Self Help Inc. CFCE
March 2022 Newsletter
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March 13th Daylight Savings Time begins! |
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March is Women's History Month |
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Women's History Month
Educators in Santa Rosa, California, first celebrated Women's History Week in March 1978 to increase awareness of women's contributions to society. Organizers selected a week in early March to correspond with International Women's Day on March 8. ...
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We are enrolling parents for our ParentChild+ program |
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We have a couple of spots available!
If you are a parent of a 16-month to three year-old child, and live in Randolph, Rockland or Holbrook, you may be eligible for a special program that helps prepare your child later for school success.
ParentChild+ provides an Early Learning Specialist to come to your home or on Zoom twice a week. The Early Learning Specialist will bring free educational books and toys that your child gets to keep. She will show you fun ways to help your child learn through play.
Depending on interest, we may also be able to enroll families from some of our other CFCE towns. Please reach out if you are interested. There is no cost to you! Give me a call or send an email to receive more information.
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What makes your family special?
Each month we will highlight a CFCE family in our newsletter. Every family is unique, and we want to highlight the wonderful people we serve. Getting to know each other helps to connect us and make our CFCE Family strong!
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Meet the Frige-Orozco Family:
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Tell us about your family: We are a family of 4. Julia just turned 6 years old and Elena is almost four. I am Dulce and I am a therapist and Junior is an aviation mechanic technician. We are immigrants from Venezuela and Brazil and we have loved ones in different parts of the world like Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Spain, and other countries. So, it is very important for us to practice speaking Spanish and Portuguese. We love to learn about different cultures.
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What town do you live in? We live in Stoughton
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What are your favorite family traditions? One of our favorite family traditions is singing happy birthday in different languages. We used to sing it in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, but recently we added Italian as well. Another tradition that we like is that when Julia loses a tooth, not only the tooth fairy visits but also Raton Perez. In Venezuela and many other countries in Latin America, the one that gets the teeth is a Mouse and his last name is Perez. So, in our house, the Raton Perez and the tooth fairy work together. You can find a book that talks about this here, this is Leny, Julia’s godmother reading the book.
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What make your Family special? We believe that every family is special in its own way. Our family is special because we are always learning from each other, for example, Julia and Elena teach us things that we did not know because we didn’t grow up here. We love each other and know that each of us is magical and has magic to offer. Since we have family members far away, we know that we can be physically far away from people, and still feel close to them in our hearts.
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How has the CFCE program been a part of your family? We discovered the CFCE program around 5 years ago, or even longer. Every group and activity that we have attended has been a wonderful experience. The professionalism, but most importantly the love that all the group facilitators have for the families is amazing. We can honestly say that throughout the pandemic, the help and support that we got through the CFCE program at Self-Help Inc. was what made it possible for our family to carry on during the hardest time. We feel extremely grateful for the connection and relationships we have with the staff and the other families that we’ve gotten to meet through the program. We could not recommend the CFCE program enough. Thank you for all you do.
We want to hear from you. If you are interested in sharing about your family, send us an email with a picture of your family and answer the questions above. We can’t wait to learn about your family! Email Marsha Wright mwright@selfhelpinc.org if you are interested in participating
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Brain Building In Progress Event!! |
SAVE THE DATE!
SATURDAY, APRIL 30
11:00-12:30 p.m.
The event will take place outdoors under a pavilion at the Fish and Game in Avon, MA
We are in the process of planning a fun filled event so stay tuned for more information and registration information.
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Click this printable page for Problem Solving Development activities
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Lion and Lamb reversible masks |
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Are you looking to do a fun craft with your child? Here is one from
MATERIALS:
Lion:
- paper pate
- paint –a mix of yellow, orange and gold
- yellow yarn
- black yarn
- googly eyes
- brown pom pom
Lamb:
- black paint
- cotton balls
- googly eyes
- black construction paper or card stock
YOU’LL ALSO NEED:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Lion Side: Paint your plates with a mix of yellow and orange paint and add some gold if you want a shimmery look. When the paint was dry, make our lion’s mane. Brush a layer of glue all around the rim of the paper plate, and then with a very long piece of yarn go around, looping and swirling the yarn and pressing it into the glue. Next, glue on googly eyes, add a pom-pom nose, and some yarn whiskers. Use the black yarn to make the mouth. Let the lion dry before flipping it over to work on the lamb.
