Activity : Creating A Peanut Butter Sandwich

When lunch time arrives, the children can create their own sandwiches. Put out some bread, peanut butter, sliced banana, crushed pineapple, dried fruit, relish, raisins, grated carrots, or cheese. Let each child decide what she wants in her sandwich.

Activity : Stick Puppets

Help the children cut out several pictures of animals or people from a magazine. The pictures can be glued to cardboard and then to popsicle sticks to make puppets.

Activity : Make A Book

Have the children cut pictures from an old magazine. Each child can paste the pictures into a book made of paper and bound with yarn. Each child can write or dictate a short story about each picture.

Activity : A Theme Collage

What You Need :

• Old Magazines


• Safety Scissors


• Glue


• Paper

What you do:

Have the children decide the theme of the collage. Write the theme at the top of the paper. They can look through magazines and cut out pictures that follow the theme. Some ideas for
themes are dogs, cats, or plants.

Activity : Make Bean Bags

Help your child sew some scrap material together and then fill with navy or pinto beans. (Due to choking hazards, this activity is not intended for children under three years of age.)

Activity : Make A Megaphone

A clean, empty plastic bleach container with the bottom cut off looks exactly like a megaphone. The children can practice singing or talking to the “crowd.”

Activity : Dress Up

Old hats, shirts, shoes, ribbons, junk jewelry, and other old clothing will occupy a child for hours. Let each child pick out his own costume.

Activity : Start A Collection

Young children like to collect things like rocks, shells, or coins. You can help children organize the collection by labeling the objects as to where they were found or who gave it to the child.

Activity : Flavored Milk

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Of Milk


• 1/2 Bannana, mashed, or


• 1/2 Cup of Orange Juice, or


• 1/4 Cup of Crushed Strawberries

Help the child mix the milk with one of the ingredients, and then shake until blended. This is a tasty, nutritious drink.

Activity : A Noodle Necklace

Big uncooked macaroni, painted or plain, can make a great necklace. Younger children will enjoy threading a string or shoelace through the macaroni.

Activity : Make A Newspaper

what you Need:

• Several Sheets of Paper


• Safety Scissors


• Crayons


• Construction Paper


• Glue

What you do:

A child can make her own newspaper by drawing or cutting out pictures of events or writing a simple story. The child can mail the newspaper to relatives or friends.

USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program

Did you know you can be reimbursed for the food you purchase for your daycare ?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides funding for child care facilities that participate on the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. This federal program was established in 1968 to help childcare providers feed nutritious meals to the children in their care. Our organization, Southwest Human Development Services, is a non-profit sponsor of the Program.

Last year, the USDA provided $1.8 billion dollars for meals in child care facilities. Child Care Providers are always better off financially if the join the Program. Food costs are the highest operating expense for child care providers and the Program helps offset those costs. With a childcare provider feeding 6 children on the Program, the monthly reimbursement check averages $ 500 a month. In many cases, the childcare provider’s own children are eligible for federal child nutrition benefits.

They also provide free software to manage your child care business. You can also use this system for online claiming for the food program.

Their website is http://www.swhuman.org
Phone : 1-800-369-9082
EMail : Info@swhuman.org

If you have any questions please let me know thanks !

Activity : Press Some Flowers

On a nice day, ask the children to collect some flowers and place them inside a big heavy book or
a stack of books. (To protect the pages of the book, place a napkin or paper towel in the book first.) After a few weeks the flowers will be dry. The children can make a dried flower picture by
gluing the flowers on a piece of paper.

Activity : Homemade Puppets

Old socks, mittens, and lunch bags make interesting hand puppets. Children love to talk through
puppets. This gives them the chance to create their own characters. Use markers to make eyes and noses and yarn for hair.The children can even add clothes, a hat, teeth, or ears.