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Sharing:
Throughout the students will be able to participate in sharing
activities. Sharing/speaking in front of
the class is an important skill and we strongly encourage you to have your
child participate every time. Unless it
is your child’s share day, please leave all toys at home! There are plenty of
stimulating manipulatives in our classroom, and this will keep us in compliance
with the William Holliday handbook. At
this age, when their toys come to school, they are often lost or broken, which
leads to broken hearts and tears. If any
school supplies come home by mistake – scissors, puzzle pieces, glue bottles,
books, game pieces or anything else that your child did not bring to school,
please return them as soon as possible…no questions asked!
Snacks: Each
month a calendar will go home with snack assignments. When it is your turn, please send a
nutritious snack (no soda, candy, or empty calorie foods) to school to share
with the class. This should be a healthy
snack that is quickly eaten, such as a box of crackers, cheese, cereal, fruit,
applesauce or pudding (please provide spoons too), raisins, apples, grapes etc.
We will get a drink of water after our snack on the days that we do not have
milk. We have approximately 21 students
in our class. (As of today, I have not
received a final count yet.) Snacks must
be commercially prepared and packaged.
If your child has a birthday, you will be scheduled on or near that
day. As a Kindergarten team, we have
come to the consensus that cupcakes will
not be allowed as a Birthday Treat for our students. There are several reasons for this including
health and the mess that Kindergarteners make on the carpets. Snack time is in the afternoon each day at 2:10 p.m.
Please keep in mind when sending snacks, that we only have about 15
minutes to eat during this activity daily.
If you forget to provide snack on your given day, I will do my best to use what I have in the classroom to cover it. If I do not have enough left over snacks, the students will go without snack for that particular day. If you do miss your snack day, I just ask that you provide snack to replace the snack we used as soon as you are able. I am a busy working parent, and I get how that can happen from time to time. Please watch the snack calendar and I will also put a reminder in the weekly newsletter to help you out. You may provide snack early and send it in. It is helpful to me if you label it with the student's name and the date you are supposed to bring snack. If your family has financial challenges, please don't hesitate to talk to me about it, I'm sure we can work something out.
If you forget to provide snack on your given day, I will do my best to use what I have in the classroom to cover it. If I do not have enough left over snacks, the students will go without snack for that particular day. If you do miss your snack day, I just ask that you provide snack to replace the snack we used as soon as you are able. I am a busy working parent, and I get how that can happen from time to time. Please watch the snack calendar and I will also put a reminder in the weekly newsletter to help you out. You may provide snack early and send it in. It is helpful to me if you label it with the student's name and the date you are supposed to bring snack. If your family has financial challenges, please don't hesitate to talk to me about it, I'm sure we can work something out.
