East King Family Child Care
Conference

Saturday March 17, 2011
at Highland Community Center 14224 Bel-Red Rd., Bellevue, WA 98007
(Next to the YMCA, it is a log cabin building)
8:30 am to 4:00 pm
5 STARS

Need Information call Wendy at (206) 898-0999

8:30 am -9:00 am	Registration -- Shopping -- Balloon Raffle
9:00 am -9:15 am 	Welcome
9:15 am - 11:15 pm	Communicating With Success  by Dawn Jones
		Discover the secrets of powerful and effective communication
		regardless of personality, position, generation, culture or gender.
11:15 am - 11:30 am	15 minute Break -- Balloon Raffle
11:30 am - 12:30 pm	Department of Early Learning Questions and Answers
		Pat Long, Licensing Supervisor  •  Cynthia Hendsch, Licensor  •
		Joy Petzke, Licensor  •  Michelle Beebe, Licensor  •
		Mikaelyn Cottier-Swayne, Licensor  •  AnnaMarie Thebo, Licensor  •
		Judy Jaramillo, Rule Making Team  •  Sue Winn, WSFCCA Public Policy
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Lunch -- Shopping -- Support Girl Scout Troop 41511
1:30	FINAL BIDS FOR SILENT AUCTION-- AUCTION CLOSED
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	The Magic of Music by Nancy Stewart.-
		Children’s Song Writer
		Nancy Stewart is a very well known and respected singer-song writer in Washington
		State and will be spending the afternoon teaching the value of using music in your
		childcare as well as teaching us some songs.  The melodies and printable materials
		from many of the songs in today’s class will also be available on her
		website, nancymusic.com.
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm 	Results of the Slient Auction, Evaluations and Certificates

Hello Providers

Here is just a reminder about our up coming CPR & 1st Aid Class. It is going to be on January 14th at Crossroads Community Center – 16000 NE 10th, Bellevue, WA 98008, (behind the Crossroads Mall). Time 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Everyone is welcome parents, neighbors, friends and relatives come take this informative CPR and First Aid Class.

Pre-Register and pay only $40.00. If you wait until the day of CPR class the cost is $55.00.

Bring your fire extinguishers to be inspected by Primier Fire and Safety Co. and tagged for $13.00 each.
(be sure and mark your fire extinguisher with your last name. For Fire Extinguisher check make it out to EKCFCCA

You can write one check for CPR Class and fire extinguisher for the amount of $53.00)
Make Check payable to EKCFCCA Send Pre-Register Check to Julie Rose 26021 SE 38th Ct., Issaquah, WA 98029
Send the name of each person attending.

If you need more information go to our website www.ekcfcca.org or Call Wendy Avery at (206) 898-0999 with any questions or Email Wendy Avery at wkavery@comcast.net

Thank You
Wendy Avery, President
EKCFCCA

Our November 8th meeting is The Science Lady – Debbie Hansen  - Archimedes Who? Learn a new twist about floating eggs by changing the density of the water.  When does an egg float in just plain water and why.  Lets mix up lots of different ways to make Slime and Gak.  Debbie will demonstrate how to use milk to make rainbow colors that move by themselves and how to make a glue rainbow too!  Plus a little help for the old volcano trick.  Hands on experiments for everyone, be prepared to get down and have fun.

Welcome to our new meeting location:

Stevenson Elementary
14220 NE 8th ST
Bellevue, WA 98007
(closest intersection is NE 8th ST
and 142nd Ave. NE)

We have scheduled 22 STARS hours this year.  The meeting will be from 6:30 – 8:30.  Cafeteria style tables and benches are available but feel free to bring your own camp chair.

Dues are now being accepted for the 2011 – 2012 year.  They can be paid either online through PayPal or a check can be mailed.  The application can be downloaded from the WSFCCA website.

To pay through PayPal, go to the WSFCCA website and on the bottom of page, click on “East King” ($92.39) to add it to your cart. There is an additional $2.39 for PayPal fees.

You can also pay for the optional Accidental Medical Coverage ($51.33) by adding it to your cart.  There is an additional $1.33 for PayPal fees.

Our October 11th meeting is 2 STARS. The Magic of Music by Nancy Stewart. Nancy Stewart is a very well known and respected singer-song writer in Washington State and will be spending the evening teaching the value of using music in your day childcare as well as teaching us some songs.  The melodies and printable materials from many of the songs in tonight’s class will also be available on her website, nancymusic.com.

Welcome to the new 2011 – 2012 year!  Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 11th at our new meeting location:

Stevenson Elementary
14220 NE 8th ST
Bellevue, WA 98007
(closest intersection is NE 8th ST
and 142nd Ave. NE)

We have scheduled 22 STARS hours this year.  The meeting will be from 6:30 – 8:30.  Cafeteria style tables and benches are available but feel free to bring your own camp chair.

