The Name Game
maxine August 19th, 2008
Dear Everyone,
I need your help! We’ve recently decided to put my preschool teaching expertise to use and make some money from it. While I feel it’s important for me to stay at home with Isaac, I can still hold little “Mommy and Me”-type classes to make a little extra money to help put us through college. Unfortunately, “Mommy and Me” is a registered trademark and I’d hate to incur the legal wrath of any company. If you come up with the winning name, you’ll have my eternal gratitude and some other fancy prize that I’ve yet to decide upon.
The name should reflect what the classes are about, so here are the specifics:
* They will be half-hour sessions for children and their mothers/fathers. Sessions will include singing all manner of songs (including in foreign languages), movement activities, finger plays, flannel stories, learning some basic sign language, etc. Basically, it will be teaching parents new and different ways to interact with their children.
* There will be time after classes for the parents to discuss child development issues with me if they want (I’ll have all sorts of articles and such to pass out at their request). Parents will also receive a handout at each session containing the songs we’ve learned that day.
* Classes will be separated by age group: toddler and preschool. The name could apply to both, but it would be fun to have some group names as well (e.g., “Mommy and Me” classes; Tadpole group and the Frog group). Not necessary, though.
* Leave your suggestions in the comments section, and I’ll be ever so grateful to you! Thanks a ton for your help! We’re hoping to get this going by the second week of September - wish us luck!