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0000FACE Family Circle Kit InstructionsThe purpose of the FACE Family Circle Kit Instructions is to provide FACE parent educators direction and step-by-step guidance in preparing for and carrying out the FACE Family Circle Kit sent to each program. Please review the following items prior to delivering the FACE Family Circle Kit with families. Title: Transitional TAG blanketsFormat: PresentationIntent: For the parent educators to provide child development and parenting information and encourage discussion about attachment, using a transitional object (such as this TAG Blanket) to smooth transitions for young children, and the importance of learning through touch.Targeted Ages of Children: Infants and ToddlersParent Educator Resources:Attachment and Brain Development (Foundational Curriculum, page 1145)Sleep Routines For Toddlers (Foundational Curriculum, page 1415)Group Connection Observation ToolParent Handouts:Your Baby’s Sleep Routines (Foundational Curriculum, page 1413)Ways to Build Attachment With Your Baby (Foundational Curriculum, page 1150)Helping Your Child Make Transitions (Foundational Curriculum, page 1277)Tummy Time (Foundational Curriculum, page 238)Your Baby’s Experiences With Touch (Foundational Curriculum, page 214)Materials:Fabric: 2 colorsRibbonPinsNeedlesThreadDocuments:FACE Family Circle Task SheetGroup Connection Sign-In Sheet Group Connection Feedback FormPreparation for FACE Family Circle:Recommended Process During FACE Family Circle:Welcome (rapport-building)Welcome families at the door and have them sign in. hand out nametags and place names in a basket for door prizes.Share with the families what the meeting will be about: transitions and attachment for children and the effects and strategies to cope with transitions and attachment.Explain the format of the meeting: presentation/discussion plus a parent make-it and take-it.ObservationDuring the discussion, parents will be encouraged to think and talk about their observations of their child related to attachment and transitioningDiscussion incorporate, as appropriate, child development and parenting informationAsk parents to discuss attachment and anything their children are attached to like a blanket, bear, doll, etc. Distribute the parent handout Ways to Build Attachment With Your Baby and Your Baby’s Experiences With Touch. Ask questions about the object. Do they become upset when they leave it home or cannot find it? When do they use the comfort objects?Describe how these attachment items or transitional objects make them feel secure and are associated with bedtime and naptime. Distribute the parent handout Your Baby’s Sleep Routines. Talk about how these items smell like their parent/caregiver and how comforting this is for a young child. Discuss how many children seek comfort from their comfort from their comfort object and feel secure. Transitional objects are part of your child’s emotional support system in their early years. Distribute the parent handout Helping Your Child Make Transitions.Discuss other uses for the TAG Blanket and distribute the parent handout Tummy Time.Be ready with open-ended questions to discuss the parent handouts provided. Example: “How do you help your child transition from one activity to the next? (Naptime, mealtime, etc.)Parent-child activities OR parent-parent activitiesAttachmentYoung children typically go through a period where they like to carry around, sleep with a blanket, or comfort object that helps them feel secure. If your child already has one, that is a good thing. Not all children have comfort objects; some use their parents for this purpose. Whether or not your child has a comfort object at home, if your child goes to childcare, it is a good idea that they have objects in that setting that are familiar and comforting to them.TransitionsIt is important for children to feel safe and secure and providing a transitional comfort object for your child not only at home, but when traveling or when they are with a babysitter or daycare and will help them feel comforted by the object. Blankets, stuffed animals or toys, pictures of their family are examples of comfort objects for young children. Transitional objects play an important part in young children’s routines. They automatically associate bedtime and change with the item and it is comforting to them.TouchChildren learn through their senses. The experience of different textures on the skin sends information back to the brain. This helps children integrate sensory information. Feeling and experiencing different textures provides a foundation for developing fine motor skills later on.Parent to parent interactions (Describe the activities and/or give some sample lead-in questions to help facilitate group discussion).Refer to the written directions and talk parents through the sewing activity.Closing (Summary)Summarize the key points of today’s discussion. Refer back to the parent handouts and the information that was shared. Encourage parents to ask questions: “Is there anything you do not understand or need more clarification on?”Encourage parents to try using a transitional blanket or comfort objects with their young children at home in order to allow them to associate the comfort object with bedtime and naptime, making it easier to put them to sleep. They will automatically know it is time to get into their crib or bed and go to sleep.Encourage parents to share ideas and designs with family members for making additional transitional blankets for them to use or gift to others.Have parents complete the FACE Family Circle Feedback form. Pass out door prizes/giveaways.Follow-Up for FACE Family Circle:Review the Group Connections Feedback FormsRecord attendance in Penelope using the Group Connections Sign-In SheetSuccesses and Challenges: Be sure to write down your successes and challenges and complete the Documentation portion of the Group Connection Planning Guide and Record. Don’t forget to have the FACE Family Circle Observation Tool completed.Share details with your TA: We love hearing from you about how you’ve engaged families during the FACE Family Circle! Please do not forget to take photos and be sure to have families sign a FACE Release Form. Transitional TAG BlanketSupplies: Fabric, Ribbon, Thread, Scissors, Sewing PinsDirections:Cut fifteen 20”: square pieces from each fabric totaling 30 pieces. One colored piece of fabric is the front and the second colored fabric is the back. (By cutting 3 across and 5 down from each piece of fabric you will end up with fifteen 20” squares.)Cut ribbon into 3” and 4” pieces: 1 ?” ribbons cut into 4” pieces; 5/8” and ?” ribbons cut into 3” pieces. (There is enough ribbon for 16 pieces per blanket.)Fold the ribbon pieces in half and pin them to the right side of one of the blanket pieces. (Loops, or tags, toward the center of the square.)Space and place the tags where you want them; close together, far apart, shortened ribbons, longer ribbons.Put right sides of the two fabric pieces together and sew around the edges using a ? inch seam. Leave a 3” opening on one corner.Turn the blanket inside out, through the 3” openingSlip stich the opening closed. ................
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