CK Montessori Parent Resources

Preparing Your Child
You can help us to help your children by sending them to school in shoes that they can put on by themselves. At cleanup time, it
gets rather hectic if the teacher has to tie 18 pairs of shoes. This, also, does nothing to foster their independence. If your child is
very young, you could start with rubber boots that slip on. As your child matures, you could graduate to Velcro shoes. We will
help teach your children to tie when they are ready, but for now, successful responsibility is what we are after.

While our schools have some extra clothes on hand, you can leave an extra set of clothes for your child at the school for those
occasional spills and accidents. We do a lot of water activities and children often get their shirts, socks, etc. wet. It is helpful to
send an extra set of clothes with your child in a large zip-loc bag with his/her name printed on it in large letters. We also accept
donations of used unisex clothes (sweatshirts, jeans, etc.).

If your child is allergic to pretzels, goldfish crackers, or any type of juice you may bring in a alternative snack for him/her to
have. Please put your child's name on it and inform his/her teachers.

Sick Policy
It is our school policy that a child should stay home from school if he/she has thrown up and/or had a fever in the last 24
hours. If your child has a cold and his runny nose is clear, it is OK to bring him. (We will help teach him how to blow his nose!)
If the runny nose is not clear (opaque), he should stay home. A mild cough is OK but consider that sometimes a cough can
cause a child not to sleep well and he may be too tired to function well. Contagious diseases such as chicken pox, pink eye
and 5ths disease should be kept home for obvious reasons. A child with diarrhea should be kept at home as well. A child with
a rash that cannot be readily explained should stay at home until his/her physician has been consulted. Preschoolers pass on
all kinds of germs even though we do our best to keep the environment clean and germ free. These are the years that children
learn to share and unfortunately, this includes germs!

Tuition
Tuition is done through our secure automatic withdrawal system on the first school day of the each new month. If alternative
arrangements need to be made please contact Diana at Diana@CKMontessori.com. A fee of $15 will be charged for any NSF
transactions. See our General Information page for tuition amounts.

Drop off/Pick up
We use the bottom of the Meadowdale Building parking lot for drop off and pick up. The teachers will be at the drop off/pick up
area to welcome your child at the car. The teachers will also bring the children out to the cars at the end of the day. You will not
need to exit your car. If possible, please have your child's car seat on the right side of the car as we help to buckle them in.

Weekly Schedule
The last day of your child's week, is show and tell day. On this day, children may bring something to show or tell about during
circle time. Please try not to send "toys" such as Pokemon, Barbies, etc. It is more valuable educationally to send an artifact of
nature or something that your child has made or found. Also, violence is simply not allowed at our schools. Toys with a violent
nature such as toy guns or swords are not allowed at school. Please consider this at Halloween time, as well. We usually
dress up on Halloween day and would rather avoid costumes that denote a violent character.

The last day of your child's week, is take-home day. All the work that has been collected in your child's drawer will go home in a
take-home bag.

One day each week is group snack day - Monday for Ms. Zweber's classes and Friday for Mrs. Marsh's classes. You can sign
up for a day for your child to bring a snack to share. On this day we eat at the same time and practice manners, such as waiting
until all have been served, passing food correctly, etc. Good snack examples are crackers and cheese, muffins, etc. The sign
up sheet is kept in the school and you can sign up by coming in or by telephoning.

One day each week is Sign Language day. A sign language lesson will be given at circle time.
Birthdays are usually celebrated by the "group-snack" method. Often parents sign-up for group snack on or near their child's
birthday. However, if this doesn't work out, we can do it on their birthday even if it is not the last day of the week. Regardless of
whether or not you bring a snack, we do a "birthday circle" for your child. This is always a very special time and you are more
than welcome to join us and participate in the birthday circle! If possible, bring in pictures of your child at age: newborn, 1, 2, 3,
etc.

Take Home Bags
In an effort to be more "green" the school now has reusable canvas take home bags. Each child will have his/her own take
home bag that he/she will be responsible for bringing back each week. Your child will receive a take home bag at the beginning
of the year (or upon enrollment), if the take home bag is lost, a new one can be purchased for $3.

Conferences
We offer conferences to everyone in the fall and to current and upcoming kindergartners in the Spring. Additional conferences
can be held anytime that you desire one. Telephone conferences are available as needed. Ms. Zweber's phone number is
698-4888 and Mrs. Marsh's is 830-4925.

Visiting/Volunteering
Parents are always welcome to visit the classroom. Once the children are settled (3 - 4 weeks), they are very proud to have
guests.

If you would like to volunteer, there is always material to be prepared, reading children to listen to, etc. Let your teacher know if
you would like to help in one of these ways.

Donations
Here are a few things that we can use at school if you have extras at home:

* Plain white socks and underwear
* Toilet paper rolls
* Straws
* Fat crayons (blue, green, white, or brown)
* Small empty containers with lids (perfume, lotion, or spice containers are especially great for the scents they have!)
* Warm blankets for emergencies
* Check with your teacher about any other items that you wish to donate.