What type of wipes/cleaners/etc. does your center use to disinfect nap mats?
Clorox wipes and Lysol wipes are not allowed to be used in our centers...is this correct?
Can bleach water be used to sanitize nap mats?
Should we just use Seventh Generation on everything and get rid of the other stuff?
Just trying to make sure I'm doing this correctly!
Hi everyone, I am noticing a lot of children coming to school with ouchy marks from home that the parents do not inform the teachers or office of. I was just courious if any of you have a home ouchy report that the parents fill out that it was an ouchy from home and not from school? Is this a thing that any of you do? Any thoughts on this topic?
Blessings,
Marsha MacIntyre
We do a morning check as they come in (the best we can) to see how they are feeling and if they have any visible injuries. If we see any, we ask and then pass the information on to the child's teacher.
Hi!!! I wanted to see how you all would handle this situation that I am in. If you have some words of wisdom I would gladly accept any and all suggestions!!!
I have a young girl who is acadmemically advanced. She is of age to be in our Pre-K classroom this Fall. Her parents would like her to be in our Jr. K classroom. Both classes head to kindergarten next year! BUT the Pre-K classroom focuses on the emotional needs of the younger 4-year-old child, whereas the Jr. K is more fast paced and advanced for our young 5's (they turn 5 in the school year).
My gut tells me that this child is not emotionally ready to be with students older than her.... What magical words do you have that I can pepper into my follow up email!!!
Appreciate you!
Dear Friends, I had this situation as well and I think we will have it more often especially if your school is keeping a traditional TK with the December cutoff as opposed to moving with the state UPK program. I asked the teacher for more information on the social emotional development of the child and then went in and observed a few days. I found that the child had difficulty making choices and decisions on her own, was not interested yet in "seat time" with more teacher directed activities, and walked away from conflicts with friends. I felt that the additional time would be a gift for her to develop in these areas and in a play based setting she would have more opportunities to work on these skills. When I met with the parents, we prayed and I explained these things. I also left it a bit open in that if the school year starts and she has grown in these areas that we would make the move then. Hope that helps. In Him, Mary
I have a new family with a newly adopted 3.5 year old child from overseas. They are asking if they can come to school with her each day for an hour or so, so they can help her to adapt to so many new things. While on the surface, I have no problem with this, as they eventually will leave her here full day, my concerns are that she will be in a class with the younger kids and a student with an aide as well. Our rooms aren't that big...I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Recently, I had a mom who requested this as well. She wanted to participate with her son as if we were a play group, her words. I checked with licensing to see what would be needed and they told me that they needed to show up to date proof of a negative TB test and should not ever be left alone with children (other than their own). She did this and came for an hour and left. Since that first time, her child's attendance is sporadic, at best, and she doesn't stay in the class though she is always outside nearby and frequently picks up early.
So, my suggestion, if you agree to accept them, is have to it planned out that they would be able to lessen the time and have a predetermined date that the child would attend without the parents spending extra time besides drop-off and pick-up.
Title 22 101239.1 b4 says mats shall be wiped with a detergent/disinfectant weekly or when soiled or wet.
We used PupPuretergent to clean and Clorox anywhere bleach to disinfect mats. We used PupPuretergent to clean tables followed by Purell food surface sanitizer for tables.