Delphine delves into topics such as bullying and friendship in this heartfelt and powerful talk. Delphine will be speaking about her talk, titles, 'I thought that you were my friend' This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Food Allergy Substitutions
Milk - Almond milk, Soy milk, Oat milk, Coconut milk beverage, Rice milk, Hemp milk, Cashew milk, Pea protein milk, Hazelnut milk. For our program, non dairy beverages must be nutritionally equivalent to milk and meet the nutritional standards for fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A & D, and other nutrients to levels found in cow's milk. As of now, soy milk is the only one that qualifies.
Cheese - crumbled tofu, vegan cheese, cashew cheese, nutritional yeast, and miso.
Butter - canola oil, olive oil, applesauce, pumpkin puree, banana and avocado
Peanut/Tree Nut - almonds, cashews, walnuts, macadamia nuts, Brazil nuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, pine nuts, and coconuts.
Soy - chickpea flour, tofu, soymilk, whole grains, tempeh, textured vegetable protein, chia seeds, nut butters, and spirulina/algae
Egg - chia eggs, flax eggs, aquafaba, mashed banana, unsweetened applesauce, and nut butter
Fish/Shellfish - tofu, legumes, beans, nuts, seeds, grains and dairy
Read more, here.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Chili Mac
1 lb. ground beef
1 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp fresh thyme
1 tbsp potato starch
1/2 lb. rice penne
1 small onion, diced
1 tbsp chili powder
1/2 tsp fresh oregano
1 cup water or tomato sauce
Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain and run under cold water to stop cooking. Meanwhile, heat oil in large heavy bottom skillet or Dutch oven over med/high heat. Sauté onion and garlic until translucent. Add meat, breaking into pieces. Brown meat stirring occasionally. Add spices and starch. Stir to blend evenly. Add water/stock/tomato sauce and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes until thickened. Add noodles, stir gently and heat to serving temperature.
This recipe is free of: milk, peanut, egg, soy, tree nut, gluten, wheat, fish, shellfish, and sesame.
Find more, here.
Sunday, May 22, 2022
The Mindset of a Champion | Carson Byblow | TEDxYouth@AASSofia
"The Mindset of a Champion" - Carson Byblow is a 5th grade student who goes to the Anglo American School of Sofia in Bulgaria. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia but is from Canada. Funny thing is he has never lived in Canada but have visited many times. Carson loves to play football, basketball and hangout with his friends and family. He speaks a little of Bulgarian and is fluent in English. He wrote his talk about growth and fixed mindsets because he has struggled with for his long life of ten years. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Becoming a Provider
STEPS TO BECOMING A LICENSED FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDER
- Attend a Licensing Orientation
- Register for the orientation with Community Care Licensing at either the Rohnert Park office (residents of Benicia, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun, and Vallejo) or the Chico office (residents of Dixon and Vacaville)
- Call Rohnert Park office (707) 588-5026 or Chico office (530) 895-5033
- Send $25 per person attending to the respective office:
- Due to COVID 19 restrictions, orientations are currently only available online. See below.
Department of Social Services/Community Care Licensing
Redwood Empire District Office
101 Golf Course Dr., Ste A-230
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Department of Social Services/Community Care Licensing
Chico Regional Office
520 Cohasset Road, Ste. 170, MS 29-05
Chico, CA 95926
You can also complete the orientation online for $25, plus a processing fee of $2.43 (for a total of $27.43) at www.ccld.ca.gov
Complete Health & Safety Trainings:
- 8 hours of CPR and First Aid
- 8-hour Preventative Health Practices training
- Complete the Mandated Child Abuse Reporting training online at: https://childcare.mandatedreporterca.com/
Additional Required Documents:
- All adults in the home over the age of 18 must provide proof of a current clear tuberculosis (TB) test
- Applicant’s and assistants’ proof of immunization against influenza, pertussis and measles
Mail Application with These Documents to the appropriate office:
(The application can be downloaded from www.ccld.ca.gov website or purchased from us for $2.00)
- Copy of the orientation certificate
- Copies of Health & Safety trainings cards/certificates, Mandated Child Abuse Reporting certificate
- TB tests of all adults living in the home
- Proof of immunizations for those who will work directly with the children
- Check or money order for $73 for small family child care or $140 for a large family child care
After You Have Submitted Your Application:
- Community Care Licensing will send you a confirmation letter with your facility number
- Use this number on the Livescan Form (LIC 9163 found online at www.ccld.ca.gov) for each adult in the home for fingerprinting & background check After DSS/CCL receives all clearances, you will receive a call from a licensing program analyst to schedule a time for a home inspection
- Prepare your home for your visit from DSS/CCL
Monday, May 16, 2022
Parent Financial Help
The Subsidized Child Care Program may be able to help you pay for child care. We administer early learning and care programs that help low-income families and at-risk children who meet at least one of several Need and Eligibility criteria. The goal of these programs is to promote the health, growth, education, and care of children while their parents work, look for work, go to school, etc.
Parental Choice
SFCS does not provide direct child care. Care must be done by eligible Child Care Centers, Licensed Child Care Homes, or License-Exempt/TrustLined Providers. It is up to parents to choose the child care provider who will best meet their needs. Full or partial reimbursements for care are made directly to the provider.
Age Eligibility
Children are eligible for services through 12 years of age. Children with special needs may be eligible through 21 years of age.
