Out of schoolers

[Rachael]

I found juggling the ages difficult but that could be just me !

No, it's not just you.

I've always focussed on the all day children - sheer financial reasons really. In NS we can have 6 pre-schoolers OR 8 school-age but if even one is too young for school, the lower limit of 6 applies.

Very occasionally, I will take the older sibling of one of my day care children, and if I'm not at my max on that day. On Monday for instance, we had quite the wind storm locally and 50,000 of us woke up to no power meaning many of the school were closed. Two of my day care babies decided to stay home with no power vs come to day care with no power, so I was able to take her for the day. But I did struggle. Even the nap time routine was thrown off, as I use that time to prep for afternoon crafts, clean/mop the floors around the lunch table etc.