2017 Winter Kansas Child

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care provider or parent this task should be very
doable. Because I’m a grandmother who gets
to see one of my grandchildren almost daily,
it is a pledge I’m willing to make. Our good
colleagues at The Family Conservancy have been
working since 2014 to engage the Kansas City
area — business, governments, schools, parents,
etc. — to take up the challenge to TALK, READ,
PLAY. So why can’t more of Kansas join this
simple and noble effort?
A pledge card is now on the Child Care Aware®
of Kansas website, www.ks.childcareaware.org,
so that we can hold each other accountable. No,
this is NOT a fund-raising campaign. It is a
language-builder, a knowledge-maker, and a funcreator!
We can all do it together!
You might say, “I don’t see any young children
daily.” That’s OK. But when you do, pick up
a book, sing a silly song, or play with kitchen
spoons and measuring cups. In other words,
improvise! Your heart will grow knowing that
you touched a child’s mind! I hope you’ll join me
in making and keeping this simple resolution,
let’s make talking, reading and playing as much
of a habit as brushing our teeth!
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IN THIS ISSUE
Tooth Brushing in Child Care................... 5
Your Child’s First
Dental Appointment................................. 8
Fluoride: Protecting Smiles
for more than Seventy Years................... 10
Sip All Day, Get Decay.............................12
What’s in Your Drink?..............................12
Healthy Snacking.................................... 14
Brush, Book, Bed.................................... 16
Book Nook:
Tooth Adventures.....................................17
Oral Health Books for Children..............18
Children Receive Dental Coverage
through CHIP......................................... 19
KanCare:
Benefits and Challenges.........................20
ACA Offers Private
Dental Insurance for Kids.......................21
Certainly Smile-Worthy........................... 22
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