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Learn to
and anxiety is often associated distress by adopting self-soothing
with fear. behavior such as sucking. Other
Secondary emotions are always studies have found that toddlers
Manage
linked to these eight primary develop self-regulation skills in
emotions and reflect our unique infancy and are able to approach
emotional reaction to specific or avoid situations depending on
feelings. These emotions are their emotional impact.
Emotions
learned from our experiences.
For example, a child who has How you can help
been punished because of a A recent study suggests that
meltdown might feel anxious “listening to recordings of
the next time she gets angry. A play songs can maintain six-
by Sanya Pelini, Ph.D.
child who has been ridiculed for to nine-month-old infants in a
expressing fear might feel shame relatively contented or neutral
the next time he gets scared. state considerably longer than
We are all born with emotions, There is no general consensus In other words, how we react to recordings of infant-directed or
but not all those emotions are about the emotions that are in- our kids’ emotions has an impact adult-directed speech.”
pre-wired into our brains. Kids built verses those learned from on the development of their The study explains that multi-
are born with emotional reactions emotional, social, and cultural emotional intelligence. modal singing is more effective
to conditions or stimuli, such as contexts. It is widely accepted,
crying, frustration, hunger, and however, that the eight primary Emotional invalidation prevents than maternal speech for calming
pain. But they learn about other in-built emotions are fear, anger, kids from learning how to manage highly aroused 10-month-old
emotions as they grow older. sadness, joy, interest, surprise, their emotions. When we teach infants. It also suggests that play
kids to identify their emotions, we songs (“The Wheels on the Bus”
give them a framework that helps for instance) are more effective
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makes it easier for them to deal
Toddlers
with those emotions in a socially
appropriate way. By the time they turn one, infants
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slowly shifting your child’s nap more adjustment time. Switch
times and bedtimes. Start with 15 cold turkey! This rule also goes
November 3rd is the day! The have a little one that normally or 30 minute increments. If your for those who don’t get around
first Sunday in November means wakes at 6:00 am, they will now child normally takes a nap at 1:00 to readjusting a child’s schedule
a change from Daylight Saving be waking at 5:00 am! That is no pm, two or three days before the (I have done this many times
Time back to Standard Time. fun. time change, put him down at 1:15 myself). It might take a few days,
It’s time to fall back (adjust So, what can parents do to ease or 1:30 pm. If your child normally but your child will adjust!
clocks from 1:59 am to 1:00 am), their child’s transition to a new goes to bed at 7:00 pm, make
On Sunday evening, try your best
and enjoy more daylight in the sleep schedule? “Fall back” tends bedtime 7:15 or 7:30 pm. Then, by
to help your child make it to their
morning. to be a little tougher to manage the time Sunday comes around, it
normal bedtime. If he is utterly
than “spring forward,” but it will won’t be a huge change.
Before you had children, the time exhausted, it’s okay to let him fall
all come together. Your child will probably wake asleep 15-20 minutes early. Use
change wasn’t that big of a deal.
In fact, you probably loved the A couple of days before the time early on that Sunday morning, so your best judgment.
extra hour of sleep. But, if you change, you may want to start try and keep her in dim lighting Please remember that every child
for the first hour after waking, to
help her body clock reset. is different. Some kids take the
time change in stride, and others
We all have a circadian rhythm or take a few days to fully adjust.
body clock. The word circadian Just be patient, and it will all fall
means approximately 24 hours. back into place.
Our bodies go through a series
of changes each day at certain If you have a toddler, a sleep clock
times, including hormone (such as My Tot Clock) with time-
releases, temperature and heart set colored lights can be very
rate fluctuations, etc. We also helpful in letting her know when
have “sleepy awake” and “alert it is okay to get up for the day.
awake” stages. That is why Human bodies love routine, so if
parents concentrate on the timing you are consistent, your child’s
of naps and bedtime. When a internal sleep clock will ease
baby naps in tune with his body through the transition. Happy
clock, it allows him to fall asleep fall!
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Crawling Buzzard-Monkeys E. If you’re born to crawl, you C–2-I wood. Those who arrived on time
can’t fly. D – 1 - IV received a nick. It’s intriguing that
Often, idioms act as advice or we don’t refer to those arriving
sage observation, and it should be E – 5 - II late as nickless, nick-free, or
1. Dutch
no surprise that multiple cultures unnicked.
might have the same things to 2. Italian Traceable Idioms
say to future generations. This 3. Spanish Pillar to post – Criminals were
week’s post takes a look at one Idioms abound, yet they usually once either pilloried (physically
4. French
English idiom as stated in five have shaky or completely restrained for public humiliation)
other languages. The English 5. Russian untraceable origins. Hard- or tied to a post and whipped. The
idiom of the day is You can’t make working word sleuths have even less fortunate were dragged
a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. uncovered the origins of only a from one of these two forms of
I. fare le nozze con I fichi secchi
fraction of English idioms. Here torture to the other, sometimes
Below are three lists: II. rozhdennyj polzat letat ne are a few. multiple times. In time, from
mozhet pillory to post morphed into from
each idiom loosely translated
into English III. aunque la mona se vista de Point blank – the term appears to pillar to post.
