Re: and 2 more questions--

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> After so many of you " scared " me into not printing " Disease " on

her

> labels (I can see how this can be a problem). I have decided to

> put " I have Celiac. NO wheat, oats, barley or rye for me! "

Hmm, I was thinking about the label question, and wonder if maybe

using " No wheat, flour, barley or rye for me " would increase her

safety - there are an *amazing* number of people out there who do

not know flour comes from wheat!

>

> So I just have 2 more questions:

> Has anyone prepare an info sheet that about their child as

something

> to keep in the classroom for info or for supply teachers?

I've got two different ones, one about art supplies and one about

the consequences of gluten - and if I can ever get my MAC back

online, I'll be happy to share them. (partial OS crash - everything

works except the system extension that connects it to the web -

aaaarrrrgggggghhhhh!)

>

> DO you allow your child to used play-dough at school? Do they

wear

> gloves? Or do you just make some for the classroom? I would love

> to order some gluten-free dough to donate to the class so it will

> always be available, but I have not found a place that sells it in

> Canada.

>

>

My son was a nail biter - absolutely no play-doh for him! We did get

the GF dough last Christmas, and he really likes it. I bought it

online from http://www.discountschoolsupply.com

His second year in Pre-K his teacher bought a box of extra-small

vinyl gloves for him to wear for art. At the begining of the year

she did a lesson segment on same and different - noting all the ways

kids are s/d. As part of that, she talked about how people eat

different things, and some don't eat certain things - like wheat -

and some wear different types of clothes for different jobs - like

art gloves. My son is a very confident kid and since the gloves

didn't bother him, nobody else made an issue out of it.

She also got a local hardware store to donate tiny aporns for all

the kids, so that kept the art supplies off of his clothes for later

contamination.

Maureen