Caregiver Resources Page
Welcome to the caregiver resources page! Here you will find helpful forms, links, and information regarding enrollment in WTG and your role as a caregiver in the classroom.
Snacks and Nutrition
Allergies
Woodinville Toddler Group is a peanut-product and nut-free environment and kindly discourages all other nut products. Peanut products should not be used in any snack, including foods prepared for potluck celebrations and evening parent events.
If your child has food allergies, it is your responsibility to alert your Class Coordinator, instructor, and other caregivers in the class. All food allergies should be posted on the bulletin board in the snack room; the information will be added to the weekly email as well.
Parents on our Board of Directors with food allergies should alert the Board president and other members. This will help in food preparation for our evening Board meetings.
Snack Time and Clean-up
Start of Snack Time:
Check to make sure everything is picked up and put away before getting ready for snack time.
Take your child to wash hands in either of the bathrooms. Please don’t use the sink in the classroom.
Grab your snack from your bag and proceed to the green room.
Find a spot at one of the three snack tables and enjoy your snack!
Following snack and before attending circle:
Clean up your immediate area including picking up any larger pieces of food on the ground.
Stack your chairs over by the art drying rack and easel.
Put your personal snack items back in your bag.
Join the group for reading and circle time!
General Snack Guidelines
Children must sit on their bottoms with their chair pushed in at the tables; food must be consumed at the tables only. This is consistent with our risk management guidelines. Please do not allow your child to walk around with food in their mouth or to take food with them to circle. Adults may kneel down by the tables or sit in extra chairs next to their child. Please encourage children to assist with wiping up spills with the washcloth provided and with clearing their place. Waxed cups, napkins, and food scraps can be discarded in the tall, green compostable container.
Children in the 2-3 year old classes should be encouraged to pour their own water. Families in the 1-2 year old classes may want to bring a sippy cup for their child; particularly in early fall. The paper cups are not very durable. Please discourage children from kicking the table while eating; this activity is often contagious! Snack is an appropriate time to give announcements.
Wobblers Parents would follow the above guidelines on cleaning tables, eating at tables, sweep, and cleaning up after snack.
Snacks should be simple, nutritious, and satisfying. Some healthy snack suggestions are:
cheese and crackers
mini-muffins
peeled apple wedges, bananas, melons
satsumas (fun to peel)
string cheese
yogurt
rice cakes
whole grain cereals
cooked pasta
mini-bagels
Young children are at risk of choking on foods. The risk decreases after age six, although any food may cause choking; regardless of age. Beverly Pressey, MS, RD, author of Simple & Savvy, lists the following foods as possible choking foods for toddlers:
frankfurters and meat (cut lengthwise and into smaller pieces or shredded)
crisp fruits (peel and slice thin or steam)
lettuce and spinach (cut into small pieces and steam)
nuts and seeds – avoid, do not serve at WTG
peanut butter- avoid, do not serve at WTG
whole grapes, cherries with pits (cut into quarters, remove seeds and pits)
hard candy, chewing gum- avoid, do not serve at WTG
raw carrots, celery, green beans, peas (cut in small pieces and steam or simmer)
popcorn or tortilla chips- avoid, do not serve at WTG
beans, noodles, cookies, teething biscuits- (cook well, soft cookies only)
processed cheese- avoid, do not serve at WTG
fruit snacks- avoid, do not serve at WTG
Foods that are small and round, of thick consistency, sticky, slippery, or hard to chew, should be avoided. Children must always be seated and supervised while eating. Please do not serve any foods containing raw honey.
Celebrations at WTG
Birthdays may be celebrated during circle time. Please notify your instructor and Class Coordinator of your child’s birthday prior to circle. Please do not bring cupcakes or sweet treats for birthdays. Potlucks are encouraged several times throughout the school year. We have potlucks during the last class before holiday break in December and the all-school picnic in June. These potlucks offer an opportunity for families to come together in friendship and conversation.
Parent Library
Library Check Out Info
To Check a Book Out:
1. Take the card from the inside cover of the book and fill in:
a. The date borrowing the book
b. Your first and last name
c. The class you attend
2. File the card in the blue folder case attached to the card under your class. If there is no card or if the card is full, please use a new card from the back of the blue folder.
3. Please enjoy only 2 items at a time and return in 4 weeks.
Please remember you are responsible for any book you borrow. If a book is lost or damaged, kindly replace it or provide the funds for it to be replaced.
HAPPY READING!
Risk Management
Woodinville Toddler Group operates under the guidelines of our Risk Management Manual. A copy of the manual is located in a binder on our Parent Education Library cart. All parents are asked to view the Safety Orientation Video on a yearly basis.
OPEP Safety Orientation Video
Please view the following video, which is part of our risk management plan.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Videos
This first video provides a brief tutorial into the use of an AED.
Sneeze Pocket
Children and adults are encouraged to use their “sneeze pocket”. This means coughing or sneezing into the crook of the arm instead of covering your mouth with your hand.
Washing Hands
Children and parents are required to wash hands upon arriving to Toddler Group, prior to snack, and after using the restroom. Woodinville Toddler encourages families to wash hands frequently in order to help prevent the spread of illness.
Hand washing steps:
Liquid soap and running water shall be used for hand washing.
Wet hands
Apply liquid soap
Wash-make bubbles
Hands should be washed for at least 20 seconds.
Dry with paper towel
Use a paper towel to turn off the water
Toy Cleaning
Toy cleaning buckets are located in each classroom for your convenience. Any mouthed toy must be placed in the bucket to be cleaned when the child is finished playing with it. Toys will be cleaned at the end of each class. Toys are never allowed in the restrooms.
Diapers
Diaper changing tables are located in both the men’s and the women’s restroom. Please spray the table after use with the bleach solution provided and wipe down with a clean paper towel. Plastic bags are also provided for dirty diapers. It is a health regulation that all dirty diapers must be taken home with you. Please wash hands before returning to class. Diapers may never be changed in the classroom or hallway and must always be changed on the changing tables.
Hot beverages and chewing gum are not allowed in class.
