Thanks so much to those who attended our Advanced Training last Thursday night. We had a great night and we walked away with some really great ideas to spice up our lessons with clients. First, we talked about the final plans for my maternity leave coverage. Jeannie Warner, who will be taking over, was at the training and got to meet everyone. I will be out on leave from July 1- Oct 1. I have updated my coverage information, including some peer parents who are willing to help answer any questions while I am gone:
Elizabeth Drew gave a great presentation on Family Stress Management. I will post her handouts as soon as I get those. During this discussion, Priscilla said that she has a "time out drawer", which is where she keeps all of her favorite things that she can pull out when she is stressed and have a "time out." Her drawer includes things like her favorite candies, magazines, music and various other things that soothe her.
We then had a discussion about activities and hands on lessons to use with your clients. I presented a few ideas:
Nutrition Activities:
Some of the peer parents at the training shared some really great ideas. Here are those ideas:
*For nutrition, you could do a tasting game. This would involve you bringing several different healthy foods and blindfolding the kids and parents and having them taste them and guess what they are. They might get to eat foods that they have never tried and discover they aren't too bad!
*For nutrition, you could bring different fruits and vegetables and have the family guess what each one is.
*Pam says that she always takes her families to play frisbee golf (at various parks in the area). This teaches them patience and taking turns with each other.
*Kevin said that he always gives out additional information on child development to his clients (to supplement the STEPS book, which focuses mostly on younger children). Here are the websites that he provided:
It was a great night! I will keep you all updated on my baby status (I will post some pictures on this blog for you to see) and I hope you all have a great summer! :)
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