Good afternoon families,
today we are having the Nutri-lawn guys come by at 1:30 pm. So right after breakfast I took the kids outside and skipped reading of the books and circle time. I plan to instead the Circle time this afternoon when I have to keep the kids indoors because of the fertilizer on the grass.
At drop-off parents wash their child’s hands and place personal items on their child’s hook, if at all possible older children are encouraged to do this on their own
Children are settled down at the table to have breakfast and a glass of milk together.
After breakfast, each child is cleaned up. Older children wash their own hands and face, while younger children are assisted. At this point younger children have their diapers checked and changed. After each child goes through the cleaning process they are able to join the other children and free play until all children are ready and I’ve had a chance to wash bibs, sanitize table and high chairs and clean up the kitchen for the next meal.
After drop off, breakfast, clean up we; headed outside for the majority of the morning right after breakfast. The older girls insisted upon trying to climb the lilac tree. It was pretty cute they set up their campsite and the little ones were in there like a dirty shirt too: D
Once it is 10:30 we start getting ready for snack and nap time. Everybody gets their face and hands cleaned and settled at the table. Water and snacks are served. After everybody has eaten all the kids go through the cleaning process again. Older children wash their own hands and face, while younger children are assisted. At this point younger children have their diapers checked and changed. After each child goes through the cleaning process they are able to join the other children and free play until all children are ready and I’ve had a chance to wash bibs, sanitize table and high chairs and clean up the kitchen for the next meal.
We then get ready for nap time. I set out the books, Play-Doh or coloring station for older kids. The younger ones are set up with blocks and Lego. I get all the kids set with what they’d like to do then I start getting the playroom ready nap time. Setting up all playpens and sleeping bags for nap time. All the little ones get a diaper check and settled into their playpens with their blankies soothers and special toys. After little ones are set. The big kids sit on the couch and I read them one last book, that they picked out in the morning, before they take a turn going to the washroom and settle into their sleeping bags. The kids then sleep anywhere from 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours. Today we slept from; 12:30-2:30pm
While the kids are sleeping I clean up the daycare space. Have my own lunch. Reply to emails and text messages from parents and Interior Health. Work on daycare paperwork. I check on kids every 20 to 30 minutes. I prep lunch and set the table for the kids for when they wake up. I do the daily log and post photos for parents at this time too. Usually I start hearing the first of the kids wake just as I finish up.
Each child’s hands are washed and then they are settled at the table. After lunch, each child is cleaned up. Older children wash their own hands and face, while younger children are assisted. At this point younger children have their diapers checked and changed. After each child goes through the cleaning process they are able to join the other children and free play until all children are ready and I’ve had a chance to wash bibs, sanitize table and high chairs and clean up the kitchen for the next meal.
After lunch I try to remember to put anything that the children need for pickup in their bags and we; did our Circle time the colors was yellow and the number is the number one. We also read Boris and the wrong shadow and Giraffes Can’t Dance. We then did Playdough coloring and painting.
Just after 4 o’clock we get ready for pickup. We clean up, pick up and put everything away. each child is cleaned up. Older children wash their own hands and face, while younger children are assisted. At this point younger children have their diapers checked and changed. After each child goes through the cleaning process they are able to join the other children and free play.
This is when parents start to arrive if any issues have come up or supplies is needed I will tell parents then or text them during pick-up.
Meals provided are typically homemade, often fresh from the garden if it included any kind of tomato sauce. Today they had;
Breakfast: oatmeal with mashed banana almond milk cinnamon. Today I ran out of another kind of fruit so they also have banana on the side.
Snack: we picked the last of the not hot red peppers and a few steak tomatoes. I sliced these up and put some feta on them for the kids to have at snack time. They also had some crackers and yogurt along with that.
Lunch: spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce and carrots with dip.