Imp Notes for parents

COMING ON TIME: Coming on time is imperative as the morning routine helps children in settling down in the days activities. Coming late puts pressure on the child as well as an additional challenge for the facilitator.

PICKING UP CHILDREN: Kindly follow the pick up system. At the time of joining Geniekids will issue the PICK UP card for your child. You can get multiple cards issued. If you haven’t got one now, please ask for it at the reception.

The person coming to pick up the child would come up the steps, hand over the PICK UP card to geniekids representative and wait in chairs kept for you. The card will be handed over to the faculty who will send the child (with the card). You can help the child with his or her footwear, collect the bag and belongings and leave.

If anybody other than the parents or grand parents is coming to – say a maid or a driver to pick up the child on a regular basis, then for child’s safety you will have to paste the photo of the caregiver behind the pick up card and sign across the same – to enable us to be sure that we are sending the child with the right person. If you have more than one person who could be picking up the child please ask us to issue more than one pickup card – as many required by you. If you are sending someone different - just for a day or so - then please inform us when you drop the child or call

ABSENT: It is the parents’ responsibility to inform us if the child is absent from school. If you planning a trip – pl inform us in advance (in person, or email will do).

TIFFIN & SNACKS: Kindly ensure that

•  There is a clean and dry napkin daily in the bag.
• Please send vegetarian food (avoid egg, chicken, fish etc.). Involve the child in prpearing the snack box.
• Even if the child is not eating and bring the snack back to home - please send the snacks.
• You keep the right amount of snacks. If you want to give extra – put in two boxes – so that the child is not overwhelmed by seeing the quantity in one box. Also, if you have kept more – Pl do not insist on your child to eat everything.
• Pl do not keep food items which FLOW (are liquid in nature).
• The Tiffin box is such that child can open the same him/herself.
  

CLOTHES & FOOTWEAR: Kindly ensure that

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  The Child wears daily-wear clothes and not anything expensive/ new. Since we allow children to *play* with paints, clay etc – the clothes may get soiled.

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  The footwear should be such that the child him/herself can take them off and put them on – alteast for all 3+ children. The idea is to encourage independence.

• The child does not carry any personal belongings in clothes/ bag/ pockets – except for when the child brings something for *show & tell* or when the facilitator has asked for it. 

CHILD BIRTHDAY: Its an exciting day both for the child and the parents. However to keep the focus on the child, rather on how expensive or how expensive the celebration are

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  Parents please send ONLY max one toffee or chocolate (within Rs5/- each) for each child. You can only send for your child's class or all the classes. Check numbers with us in advance. You can include ten extra for the staff.

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  Please do not send cake or any other food item for distribution.

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  No gifts are allowed.

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  GenieKids will run a set of small activities that CELEBRATE the birthday child and make the child feel special. If you want you can participate in this – though do realize that your presence may make the child very conscious. This usually takes 10-15 minutes.

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  If the parents would like to invite all the group-mates to a birthday party at their home during off school hours/ days – GenieKids can help you distribute the invites and give you contact details of parents of children of your child’s group.

LOST and FOUND: if your child leaves anything in Geniekids like water bottle or socks etc - we put everything in a basket and the basket is kept near the entrance. At first step we would like you to encourage the child to look for himself/ herself. OR else you can look for it in lost and found While waiting you can check any missing belongings (of the child) in the “lost and found” basket. Normally the basket is kept near the waiting area of at the entrance.

YOUR DOUBTS:

• If you want to speak to us regarding anything related to Geniekids, please come 20 minutes before the child’s pick up time and speak to us at the reception.
• Pl do not speak to us after receiving the child. At that moment the child needs your attention.
• We do not discuss about the child in front of the child.
• If you wish to give any message to the faculty regarding your child - please give a written note at the reception or send an email. Verbal instructions tend to get missed hence not encouraged.
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• In the same way if faculty has to give you any message they too will follow the same procedure - they will send a written note or send an email to you.