Sunday morning: 8:15am - 12:15pm
(During the 11am service hour, Children from the 4/5 class go to Sanctuary and then Children's Church)

Sunday evening: 5:45pm - 7:15pm
(Children ages 5+ go to Sanctuary for service)

Wednesday evening: 6:00pm - 8:30pm

• Complete a criminal background check
  
• Consent to and pass a basic physical
  
• Be at least 16 years of age to assist and 18 years of age to be left in charge of a class

1. Visiting and member preschoolers are registered at the check-in desk using the Sunday School log, or standard visitor cards. Parents must indicate the area(s) in which they can be located in case of emergency.
2. At check-in, parents and children are given corresponding numerical identification tags. Parents must present their tags when children are picked up. The same parent who signs the child in should also sign the child out. **Children are not released to anyone under age 13.
3. Visual paging systems are located in the Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall - your child is assigned a number that matches the tag you will receive. That number will flash in the event that you are needed in the preschool.
4. Visitors with infants, 1's and/or 2's are also asked to complete a special information sheet at each visit. These sheets are located on clipboards outside the classrooms, and are designed to aid teachers and other caregivers in knowing your child's habits, allergies, sleep and eating patterns.
5. Preschoolers may be received as early as 15 minutes before each session, and should be picked up immediately following a church function. Preschoolers are easily upset when they are the last ones in a room.
6. If there are no preschoolers present twenty (20) minutes after a scheduled event begins, teachers and other caregivers may leave.
7. Preschoolers may be brought to the preschool area only when the person bringing them is attending the church function.
8. A child cannot be left in a preschool room unless a caregiver is present. If you arrive before the teachers or other caregivers, please remain with your preschooler until a caregiver arrives and is ready to receive your child.
9. Doors to preschool rooms are kept closed. Only preschoolers, teachers, and caregivers will be allowed in the preschool room. A caregiver will meet you at the door both to welcome and to release your child. To minimize separation anxiety, parents are encouraged to say goodbye and promptly leave without entering the room.
10. Family members and friends, with the exception of nursing mothers, are encouraged to refrain from visiting their children during functions. These visits are disruptive to the class. However, feel free to watch classes through the window panels on the doors if you think you can do so unseen by your child!
11. Children are not allowed in the resource room - this room is designated for use by teachers, volunteers, workers, and nursing mothers.
12. Following a function, numerical tags should be returned in order to retrieve children. Please refrain from bringing entire families into the preschool - one or two parents or guardians is sufficient. This will help eliminate chaos and confusion!

• Parents of preschoolers under age 2 may provide filled plastic bottles or cups labeled with the child's name. A refrigerator, microwave and crock-pot are available for chilling and warming. Please inform us of your desired bottle-heating method. Time and circumstances do not allow for spoon-feeding. We will provide snacks for preschoolers ages 2-5.
• Snacks and food activities are a common occurrence in the Preschool Department. If your child has any food allergies, PLEASE NOTIFY HIS/HER TEACHER.
• Hot liquids are not allowed in the preschool when children are present.

XI. Health/Hygiene Policies

1. For the health and safety of all the children and caregivers, parents are asked not to bring their child(ren) to a church program or function if they display ANY of the following conditions:
   a) Temp. of 100F or more in the last 24 hours
   b) Runny nose with colored mucous
   c) Vomiting
   d) Diarrhea
   e) Severe coughing
   f) Pink eye
   g) Head or body lice
   h) Undiagnosed rash
   i) Open skin lesions or skin infection (boils, ring worm, impetigo, etc)
   j) Respiratory infection
   k) Sore throat
   l) Any symptom of infectious childhood disease* such as scarlet fever, mumps, measles, chicken pox, etc.
   
   *If a child or teacher is known to have an infectious disease, it is requested that the Church Office and the Preschool be informed.
   
   When it is known that a group of children have been exposed to an infectious disease, parents, teachers, and other caregivers of the children will be notified.
   
   
2. Procedures
   
   • Wearing of latex gloves is required when changing diapers. Clean gloves are used with each individual diaper change.
     
   • The changing area is disinfected with a state approved cleaning solution (1 part bleach to 10 parts water) and clean paper towels after each diaper change.
     
   • All gloves and diapers containing feces are sealed in individual plastic bags before disposal.
     
   • Hands are washed/disinfected after each diaper change.
   
   
   
3. First Aid
   
   • Children who become ill during a church activity are isolated from other children in another room, and the parents are immediately notified.
     
   • Minor injuries are to be treated by teachers or other caregivers. First aid supplies are located in the resource room. An accident sheet should be completed for anything other than minor cuts/bruises. These sheets are located on a clipboard in the resource room near the First aid kits. Parents should receive a copy.
     
   • Should an illness or injury appear to require medical attention, caregivers will: 1) use the paging system to notify any medically trained congregation member with a 911 page; 2) page the parent via the child's assigned number, and 3) phone 911 if circumstances warrant.
     
   • Latex gloves are worn when administering first aid.
     
   • Medications will NOT be administered.
     
   • The preschool should be provided with a written record of serious allergies or health/behavioral problems, or special needs.
     
4. Sanitation and Safety
   
   • No food or drink is allowed in the 2 and over preschool rooms with the exception of snacks provided by the church.
     
   • All surfaces are disinfected with state approved solution after each use (incl.: tables, countertops, changing areas, cribs).
     
   • Teachers and other caregivers sit on floors or in child-sized chairs, with the exception of glider rockers in the Infants room and 1s class.
     
   • Preschoolers ARE NOT permitted in the resource room.
     
   • Clean sheets are put on cribs before each use.
     
   • Teaching pictures and other educational materials are displayed at child's eye level. Wall decorations are kept to a minimum to avoid over-stimulation.
     
   • Toys and equipment are sanitized after use with state approved solution.
     
   • State approved disinfectant solution (1 part bleach to 10 parts water) is mixed daily.
   • Classes are never left unattended for any reason.
     
   • Crock-pot is filled with fresh water and turned on low at the start of each session that will include bottle-fed babies. It is emptied and turned off at the close of the session.
     
   • Children who continuously misbehave, disobey, and disrupt classes may be placed in "time-out" within the classroom, so as not to disturb or cause harm to other children. Should the "time-out" not succeed, the parent may be notified.