Errands

[5 Little Monkeys]

We received some cucumbers from a grandma and decided that we should make pickles with them. I didn't have the ingredients on hand so yesterday I took my group of 3 to bulk barn before going to the playground. Pretty sure they weren't scarred from it (if anything, I was! Lol. They wanted to know what everything was in the spice aisle and what it was used for and I felt like an idiot because I didn't always know the answer!! Haha)

I do agree with other posters though...it's all about how we run our programs and by informing Parents of such, they can decide to send their child to us or not. For myself, I've had parents give great feedback on this part of my program. Strangers in the store always comment on how well behaved my "children" are and this makes me proud. I've had parents say they hate doing errands with their child so they leave them at home with a spouse. I think the best way to teach is to do, so I love taking them to the store with me. (This is a rare thing tho, not every week...heck, not even every month!) But I do draw the line at doctors appt's lol (if it works for others that's great tho!)

I take my job very seriously and try to incorporate lots of fun and different things to do to keep us from getting bored and for all my kids thus far, this has included grocery shopping (it's almost the only errand I do). If I had a group that really hated it or didn't get anything out of it, than I wouldn't do it.

Like I said before, I really don't see the difference between leaving the daycare to do an errand or staying home to do one. It's just justified differently but it doesn't make one right or wrong.

Last night I saw an ad for a 24/7 hour dc and I wondered how they get their errands done!