TV/educational application suggestions?

[5 Little Monkeys]

I have no issue with tv (as long as it's not 24/7) and I've had a few parents ask about it. Some don't even notice it's there. I had one parent comment that I had no tv and I pointed it out to her (in the dc space it's a huge flatscreen mounted on the wall so not sure how they miss it lol) I just let them know that it's on at the start and end of our days and depending on when your child gets dropped off or picked up will depend on how long they actually get tv time and than the odd pj day there is always a movie. So far none have had an issue with this (that I know of!) but I do find it odd when a parent will comment that they don't watch much tv but yet I know their child is on their iphone/ipad all the time....to me, it's no different. Screen time is screen time and it's all not recommended by the professionals for children under 2 and only 2-4 hours for children over 2 years.

On the days where I only have 1 or 2, we spend a lot more time upstairs in the morning so that I can bake/cook for daycare and I admit, those days the tv is on more often while they play. (how much they actually watch it is hard to gauge because sometimes it's just background noise to them as they don't watch it all the time) Those are days that I say "I was just a babysitter today" and I think that is why parents ask about tv time to daycare providers. When you're paying a daycare provider, you expect more of them and I wouldn't want my daycare provider using the tv a whole lot because I expect them to have the knowledge and resources to entertain them without it.