1. Parent Information Night
Welcome!
Parent Information Night
Hancock Preschool
Elsie Niklason
Jenny Vallera

2. Stay in touch with your teacher
Watch for s, newsletters, notes, and parent board
How to contact your child’s teacher: is the best way!! Please put the best time and number to reach you at for a return call.
Classroom phones go straight to voic
Miss Elsie –
Mrs. Vallera –

3. Classroom Rules Discipline Philosophy:
Be positive, catch them being good!
Distraction and redirection
Ignoring
Time-out/Thinking Chair
Special behavior plans
if needed

4. Classroom Procedures Arrival Dismissal
Park in front, enter through front office
Sign in every day at the classroom! (Mrs. Vallera’s room only)
Doors will be open at 8:10 or 12:10.
Must have lanyard or ID
Dismissal
Park in front, enter through front office
Sign out every day at the classroom! (Mrs. Vallera’s room only)
Wait in the hallway until your child is dismissed.
Must have lanyard or ID

5. Classroom Procedures
If you are late, after 8:30 or 12:30, please get a pass from the office. Please be quiet in the hallway.
If you need to speak with the teacher, please wait until all students have been dismissed. Then we are able to give you our complete attention.
Thank you for being on time for arrival and dismissal.

6. Classroom Procedures Attendance
Call if your child will be absent: and your teacher
Call Transportation if your child rides the bus:
What to wear
Play clothes
Closed shoes

7. Illness We are practicing the elbow sneeze or cough in school
We wash hands frequently
Please keep your child home if they are ill
Fever-free for 24 hours to return
Please be respectful of others, let’s keep our staff and kids healthy

8. Birthday Procedures
If you would like invitations passed out please give them to the teacher and she will pass them out.
Please no birthday balloons 
Treats must be store bought
Some suggestions: fruit, donut holes, cookies, mini cupcakes, fruit snacks, etc. (NOTHING WITH NUTS!!!)
Please check with the teacher about special allergies

9. Volunteers Volunteers are welcome in the classroom.
Please wait until August for more information from your teacher.

10. DLM Early Childhood Express
Our DLM Early Childhood Express curriculum is designed to build a child’s healthy self-concept and positive attitude toward school and learning.
Children develop concrete skills through experiences with music, art, storytelling, and teacher-directed lessons that, in addition to skills development emphasize practice and reflection.

11. Areas of development
Assessed by Teaching Strategies GOLD-check website for specific objectives we are assessing.
Assessment will be ongoing.
Data is collected with observations, pictures, and note taking. There is a phone app that is used that goes directly to website. If you see us using the phone, we are actually taking data!
Conferences will be held twice a year: August 26th/27th and May 11th/12th (Community Preschool only)

12. Let’s look at some preschool activities and see what children are learning…
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”
- Fred Rogers

13. Social-Emotional

14. Cognitive

15. Language & Literacy

16. Physical – gross and fine motor

17. Mathematical Thinking

18. Social Studies

19. Scientific Thinking

20. The Arts

21. Forever Friends

22. Hancock Preschool Website

23. Thank You for Coming! Let’s make this a great year!
Questions and answers
Save specific questions for your child's teacher 

24. Clipart Cupcake clipart from Free Gifts & Animations
Other clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com
Photo of DLM ECE Express from
Photos: Priority Preschool 06-11