Thanks for the feedback guys.
I don't mean that I spend all day teaching with the kids when I have 3 here but I would have time during free time to give each child 10 minutes to do the shape sorter, puzzles to practise motor skills, pom pom sorting by colours etc.....

I find that now I have 5 I am busy even during free play and don't have 2 minutes even for each child. I plan to do something or flash cards with different age groups based on their level and then free play time I am chasing after a dck because they have a runny nose or hurt themselves or something always seems to come in the way now where I don't get a moment to even sit while they free play.

I used to have 3 kids and then the PTers would make it 4 a couple of days a week. I also thought that one more or going for the full 5 wouldn't be much of a stretch -- but it is.

some days I have 4 in diapers and then it is even more insane. Then the other days I have only 3 in diapers and 2 potty trained.

I hope this gets better somehow because these days I feel like I am so busy and the days pass so fast that I am missing giving each child a few minutes of quality time or hugs like I used to.

Then I feel guilty and like a failure because I feel like the quality of care the group was getting with less kids was better than what they get out from me now. I am more like a chicken with her head cut off running from one kids' needs to another and from one meal to another and transitions.