Shantel Chapman

A&FS Flight Chief

Peggy Green

A&FRC Flight Chief

Antoinette Singleton

CDC East Director

Latona Cotton

CDC West Director

Debra Bargie

Youth Programs Director

Linda Cleveland

School-Age Coordinator

Included in this newsletter:

Dates to Remember

Parents as Partners (PAP)

Welcome Letter

FCC Information

Give Parents a Break

YP/SAC Summer Hours

Family Activity

Reading with Your Child

Parent Handbook

Dates to Remember

Egg Hunt

Teen/Pre-Teen of the Month

A&FRC May Calendar

Birds, Bees, and Kids

Kids Run ‘19

Give Parents a Break (GPAB):

04 May 19 6 - 10 PM

Parents as Partners (PaP):

TBD

2019 Child and Youth Program

Closures (Holidays/Family Days):

24 and 27 May 2019 (Family/Memorial Day)

4 July 2019(Independence Day)

30 Aug 2019 and 2 Sep 2019 (Family/Labor Day)

14 Oct 2019 (Columbus Day)

11 Nov 2019 (Veteran’s Day)

28 and 29 Nov 2019 (Thanksgiving/Family Day)

24 and 25 2019 (Family/Chr istmas Day)

31 Dec 2019 and 1 Jan 2020 (Family/New Year ’s)

Unattended Vehicles:

Please be mindful to turn off your vehicles during

drop-off and pick-up.

IAW AFMAN 31-116 (18 December 2015),

Table 5.2 (pg. 10):

Unattended Vehicle (while running): 3 point violation

Unattended Child under 12 years of age left in vehicle:

6 point violation

Parents As Partners (PaP) Meeting Dates

TBD

Information will be posted once confirmed.

Family Child Care (FCC) is the care of children in affiliated homes, either privatized base housing or off-base homes. The Family Child Care Program provides an alternative to center-based care for families that need full-time, part-time, hourly care, swings, mid-shifts, evening care, weekend care, care for children with special needs, infants & school-age children, as well as care when attending reserve duty. Parents wishing to enroll their children in the FCC program can register their child on the Military Child Care website: MilitaryChildCare.com

*Any individuals caring for other families' children totaling more than 10 hours a week on a regular basis must be licensed to provide care in on-base quarters.

Want to own your own business? If so, Family Child Care (FCC) is for you! FCC is the care of children in affiliat-ed homes, either privatized base housing or off-base homes. The FCC program

provides an alternative to center-based care for families that need full-time, part-time, hourly care, swings, mid-shifts, evening care, weekend care, care for children with special needs, as well

as care when attending reserve duty.

If you are interested in becoming a licensed provider through 'Robins AF FCC program, please contact Ms. Tonya Watkins at

(478) 222-7179 or DSN: 472-7179.

As we are gearing up for summer, it is important to remember that our hours of operation will change for the Youth Center. Our hours will be as follows: Open Recreational Summer Hours (28 May—26 July 2019) 7a m-6 pm Non members $23; Members $20 12 pm – 6 pm Non members $11; Members $8 3 pm - 6 pm Non members $3; Members - no charge We will be closed 4 July in honor of Independence Day and 5 July for Family Day. A quarterly membership is $25 and a yearly membership is $50. In order to use the Youth Programs, all membership forms must be completed and up to day, included an up-to-date immunization record including an influenza shot.

As we are entering the warmer months, our state fruit—the peach—is starting to come into

season. Below is a recipe to make with your children. This is a great time to speak with your

child about different things that come from Georgia.

Fruit Salad Ice Pops 1 peach, cut into 1/2 inch slices (1/2 cup) 3 oz. blueberries (1/2 cup) 2 kiwis, peeled & sliced into 1/4 –inch rounds 1.5 to 2 cups of 100% white-grape juice 4 oz. strawberries, hulled & halved (3/4 cup) Arrange some of each fruit in eight 3-oz. ice-pop molds (make sure the pieces fit snugly). Pour enough juice into each mold to cover the fruit. Insert ice-pop sticks and freeze until solid (about 6 hours) for up to 2 weeks. Makes 8 pops.

Reading with Your Child

Child and Youth Programs Parent Handbook

The Child and Youth Programs Parent Handbook has been recently revised and is now online on the 78th

Force Support Squadron webpage. Below is a link for direct access. Please copy and paste into your browser.

https://robinsfss.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Parent-Handbook-2017.pdf

Dates to

Remember

May 1

Mother Goose Day

May 10

Military Spouses Day

May 17

Pizza Party Day

May 18

Armed Forces Day

May 23

Lucky Penny Day

We all know how important it is children to read. As hard as it can be to

believe, reading starts at a very early age. Below are a few tips to help

you encourage reading with your child.

Make reading fun—a time that you both look forward to spending together.

Set a good example as a reader—read every day at home even if it is a magazine or newspaper.

Infants/Toddlers

Snuggle with your child and his or her favorite blanket or toys as you read.

Read with expression using different voices for different characters.

Young Children (Kindergarten-3rd grade)

Keep reading to your child even when he can read. Choose books that are too difficult or long for him to read alone.

Take turns reading a story with your child. Don’t interrupt to correct mistakes that do not change the meaning.

Older Children (4th-6th grade)

Take turns reading a book with your child. Ask your child to compare a book to another familiar book. How are

the characters alike or different? Do the stories take place in similar settings? How are the illustrations the same or different?

Ask what part of the story or book your child liked the best and why.

Additional resources:

www.rif.org www.ed.gov/parents/resources www.readingrockets.org www.reading.org

On 13 April 2019, we held our annual Egg Hunt at the Robins Youth

Center. We had many different families join us for fun, games,

food, and a huge Egg Hunt. Fun was had by all! We hope to have

just as much participation and more in the future.

Youth Center Pre-Teen of the Month

May 2019

Evonna Burks, 10

Pearl Stephens Elementary School

Evonna is a very friendly young lady. She helps out at the shelter with a book sale to help

feed the hungry. She enjoys participating in art, music, swimming, and playing video games.

Youth Center Teen of the Month

May 2019

Darien Silva , 14

Mossy Creek Middle School

Darien was nominated as our Teen of the Month because she enjoys our youth programs by supporting our events throughout the year. She is a very positive person who understands

that education is important. Darien is a huge supporter of our program who has earned more than ten hours of volunteer service through our Keystone Club. Some of her favorite things to do are travel, play basketball, dance, have fun, and laugh. Darien would like to be a Graphic Arts & Design Tech in the future. She would also like to further her education by attending

Georgia Tech University.