Health Policy

Keep your child home when he/she has:

• Runny nose and/or coughing
• A sore throat
• A rash
• A fever or chills
• Inflamed eyes
• Diarrhea Nausea or vomiting
• Open sores Impetigo
• Head lice
• Earache

If your child is not well enough to participate in class activities and those on the playground, please keep your child at home.

What to Wear, What Parents Can Do, Discipline Policy, Playground Rules

What to wear

Dress your child in clothes suitable for art, playground, tumbling, etc. Please choose clothes that are easy to manage. (Label all jackets and sweaters.) Please be conscious of shoes- no thongs, boots or open-toed sandals.

What Parents Can Do For Their Child

Make your child feel secure and wanted at all times.
Teach your child to share and to put away his/her toys with help.
Give your child good books to look at, read to him/her, sing songs with him/her, and monitor his/her TV viewing.
Try to keep regular eating and sleeping hours.
Do not make comparisons with other children in the family or in the neighborhood.
Be interested in what your child brings home from school.
Listen to what your child has to tell you.

Discipline Policy

The ultimate goal of our discipline policy is to promote healthy self-esteem in each child.

We do this by:

• Providing a loving Christian atmosphere for student and staff.
• Building a positive attitude toward God, self, others and school.)
• Encouraging parental involvement.
• Setting clear expectations for behavior.
• We will not allow children to hurt themselves, others or destroy property.

Our purpose is to use natural consequences, redirection, and as a last resort, a brief time-out. If a child’s behavior becomes a challenge in the classroom, a parent-teacher conference will be requested. A plan of cooperation will be formulated at this time to correct the challenging behavior.

In the event of an ongoing problem, The Growing Place Director and the Director of Children’s Ministry will confer with the teacher and parents to develop a plan appropriate for the particular child. If the team of adults feels more professional help may be warranted, an Early Childhood Specialist for the Pinellas County License Board will be consulted. This consultation will require written agreement from the parents, teacher, Director of The Growing Place, and Director of Children’s Ministry.

Playground Rules

• Adult supervision before and after school is mandatory
• Rings need adult supervision at all times
• Sit down on swings and tire swings
• Go down slides, sitting down and feet first
• Small Play area reserved for Tiny Tots
• No littering
• Ride bikes safely - play safe
• Keep sand and sandbox toys in the sandbox