Welcome to the start of our new school year! All of the teachers are so excited that you'll be joining us for this exciting preschool journey!
And welcome to our new preschool blog, too! We're offering this blog to you as yet another way to help improve our communication. Although we only see your children 2 or 3 times a week, there is soooo much information to share with you (especially for those of you who are new to our preschool)! My hope is that these blog postings will help you to be more aware of what goes on at school after you give your child that good bye hug. We'll be posting our weekly newsletters here for you, as well as important bits of learning that will hopefully make your preschool experience more enjoyable!
The information posted here will be kept very general in order to maintain our privacy. You won't see any photos of the children's faces or see any of their names, but you will gain a better understanding of all that goes on "behind the scenes" at school.
First off, let me say thank you to everyone who joined us at Open House or for a Meet the Teacher morning. These opportunities will help make your child's transition to preschool much smoother. We're already beginning to learn each other's names and our likes & dislikes, and school won't even start for another 10 or 11 days! I'd say we're off to a great start!
Here are just a few items to mention before that first day actually happens....
1. Please bring in a change of clothes for your child on the first day of school. If possible, please bring them in a Zip Loc bag marked with your child's first and last name (pants, socks, a shirt and undies would be great!). You never know when we'll need to make a quick change here!
2. Also, please try to bring along a photo of your family on the first day. We'll find a place to hang them in the classroom for the children to see. Many of the children (especially our new students) love to look at that family photo and it gives the teachers an opportunity to know your families better.
3. A word about hand washing...even though our logo has those paint covered handprints, we always start our day with clean hands :) If you arrive before 9:00, feel free to take your child to one of the bathrooms in the church hallway to help them wash their hands (there are bathrooms in both hallways). Or, when we open the classroom door at 9:00, your child can either use our automatic hand sanitizer or wash his/her hands in our bathroom. Either way, we want to make sure that we are doing everything possible at preschool to keep germs out!
4. Last but not least, if you would like to order preschool t-shirts for your child (or for you!), we will have send an order form home with your child on the first day of school. Always check those tote bags when they come home!!
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to work with your children! We are truly looking forward to getting to know each one of them. Feel free to contact me by phone or e-mail if you have any questions, otherwise, we'll look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, September 8 or Wednesday, September 9!
Peace & Blessings!
Miss Jean
