Weekly newsletter

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One of the parents really doesn't seem very interested in her child's progress of anything that happens in the daycare so I know that for them, written notices will have to made instead of by email.

Don't give them any special treatment because they dont seem to care what their kids are doing at daycare. Just inform them that you send newsletters out via email on such a day of each week and thats how you inform parents of the weeks events and the menu for the following week. If they choose not to read the email then thats their perogative and at least you know you've done everything you can for the child and notified their parents. You could print something out and it could just get stuffed to the bottom of their bag or sit on the floor of the car for weeks and still not get read and you've still wasted ink and paper.

I think emailing your newsletter is completely acceptable and if parents question you, just say its more economical than using lots of ink and wasting paper.

I don't send weekly newsletters as its a LOT of work on top of my already long day and my after hours role as a mother and wife. I find that having a newsletter so regularly increases the chance of parents taking it for granted and not appreciating it that much.

I send a quarterly newsletter with a list of the upcoming themes for the next 3 months and any reminders of important dates like stat holidays or vacation days. I also include reminders for things relating to weather changes such as remembering to bring rainboots or snowpants daily and/or making sure to dress kids appropriatly etc. I typically include reminders of policies which are being broken frequently like a reminder of drop of times and pick up times to reinforce the importance of sticking to these and why. Around flu season time I remind people to call ahead if they are unsure if their child is well enough to come to daycare and I ask them to review the sickness policy in their contracts also.

I send a menu plan out seperatly every 9 weeks. I have a 3 week meal plan that I rotate and when I cook, I cook once every 9 weeks and freeze everything. I send this out a week before the new meal plan goes in to effect, so they know what their kiddies will be eating and they can plan their family meals with lots of notice.

I give written notices to parents when its an important factor that requires acknowledgment like vacation days, early closing, a planned trip or change in contract, just to name a few.

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I give written notices to parents when its an important factor that requires acknowledgment like vacation days, early closing, a planned trip or change in contract, just to name a few.

Something I started doing for this kind of thing was making one note to post on the wall but there are names of children and lines underneath for parents to sign that they have read and understand how they will be affected. So if I am closing for holiday they know there is no care that day, or if we are having a party and they need to bring something then I know there is no excuse for not knowing and at quick glance I can tell who han't acknowledge which is important with part timers that you get to them all.