The document provides reminders and tips for parents to help their children be successful in various classroom activities and routines, including suggestions to send food in easy-open containers for snack time, arrive before 7:30 am to allow time to prepare for the day, and send appropriate shoes for swimming days. It also discusses units of inquiry that will be covered in the classroom around topics like classmates, friendships, and safety in the classroom environment.

1. Unit of Inquiry
Me and My Classroom
Classrooms are organized to help us learn and work together.
This unit explores­­
*Who is in our classroom?
*Routines and systems that help us learn and work together
*Our responsibilities
*Classroom areas
*How can we stay safe, healthy and happy within our classroom environment?
ion--
Help your child be a risk-taker! Ask this quest play in
What “area” did you play in today and why? Then encourage him/her to
friends.
new areas--try new things and play with new

2. Unit of Inquiry
Me and You
Friendships enrich our lives
and require nurturing in
order to develop
This unit explores­­
*How friends are made and kept
*Why friends are needed
*Characteristics that help develop
healthy friendships
How to extend this at home-- w
Discuss with your child what it means to be caring. Talk with your child about ho
portant to you.
you choo se your friends and why those friends are im

3. A Few Other Reminders
Help Your Child Be SUCCESSFUL at Snack/Lunch Time
-Pack the food in containers that your child can open and close independently.
-Send yogurt in a container that can close. This allows your child to eat some of the yogurt at
snack and possibly finish it at lunch. It also prevents a big mess in the lunch box.
-Please send water in water bottles.
Help Your Child start their day SUCCESSFULLY
-Please arrive before 7:30. Your child needs time to unpack his/her backpack,
choose a book and write in their journal.
-Circle Time starts at 7:30. We ask that parents please depart the classroom before this time. If
your child is having a difficult transition (crying and sad) we suggest leaving by 7:20 so that your
child’s teacher/assistant can help settle him/her before circle time starts.
Help Your Child Be Successful on Swimming Days
-Please send your child with shoes that are easy to put on and take off.
Also, most importantly--no socks please! :-)
Help Your Child Keep Others Healthy
-We are teaching the EC kids to cover their mouth this way
when they cough or sneeze. We call this “Do the Elephant”.