Help with kids crafts!

[kindertime]

It's march break here, so I only have 2 today, same yesterday and none on Monday. So nothing special but everyone's favorite toy these days is a tube sock rolled inside another tube sock hanging in the doorway between the kitchen and living room. It is heavy enough to get a good swing but can't hurt if it hits you in the face! Great for hand/eye coordination. Again, not technically a craft, but you could make some with the kids. Mine is just a plain white sock but could be painted, and it is tied up with yarn, this could be a good thing to teach older kids tying knots. We've been doing a lot of that here with my 4yos.

[torontokids]

I have never been brave enough to bring my group to a drop in centre. I am worried they would go haywire or take off or something and I would look bad.

I actually brought them once when I only had 3 kids as the others were sick. That was manageable but 6 kids? No way...hats off to you all!

[AmandaKDT]

I have never been brave enough to bring my group to a drop in centre. I am worried they would go haywire or take off or something and I would look bad.

I actually brought them once when I only had 3 kids as the others were sick. That was manageable but 6 kids? No way...hats off to you all!

I take my crew to all kinds of places, they are pretty much always the best behaved in the room. I have bright orange pinnies that they wear so that I can easily keep an eye on them. Especially in winter I get restless staying home everyday, so I brave taking them out.

I actually had a mom comment on how well they behaved and listened when were getting ready to leave. I told her it comes from alot of practice! Lol

[torontokids]

I take my crew to all kinds of places, they are pretty much always the best behaved in the room. I have bright orange pinnies that they wear so that I can easily keep an eye on them. Especially in winter I get restless staying home everyday, so I brave taking them out.

I actually had a mom comment on how well they behaved and listened when were getting ready to leave. I told her it comes from alot of practice! Lol

Where did you get your pinnies? I have been looking for some for them to wear at the park and they were all giant (for school aged kids). I don't know what it is though, I feel more comfortable bringing my group to a park that is more open then to an Early Years Centre. Maybe I feel I would be judged or something. I don't know.

[5 Little Monkeys]

I know what you mean torontokids...i have gone to indoor places, mall, parks, library etc but I haven't gone to a play group yet. When we do go out, they are well behaved and a lot of people comment on that but I think given a large room with new toys and many other children, mine would go nuts!!! Lol. Maybe one day I'll give it a shot ha ha. At the most, I only have 4 so it might not be too bad?

Right now (well for awhile) my two 3 year olds are acting up when parents come and even though I redirect them or even put them on time out, it's not decreasing the bad behaviour!! Ugh!

Pinnies...I've often seen shirts at second hand stores that are pretty much similar. You could cut the sleeves off and cut the sides so that it went over them like a pinnie?

[AmandaKDT]

My pinnies are homemade - my very wonderful mother made them for me. But t-shirts in a bright colour would work really well too.

I never worry about being judged, though I know that I have eyes on me and everyone knows I have a daycare. Maybe it is the years of being a classroom teacher before the daycare, I became very used to having everything I did be critiqued, watched and evaluated. But at the end of the day, I do it because it makes me happy to get out of the house and the kids enjoy going.