seda, mona se queda come from French, point blanc, a
the language from which each term in which the blanc refers to Peeping Tom – apparently when
idiom hails, and IV. al draagt een aap een
the white circle in the center of the famous (or infamous) Lady
gouden ring, het is en blijft
each idiom in its original tongue a target and point means exactly Godiva rode through the streets
een
that – aim. without a stitch on, the one chap
However, I’ve changed up the V. on ne peut faire d’une buse who ogled her and got caught
order in each list. Your task is to un épervier Slush fund – The masts of sailing doing so was named Tom. Some
match each translated idiom with ships were once maintained by sources suggest that neither
its original language and wording: Make a list of your corresponding rubbing slush into the wood. This Tom’s peeping nor his punishment
letter, Arabic number, and Roman slush was the waste grease from (going blind) was part of the
A. You can’t turn a buzzard numeral. Let me know how well the galley. After a ship’s masts original tale, but the addition
into a sparrowhawk.
you did and what you have to say were happily greased, the cook appears to be the origin of this
B. A monkey in silk is still a about sow’s ears, or silk-wearing could sell the remaining grease, idiom.
monkey. monkeys, or even dried figs. which put money in his pocket –
C. To celebrate a wedding with money he could spend however Many thanks to sources: Translate.net, Adam
dried figs. And the answers are... he liked; his slush fund. Jacot de Boinod’s Toujours Tingo, Learning
English with Idioms, Phrase Finder, Etymonline,
D. Even if the monkey wears a A–4-V the OED, and Jordan Almond’s Dictionary of
golden ring it remains ugly. B – 3 - III Dull as dishwater – Oddly, this Word Origins.
is a fishing term. Fishing in a
pond, river, lake, or bay wasn’t
dull at all, but fishing in a ditch
rarely produced a fish, and was
therefore, tedious. The idiom
appears to originally have been
dull as ditchwater, or dull as
fishing in ditch water. In time, it
changed to the idiom we know
today.
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11:30-2:30pm Nipomo: Monarch Club 2-4:30pm Los Osos: 2nd & Santa Maria 3:00-6:00 pm in Paso Robles City Park 8:30-11am AG Spencers Market 3:00-6:00pm Old Porte Fisheries AG 9:00am-12:30pm Paso Robles Wal Mart 8:00-10:30am SLO Promenade
3:00-6:00pm Grover Bch Ramona Pk LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 10:00am-12:30pm Cayucos Vets Hall 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
national LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB, 4:00-8:00pm Avila Beach Promenade 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
10:30 AG, 11:00 NI 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 5:00-8:00pm Pismo, Main St & Dolliver 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
Flower AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO
2:30-5:30pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
day take your teddy bear LIBRARY STORYTIME: 11:00 AG
thomas edison
shows 1st motion to work day
national costume
picture (in 1889) swap day
Eleanor
Roosevelt’s
birthday
(Born in 1884)
child health day
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3:00-6:00pm Grover Bch Ramona Pk LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 10:00am-12:30pm Cayucos Vets Hall 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
indigenous 4:00-8:00pm Avila Beach Promenade 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB,
people’s day national face 10:30 AG, 11:00 NI 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 5:00-8:00pm Pismo, Main St & Dolliver 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG 2:30-5:30pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
your fears day LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 11:00 AG
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11:30-2:30pm Nipomo: Monarch Club 2-4:30pm Los Osos: 2nd & Santa Maria 3:00-6:00 pm in Paso Robles City Park 8:30-11am AG Spencers Market 3:00-6:00pm Old Porte Fisheries AG 9:00am-12:30pm Paso Robles Wal Mart 8:00-10:30am SLO Promenade
3:00-6:00pm Grover Bch Ramona Pk LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 10:00am-12:30pm Cayucos Vets Hall 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB, 4:00-8:00pm Avila Beach Promenade 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
mickey mantle’s 10:30 AG, 11:00 NI 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 5:00-8:00pm Pismo, Main St & Dolliver 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
birthday (Born in 1931) AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO
2:30-6:00pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 11:00 AG
national mole day
pablo picasso’s
birthday (Born in 1881)
national stuttering
awareness day united nations day International red
cross organized
(In 1863)
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11:30-2:30pm Nipomo: Monarch Club 2-4:30pm Los Osos: 2nd & Santa Maria 3:00-6:00 pm in Paso Robles City Park 8:30-11am AG Spencers Market 3:00-6:00pm Old Porte Fisheries AG 9:00am-12:30pm Paso Robles Wal Mart 8:00-10:30am SLO Promenade
3:00-6:00pm Grover Bch Ramona Pk LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:10 SLO 12:30-4:30pm Santa Maria Town Ctr 2:30-5:00pm Spencers Morro Bay 10:00am-12:30pm Cayucos Vets Hall 9:00am-12:30pm Templeton City Park
\3:00-6:00pm AT Sunken Gardens 6:00-9:00pm Downtown SLO 2:30-5:30pm Cambria Main St Vets Hall 9:00am-1:00pm Paso Downtown Park
LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 AT, LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:00 MB, 4:00-8:00pm Avila Beach Promenade 9:00am-1:00pm Shell Bch Dinosaur Caves
mother in law day 10:30 AG, 11:00 NI 10:10 SLO, 10:15 CAM,10:30 AT, 10:30 5:00-8:00pm Pismo, Main St & Dolliver 12:00-2:30pm AG Village Gazebo
statue of liberty’s AG,10:30 LO, 11:00 CAY, 11:30 SMG LIBRARY STORYTIME: 10:30 LO
2:30-5:30pm Morro Bay 800 Main St
birthday LIBRARY STORYTIME: 11:00 AG
navy day (gift from France in 1886) john adam’s
birthday
(Born in 1735) halloween
national
candy corn day
national
NEW MOON organization day
Pumpkin Patches Luis Obispo: Pumpkin patch-pick River K Pumpkin Patch and
in the field, corn maze, haunted Corn Maze, 7325 N River Road,
corn maze, u-pick apples, Paso Robles: Pumpkin patch
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Elle Rose Photography
produce, honey from hives on u-pick, corn maze, horse-drawn
the farm, restrooms, school hayrides, picnic area, school
Avila Valley Barn, 560 Avila Valley 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Contact: 595- tours. Open SAT 10:00 am-1:00 tours. Open daily 9:00 am-dusk.
