Burien Cooperative Preschool

BURIEN CO-OP
NEWS FROM THE BURIEN COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL –March 2015
St. Patrick’s Day is almost here!
It’s time to whip up a mini delicious treat that
is perfect for the green Irish holiday!
FOR THE BROWNIE CUPS
½ cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!
DRAGONFLIES
Andrew 3/23
Solan 3/29
¼ teaspoon baking powder
FOR THE FROSTING
1 /2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3-4 cups powdered sugar
OTTERS
Orion 3/3
1 tablespoon heavy cream or milk
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
green food coloring gel
gold Sprinkles, gold stars, or other edible gold decorations!
1.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2.
Melt ½ cup butter for brownie cups. Add to sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir with wooden spoon.
3.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder until combined. Stir into wet
ingredients with wooden spoon just until mixed. Do not beat or overmix.
4.
Scoop 2 teaspoon size amounts into a greased mini muffin pan (with each cavity about halfway full).
5.
Bake for 15-18 min. or until releasing from edges and a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
6.
Let cool and use back of a wooden spoon to push down brownie center for gold. Pour in gold
sprinkles.
7.
In a mixing bowl with paddle attachment, beat together butter and 2 cups powdered sugar. Add
additional sugar 1 cup at a time. Add cream (or milk) and food coloring. Beat for 2-3 minutes on
medium until light and fluffy.
8.
Using a piping bag and fluted tip, swirl on a dollop of frosting to each brownie cup to hide the gold
surprise! Top with a shamrock decoration or sprinkles.
Important Dates to Remember:
Friday, Mar. 13th – No School – Highline Public Schools
Thursday, Mar. 19th – Parent Meeting 7-9pm. Dinner at 6:45pm
Sunday, Mar. 22nd – Cleaning Party 10am-12pm
April 6th-10th (M-F) – No School – Spring Break
Monthly Preschool Tuition
Fireflies: $40
Dragonflies: $77
Otters: $112
Orcas: $121
Spring Bates Fees
Fireflies: $13.80
Dragonflies: $27.80
Otters: $41.50
Orcas: $41.50
Tuition & Bates are due 3/1
Please drop in the tuition box by
the 5th to avoid a $25 late fee.
NEWS FROM THE BURIEN COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL March 2015
Notes from Melissa…..
High Self Esteem + Confidence = An Ability to Approach Life’s Challenges
with a positive approach and cope with success and failure with a positive
attitude.
Self-Esteem and Young Children: You are the Key
A child’s emotional life strongly influences his/her interpersonal relations, behavior, and learning.
Recent research underscores the importance of the early childhood years as a critically important period for the development of future
mental health and self-esteem. Children with a healthy sense of self-esteem feel that the important adults in their lives love them, accept
them, and would go out of their way to ensure their safety and well-being. Following are some essential elements for what young
children need for healthy emotional development.
Commitment
Every child needs at least one reliable, responsive adult who he/she is connected to and available to them for the long term. Children
are then more likely to learn to trust. This creates their ability to develop productive relationships, possibly including relationships with
childcare professionals and teachers. In addition, a child that feel lovable are more likely to behave in a loveable manner. Children, who
experience and absorb compassion, learn to be compassionate. A warm and caring adult can sometimes tip the balance between a child
who learns and a child who learns to fail.
Communication
Communication is the vehicle for intellectual development, exchanging information, sharing feelings, and developing strong emotional
bonds. A parent or family member who chats encouragingly with a child about many of the things he’s doing, thinking, and feeling
enhances the child’s language development, and helps him build confidence in his independence.
Boundaries
Reasonable and reasonably consistent limits help a child feel safe, feel like a good person, and feel likable. Usually, a child will not
strive to meet the standards set by adults, will not curb her urgent impulses, and will not bother to make the extra effort, unless those
standards are achievable for her developmental stage, she understands the limits, and she likes and respects the adult.
Appreciation
A child’s sense of self-worth is more likely to deepen when adults respond to the child’s interests and efforts with appreciation rather
than just praise. Excessive praise or flattery may raise doubts in children, and many will dismiss an adult who heaps on praise as one
who is not very believable.
Coping strategies
You can help a child develop and maintain healthy self-esteem by helping him cope with difficult situations. Coping strategies include
sharing, managing anger, resolving conflict, and dealing with stress. During times of disappointment or crisis, a child’s weakened selfesteem can be strengthened if you let her know that your love and support remain unchanged. When the crisis has passed, you can help
the child reflect on what went wrong. The next time a crisis occurs, she can use the knowledge gained from overcoming past
difficulties.
Modeling
Essential for social learning, positive, competent and effective role models teach children about the importance of becoming productive
and caring individuals. It takes time to nurture children. They require lots of leisurely time with loved ones and with others who enjoy
them. Parents, childcare professionals, and teachers can play an important role in strengthening children’s self-esteem by treating them
respectfully, taking their views and opinions seriously, and expressing appreciation to them.
Melissa Wiedel, MEd, mwiedel@bates.ctc.edu, 253-680-7502
*Article from the: National Association for the Education of Young Children – Promoting excellence in early childhood education
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NEWS FROM THE BURIEN COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL March 2015
NEWS FROM THE BURIEN COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL March 2015
Car Seat Safety Tips from your Health & Safety Chair, Leah Sullivan
My focus this month is on car seat safety. Please take a moment to review the included safety tips
article provided by www.safekids.org. We as parents, want to make sure we know everything we need
to know about keeping our children safe while in the car!
You can find more information on their website, including links to local car seat check-up events.
http://www.safekids.org/car-seat
Fill out your
timesheet to get
credit for
Resource jobs &
hours!!
*IMPORTANT DATE
Don’t get Spring Fever and FORGET
It’s time to think about next year’s board. We are always looking for dedicated volunteers
to fill the board or other committee positions. If you feel you would like to be involved in
our 2015-16 BCP Board, please contact Monika Scoville at monikascoville@yahoo.com.
Thank you for your support and involvement!
Burien Cooperative Preschool
425 SW 144th St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.241.6714
www.burienco-op.org
Mailing Address:
Po Box 218; Seahurst, WA 98062
Submissions to the “Co-Op
Connection” are due the 2nd
Friday of the month and can be
sent to
Carmen Brown
c.brown80@comcast.net
Burien Co-op Preschool
Mission Statement
Children at Burien Cooperative
Preschool are free to explore and
satisfy their needs and curiosity
through the magic of play. We inspire
families to grow alongside their
children while building a strong and
lasting community.
Burien Cooperative Preschool complies with all Federal
rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, marital
status, sexual orientation, disability or religion. This holds
true for all student who are interest in participating in
educational programs and/or extracurricular school
activities.
Burien Cooperative Preschool is affiliated with Bates
Technical College. BTC is a publicly funded accredited
college that complies with all Federal rules and
regulations in providing equal access and opportunities in
both the learning and employment environments. BTC
subscribes to a harassment-free workplace and is an equal
opportunity college.