Dues are now being accepted for the 2011 – 2012 year.  They can be paid either online through PayPal or a check can be mailed.  The application can be downloaded from the WSFCCA website.

To pay through PayPal, go to the WSFCCA website and on the bottom of page, click on “East King” ($92.39) to add it to your cart. There is an additional $2.39 for PayPal fees.

You can also pay for the optional Accidental Medical Coverage ($51.33) by adding it to your cart.  There is an additional $1.33 for PayPal fees.

Welcome to the new 2011 – 2012 year!  Our first meeting is Tuesday, September 13th at our new meeting location:

Stevenson Elementary

14220 NE 8th ST

Bellevue, WA 98007

(closest intersection is NE 8th ST and 142nd AVE NE)

We have scheduled 22 STARS hours this year.  Our September 13th meeting is 2 STARS and our trainer is Paul Figueroa.  The topic is “Goal, Structure, Results: How to Get the Changes You Want.”  The meeting will be from 6:30 – 8:30.  Cafeteria style tables and benches are available but feel free to bring your own camp chair.

Dues are now being accepted for the 2011 – 2012 year.  They can be paid either online through PayPal or a check can be mailed.  The application can be downloaded from the WSFCCA website.

To pay through PayPal, go to the WSFCCA website and on the bottom of page, click on “East King” ($92.39) to add it to your cart. There is an additional $2.39 for PayPal fees.

You can also pay for the optional Accidental Medical Coverage ($51.33) by adding it to your cart.  There is an additional $1.33 for PayPal fees.

Bubbling Eruption 

In a pitcher, mix ½ cup of dish soap, 1 cup of water, ¾ cup of vinegar, and a squirt of liquid watercolor.

In a clear bottle put a ½ cup baking soda.

Using a funnel, slowly pour the vinegar liquid into the baking soda bottle.

A carbon dioxide gas is formed.  The dish soap extends the reaction time and thickens the lava.

Taken from Ooey Gooey, Inc.

Knox Gelatin Mold

The ratio is 3/4 cup water to 1 packet of Knox. Take the number of cups of water your container holds and DIVIDE by .75 This is how many packets of Knox you need. In a saucepan, heat the water over low heat, add the packets of gelatin. After it dissolves pour it into your container. Let set over night. **BE SURE TO SPRAY YOUR CONTAINER WITH PAM FIRST! Allow the children to inject the Knox mold with pipettes and eyedroppers filled with colored water!

For an extra twist, add a layer of shaving cream on top and let the kids experiment.

Taken from Ooey Gooey, Inc.

Flubber

1. Mix 2 cups water and 1 1/2 cup of  white glue in a big bowl (we used 1 cup of glue at the demo and it was a little runny).
2. Add a squirt of liquid water color and then stir it up.
3. In a separate small bowl mix together: 2 cups water and 4 TBS Borax.
4. After it’s completely dissolved, pour the Borax mixture slowly and a little at a time into the glue and water mixture. Pour a little, mix it a little, pour a little, mix a little. Mix with your hands or a sturdy wooden spoon. As you mix, it will become a flubber ball! NOTE: You might NOT need to use all this Borax Solution!!!!!
5. Store it in an airtight container or Ziploc for a few weeks. When it begins to flick apart or when it gets too hard, it is time to make a new batch! Play with it, explore it, try to get it to blow a bubble with a straw! Watch it stretch as you hold it!
6. Vinegar takes it out of clothes, carpet and fabric. Mayo will take it out of hair!

Taken from Ooey Gooey, Inc.

Bouncing Bubbles

Mix 1 cup distilled water, 2 tablespoon Of blue Dawn, 2 tablespoons of glycerine or Karo syrup.  The water is the most important ingredient. Good quality water doesn’t contain high levels of iron or minerals. Glycerine/Karo syrup gives the solution the extra strength.  Use a glove on your hand and you can hold a bubble and make it bounce.

The original recipe called for 1 tablespoon of glycerine or Karo but we found that 2 tablespoons works better.

Taken from Creation Station.

Potluck and Bunco

**New Location**

Stevenson Elementary School

14220 NE 8th,

Bellevue, WA 98007

6:30PM – 8:30PM

(no STARS)

Bring your favorite dish to share.  Also, bring any daycare gently used treasures that you no longer need.  We will be exchanging items amongst each other.  We’ll be playing a round of Bunco.  Prizes will be given out to the most wins, most losses, and for the most Buncos.  What is Bunco?? Bunco is a social dice game involving 100% luck and no skill.  So no experience neccessary!!  No skill necessary!!  It’s all about the luck of the roll.

We will be adding our member information here per their request.

Woodinville – 98072

Wendy Avery – (425) 415-0999 – wkavery@comcast.net

Suzanne McCloskey – (425) 486-9400 – suzanne.mccloskey@yahoo.com – www.lilsproutsdaycare.com