August 2022 - WORRIES
Talk, Read, and Sing - Talking is Teaching
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You are your child's lifelong teacher.
"Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing" is a public awareness and action campaign that helps parents recognize their power to boost their children’s early brain and vocabulary development through simple, everyday actions ... "
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LET'S TALK ABOUT WORRIES!
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Let’s talk, read, and sing about WORRIES! Is something worrying your little one? Play Worry Detective and work together to solve the mystery. Investigate by asking questions to better understand what your child is worried about. Then, talk over all the possible outcomes and solutions together. Offer some silly suggestions to help your child giggle their worries away!
Talking is Teaching has tips and resources to help parents talk to their children, even those who are very young.
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Let’s talk about WORRIES!
Studies show that being surrounded by the color green lowers your stress hormone level, which is one reason spending time outdoors helps to naturally reduce your worries! Go on a nature walk with your child and play “I-Spy something GREEN!” How many green things did you spot on your walk?
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Worries Scavenger Hunt
Talking is Teaching
Small children have big feelings! When children are able to identify and name their feelings, it can help them learn how to respond to their emotions and build their social-emotional skills. With your child, go on a "Feelings Scavenger Hunt" and talk about each emotion!
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Make a Feelings Photography Book
PBS Parents
Together with your little one, make a feeling photograph book. Talk about feelings as you make a photo book of faces to show what you and your child look like when you feel happy, sad, surprised, angry, or jealous.
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Safe Place Breathing Icon
Conscious Discipline
Teach your child to calm down by using Conscious Discipline’s Safe Place Breathing Icons.
The first step in any discipline encounter is to take a deep, calming breath. Three deep breaths shut off the fight or flight response in the body. This download includes instructions and illustrations for the S.T.A.R., Drain, Balloon and Pretzel active calming techniques in three different sizes.
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Expressing Emotions
Sesame Street in Communities
The Big Idea: Kids need ways to express emotions of all shapes and sizes! Sesame Street in Communities offers tips on how to talk to your child about emotions.
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TIP Calendar
Talking is Teaching
Simple interaction like the ones listed on the Talking is Teaching Tips calendar helps your child's brain and language development, setting them up for success in school and beyond.
Check out the activities to talk about WORRIES on this calendar that you and your little one can do together.
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Recommended Books & Videos |
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Books are a great way to explore and talk about different aspects of WORRIES with your young child. Snuggle up together with one of the Talking is Teaching recommended books or visit your local library to find other books about community.
Reading books and watching videos with your child is a great way to get the conversation started. Check out the book/ video recommendations from Talking Is Teaching.
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More Book & Video Resources
Visit or Contact Your Local Librarian
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Au Gres Community Library
989-876-8818
Mary Johnston Memorial Library (Standish)
989-846-6611
Omer Little Eagles Nest Library
989-653-2230
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Alice and Jack Wirt Public Library
(Bay City)
989-893-9566 ext. 2111
Auburn Area Branch Library
989-662-2381 ext. 207
Pinconning Branch Library
989-879-3283
Historical Sage Library
Bay City
989-892-8555 ext. 207
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Sesame Street's Sing it Out! |
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Let’s sing about WORRIES!
Join Sesame Street’s Elmo and his dad as they sing about their feelings. Take turns singing out your emotions to “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” (for instance, “I am feeling really sad/glad/mad”). The next time kids are having big feelings, encourage them to try singing them out. Kids, especially younger kids, don’t even have to use words to express their feelings.
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Bay County Library System |
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LEAN START
Communication is key to learning about how your child feels.
Bay County Library System's LENA Start is a FREE 10-week class for families with children ages birth to 36 months old. The goal of the program is to help parents increase talk, which encourages their babies' literacy and brain growth.
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DATES: Every Thursday at 10 am - 12 pm
LOCATION: 4101 East Wilder Rd., Bay City
Join other mothers and their children for weekly themes, Question and Answers, and guest presenters. Meetings will be at the Bay City Town Center in the Community Room near Game Stop.
Prizes will be raffled.
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Bay-Arenac Great Start Family Network
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DATE: 1st & 3rd Wednesday at 4:30 pm.
LOCATION: 583 E. Cedar Street, Standish
Drop in for an evening of fun. Connect with other parents, and learn about upcoming events and local resources. Each family will receive a meal kit to make at home.
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Round 2 - STEM Passport App Scavenger Hunt
STEM Pipeline
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Round 2 of the STEM Passport Scavenger Hunt started on Monday, June 25 and runs through the end of August!
There will be prizes available for the top number of check-ins on the app, as well as several prize drawings for all participants.
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*This newsletter was supported by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), Grant Number 90TP0055-01-0090TP0002, from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
**Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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