T.v.

[Samantha33]

Well I only give t.v. while preparing lunch and a little afterwards. After the past few days of crafts, crafts, more crafts, go play with the toys, circle time, dancing, find something to do, more crafts, I caved and turned the tube on. You know what.... I don't even feel guilty. One of my easy going Moms dropped off and never said a word. We chatted for awhile and she left. I'm surfing the net and relaxing. On the agenda after nap today is t.v. Back to normal tomorrow. I'm just so tired of crafts. I can't even come up with any more easy ones that I just pull out of my hat lol. Just wanted to gloat a little I guess. Have a great day fellow providers!

[Fun&care]

I don't blame you one bit, in fact you have inspired me to do the same. I only turn the tv on at 4:45 when everyone is gone for my own kids. But honestly this has just been such a long long winter. A bit of TV once in a while when you have exhausted all other fun activities can't hurt. Heck I am even finding the kids aren't enjoying circle time as much lately either so we are really running out of things to do!

[Sassygirl]

I used to feel SO guilty for putting the tv on at times but I don't anymore. As long as you don't have it on ALL THE TIME every day then I think its fine. Other providers may feel differently but that IMO.

Summer time/Warmer weather I am literally outside ALL DAY long with the kiddos - we walk my older kiddos to school, stop at the park on our way back, have snack, head home to play in the backyard and eat picnic lunches out in the backyard, then its naptime. After nap we are outside again on our walk and in the backyard for pickup after having our snack outside. The kiddos LOVE it.
This winter has been the longest coldest one here in Ontario yet. I am also 3 weeks away from my due date so as much as I plan crafts that doesn't always happen. The kiddos have been doing alot of free play and a little more tv watching then they usually do since they don't watch at all during the warmer weather days. I do not allow myself to feel guilty anymore. I do alot ordinarilly with these kiddos.

[2cuteboys]

We're watching a movie right now as well!

I'm not a big fan of tv and used to feel guilty putting it on, but I tie myself up in knots with programming every hour of every day. I think having an easy morning once in a while is fine now.

[mickyc]

I have the TV on from 7:30 - 8:30 every morning and then again from 4:30-5. Any kids that don't nap (right now just my own daughter) get TV from 12:45-3. I know I had 1 parent whose kids I took before and after school that hated that I had the TV on. I didn't care. I was only charging $5 a day for before/after school so too bad if all your kids do is watch TV while here.

Don't forget this is your home and your rules. If you want TV on all day sometimes then so be it. If a parent has a problem with it then they can find somewhere else to go.

[mustbenuts]

I have had the TV on a bit more than usual too this winter. Who can blame us though, this winter has been very hard with so many days that are not nice enough to enjoy the outdoors. I don't see a problem with an occasional day where you are just out of ideas or energy so you turn on the tube. As long as that's not every day. And I know the parents are doing the same.

[Wonderwiper]

I don't have a tv but agree that nothing wrong with letting things slide a bit. I have moved some stuff out of the way and now am sitting down relaxing while the kiddies are running around like crazy burning off some steam. Come on spring!!!

[5 Little Monkeys]

I am not against tv at all. It is on in the morning for about an hour until all kids are here and we start our day. The last half hour the tv is on too as we are sometimes upstairs. If we stay downstairs than the tv stays off. My group is young and doesn't really pay attention to the tv anyways, it's just on for noise basically. I will put a movie on during PJ days but they only watch it if I lay on the floor with them or if we watch it in my bed, otherwise they couldn't care less about tv lol.

I used to have a 4 year old that didn't nap and the tv was on for that. Her mom asked if she could bring her ipad because she didn't want her watching that much tv. I said yes but that ipad time was really no different than tv time as she would watch netflix on there lol. She would also do puzzles, read and worksheets as well so it's not like she was watching tv for 2.5 hours anyways.

I only have it on the disney jr channel. Very, very rarely will I change it. It's about the only cartoons I can personally stand. Some of the others are so dumb LOL

[Crayola kiddies]

I don't do tv at all....I think kids watch enough tv at home .....I have a tv in my daycare space but it has been unplugged since last summer when I went on holidays......there are many many many other things for the kids to do instead of watching tv while at my house

[momofnerds]

well my tv is on all day. Do they watch it, heck no, somedays I wish they would. For me the kids have always used it as background noise, every once in a while I see them standing there watching it. And yet i probably have the most active children you have ever seen.And sometimes they use ideas, like the last 2 weeks they have been having picnics which means all the play food is out and so are the blankets because mickey mouse had one lol! And at least my shows are geared towards children, you should hear what some of them watch at home