Program Eligibility
Our staff will help you determine which program you may be eligible for.
Each program has strict eligibility guidelines, and all families must qualify under those guidelines to receive services.
CalWORKs Child Care Program
The CalWORKs program serves current and former CalWORKs Cash Aid Recipients.
LOCATION
421 Executive Court North
Fairfield, CA 94534-4019
(707) 863-3950
Friday, May 13, 2022
Molly Wright: How every child can thrive by five | TED
"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of play on lifelong learning, behavior and well-being, sharing effective strategies to help all kids thrive by the age of five. She's joined onstage by one-year-old Ari and his dad, Amarjot, who help illustrate her big ideas about brain science. (This TED Talk was produced in collaboration with Minderoo Foundation as an educational tool for parents and caregivers around the world and is supported by UNICEF.)
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
May: Food Allergy Awareness Month
Food allergy is a serious and potentially life-threatening medical condition affecting 32 million Americans. One in every 13 children has a food allergy, that's about 2 in every U.S. classroom. And every 3 minutes, a food allergy reaction sends someone to the emergency room. Food allergy is among the diseases considered to be part of the Atopic March. Also known as the Allergic March, this term refers to the progression of allergic diseases in a person's life: eczema, food allergy, allergic rhinitis and asthma. Not everyone will follow this progression or experience every condition.
What Causes Food Allergies?
The job of the body's immune system is to identify and destroy germs (such as bacteria or viruses) that make you sick. A food allergy happens when your immune system overreacts to a harmless food protein, an allergen. The eight most common food allergies in the U.S. are:
- Milk
- Egg
- Peanut
- Tree Nuts
- Soy
- Wheat
- Fish
- Shellfish
Family history appears to play a role in whether someone develops a food allergy. If you have other kinds of allergic reactions, like eczema or hay fever, you have a greater risk of food allergy. This is also true of asthma. Food allergies are not the same as food intolerances, and food allergy symptoms overlap with symptoms of other medical conditions. It is therefore important to have your food allergy confirmed by an appropriate evaluation with an allergist. Food allergies are serious. Food allergy may occur in response to any food, and some people are allergic to more than one food. Food allergies may start in childhood or as an adult. All food allergies have one thing in common: They are potentially life threatening. Always take food allergies and the people who live with them seriously. Food allergy reactions can vary unpredictably from mild to severe. Mild food allergy reactions may involve only a few hives or minor abdominal pain, though some food allergy reactions progress to severe anaphylaxis with low blood pressure and loss of consciousness.
Currently, there is no cure for food allergies.
Read more, here.
Saturday, May 7, 2022
California Must Invest in Child Care for a Healthy Economy
by Denyne Micheletti Colburn, CEO of CAPPA
Since the start of the pandemic until now, California’s child care businesses and work force have been devastated. During the peaks of the COVID-19 crisis where certain workers were classified as “essential” and the governor routinely declared one Executive Order after another, while the cameras were rolling access to stable child care was noted as critical.
Now that the cameras on this issue have all but stopped, so has the attention paid to child care. Solving California’s child care crisis is not only critical to families but is also critical to supporting a growing and thriving economy.
Unfortunately, the only time that child care is even referenced, is when there is discussion surrounding that some of it be provided within the public-school system. However, for working parents that have jobs requiring care before school starts, in the evening or on weekends, they simply are out of luck. Compounding the situation is the huge gift of monies to the schools to design and recruit new teachers to begin providing the care.
Let’s contrast Governor’s Newsom’s gift to design and recruit for care provided through the schools versus his funding for child care for working families to access; care that not too long ago was critical during COVID.
For private child care businesses, essentially, they received little. Yes, new rates were implemented in January. However, let’s be honest. Those state reimbursement rates implemented were outdated before they were implemented. California’s child care field was just so hungry to even be noticed that immediately the new rates were welcomed until we actually saw the data.
Even now, when California has a massive revenue surplus, there is avoidance of taking action to support longer term relief for working families such as elimination of family fees for the poorest of families and fair and equitable access to subsidized child care by all income eligible families. Unfortunately, this governor has decided that there is no room in his $40 billion plus surplus to eliminate family fees and establish a fair access for families because it may cost roughly $140 million initially. Seriously?
Seriously!
For child care businesses that are roughly comprised of over 80 percent small business owners, California unfortunately continues to experience an exodus of these businesses. The problem every one of us see daily in our communities of Help Wanted posted everywhere will worsen. Parents cannot go to work without child care. And child care businesses cannot continue to stay viable if their funding and rates are not adequate to cover the cost of providing care.
California is headed for a child care cliff. Let’s hope that our governor and legislature correct this coarse before it is too late and child care businesses are shuttered, parents are unable to access care and unemployed and California’s economy is put into a tailspin.
LOCATION
421 Executive Court North
Fairfield, CA 94534-4019
(707) 863-3950
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
16 CREATIVE DRAWING HACKS FOR KIDS
UNUSUAL DRAWING IDEAS
Drawing and painting are for everyone! It's very easy to learn how to draw mesmerizing pictures and surprise all your friends with your talent. Drawing is very beneficial – it helps to calm down and concentrate, and it also works well for developing fine motor skills. You can develop many skills by drawing – for example, check out what we prepared for you at the end of the video.
Sunday, May 1, 2022
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LOCATION
421 Executive Court North
Fairfield, CA 94534-4019
(707) 863-3950
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