Red Room

Diaper changes/potty regularly throughout the day.  Individual reading throughout the day.  

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 Assessment program this year.  The Learning Beyond Pape 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.  

• The Red Room is for children ages 30-42 months. 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.

• Cot and nap mat for sleeping (provided).Nap mat will go home weekly for laundering. Your child can bring in a favorite sleeping pal or blanket. 

• 2 or 3 changes of weather appropriate clothing labeled 

• Lunch: We are a peanut free center so we ask that you do not bring in anything with peanuts or tree nuts. We are unable to heat children’s lunches, should be brought in a thermos container.  Please use a Bento Box or other type of reusable container to pack lunch. 

• Tube of rash ointment (sign the medication book) 

• Sunscreen- Parents are responsible for applying sunscreen in the morning and we will re-apply in the afternoon. 

• Diapers-one package (refill when teachers notify supply is running low)

• 3 packages of wipes every month. If your child needs special needs a special type of wipe, please label with child's name and supply enough for a month.

• Bring in one individual picture of your child and a minimum of 3 family members that we will use in the classroom. 

• A paint shirt

• Please wash your child’s hands as soon as they enter the classroom.

• Please label all of your child’s things with his/her name or first initial and last name. This includes all food, bowls, lids, clothes (outdoor and indoor), diaper packs, special wipes, pacifiers, etc. Please use a black permanent marker.

• Please sign your child in and out using the sheet outside of your child's classroom

• 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.

• A doctor's note is required if your child is sent home or does not come in because of a rash or diarrhea since these can be symptoms of various contagious conditions. The note must state that it is safe for your child to return to a child care setting.

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

• Daily reports will be completed and put in your child's bin informing you of meals, diapering and naps. Teachers post daily to Tadpoles with activities, pictures and reminders

• A monthly newsletter about happenings in the center as well as reminders will be sent by e-mail.

• 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.