Provide parking lot greeters to direct guests to appropriate parking places and building entrances. Give the parking lot greeters umbrellas during rainy weather, so they can assist parents with children as they get out of the car. Enlist preschool greeters to be at every entrance to the preschool area. A greeter should know all about the church and be ready to help the family complete the registration form, walk the family to the child's room, introduce parent and child to the teacher, and help parents locate their Sunday School room or the worship center. Encourage every preschool leader to be perky, polite and positive.
Smiles are infectious.
They provide a measure of warmth and comfort that cannot be accomplished any other way. Service Post someone at a preschool guest registration desk near the entrance all morning long. This person can quickly and efficiently get the necessary guest registration information and assign the child to the appropriate class. Security Issue a security card to the parents at the registration desk, or wait until they get to the child's classroom and hand them a card, key chain, token or other identification item. Whatever system you choose, the parents should be given something to identify them as the only ones who may pick up the child.