Classroom Rules

1. OberlinKids Families Only

Contact Jenn to verify membership or ask questions. Please sign in using the QR Code every time you use the classroom.

If you have completed your child's On Track Check-In within the past 12 months, you are considered a Partner Family. All children in the household, from birth to kindergarten, are strongly encouraged to become members by completing the On Track Check-In each year. We have made the community classroom a "members-only" benefit to foster a community of families with children, build friendships, and create a village of support while ensuring a clean, comfortable environment for all. If you would like to bring friends or family, please ensure they are with your family while using the classroom. Encourage them to become OberlinKids Families too! Signing in helps us track how the classroom is used. We use the data collected to plan events and for grant reporting to our generous funders.

Want to invite a friend to join you? Have them become an OberlinKids member by completing their child’s On Track for Kindergarten Annual Check-In!

2. Children Must Be Supervised at All Times

Adult caregivers must supervise their children at all times. Some items found in the community classroom may be choking hazards, and children should be actively supervised to ensure their safety.

Children are never to be allowed to leave the room or be left in the classroom without a responsible adult. Please make sure children are walking in the hallways to keep everyone safe. Motion-activated cameras in the classroom provide audio and visual recordings of classroom activities to ensure everyone’s safety and are viewable by the OberlinKids Executive Director.

3. Sign In & Out

The OEAC Building: at a podium by the front and side entrances

The Community Classroom: Please use the QR Code located by the classroom door.

Signing in and out is important for data tracking and grant reporting since the classroom is grant-funded. We also review the days and times families tend to use the classroom so we can plan special programming to meet the community's needs.

4. No Food or Drink

Please do not eat or drink in the classroom. Help us keep the room clean, safe for those with allergies, and free of insects.

5. Let Us Know

Let Jenn know if anything is broken or damaged, or if supplies are running low.

6. Help Keep Our Classroom Healthy

Prevent the spread of illness whenever possible. Please do not come to the classroom when you or your child is sick. Help us prevent the spread of illness by staying home when you are under the weather and by washing your hands and using hand sanitizer often.* These are the same practices and policies at early learning centers, daycares, and schools. Practicing them in the Community Classroom is a learning opportunity.

*Due to a lack of running water in the Community Classroom, we offer hand sanitizer at the classroom door and ask all to use it upon entering. Sinks are available in the restrooms in the main hallway if needed.

Adults may clean any visibly dirty or contaminated toys using the products on the shelf above the classroom sink, or place them in the sink for staff to clean before returning them to the shelves.

Please take any diapers with you. Trash cans are not emptied daily.