Welcome to Room 3!
We will have a very exciting year filled with learning through play experiences! Throughout the year we will have home-visits and parent-teacher conferences to discuss goals for your toddler and share their progress in goals as they grow. Also throughout the year we will have special events that we would love for you to come and share with your child.
The Basics:
| Materials for your childs cubby: | Two extra set of clothes |
| Blanket | |
| Bottle or sippy cup and pacifier | |
| Shoes for walking toddlers | |
| Stuffed animal/lovie comfort item |
Daily Schedule:
The time frame of activities allow for flexibility based on the interest/engagement level and learning exploration of the children.
8:10-8:40am Arrival and Greeting/Sign in
Brain Smart Start/Morning Circle
Wash Hands
Breakfast
Brush Teeth
Bathroom/Diapering
Centers
Group Time
Music and Movement
Outside Time (aproximately 10:45am)
Bathroom/Diapering
Wash Hands
Lunch
Nap Time
Bathroom/Diapering
2:00-2:30pm Snack and Departure
| Drop-off Routine: |
Classroom Expectations: |
| 1.Parent sign in your child on the IPad |
1. Listening ears |
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2. Assist your child to put belongings in their cubby |
2. Walking feet |
| 3. Guide your child in their picture sign in proceedure |
3. Helpful friends |
| 4. Wash child's hands |
4. Gentle hands |
| 5. Help child get engaged in a toy | |
| 6. Give hugs, kisses, and say goodbye |
Classroom News at-a-glance:
March's I Love You Rituals:
Here are two more I Love You Rituals that we are learning in class and you can complete at home with your toddler. They love these quick moments of personal connections with their parents. The teachers are more than happy to demonstrate these I love You Rituals for you at drop off or pick up so you and your child have those moments of connection.
Books we will be focusing on this month:
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle
- Color recognition practice. Have your toddler name and repeat colors they notice in their environment.
- A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
- How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
- We will be discussing the children holding a parents hand to cross the street, using bicycle safety helmets, and participating safely in active play. Remember to encourage and praise your toddlers safe actions as they complete them at home.
What we are doing and learning:
Here are a few of the many skills your toddler will be learing as they have activities and experiences painting with peers. making playdough, participating in family style dining, and completing jobs as classroom helpers. Your toddler will get guidance in foundational math skills as they assist the teacher in measuring out ingredients to make playdough. They will also practice skills of balancing the needs of themselves with their peers as they complete such jobs as setting plates at the table for lunch or passing out milks to their peers. We will guide them during painting activities to take turns dipping their paint brushes in the paint to share. Support and encouragement will also be provided for your childs curiosity and motivations to play and explore in our classroom learning environment.
Volunt
eer opportunities:
We love having the parents participate in the classroom please see the teachers to sign up to assist with the classroom laundry, cutting out materials, and assisting with the farmers market.
Special Literacy Event:
Please join us on March 27th @ 9:55am for a presentation of the Three Little Pigs. The aftercare staff will be putting on a play and having student and parent volunteers join in for the completed retelling of this story. Teachers and parents are encouraged to read the story with their child at the beginning of the week to familiarize them with the characters and build excitement for this delightful event.
Helpful Websites and Links:
The schools main website and our schools.
We use breathing techniques, safe place environments, and social emotional learning practices from Dr. Becky Bailey's Conscious Discipline. To learn more you can visit the Conscious Discipline website.
Another fun breathing technique you can have your toddler do along with Elmo is found in this Elmo "belly breathe" video.
Sesamestreet.org has many choices for your toddler in interactive art, games, and videos.
Talking Is Teaching is a great resource for ideas to incorporate learning for your child in everyday tasks. You are your child's first teacher.
Play is the highest form of research - Albert Einstein