At Rainbow Chasers having healthy kids who feel good and ready to play and explore is very important. It's hard to climb a hill, turn over a heavy rock, or enjoy your friends when you're feeling under the weather. For this reason and for the safety of the group, we ask the kids who aren't feeling well stay home.
Sick Children
Please keep your child home if he or she is experiencing any of the following symptoms and only return once these symptoms have been resolved for 24 hours without the use of medication:
• Complains of stomach or headache
• Has vomited / had diarrhea within the past 24 hours
• Has had a fever above 99.9 in the past 24 hours
• Has pink eye or discharge from the eye
• Has lice or nits
• Has any contagious or infectious disease
• Has severe coughing or copious amounts of mucus
• Has not slept the night before
Children’s Illnesses
I will always do my best to prevent illness through frequent hand washing or sanitizing when outside, help with nose blowing, and modeling correct covering of coughs and sneezes, but if your child experiences any of the above symptoms or is unable to participate in our daily rhythm due to illness, your child will need to go home and rest. Beyond providing water, tea, and tissues, all non-prescription medications and interventions will need to be administered at home.
We do our best to always be safe, but with adventuring comes minor scrapes, bumps, and bruises. There will always be a first aid kit on the back porch, in the van, as well as on my person during all of our adventures, and I will assist children in washing small scrapes and cuts with Dr. Bronner’s soap and warm water if at home or an antiseptic towelette while out and about and will administer bandages. For bumps and bruises, children will be provided with a cold washcloth or an ice / cold pack and hugs. If your child complains of persistent discomfort or pain, or an injury appears to worsen, parents will be notified and you will need to pick your child up.