January Supply Card Winner

Congratulations to Danielle Foley, The winner of the $20 dollar supply card drawing to the Middleport, Ohio Family Dollar Store.

To be eligible to win a Supply Card your family must be enrolled in Gallia Meigs Community Action Agency's Help Me Grow Program. You will need to keep a daily record of one or two things you and your child do together each day that promotes appropriate infant/toddler development. Then you can give it to your Service Coordinator, drop it off at HMG, or mail it to us. Here are some ideas for you to get started.

March would be the perfect month to talk about the color green. Soon everything around us will be green. There are many times during the day where you can point out the color green. You could say things such as "Let’s put on our green socks today. Let’s find the green ball. Look at the green leaves on the tree." Don’t forget about play dough. You and your child can make play dough together and tint it green. Not only will you be reinforcing the color green to your child, you will be modeling those all important language skills.

To support your child in learning the color green, try celebrating Dr. Suess’s birthday (March 2nd) all month long. Read the book Green Eggs and Ham, pointing out all the green things. For a meal have green eggs and ham! Just add a little green food coloring to the food. Kids love thinking they are having the same food that Sam I Am agrees to eat. Try serving other green foods, green beans, celery, and avocado’s. Have your child help to pick out the green foods in the store and have them help you prepare them, keeping safety in mind. They will want to try something they picked out and help "cook."

Don’t forget Saint Patrick’s Day (March 17th) and the "Wearin’ of the Green". It is a good opportunity to put on green and have a parade. It could be as simple as walking through the house, to "parading" in the yard. Learning can and should be fun.

Try not to drill your child by asking him, "Is this green?" They will soon tire of that and move on to something else quickly. Instead use repetition like reading Green Eggs and Ham over and over and pointing out the color many times through out the day. Soon your child will be pointing out the color green to you! Remember you are your child's first and best teacher!