Drive, San Luis Obispo: Fresh 2810 or avilavalleybarn.com. pm. Free parking. Contact: Contact: 467-3737.
produce, pumpkin patch (u-pick 756-2224 or cfs.calpoly.edu/
in the field or gathered), straw Big League Produce, 1603 So. programs/organic_farm.html. San Marcos Ranch, 775 San
bale maze, gift shop, snacks and Bradley Rd, Santa Maria - Marcos Rd, Paso Robles:
refreshments, restrooms, picnic Pumpkins (8 varieties) in shop Cheesebrough Farm, 790 Moss Pumpkin patch (u-pick in the field
area, tractor-pulled hay rides, or farmstand, pumpkin patch. Lane, Templeton: Pumpkin or gathered), Fall festival, corn
petting zoo, parking. Open daily Open daily OCT 20-30 10:00 am- patch. Open daily 10:00 am-6:00 maze, child-sized hay bale maze,
pm. This is a working farm with haunted house, restrooms,
fields at different stages, barn, picnic area, pony rides, farm
tractors, small cattle operation. animals. Open MON-SUN 10:00
Farm stand and pumpkin am-dusk. Contact: 467-3315.
patch available during October
only. Contact: 434-0843 or
cheesebroughfarm.com. SLO Creek Farms, 6455 Monte
Rd, San Luis Obispo – Pumpkins
Dos Pasos Ranch, 4330 Santa in the farmstand or pick in the
Rosa Creek Road, Cambria: field, pick-your-own apples,
DRAC IN THE Pumpkins, gourds, and other tractor-pulled hay rides, honey,
SADDLE AGAIN produce at unmanned farm porta-potties,
Open everyday
picnic
11:00
area.
am-5:00
stand. Open weekends 9:00 am-
By Steve Lovett 5:00 pm. Contact: 924-1008. pm. Contact: (702) 245-3135 or
slocreekfarms.com.
Jack Creek Farms, 5000 Hwy
September 26 - November 17 46 West, Templeton: Organic Sunny Acres Pumpkin Patch,
pumpkins, pumpkin patch 10660 Los Osos Valley Rd, San
Wednesday - Sunday (u-pick in the field or gathered), Luis Obispo: Families can choose
Fall festival, child-sized haybale their own pumpkins grown on-
Followed by the fun filled maze, honey from hives on site and support community
the farm, gift shop, snacks and recovery programs. Prices start
CLASSIC COMEDY Vaudeville Review at $1 – cheapest in SLO! Contact:
refreshments, restrooms, picnic
area, farm animals, birthday sunnyacresca.com.
For information or tickets, go to:
parties, school tours. Open
www.americanmelodrama.com MON-SAT 10:00 am-6:00 pm The Tiny Trotters - Pony Rides,
or call: (805) 489-2499 (except WED), SUN 11:00 am- 2210 Cimarron Way, Los Osos:
6:00 pm. Contact: 238-3799 or
Wagon rides, pony rides, birthday
The Great American Melodrama jackcreekfarms.com. parties, shows and school tours.
Limited availability – call first to
1863 Front Street in Oceano McCall Farm B&B, 6250 Santa schedule a visit. Contact: 748-
Rosa Creek Road, Cambria: 9158 or thetinytrotters.com.
the Season farmers, and harvest and grill your “On the Farm” field trips for
own ear of corn. Highlights of
the day include a farmers market
elementary school classes
featuring City Farm SLO grown “Farm Box” Project: this new
produce for sale, a pumpkin u-pick educational enterprise involves
patch, hayrides, and live music by high school students in the
singer-songwriter Miss Leo with marketing of produce grown at
Bluegrass Boys bandmate Andy City Farm
O’Brien on mandolin.
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