{"id":1099,"date":"2012-05-30T08:05:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T12:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2012\/05\/30\/child-care-focus-2\/"},"modified":"2012-05-30T08:05:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T12:05:18","slug":"child-care-focus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2012\/05\/30\/child-care-focus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Care Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ask your host parents how much time they think it should take your host kids to complete a certain tasks that you and your host kids struggle with.\u00a0 Then set the timer and have a race against the clock to get things done before the timer beeps.\u00a0 There is no reward, just a high five and a challenge to do it faster the next day.\u00a0\u00a0 This makes it fun and exciting!\u00a0 Once the behavior has changed and the struggle is over, you will not need the timer as the expectation has been set and met.<\/p>\n<p>Use a timer for things like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>getting      dressed<\/li>\n<li>room      cleaning&#8211;set the timer for five or ten minutes and challenge your host      kids to clean as much of the toys room as possible before the timer beeps<\/li>\n<li>playtime      before doing homework or chores<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Children should eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.\u00a0 Many children prefer the crunch of raw food \u2013 especially popular are apples, pears, carrots, broccoli, celery and cucumbers.\u00a0 Use your imagination to serve cut up vegetables in an interesting way\u2013 for example, make a figure with carrot stick arms and legs, a celery body and a round of cucumber for a head.<\/p>\n<p>June 6 &#8211; National Applesauce Cake Day<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a recipe for a healthy and delicious snack to make with the children<\/p>\n<p>1 cup sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 cup shortening<br \/>\n2 cup flour<br \/>\n2 teaspoon baking soda<br \/>\n2 teaspoon cinnamon<br \/>\n1 1\/2 cups applesauce<br \/>\n1 cup raisins or dried cranberries<\/p>\n<p>Mix first sugar and shortening, then add flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix in applesauce and raisins\/cranberries. Place in a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Earthplace, ( the Westport Nature Center), the Stamford Nature Center,\u00a0 Beardsley Zoo or Maritime Aquarium or set up a pretend zoo with play animals and blocks. Invite the host parents to visit your pretend zoo. Read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish or If I Ran the Zoo, both by Dr. Seuss. Encourage the children to make up their own animals and draw them. Think of all the animal sounds you can and play a game guessing what animal you are. 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