I run a preschool program at my home. I have since I opened years ago. During the summer I run an art program and take the summer off from teaching.
I have had the same group of kids for several years. I think the newest kid to my group has been here for about 8 months. Lately when the children come to daycare they are so exhausted that they can’t participate in class time or any form of activities for that matter. Imagine your typical “retrain” Monday every day.
At the beginning of the school season, I asked each family to participate in tracking their Childs eat and sleep patterns. I was shocked that the ones that did participate sent the papers back stating that their 3-4 year olds went to bed past 10:30PM and none of them took naps while at home. Just about every child here arrives around 7:30-8:00am; so therefore, none of them are getting enough sleep.
I have spoken to the parents about it and none of them seem to care that their child comes here and sleeps 5-6 hours a day. Not all of them but 80%. Some of the parents have asked why no project coming home, how come he didn’t do this or that etc. etc. etc. And this from one of the parents whos child sleeps all day.
I am to the point where I am beginning to wonder why am I spending all of these hours building a curriculum to teach and then have no one to teach it to most of the time, because the child is either having massive behavioral issues from being overly tired, or sleeping.
How would you feel if your provider sent you a note that said (of course this is not what I would say):
That no child in daycare is benefitting from class time due to being overly tired and sleeping through class time, therefore I will no longer continue to teach?
I don’t get paid a lot for what I do and monthly I reinvest about $300-$350.00 back into my program to teach the kids… A lot of what I do comes from the heart and I love doing this for everyone. But I don’t love doing it for no reason. I need help addressing this matter and how should I tell the parents that I won’t be teaching anymore.
Do I tell them the reason why? At this point, I am willing to let everyone go and restart if I have to. I have thought long and hard about this since class resumed at the end of August.
I have had the same group of kids for several years. I think the newest kid to my group has been here for about 8 months. Lately when the children come to daycare they are so exhausted that they can’t participate in class time or any form of activities for that matter. Imagine your typical “retrain” Monday every day.
At the beginning of the school season, I asked each family to participate in tracking their Childs eat and sleep patterns. I was shocked that the ones that did participate sent the papers back stating that their 3-4 year olds went to bed past 10:30PM and none of them took naps while at home. Just about every child here arrives around 7:30-8:00am; so therefore, none of them are getting enough sleep.
I have spoken to the parents about it and none of them seem to care that their child comes here and sleeps 5-6 hours a day. Not all of them but 80%. Some of the parents have asked why no project coming home, how come he didn’t do this or that etc. etc. etc. And this from one of the parents whos child sleeps all day.
I am to the point where I am beginning to wonder why am I spending all of these hours building a curriculum to teach and then have no one to teach it to most of the time, because the child is either having massive behavioral issues from being overly tired, or sleeping.
How would you feel if your provider sent you a note that said (of course this is not what I would say):
That no child in daycare is benefitting from class time due to being overly tired and sleeping through class time, therefore I will no longer continue to teach?
I don’t get paid a lot for what I do and monthly I reinvest about $300-$350.00 back into my program to teach the kids… A lot of what I do comes from the heart and I love doing this for everyone. But I don’t love doing it for no reason. I need help addressing this matter and how should I tell the parents that I won’t be teaching anymore.
Do I tell them the reason why? At this point, I am willing to let everyone go and restart if I have to. I have thought long and hard about this since class resumed at the end of August.
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