Lamb Side: For the lamb, paint the center of the paper plate black, and then pull and stretch several cotton balls and glued them all around the plate to give your lamb lots of soft, fluffy “wool”. For the lamb’s face, we added a couple of eyes, and then added a black nose and ears which were cut out of black card stock. Punch a hole in the top of the plate, and loop a piece of yarn through for hanging.
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In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb by: Marion Dane Bauer
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Ms. Marsha's Pre-recorded Read Aloud Stories for Women's History Month |
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All of Ms. Marsha's Stories are for you to do at home at your leisure. There are activities that go along with the book. If your child does any of these activities, send in a picture and she will mail a surprise to your child. Check the calendar at www.selfhelpcpc.org for other read aloud stories by Ms. Marsha and other CFCE staff.
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Friday March 3rd
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence By: Gretchen Woelfle
Mumbet, knowing that the promise of freedom and equality should belong to her as well, successfully brings a lawsuit against her owners to be free and chooses the name Elizabeth Freeman.
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Friday March 15th
Counting on Katherine
By: Helaine Becker
The bold story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the film Hidden Figures.
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Friday March 25th
Drum Dream Girl By: Margarita Engle
This is a wonderful story about how one girl followed her dreams and opened the door for girls to play drums in Cuba!
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Please Note COVID Updates: Some CFCE programs may be scheduled to happen inside.....however, inside programming is dependent on the most Current COVID Safety Guidelines from the CDC and Local/State Board's of Health. Indoor programming may need to be held outside or virtually on Zoom. You will be notified if a change in venue is needed. Indoor programs may require masks for anyone over the age of 2. Please check with the facilitator if there are any questions.
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Kids projects from CFCE programs
We love when parents send in their children's work from the programs they have attended! Here is a small sampling of some of the art work. If you would like to have your child's work displayed in the newsletter please send it to gmcgarrigle@selfhelpinc.org. |
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Projects from "Players of the Civil War" |
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Projects from "Australian Ecology" |
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Project from "Out of this World" |
Project from December Playgroup in Avon |
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Project from "Snowman Story Time" |
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Winter/Spring Family Nature Science Hikes
Thursdays 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Locations vary, check the dates below.
Please register for each hike separately
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Meet Ms. Gina and Ms. Jen for a Nature Science Hike. This program is geared towards 4 to 9-year-olds and their families. We will hike for 30+ minutes, read a story, and have some outdoor play time. Come explore the outdoors and make a new friend. Younger siblings are welcome if they can do a 30-minute hike or are in carriers. |
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This program is weather permitting.
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YEAR ROUND STORYWALKS
Outdoor storywalks are held at our old CFCE building at 780 West Main street in Avon and will be offered monthly through the winter as weather permits.
We will follow the CDC guidelines so please have masks available if needed.
Arrive with your child to first receive a packet with handouts and a craft to do at home & then receive directions of how to follow the storywalk.
The book themes for each month are listed below so please register for as many as you want.
3/16/2022
”Ten Lucky Leprechauns"
4/4/2022
”Move your Mood”
5/17/2022
”Going on a Nature Hike”
6/17/2022
"You Are My Sunshine”
**If the weather happens to be poor that day, a related story and activity will be emailed to those that had registered**
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Think Draw and Write
At home literacy activity
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DO YOU WANT TO BOOST YOUR CHILD'S LITERACY SKILLS?
Think, Draw and Write is a monthly at-home activity that families and school aged children can do on their own. This is a creative writing activity that allows children to express their ideas through story telling and pictures.
Each month is a different writing prompt. Your child can write a sentence, paragraph or story with an illustration. You can participate as many times as you want. When your child is done mail their work to Carol Carver at 45 Pearl St Brockton MA 02301. You can also email it to ccarver@selfhelpinc.org. Please include your name and address so your child can receive some stickers in the mail.
If you are interested in registering for this fun activity contact Carol Carver at 508-559-1666 ext. 1811 or email her at ccarver@selfhelpinc.org.
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Home Energy Assistance Program
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Rental Assistance
Thank you for your interest Self Help Inc's RENTAL Assistance Program Through the CARES Act Self Help Inc.
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Home - NeighborWorks Housing Solutions
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