Carousel Cottage - Clarksville, TN - Children Learn By Doing

Health and Safety
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THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF YOUR CHILD

Your child's health is a matter of major importance to all of us. Upon enrollment, you must file with us a health form signed by a physician if your child is under 30 months. All children must have a Tennessee immunization form and tuberculin clearance.

**Please keep your child home if he/she is:
• Running a fever
• Vomiting - Diarrhea
• With communicable disease such as: Chicken Pox, Measles, Roseola etc.

We will keep you posted on any outbreaks of communicable diseases. A notice will be placed on the bulletin board next to the reception area.
**In case of accidental injury, we will make an immediate attempt to contact a parent. If we can't reach you, we will call the child's physician. If necessary, we will also call an ambulance or the paramedics. Until the arrival of a parent, the physician, an ambulance, or paramedics, the Director or Assistant Director will be in charge and make all decisions about the care of the child. It is to your child's benefit that you keep the center up-to-date on phone numbers, emergency numbers, and other pertinent information.

AUTHORIZATION TO PICK UP CHILD

No child will be released to a person not authorized by a parent. We must have written authorization in this respect.

WHAT TO WEAR

Think of your child's comfort--provide simple clothing, free of complicated fastenings. This is very important for the potty training stage. Children being potty trained should have pants or shorts with elastic waistbands. Think of messy art materials and other messy activities--provide clothing that is washable.

PLEASE LABEL ALL CLOTHING AND BLANKETS!

TOYS FROM HOME

Limit your child to one toy. This should be a soft, snugly toy to be cuddled with at naptime. Please leave all other toys at home. There are many children that use this center and it is impossible for us to keep track of several different toys per child.

NAPTIME

Naptime for children who stay all day;
12:30 - 2:30 Toddlers
1:00 - 3:00 (2 years & up)

Please provide a SMALL BLANKET & BATH TOWEL for child's comfort.

**Our naptime procedure is as follows:
1. Immediately following lunch, the children either play quietly, read books or work puzzles. We also show age appropriate videos.
2. Children are sent into nap area two or three at a time and are pleasantly
helped to get settled down. Each child is covered and softly spoken to for
comfort and reassurance according to individual needs and moods.
3. When all of the children are lying down, a record will play soft soothing music.

MEALTIME

All children enrolled in the full-day program will receive breakfast, lunch and 2 snacks. Breakfast will be served at 7:15. Children arriving after 7:30 should have eaten breakfast. Lunch will be served at 11:15 for toddlers and all other classes at 11:30. Menus are posted on the bulletin board near the reception desk. All meals are well balanced and snacks are nutritious. We follow USDA guidelines.

WE BELIEVE IN FLEXIBILITY AND CHOICE!

Carousel Cottage will provide a creative and stimulating atmosphere where your child is free to express him/herself as a child. At home, even though children have a certain daily routine, they are not held to a rigid time schedule. As frequently as possible, opportunities will be arranged so that your child can choose to play indoors or out, alone or with others, quietly or noisily, sitting or running. With this type of flexibility, children readily adhere to strict scheduling and group activities when necessary, such as story time, mealtime and naptime. We will be alert for "teachable moments" and provide many experiences for learning.