Pet Day Care
We are happy to announce that the Green Room's very own pet day care has been opened. In response to a book called Arthur's Pet Business, the children have started taking care of pets in the Green Room dramatic play area. Sometimes the children have been the pets and sometimes they have used stuffed animals as their pets. Together, we made a list of all of the items that we would need to be able to take care of animals in our room. Some of the things that made the list include:
food bowls cages toys leashes balls brushes
The children also said that we need sign in/out sheets, a name for our daycare, and a sign to hang in front. We are exciting to see where this adventure takes us. If you have any items from our list that you would like to contribute, we would appreciate it.
food bowls cages toys leashes balls brushes
The children also said that we need sign in/out sheets, a name for our daycare, and a sign to hang in front. We are exciting to see where this adventure takes us. If you have any items from our list that you would like to contribute, we would appreciate it.
Boxes, anyone?
We are in needs of empty boxes for various projects in our classroom. We would greatly appreciate your help with this. Cereal boxes or boxes from healthier choices of food (oatmeal, crackers, not cookies) would work well. Shoes boxes would be OK, too. We will be using these boxes to build something in conjunction with our pet day care center as well as props in our dramatic play kitchen. We are also happy to take full cans of food if you happen to have any that may have expired. The way back of the pantry in the Fitzsimmons household is a treasure trove of expired cans that have made their way to the Green Room dramatic play area.
Fall is in the air
Now that the weather seems to have finally turned chilly and will probably stay there, we are reminding parents that we will be going outside 2-3 times daily as long as it isn't raining. Please keep this in mind when you are dressing your children in the morning. Jackets and sweaters need to be labeled. We are experts at knowing your children, but telling all of their clothes apart is a different story. That being said, there is a small collection of black, zipper hoodies just inside the classroom door. Please take a moment to check these out. We have Sharpies in the classroom if you need help labeling something.
A few general reminders...
**All children need to be at school by 8:45 so that we can make the transition to the classroom together and begin our first rug time as close to 9:00 as possible. Great job to those of you that have really made the effort. We have noticed. Keep it up!
**If your child is ill, please keep them home. We understand that there are sometimes days when it is not clear first thing in the morning if your child is well enough to go to school or not. We also understand that it isn't always easy for a working parent to take the day off. Please keep in mind, though, that it is extremely difficult for a sick child to keep up with all of the normal activities of a day at school. Also, sending sick children to school encourages the spread of illness to others and contributes to more lengthy battles with illness as it potentially spreads throughout the class. As we say to the kids almost daily, "Germs are not for sharing."
**IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU SIGN YOUR CHILD IN AND OUT EACH DAY!! We cannot stress enough how important it is for you to take a moment at the beginning and end of each day to sign in and out. If you have not signed in, we may not know that you have dropped off and are not technically responsible for your child. Similarly, at the end of the day, we need to know for sure that your child has been picked up and at what time they were picked up.
**Parents that indicated the necessity for their child to have a helmet when riding the tricycles need to check in with a teacher. Several of you have indicated that as your wish, but no Green Room children have provided helmets. Please either bring a helmet or update your form in the office and let a teacher know.
**Please sign up for your child's special week if you have not already done so. The list is in the hallway just outside the Green Room door.
**If your child is ill, please keep them home. We understand that there are sometimes days when it is not clear first thing in the morning if your child is well enough to go to school or not. We also understand that it isn't always easy for a working parent to take the day off. Please keep in mind, though, that it is extremely difficult for a sick child to keep up with all of the normal activities of a day at school. Also, sending sick children to school encourages the spread of illness to others and contributes to more lengthy battles with illness as it potentially spreads throughout the class. As we say to the kids almost daily, "Germs are not for sharing."
**IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU SIGN YOUR CHILD IN AND OUT EACH DAY!! We cannot stress enough how important it is for you to take a moment at the beginning and end of each day to sign in and out. If you have not signed in, we may not know that you have dropped off and are not technically responsible for your child. Similarly, at the end of the day, we need to know for sure that your child has been picked up and at what time they were picked up.
**Parents that indicated the necessity for their child to have a helmet when riding the tricycles need to check in with a teacher. Several of you have indicated that as your wish, but no Green Room children have provided helmets. Please either bring a helmet or update your form in the office and let a teacher know.
**Please sign up for your child's special week if you have not already done so. The list is in the hallway just outside the Green Room door.
Se habla español
We have recently begun a little bit of an experiment in our room. Since last week Mrs. Vasquez has been speaking only Spanish after nap time. We are hoping that this helps them to be more comfortable with the language. It has been wonderful to see the predominantly Spanish speakers working together to help the English speakers understand what is being asked of them.