Father's Day

[GirlMomma]

It literally teaches them to follow directions…. 😂

[Annalee]

Preach it, preach it, preach it.

[Cat Herder]

While we are talking about art projects, I am so sick of the *Best Practice Patty's* telling me that Product art is bad. Bite me Patty. I do both types of art in my program. Teaching kids to follow directions and the joy of giving a handmade-ish gift to their parents will not damage them. I promise.

Having them only do process art when, how and where they wish teaches them that their own wants matter over being a member of society and look where that has gotten us.... snowflakes.

I hope that my daycare kids will do well in school where most teachers will not remember their names. Then, I hope they can hold down jobs even when they don't like their co-workers or agree with their bosses goals. I hope they learn that life is not always about them.

Snowflakes are unemployable. Being unemployable is unsustainable and creates lifelong victims. No thanks.

[Annalee]

Amen, ch!😂

[Alwaysgreener]

Haha we need to laugh button so I don't have to put so many characters in

[Cat Herder]

Personally, I think it would go to better use paying people to use birth control.

[Annalee]

My state entities really feel this pay will remain in place indefinitely and lead to universal child care??? I'm anxious to see how it plays out. ??

[Cat Herder]

That is just crazy to me, I'd have a hard time not resenting it. We got a couple one time grants (cleaning supplies, fresh veggie supplements) and a lot of requests for "extra" from us, even asked us to donate money.... lol! .. but nothing for parents. I will still have my SA redshirter, but he has his own classroom setup & routine and is more like family here than a DC kid. That family has been here for over 10 years, spacing their kids out. I keep forgetting to count him in to my "group" as he is his own group, has more freedom and blends in to our daily life. The rest are 2 and under.

[Annalee]

CH, from my waiting list I plan to enroll ages 1-2 if I get any opening, but with this free daycare, probably want lose anyone this school year. I plan to interview a couple families in the next few weeks as this pay is scheduled to end Aug 31 but it's been scheduled to end four times since April 2020 so????

[Cat Herder]

I am going in the opposite route this year. All will 2 and under. Glue sticks for the win. I bought mostly photo and handprint crafts just for this age group.

[Annalee]

I ordered crafts for every holiday for next school year. Kits come in 12. I will divide and put them in shoes boxes, in order of occurrence.

I will have 11 kids from 'almost 2' -5 this go-around so I'm excited. Even the two's can glue and it's about the process, right? Hoping for a good preschool year! I begin Sept 7....closing Sept 1-6.

[Cat Herder]

Yay! Mine arrived, too. First I break them up into groups of 6 in labeled Ziplocs because their printing is too small. Then I put them in shoebox bins, upright, in order of the months (they way I will use them. The second set of 6 goes into the filing cabinet for 4 years from now or are donated to a local church or shelter. (I don't want to do repeats and only keep 6 kids)

[Jo123abc]

Boooo! 👎 I hate it when that happens!

[Jo123abc]

Yes!!!! I do this all the time 🤦♀️

[GirlMomma]

Sparkles I went all out for my moms at Mother’s Day. Lots of tears and thank you TEXTS. I asked my husband what I should do for Father’s Day & he said that the day doesn’t matter to most Father’s like it does to mothers - who usually feel more under appreciated than dads.

So I spent $3 & used what I had on hand. I got 1 thank you - only because the dad was standing there when his kids handed it to him. Not a single thank you text.