Newspapers / The Charlotte Jewish News … / April 1, 2011, edition 1 / Page 24
Part of The Charlotte Jewish News (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
The Charlotte Jewish News -April 2011 - Page 26 Mazel Tov & Congratulations ^^WADDELL ED Financial Advisors™ Providing PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING Investing. With a plan? For more than 70 years Waddell & Reed, Inc. Member SIPC Jennifer Sperry, CFP(R) Financial Advisor 5950 Fairview Rd. Suite 200 Charlotte, NC28210 (704) 553-7220 X 127 jsperry(a)wradvisors.com 8985 (06/09) BIRTHS Congratulations to Honey Kridel on the birth other first great-grandchild, a girl, Jude Tieman, on December 2, 2010. Parents are Molly and Zeke Tieman. Grandparents are Jay and Linda Kridel, of Kirkwood, MO. ^ Schools With Spring Weather in the Air- Let’s Get Outside and Have Some Fun By Jen Lahn, director, Jewish Preschool on Sardis Over the past three deeades ehildhood obesity has tripled. It used to be that ehildren walked to and from sehool, played out side right up until dinner time, and ate meals that ineluded veg etables and mueh smaller por tions than what is the norm in Ameriean households today. Aeeording to author and parent ing expert Riehard Louv, ehil dren today spend mueh less time playing outside than any other previous generation. Laek of time, the daily stressors on par ents and safety eoneems are all faetors that lead to less time to supervise outdoor play or take trips to the loeal park. Of eourse, television, eomputers, the new iPad eraze and other teehnologieal teasers are all very appealing options for the busy parent who wants their ehild to be oeeupied. Time spent with these “gadgets” has replaeed elimbing trees, play ing ball and riding bikes through the neighborhood. Young ehildren need opportuni ties to be physieally aetive through play and other aetivities. Physieal aetivity assists ehildren in obtain ing and improving fine and gross motor skills, eoordination, balanee and eontrol, hand-eye eoordina tion, strength, dexterity, and flexi bility, all of whieh are neeessary for ehildren to reaeh developmen tal milestones. Going outside has been shown to reduee obesity, it eontributes to better health, and it eounteraet the effeets of ahention defieit disorder and other learning problems. There is no question that the outdoor environment is the best plaee for presehoolers to praetiee and perfeet their developing phys ieal skills. It is where ehildren ean feel free to explore, ereate and use their imagination. Outside is Mikkel Hertzberg enjoying the JPS play ground with the excitement of spring around the corner. where they ean fully experienee motor skills sueh as running, elimbing, jumping, pulling, and pushing. Children ean also learn to throw and eateh, and develop the musele tone that is so important for many indoor sehool readiness skills. Reeent studies are showing that as many as half of Ameriean ehil dren are not getting enough exer- eise, and risk faetors sueh as hypertension and arterioselerosis are showing up as early as age 5. We, parents and edueators, must find ways in whieh to get ehildren aetive and outside now. The outdoors has mueh more to offer than just the obvious physi eal benefits. Soeial, emotional, and eognitive development are also impaeted when ehildren spend time outside. Imagination during outdoor play leads to organizing groups, eooperative play, language development, autonomy, deeision-mak- ing, taking risks, making ^ ^ rules for games and learn ing to follow those same rules. Young ehildren may think they are just “play ing” outside, when in aetu- ality they are developing important life skills. Presehoolers also learn through their senses. Outside there are many different and wonderful things for them to see (animals, birds, and green leafy plants), to hear (birds ehirping, bees buzzing), to smell (fragrant flowers and rain in the air), to toueh (priekly pineeones, smooth roeks), and even to taste (edible gardens, raindrops falling). Children who spend a lot of time aequiring their expe- rienees through television and eomputers are using only two senses (hearing and sight), whieh ean negatively affeet their pereeptual abilities. Sinee healthy eating and living is a national issue, at JPS we have begun our own initiative to live healthier lives. We have started a JPS Kids On The Run program where our ehildren take pride in partieipating in weekly physieal aetivities. We will eulminate with a Fun Run at the LJCC where ehil dren and their families will have fun being healthy together. We were also reeipients of a grant ealled Preventing Obesity By Design whieh has enabled us to look at our outdoor play area and ereate a plan to improve the learn ing environment. Some of those ehanges will inelude an edible “mitzvah garden,” a natural build ing bloek area, stepping stones, a buherfly garden, an area for dra- matie play and mueh more. Stay tuned to hear about our progress, but in the meantime get out and have some fun! ^ ♦ jps The Jewish Preschool on Sardis 7'fian^ you So Much JTS wouCcCCtke to thank the foCCowtng sjaonsors for making our 2011 AViCcCAViCcCAVest SiCent ^Auction evening a huge success: Diamonds Direct, Creative Tvents, Serafina Catering, Avista Construction, SArchadeck, ALTS at Ttper gCen, Leho’s, ALftra Sjjorts, Lax er Long and Savage Denistry, AVoCand 'TechnoCogy, Darst DermatoCogy, Toh Mayherry ^Hyundai, Txtravaganza, LArtshots Thotograjahy, your Main Tvent, LAmika, CharCotte Tediatric CCinic, CCark Dentistry, CedarAVaCk Dentistry, feCix Sahates Mercedes Benz. LAnda speciak thank you to our fear Cess header, yeCena JLertzherg.
The Charlotte Jewish News (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 1, 2011, edition 1
24
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75