Diapers checked/changed regularly throughout the day. Feeding and naps as needed. Individual reading throughout the day. Music class on Fridays during school year.

The teachers do ongoing observations of your child throughout the year. These observations are documented and used to assess your child’s development. We will be using the Learning Beyond Paper Portfolio Assessment program this year.  The Learning Beyond Paper Portfolio will measure each child's development based on the Pennsylvania Learning Standard for Early Childhood.  We monitor each child's achievement in development milestones, share observations with parents/guardians and provide resource information as needed for further screenings, and early intervention and treatment. The developmental screening process is a collaborative one, involving parents/guardians and done in conjunction with the child's primary care provider and health, education, and early intervention consultants. Developmental screening is conducted with the written permission from the child's parent/guardian.

We have 2 conferences a year, November and May. We schedule these during school time. At these conferences we discuss the results of your child’s assessments and make recommendations when necessary.

If your child is having any particular difficulties, we will not wait until the conference to let you know. We will contact you as soon as we deem it necessary.

New standards dictate that a child is to be given an assessment within three months of their admission into the center. This assessment will be done on students that are admitted after October 1 as our first assessment is done in November. Any child admitted between October 1 and February 1 will be assessed before our mandatory May assessment and any child admitted between May 1 and August 1 will be assessed before our mandatory October assessment. The teachers will set up a separate conference with parents to review these results.       

• 2 or 3 changes of weather appropriate clothing (onesies, pants, shirts, socks, bibs, etc. ) 

• Bottles, labeled clearly, made up with formula/breast milk each day, enough for the length of your child’s day

• One extra can of formula or bottle of breastmilk (it will be placed in our freezer) clearly labeled with the child's first and last name. Breast milk must be labeled with the date that the milk was expressed. 

• No cereal or other solid food is to be put in any child’s bottle unless expressly directed by a doctor. We will need a note from the doctor to that effect.

• Solid foods, such as cereal, jars of baby food, etc. clearly labeled

• One tube of rash ointment (be sure to sign the medication book for this as it is considered a topical medication)

• Sunscreen (sign the medication book) We would like for you to put the sunscreen on at home, but we will re-apply if needed.

• Diapers- one package 

• Each parent will bring in 4 packages of wipes a month. If your child needs a special type of wipe, you bring in enough for your child for the month. 

• One individual picture of your child and one family picture

• The Rainbow Room is for children ages 6 weeks-12months. The children remain with the same primary teachers throughout the day. Teachers are assigned to a specific classroom. WMCC does not change teachers on a daily basis.

• Label all of your child’s things with his/her name or first initial and last name. This includes all bottles, lids, formula cans, baby food, bowls, lids, clothes (outdoor and indoor), sheets, blankets, diapers, special wipes, pacifiers, etc. Please use a black permanent marker or printable labels.

• Infants, 12 months and younger,  will be put to sleep on their backs. Sleeping babies will be in view of staff and will be constantly checked. Once they are able to roll front to back and back to front we will let them roll independently to sleep. 

• For maximum safety, bumper pads,sleep positioners, soft items such as quilts/comforters, pillows, and stuffed toys are not permitted in cribs.

•  All infants, unless otherwise ordered by a physician, are placed on their backs to sleep. 

• We do not allow infants to sleep in car seats or other seats, as a crib is the safest place for them to rest. We ask for your assistance in encouraging this at home.

• Please remove your shoes before entering the classroom.

• A monthly newsletter as well as other reminders will be emailed to you 

• If someone other than the usual person (mother, father, grandparent, babysitter) is picking up your child we need to be notified in writing, or by phone and that person, if not known to us, will be need have ID which we will check.

• Parents are free to visit the center at any time during the day; however, we would ask that you not come during nap time which is 12:30 to 2:30.

• We ask you not to bring older siblings into the Rainbow Room when you drop off and/or pick up. The older children like to play with the toys and we like to keep all the infant items as germ-free as possible.

• Children in the Rainbow Room will stay with their primary teachers throughout the day. WMCC does not mix ages groups. Each classroom remains in the same cohort. 

• We support breastfeeding and have accommodations for mothers to breastfeed.

• If your child needs to take medication during the school day, you must fill out a Medicine Log form. You put in the name of the medication, when it should be given, how it should be given and the dosage. The medication must have your child’s name on it. 

• A daily report will emailed to you with your child each day as well an activity sheet which will state some of the things your child has done or experienced during his/her day here with us. The daily report will document your child's feeding as well as their rest times. 

• The Procare app is used by our teachers to communicate with parents about their child's daily activities using pictures and text. With Procare parents get a real-time feel of their child’s day.