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Sarasota, FL
St. Paul Early Childhood Learning Center

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Telephone: (941) 955-6480 · Website: www.stpaul-srq.org

Home-School Connection

Director's Comments

We have Parent Orientation, Home Visits, Parent Teacher Conferences, daily notes home, phone calls, emails, lesson plans with letters, newsletters, suggestion box, survey of volunteer opportunities and parent involvement. Whew! We value parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, and invite them to be a part of the program whenever possible.

Separation

Beginning of the year separation is handled through:

- Home visits by teachers

- Pre-entry meetings with parents at school

- Small group sessions

- Extra staff dedicated to handle separation

- Parents in classroom early on

source: This information was provided by the director

Director's Comments

We use love, kindness, bunnies, bears, blankies, a nice article on separation in our parent handbook, calls to and from work or home to check on how the child is doing, some tears, some special artwork and activities. We do not want a child to spend his or her day here if he or she is crying all day. If a child doesn't calm down, relax and seem happy here in pretty short order, we work with the parent on a plan to help ease the child into the program. We want the child to trust and enjoy us - not fear us. We do not ask for bunnies, bears and blankies to go away after the first month of school. We welcome these special friends at all times. We might even take pictures of them and help a child make a "Goodbye Book." We get creative when sad children are involved!

A Great Book Rhymes!

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Kids are a funny bunch. They are often loath to change and anything new. But still, our little ones are open to so much -- and so much more than we more ossified parents are! Think of poetry: preschoolers happily read and repeat poems with ease and

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