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Our small ones favorite :(

Chicken Nuggets 

 You can never be sure of the manufacturing process used to make these nuggets. No matter if you're eating breast meat or some other part of the chicken; they're always going to be filled with preservatives and saturated oils. Try eating 'Baked Chicken Tenders' for a change (which are not fried).
Read Also - Undercooked Chicken and Its Health Dangers... 

 

Drink Mixes in Powdered Form 

 Drink mixes that are available in powdered form and are loaded with artificial sweeteners and hazardous coloring agents. The amount of actual sugar used in these mixes is also very dangerous. Get some ice tea or lemonade and flavored water instead.
Read Also - Reasons to Avoid Drinking Bottled Water.

 

Luncheon Meals inside a Can 

Fulfilling your daily protein requirement should not include canned meals that contain heaps of potato starch topped with unhealthy nitrites. Make your own meals by purchasing the finest deli meats available. 

 

Cheese in a Jar 

 

Refined cheese that's been kept in a jar contains nothing more than a mixture of artificial colors, oil, powdered milk and preservatives with high contents of sodium. You may think 'queso' may be good for making appetizers or other dishes, but try buying a 'Chili Cheese Dip' and save your body from being harmed. 

 

Frosting in a Can 

 Every tablespoon of canned frosting can contain up to 70 calories resulting from the usage of trans fats along with corn syrup. Save your cake from being ruined and opt for a homemade frosting of cream cheese.

Read Also - Health Danger from the Food You Eat Everyday... from SHINEyahoo

 

 

 

 

Congratulations KINDER !!!

We had a blast of a celebration last Dec. 7, 2012 as St. Ambrose celebrates Family Day. The 3 day celebration started with a Thanksgiving Mass Dec. 5, 2012 at 7:30am. The next day, Dec. 6, 2012 , the Daddys fight it out with a basketball tournament. In the afternoon there was a medical mission sponsored by Nursery RV Bautista's dad, Dr. Vern. Since Wed & Thurs, in between the festivities, there was the Sharing of Blessings, as food & other items were distributed to Barangay 177. 

The Family day kicked off with performances by the Pre-school Department. After the morning games, each team celebrated with a potluck picnic. More more & more games. All in all it was a very happy occasion.

Happy Happy Birthday to Teacher Det & Happy 7th Year Foundation day to our beloved St. Ambrose School !

Turning Veggie "yucky" into Veggie "Yummy"

1. Combine vegetables and favorite fruits: 

Grape salsa Ingredients:
2 cups seedless grapes, quartered or halved
1/2 red onion diced
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered or halved
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 tablespoons lime (or lemon) juice
1 teaspoon chopped oregano
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
dash of ground cayenne pepper (optional) 

Directions: Gently toss the grapes, onion, lime juice, vinegar, and herbs together in a medium bowl. Check the salt and acid levels and make adjustments. Add the tomatoes just before serving. Serve with chips, pita, or veggies!

2. Use Vegetables at Containers

 
Vegetables can be so much fun to use as containers! Kids will flip over this fun way to serve a favorite nutritious dip, then they can eat the bowl too! 

3. Make it Mini 

Sometimes mini is a really good thing. A regular sized baked potato can look enormous to a small child. These smaller ones are more their speed and can be dressed up with all kinds of fun toppings to fit the mood.
Get the recipe

4. Play with Your Food 

Show kids that vegetables are accessible by letting them dressing up stuffed peppers and pumpkins with pieces of cut up vegetables. They'll totally dig the fun faces and learn about flavors in the process. 

5. Use Veggies from Scratch 

If your kids want to start from scratch making their food getting them involved with something vegetable based like this cool veggie sushi. They'll be able to transform their vegetables into something pretty and fun to eat making them all the more accessible. 

6. Get Imaginative

 
Never understimate the idea of using your imagination to present vegetables in an awesomely fun way. These cute vegan bento boxes are chock full of great ideas for turning vegetables into figures familiar to your kids! 

7. Colorful Crudite in the Fridge 

Sometimes it can really help kids to see that simple raw vegetables are bursting with color and flavor. By keeping a crunchy assortment of veggies in a rainbow-like arrangement in the fridge they can reach in for a yummy snack whenever they like. Leaving it in the fridge also gives them the independence to make healthy snacking choices. If a particular vegetable is gone first you'll know it is a family favorite! 

