More Details for Spring's Outside Start

These details may evolve to meet the needs of our children and parents.

Slippers  I will move slippers inside the classroom in a basket.  Children will put them on inside the classroom.  We will collect slippers inside the classroom before the 12:20pm dismissal.  Please check in from time to time to see that your child's slippers still fit.

Snacks  In essence, we will have 3 distinct snack times.  

1.  Chamomile tea and nuts and seeds at outside drop-off from 8:30 to 9am--a little something to warm up a cold child.  I will supply as many nuts and seeds as I can.  You are welcome to bring nuts and seeds to contribute.

2.  Fruit and crunchy vegetables around the kindergarten shelter at about 9:45am.  Children will make bowls with their hands and teachers will pass around bits of apple, carrot, cauliflower, and soforth.  Please avoid tiny pieces like raisins; these tend to fall through children's hands.  You may drop off these fruits and vegetables inside (basket in hallway) or outside. 

3.  Warm snack in the classroom around 11am.  Rice Monday, Bread Tuesday, and Soup Wednesday.  

Soup Vegetables  We begin preparing the warm snacks a day in advance:  we prepare bread and butter Monday to eat Tuesday; we prepare soup Tuesday to eat Wednesday.  Please bring soup vegetables by Tuesday morning.  If you forget, you and your child could cut a vegetable at home to bring on Wednesday morning, and we will add this to the soup then.

Somewhat Late Arrivals  A reason for our change in schedule is to relieve family and hallway stress in the morning.  As I wrote before, because some children may get to school early, I don't want to make them wait too long in wind and cold before going to the cover of the woods.  We will begin our walk around 9:05 or so--this may change; if most children arrive at 8:25, we will begin earlier; if many children arrive around 9:10, we will start later.

I don't want to make matters stressful.  If you find yourself getting to school at 9:06 to an empty playground, know that we will now always begin our walk with a few minutes of play in the clearing around the teepee on the school property.  You may walk your child there to meet us.  As always, please call the school 341-5686 if your child will not attend school that day.