Welcome!

Kindergarten is an exciting year for children! We have put together this guideline to help answer any questions that you may have. But always feel free to e-mail us if you need additional help.
  
** PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOUR CHILD HAS ANY FOOD ALLERGIES OR RESTRICTIONS. **

 Communication-

Please check your e-mail and child’s folder daily. This will be our main source of communication. Friday folders go home on Friday and are to be returned on Monday. Teacher conference time is 10:30-11:15.

Lunch -
Kindergarten lunch is from 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. 

 Snacks & Water Bottles -
We eat lunch at 10:00 a.m. each morning. As you can imagine, your children become very hungry before 3:25 p.m. Although we set aside time in the early afternoon to eat snacks, the school DOES NOT provide these snacks for the children who are hungry. We ask that you send a small prepared nutritional snack each day for your child. Examples include grapes, cut up apples, crackers, goldfish crackers, bananas, pretzels, etc. A good serving size would be what could fit inside a sandwich ziplock bag.

Water bottles with tight fitting caps are also welcome in our classrooms. We ask that you do not freeze them first, because they sweat in backpacks and on tabletops. Colored or sweetened drinks (like Gatorade or Kool-Aid) aren’t allowed.

Birthdays -
You may bring store-bought cupcakes for your child and his/her classmates for a special birthday treat. These snacks will be served later in the day when children have finished their meals. Because of our short time in the cafeteria, we do not have time to cut a cake or a cookie cake, Also, there is no need to send a drink (such as a juice box). Two dozen cupcakes will be plenty.
 

Outclass-
(Art, Library, PE, Music, Science, PE)
Your child will have the opportunity to visit another teacher each afternoon for 45 minutes. Because this is a 6 day rotation, the schedule will always shift to a different day of the week. For example, P.E. may be on Monday this week, but Tuesday next week. Many Mondays and Fridays can be missed due to holidays.

We ask that your child wear appropriate tennis, sneakers, or athletic type shoes to P.E. No sandals, boots, flip flops, or dress shoes please.
 
Since we are on a rotating schedule it is very important to keep your child’s book in their backpack when you are not reading it. This ensures that they get to check out a new book whenever it is library day.
 
Guidelines -
Please label your child’s jackets, hats, lunch kits, and backpacks. Do not write your child’s name on the outside of their backpack. Instead, put your child’s name on the inside of their backpack. The best “Stranger Danger” teaching can be forgotten by little ones who hear someone saying their name.

Please choose clothes for school that your child can easily go to the restroom in (dress and undress independently).

 YOU are your child’s most important teacher. Remember that learning can take place anywhere. By spending time reading with your child and looking over school work, you show your child the value you place on education. We not only value your reinforcement of skills, but we need your assistance to help your child receive a well-balanced education.

You will be seeing newsletters containing information about our class activities and suggestions of things you can do to help your child at home. As always, if you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us with a note or phone call
(281) 634-6570.

Have a great year!
The Kindergarten Team