I just found this website. I'm so happy to have found a place to vent and ask questions!
My first question: What does everyone else charge weekly for preschool? (I have one child who only comes for preschool, the rest come to daycare all day every day). I am not a licensed teacher, so figure I should charge less than other daycares, but I want to make it worth the spot I have to keep open just for 3 days a week 3 hours a day. My hourly rate just doesn't seem to make it worth it, so I'd like to actually be able to come out ahead on this, without charging so much that they switch to a preschool with a licensed teacher. My curriculum follows NAEYC Guidelines and I have several years of experience, which I think should count for something
2nd question: Do you charge a curriculum fee? If so, do you charge weekly, monthly, or one big up-front charge? Do you supply pencils, art materials, glue, scissors, etc, or do the parents supply it or pay a supplies fee at the beginning of the year?
3rd question: At what age do your children begin "preschool" with you (or would you recommend? I have preschoolers seperate from the younger children during "preschool time").
4th question: It's a random one...haha... How can you get a child to stop spitting? I have a 2 yr old and a 3 yr old who both go around and spit! The more I get after them, the more they spit. If I sit them in time out they continue to spit while sitting there! It's so gross and unsanitary. Before nap time, one or the other likes to go around spitting on the nap mats. Then I have to sanitize and bleach them before the children can lay down for nap. Remember, I get after them, firmly let them know spitting is not ok, sit them in time out for it, etc, but they continue to spit, or do it all the more when I say anything. Ignoring them doesn't work either, obviously. Any suggestions? It's not like they just have over active salivary glands or something. They pick and choose when they do it, and think it's funny, although no one else does!
My first question: What does everyone else charge weekly for preschool? (I have one child who only comes for preschool, the rest come to daycare all day every day). I am not a licensed teacher, so figure I should charge less than other daycares, but I want to make it worth the spot I have to keep open just for 3 days a week 3 hours a day. My hourly rate just doesn't seem to make it worth it, so I'd like to actually be able to come out ahead on this, without charging so much that they switch to a preschool with a licensed teacher. My curriculum follows NAEYC Guidelines and I have several years of experience, which I think should count for something
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2nd question: Do you charge a curriculum fee? If so, do you charge weekly, monthly, or one big up-front charge? Do you supply pencils, art materials, glue, scissors, etc, or do the parents supply it or pay a supplies fee at the beginning of the year?
3rd question: At what age do your children begin "preschool" with you (or would you recommend? I have preschoolers seperate from the younger children during "preschool time").
4th question: It's a random one...haha... How can you get a child to stop spitting? I have a 2 yr old and a 3 yr old who both go around and spit! The more I get after them, the more they spit. If I sit them in time out they continue to spit while sitting there! It's so gross and unsanitary. Before nap time, one or the other likes to go around spitting on the nap mats. Then I have to sanitize and bleach them before the children can lay down for nap. Remember, I get after them, firmly let them know spitting is not ok, sit them in time out for it, etc, but they continue to spit, or do it all the more when I say anything. Ignoring them doesn't work either, obviously. Any suggestions? It's not like they just have over active salivary glands or something. They pick and choose when they do it, and think it's funny, although no one else does!
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