Child Nutrition, Inc.
April 2010 Issue
Banana Dog Hunger and Malnutrition Answers
You won't find this
1. Hunger 6. True
fruity impostor at a
2. Malnourished 7. Cystic Fibrosis
ball game or
3. True 8. D
backyard barbecue,
4. A 9. Iodine
but it sure makes a
5. nutrients, 10. True
doggone wholesome
vitamins, and minerals
"fast food" breakfast.
Ingredients
Child Nutrition, Inc Important Dates
Whole-grain hot dog bun
April 21st: San Jacinto Day: Closed
Peanut butter
May 31st: Memorial Day: Closed
Wheat germ or sunflower seeds
Banana
April Reimbursement Date: May 19th
Jam
May Reimbursement Date: June 23rd
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Instructions
1. Simply spread a whole-grain hot dog Reminder
bun with peanut butter, sprinkle with
wheat germ or sunflower seeds, and With the summer quickly approaching
top with a whole, peeled banana and everyone starts taking summer vacations.
a squiggle of jam. Add a side of milk Please remember to call the office and let us
to round out the meal. know the dates you will be closed.
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This sweet and simple
craft features well- loved
Making the decision to have a faces all in one place and
child is momentous. It is to makes a great gift for
decide forever to have your heart Mom on her special day.
go walking around outside your
body. Materials
Photographs or digital images
~Elizabeth Stone Scissors or circular craft punch
1290 S. Willis Ste 125. P.O. Box 6149 Abilene, Texas 79608 Fax: 325-695-3678 Toll Free: 800-588-6681
Colored beading elastic, available I understand their language,
in the beading section of craft and I listen with concern.
stores
Buttons with recessed thread holes They come to me for comfort,
(to prevent the thread from And I kiss away their tears.
wrinkling your pictures; see photo) They proudly show their work to me,
Glue stick I give the loudest cheers!
3-D fabric paint or glitter paint
No, I am not their mother,
Instructions But my role is just as strong.
1. Select snapshots I nurture them and keep them safe,
with faces that will Though maybe not for long.
fit on your buttons.
2. Cut a piece of elastic I know someday the time may come,
about 2 inches longer than you'd like When we will have to part,
the finished bracelet to be. Thread But I know each child I've cared for
the buttons onto the elastic as shown Is forever in my heart!
until the bracelet is the desired size,
leaving an extra inch of elastic on ~author unknown
each end of the bracelet.
3. Using a coin or other round object as ______________________________
a template, trace circles around the
faces and cut them out; you can also They Will Remember
use a circular craft punch.
4. Glue the photos to the buttons and I take care of your children.
decorate the edges with 3-D paint or I love them.
glitter paint if you'd like. Tie the I teach them.
ends of the bracelet together and snip I clean them, and I feed them.
And when nighttime comes,
off the extra elastic.
my heart worries about them
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I take care of your children.
I see their first steps.
Remember that if you fax your claim or I hear their first words.
enrollments, we MUST have the originals in I share their happiness, and
the office! I feel their hurts.
____________________________________ I take care of your children,
as if they were my own.
The Childcare Provider And when they are grown, and
no longer need me,
Although I'm not their mother, My love will be a part of them
I care for them each day. deep within the heart of them.
I cuddle, sing, and read to them, They will know that I was there for them
And watch them as they play. unconditionally.
I see each new accomplishment, And they will remember!
and help them grow and learn,
by Eileen Kosch
1290 S. Willis Ste 125. P.O. Box 6149 Abilene, Texas 79608 Fax: 325-695-3678 Toll Free: 800-588-6681