This page will answer questions commonly asked by parents about preschool. If you have any questions not answered here, please feel free to send me an e-mail or leave me a message by calling 716-433-6422 ext. 446.
What if my child cries when I leave them?
Will my child learn his ABC's and 123's?
Why is play important?
How do you handle discipline?
Do you celebrate birthdays?
What if my child cries when I leave them?
This may be your child's first time away from you or their hundredth. It's hard to predict whether a child will cry when you leave them. We can only encourage you to be very excited about their day at preschool. If they know you are worried, they will be worried. If they know you think it will be fabulous, they will think it will be fabulous! The will have such a great time with us, they'll hardly notice you are gone! Please don't cry in the parking lot (I speak from experience here), go grab a coffee and enjoy your time. This is a time to celebrate everyone's growing!
This may be your child's first time away from you or their hundredth. It's hard to predict whether a child will cry when you leave them. We can only encourage you to be very excited about their day at preschool. If they know you are worried, they will be worried. If they know you think it will be fabulous, they will think it will be fabulous! The will have such a great time with us, they'll hardly notice you are gone! Please don't cry in the parking lot (I speak from experience here), go grab a coffee and enjoy your time. This is a time to celebrate everyone's growing!
Will my child learn his ABC's and 123's?
YES! We will begin letter recognition by helping your child identify their name daily. Your child will have opportunities daily to explore the alphabet and make meaningful connections to their lives. We will also provide activities for your child to explore numbers and math concepts in the same "connected" approach. Please do not worry if your child does not report playing with the "ABC's and 123's" activities. Not all children will be interested in these activities at the same time, this is normal. We will leave these activities out all year so that when they are interested, they are available.
YES! We will begin letter recognition by helping your child identify their name daily. Your child will have opportunities daily to explore the alphabet and make meaningful connections to their lives. We will also provide activities for your child to explore numbers and math concepts in the same "connected" approach. Please do not worry if your child does not report playing with the "ABC's and 123's" activities. Not all children will be interested in these activities at the same time, this is normal. We will leave these activities out all year so that when they are interested, they are available.
Why is play important?
Cooperative play is the foundation for a healthy life.
Play is the "work" of the child. Children who don't learn to play well with others, grow to be adults who don't play well with others (and I'm sure we could all share stories here). Some of the most important life lessons occur in the "sandbox". children in this age group move from solitary play (playing by oneself) or parallel play (playing beside but now with another child) to associative play (shares materials but does not coordinate play objectives or interests) and cooperative play (organizing themselves into roles with specific goals).
How do you handle discipline?
Children are not little adults. They are loud, honest, impulsive, inattentive and messy (ok, maybe we do know some adults who behave like this). Understanding those things eliminates some issues right up front.
there is usually something that happens BEFORE the thing that "happened". We will be looking for opportunities to help students resolve their conflicts before they become "conflicts". We will also allow students enough space to work out their conflicts before getting involved.
Ask us about the Five Step Process for Conflict Mediation that we will be practicing in the classroom.
Children are not little adults. They are loud, honest, impulsive, inattentive and messy (ok, maybe we do know some adults who behave like this). Understanding those things eliminates some issues right up front.
there is usually something that happens BEFORE the thing that "happened". We will be looking for opportunities to help students resolve their conflicts before they become "conflicts". We will also allow students enough space to work out their conflicts before getting involved.
Ask us about the Five Step Process for Conflict Mediation that we will be practicing in the classroom.
Do you celebrate birthdays?
Absolutely! Birthdays give us a special opportunity to celebrate your child! Please send in a birthday snack to share, as well as a baby picture of your child so we can see how much they have grown. We will celebrate your child's birthday as close to their day as possible. Children with summer birthdays will be celebrated in June. We will send home a notice one week before your child's "classroom" birthday.
Absolutely! Birthdays give us a special opportunity to celebrate your child! Please send in a birthday snack to share, as well as a baby picture of your child so we can see how much they have grown. We will celebrate your child's birthday as close to their day as possible. Children with summer birthdays will be celebrated in June. We will send home a notice one week before your child's "classroom" birthday.
