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A New Beginning
Starting preschool will be a giant step for most children. It may be the first time your child has left your side. The teachers are aware that some children may experience difficulty during the initial days of preschool and the staff have experienced the “first day of tears” many times. The best advice that we can share is to leave on a positive note, do not linger at the door or hesitate even if your child begins to express some anxiety. Tell your child that you love them, offer a great big hug, and reassure them that you’ll be back to pick them up at the end of the day. Most importantly please remember to be prompt when picking up your child.

Some children have no difficulty in adapting to new situations, others react differently; both of these behaviors are normal. Often times after the children have expressed their fear or frustration they seem quite content to join in the daily activities. You may see readjustments occur after a long weekend or a vacation. This is also very normal. Your continuing positive attitude will be the best tool to help smooth over the “bumpy” days. The teachers are willing to work with each parent in making the “giant step” a smooth one.

Toilet Independence
All children entering the program must be toilet independent. Teachers are
patient and will “talk” the child through their bathroom routine if necessary, but
they are unable to enter the bathroom to dress or wipe the preschooler.
Please consider this policy when dressing your child for preschool.

If your child does have an accident at school the parent will be notified.
Teachers will not change children’s clothing, but assist them in changing their
clothes by helping with zippers, snaps, the direction the clothes go on properly,
etc… Remember that clothing accidents may involve spilled juice or food so
even if your child is great with toilet independence, a change of clothes in a back pack is always a good idea.

Lunch
We have an Early Learning Station lunch program! The Lunch Buddy program allows your child to be here for lunch and stay till 12:30 or come at 11:30 and go to their 12:45 session after lunch. The cost of this program is $4. Lunch can be brought from home or bought for $2.50. Menus are available at the front desk. Hot lunch must be ordered before 10:00am the morning it is needed. Please call the front desk in the morning if your child attends afternoon preschool.

Field Trips
During the course of the preschool year the children will be going on a few field
trips. These trips are for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the children
and are arranged for your child’s particular age group.

Field trips serve two purposes in preschool. One is the educational content and
fun of learning outside of the classroom. The second is to learn appropriate
behavior for a new set of circumstances apart from family. Please notify your child’s teacher if your child will not be attending the field trip. This will avoid delays in departing on the day of the field trip. A small fee may be necessary depending on the location of the trip.

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