Resources for Parents
Family Guidebook
Our family guidebook is perfect place to learn just about anything about the school. It contains information about policies, programs, admissions, guidelines, timings, rules and a lot more.
Shutterfly
Access the school calendar, download school forms, newsletters, view the roster and contact information, and see photos of your child’s day at school as well as special events and parties. It is a very helpful site! download shutterfly app>
Sign-up Genius
This is where you will sign-up to participate in your child’s class, school holidays, and parties. If you do not have a Sign-up Genius account you will need to create one in order to signup.
If you have questions about Sign-up Genius you can contact your Group Parent.
Lands’ End
Where you will find all your Spiritwear and uniforms. This can be tricky so follow along. Information on how to purchase Spiritwear and uniforms is in our family guidebook.
If you have questions about this process you can email Chair of Family Friends Committee.
Additional Resources
If you are interested in learning more about Mixed-Age Grouping, the importance of ‘Play’ and why it is the cornerstone of 10th Street Preschool’s philosophy, we highly recommend reading these classic works. Feel free to borrow books from our extensive Children’s Library and from our Parent Library.
Play
- The Benefits of Mixed-Age Grouping
Lillian Katz, ERIC Digest - The Case for Mixed-Age Grouping in Early Education
Lillian Katz, National Association for the Education of Young Children - The Play’s the Thing; Teachers’ Roles in Children’s Play
Elizabeth Jones & Gretchen Reynolds, Early Childhood Education - Playing and Reality
D. W. Winnicott, Routledge Classics Series
Child Development & Early Childhood
- The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish
T. Berry Brazelton & Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. - Touchpoints 3 to 6
T. Berry Brazelton & Joshua D. Sparrow - The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood
Selma H. Fraiberg & T. Berry Brazelton - The Psychological Birth of The Human Infant Symbiosis and Individuation
Margaret S. Mahler, Fred Pine, & Anni Bergman - Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12- to 24-Month-Old
Louise Bates Ames & Frances L. Ilg
(The first in a series of handbooks that provide a glimpse into each year of life.)
Vivian Paley
- Bad Guys Don’t Have Birthdays: Fantasy Play at Four
Vivian Gussin Paley - Boys and Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner
Vivian Gussin Paley - The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter
Vivian Gussin Paley & Robert Coles - You Can’t Say You Can’t Play
Vivian Gussin Paley