For more ways to help your kids enjoy veggies, visit Babble!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas at Ambrose Begins

Tomorrow is Dec. 1, 2012 , only 23 days to go and it's Christmas. At my daughter's school the lobby is already getting decorated by beautiful ornaments. The Tree is out, the fireplace is lit.  And just by the door as classes was about the end, you can't help but admire how the hanging lantern is illuminated as the sun is about to say goodbye. So simple, yet so breath taking. 

Let the children play . . . outside

IF YOU are a parent who is terrified of letting her child crawl on the floor out of the fear that he will eat dirt, then you may be doing him a disservice after all. Many doctors are of the opinion that exposing kids to dirt may have health benefits.

Immunologists believe that children exposed to germs and animals are less likely to develop modern diseases such as diabetes, Crohn’s disease, asthma and heart problems.

"Our lifestyles are slowly getting westernised. Our children are now growing up in 'hyperclean', sterile environments resulting in under developed immune systems because of inadequate exposure to bacteria," senior consultant of paediatrics at Rockland Hospital, Dr Vandana Kent, said. This draws attention to the paradox in Western healthcare.

Old epidemics, such as cholera, having disappeared from advanced nations, a set of new ailments — including inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes and multiple sclerosis — have become more common. Many of these seem linked to our immune systems.

Rob Dunn, an eminent professor of biology and the author of The Wild Life of Our Bodies , urges us all to adopt a radical approach to the 'hygiene hypothesis'. He believes that our lives have become too clean and that this is making our immune systems so disoriented that they over- react massively to harmless everyday substances, such as house dust.

He believes our healthy future lies in what he calls, 're-wilding our bodies' and that we should be able to convince ourselves that our bodies are still in the natural state of our ancestors: roaming bug-infested forests and living in unsanitary hovels. We can do this, he says,  by having worms living in our guts.

"We have gone from lives immersed in nature to lives in which nature has disappeared but our bodies continue to expect to meet our old companions, the parasite species with which they tangled for generation upon generation,” Dunn said. It might sound disgusting, but research scientists across the world are taking this idea very seriously. Tests have shown when parasitic worms are put into the digestive systems of mice, it could stop them from getting irritable bowel disease. 

"It's just how a vaccine works. It first introduces foreign substances in our body and then prepares it to develop antibodies. Similarly, when we are exposed to bacteria as children, our body learns to fight infections. We build an army of soldiers to fight diseases,” Dr Kent said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rules on hiring kindergarten teachers tightened

By Kim Arveen Patria | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom – Mon, Nov 19, 2012

 

The government has tightened rules on hiring kindergarten teachers, as it highlighted the importance of improving the quality of early education.

Following last year's rollout of universal kindergarten education in public schools nationwide, DepEd has released additional guidelines in choosing and deploying early education teachers.

"We must adhere to quality standards in preparing our young learners..." Education Secretary Armin Luistro said in a statement.

"[I]t therefore follows that our teachers must be equipped with the required standard as regards competence and qualifications," he added.

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DepEd Order 81 Series of 2012 requires kindergarten teacher applicants to hold degrees in early childhood education, preschool education, family life and child development, or elementary education with specialization in preschool or early childhood education or majoring in teaching early grades.

Secondary education degree-holders may also apply, provided that they have additional diploma in early childhood education including practice teaching in kindergarten education.

Also qualified are graduates of other related courses but who have at least 18 units in early childhood education and child development.

Aside from relevant education, teacher applicants must also have passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers or the Professional Board Examination for Teacher.

 

They should also not be more than 45 years old, DepEd noted, adding however that teaching experience in kinder or preschool in either public or private schools will also be considered as additional qualifications.

In other news: DepEd chief to teachers: keep Christmas party simple

DepEd is currently hiring teachers who "shall be deployed in public schools where there is an existing kindergarten program with a large population of five-year old children."

Luistro added that a kinder teacher will handle two three-hour classes per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with each class having at least 25 children.

"In a school where there is only one kinder class, the teacher shall handle another class in a nearby school," Luistro said.