Joan E. LeFebvre, Family Living Agent, serving Vilas, Forest, and Florence Counties,
University of Wisconsin-Extension

The Parenting the Preschooler newsletter is designed for parents and caregivers of preschool age children.

Goals are to:

• Enhance the parent/caregiver-child relationship
• Increase parent/caregiver confidence
• Reduce parent/caregiver stress

Permission is given to print, photocopy, and distribute Parenting the Preschooler in the form found on the web. To communicate about Parenting the Preschooler, e-mail Joan LeFebvre.

All newsletters are in pdf format (2 pages). 

This month's topic is:

Children and Grief
Los niños y el duelo

Current News Release

Previous Newsletters:

Discipline

• Children: Guidance & Discipline
• How Much Is Enough?
• Misbehaving or Missing Sleep?
• The I Can Problem Solve Discipline Ladder
  Spanish: La escalera de la disciplina Puedo Resolver los Problemas
• What's Your Parenting Style?

Feeding & Nutrition

• A Look at the new MyPyramid for Kids
• Beverages for Your Preschooler
  Spanish: Bebidas para su hijo/a preescolar
• Cooking with Your Preschooler
• Keep Family Food Safe
  Spanish: Mantenga la higiene de los alimentos de la familia
• Keep Your Child Active!
• Mealtime Conversations
• Your Child's Weight
  Spanish: El peso de su hijo/a

Financial

• Helping Children Save to Spend
• Reduce Stress: Save Money

Health & Safety

• Choosing Safe Toys
  Spanish: Cómo escoger juguetes que no causen daño
• Dressing Your Preschooler for Winter
• Head Lice
  Spanish: Los piojos de la cabeza
• Insect Repellents and West Nile Virus Infection
• Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Secondhand Smoke

Nurturing & Love

• Fathers Matter to Children
  Spanish: Los padres son importantes para los niños
• Humor and Laughter
• Importance of Touch
  Spanish: La importancia del tocar
• Is Your Child Left-Handed?
• Relationship Bank Account
  Spanish: Cuenta bancaria para las relaciones personales
• Sticks and Stones and Hurtful Words
  Spanish: Palos y piedras y palabras hirientes

Parent Support

• Family Meetings
  Spanish: Las reunions familiars
• Over Scheduled Kids
• Support Services for Health & Nutrition
• The Relaxation Response

Personality Styles

• Extravert or Introvert?
• Sensing or Intuiting? How Does Your Child Come to Know
• Supporting Children with a Feeling Preference
  Spanish: Cómo apoyar a los niños que prefieren los sentimientos
• Supporting Children with a Thinking Preference
  Spanish: Cómo apoyar a los niños que tienen la tendencia a usar la razón
• Supporting Your Extraverted Child
• Supporting Your Introverted Child
• Supporting Your Judging Preference Child
• Supporting Your Perceiving Preference Child
• Thinking or Feeling? How Does Your Child Make Choices
• Your Child's Outer Life: Judging or Perceiving

Play Activities

• Finger Plays for Fun and Learning
• Gardening with Your Preschooler
• Play Dough: The Best Recipe for Fun and Learning
• Preschooler Fitness: Balance
  Spanish: Acondicionamiento físico preescolar: El equilibrio
• Take a Field Trip
• Toy Selection Tips

School Readiness

• Boost Kid's Brain Power
• Rhyme and Alliteration

Social Interactions

• Kids Need a Happy Home
• Moving to a New Home
• Responding to Scary Events: Teaching Children Through Our Own Actions
  Spanish: La reacción a situaciones que causan miedo
• Routine: Things Your Child Can Count On
• Teaching Politeness