Forum: Daycare activities

What do you do with them? Mine are 5-7 years old. They have completely lost interest in doing a craft after school... I've stopped preparing crafts...

Since I am off sick (and my own kids are ransacking the livingroom while I sit huddled in a blanket), I have been doing a bit of research on toddler...

I have had my day home open since July 2011, previously I worked in a daycare, so I am finding the transition of working with strictly one age group,...

My morning so far... 9:07-9:25 getting snow stuff on 7 kids (P.A. Day=2 extra), finding my stock of extra snow clothes (not one child was sent this...

I have 3 little guys between 15 and 17 months, and having a hard time coming up with arts/ craft ideas for them. I know what they will be able to do...

Hi. I have a little guy here (3 1/2) who's just not much of a player. When all the dcks are here he follows their play or just does his own thing,...

I was looking over some of the other provider's schedules posted and see that commonly about an hour is allotted in time blocks for...

What is everyone doing for valentine's? I can't make up my mind. I was going to make or get little tiny cardboard boxes and fill some hug and kiss...

Any suggestions for books and songs that your little love to get up and move to? We just read "Silly Sally Goose" and they loved all the actions!

I previously had books up on a shelf and old had/have storytime 2 or 3 times a day. Then, one day, I decided to put some on the floor in a basket. ...

So, the big lesson I have learned in the last 6 months of running my home daycare is to really downsize on the toy selection I had out. It was a...

I am wondering if any of you use sensory tables/bins in your childcare repertoire? I have been surfing some childcare sites, and they seem to be...

I have seen some books advertised with many activities to do with toddlers and preschoolers (not just crafts and paper-based activities, but games to...

Every week we have a letter and color of the week. This week it's B and Blue...so, we sat down to scan through magazines to find Blue things to cut...