected] or call 225-272-9200. Camp sections are listed by location. Simply log into WebTrac, click on the Summer Camp icon, and select your location to view available sections.
DEPOSITS
BREC allows a registration deposit equal to half of the session(s) fee starting March 24 – May 18 on-site only. Anyone who wishes to hold a spot in any session can do so by paying half of the total fee. Registrants must pay the remaining balances of the registration fees no later than the Thursday before the camp session begins. Anyone who does not pay their balance by this time will forfeit their original deposit and their spot in upcoming session of camp. The original deposit is non-refundable, but is transferable. Deposits are not available for online registration.
REFUNDS Registrants must request all refunds on a Summer Camp Refund form. You can download this form at brec.org/
summercamp or pick one up at your summer camp site. If a registrant requests a refund more than 10 business days
prior to the start of the session, BREC will issue the full session fee minus a $15 transaction fee. If a registrant
requests a refund 10 business days or less from the start of the session, BREC will not issue a refund. BREC does
not issue a refund for any session already in progress. All checks must clear before BREC processes any refunds.
Please allow 3-4 weeks for BREC to issue a refund after the refund form has been completed and submitted. If you
do not have computer access, go to the summer camp site and request a Summer Camp Refund form.
FINANCIAL AID
Available to EBR Parish Residents ONLY BREC provides limited financial assistance. BREC requires all applicants to pay at least half of the registration fee for every session they plan to attend at the time of requesting a financial assistance form. All recreation centers provide financial assistance forms that include directions for completing the financial assistance process. Registrants must complete BREC’s Financial Assistance Form in its entirety with the required documents attached for financial assis-tance in order for BREC to consider the application. BREC does not make exceptions and does not offer financial as-sistance for out-of-parish residents. Financial assistance is available on a first come, first serve basis until funds are no longer available.
*The payment and registration policies indicated above do not apply to Zoo Camp. encouraged to
Communication, Language and Literacy Activity for 30 to 36 months
Listening and Talking Materials: None
What to do:
1. Help the toddler, who will tend to talk about the
present with phrases like “Me want cookie,” learn
new words to talk about what she did in the past and
will do in the future: “Yesterday you went down the
slide at the park. That was fun.” Or, “Tomorrow we’re
going to the store. You can help push the cart.” Also,
“Guess what? Tomorrow we are going to make play
dough.”
2. Talk about what happened during the day: “You had
a busy day. This morning you and Sam played in the
sand box. You ate a peanut butter sandwich for
lunch. After your nap we went to the store. What else
did we do?”
3. Talk about what you will do tomorrow: “I think it’s
going to be sunny tomorrow. What would you like to
do?”
Variations:
A. Talk about the day’s events while eating dinner or at bedtime.
B. Talk about what you are going to do next when
sitting at the lunch table. “Soon, when we are through eating, we will put our napkins in the waste-basket and wash our hands.”
C. Talk about what happened that morning while eating lunch. He will learn the meaning of words such as “soon,” “next,” “first,” “before” through discussions connected to easily recognizable activities.
D. Talk about the weather, especially in connection with words like “today,” “yesterday,” “last week.” You are connecting the passage of time to something more concrete and observable for a child.
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EBRPSS Launches District App Our school system has launched its first ever mobile app to provide the community with a streamlined way of obtaining important information.
East Baton Rouge School families and community members now have immediate access to the a district calendar, lunch menus, bus routes, dress codes, important documents, an updated news feed of the things happening around the school district, and so much more!
Share the new app with family and friends and help us keep the community informed.
App users will receive districtwide updates through the
use of push notifications. Users can receive updates
about school cancellations, district sports summaries,
EmployBR Young Adult Services are available to youth
& young adults ages 14-24 and located within the
McKinley Alumni Association at 1520 Thomas H. Delpit
Drive. We provide a comprehensive array of services
that focuses on assisting youth with one or more
barriers to employment and post-secondary education,
or advanced training.
REQUEST HELP
If you are a teen or young adult living in East Baton Rouge Parish, who would like help finding a job, prepar-ing for an interview, or going back to school, click on the link below: http://www.employbr.com/Youth/youth-help
Fill out the form and submit. A representative from the organization will follow-up with you and arrange for an initial meeting.
Interactive Educational Websites That Parents and Young Kids Can Explore Together
Listed below are some good educational websites that parents and young kids can explore together:
1. National Geographic Kids: Great nature videos, activities, games, stories, and more
2. Discovery Kids: Video, games and activities to explore dinosaurs, sharks, space, pets, history and more
3. Smithsonian Kids Collecting: how to start your own collection and see what other kids collect
4. The Last American Dinosaurs: from the National Museum of Natural History
5. NASA Kids Club: a place to play games and learn about NASA through interactive explorations
6. My Wonderful World: A multimedia tour of our seven continents
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