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Rest Room questions

by newbie

Sep 30, 2012

We do not have restrooms in our classroom. We have to take all 15 of our very young 3 year olds down the hall to the restroom that has four stalls. Once we get in the restroom, 5 are in pull ups that we have to change. One of us is changing pull ups, the other is monitoring the sink area where they love to splash each other and get wet and slip and...See More

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Alice Good Lord! I am a "worry wart" by nature and obsessively safety conscious. I could never tolerate this chaos purely for safety sake. I would only take a maximum of 5 kids at a time to the restroom and, while there, have one aide (or teacher) monitoring the sink area while the students in the stalls are being taken care of by someone else. The noise...See More

Oct 25, 2012

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Morning Routine Activities for Pre-K

by Karen PK GA

Oct 1, 2012

I have some "daily routines that teach" posted here in the Teachers.net Gazette:

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scarecrows

by marilyn

Oct 4, 2012

lease - I need help with art on the scarecrow theme an nay books for follow up with young 3s

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Please Help

by Roxanne

Oct 4, 2012

Hello everyone..I am a new preschool teacher at a daycare center 30min. from my house.Am so neverous but I know I can do this. I need help with my lesson plans through out the week. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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eccers

by nyprek

Oct 4, 2012

I was just wondering, does ECCERS suggest "labeling" furniture and object in a prekindergarten room ? Of course my centers are labeled as are my manipulative bins.

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card games

by K teach IL

Oct 5, 2012

any good site for card games for kinders?

I know of two card games- trash game and WAR.

I would love to do more card games!

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maureen On 10/05/12, K teach IL wrote: > any good site for card games for kinders? > > I know of two card games- trash game and WAR. > > I would love to do more card games! My grandson loves Go Fish and Old Maid. I have also played UNO with some adaptions for this age group. My personal favorite is SkipBo. I would think that would be difficu...See More

Oct 6, 2012

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unpredictable crying girl

by confused

Oct 5, 2012

I have a bright happy girl. Stable family. Is doing great- until something little goes wrong and she just starts crying inconsolably.

If her shoe is untied and we are in line to leave, bawling. If her paper rips a little bit, bawling. Her folder was not in her mailbox ( still on the floor), bawling.

She has little problem solvin...See More

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unpredictable crying girl

by confused

Oct 5, 2012

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Teacher Survey (20-30 minutes) - Earn a FREE children's book

by Brittany Mcallister

Oct 6, 2012

Dear Teacher,

I would like to solicit your participation in an online study about school readiness and teacher professionalism. The only qualification required is that you teach 4 and/or 5 year old children. This survey will take no longer than 20-30 minutes to complete, and covers the topics of school readiness and teacher professionalis...See More

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Brittany Apologies, here is the link to the survey

Oct 9, 2012

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Schedule of Activities

by Mo

Oct 7, 2012

Hello, I'm a retired elementary teacher who is considering starting up a preschool in my home. The floor plan of my house lends itself well to the kind of set-up I would need. I have a pretty good idea of the centers and activities which would be necessary but can anyone give me an idea of a typical daily schedule? Also, I assume that parents want ...See More

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maureen, who is also a Mo, lol On 10/08/12, Mo wrote: > Maureen, (actually my name is also Maureen) thanks so much for > all the information. I hope you don't mind if I pick yor brain > some more. Would you mind giving me a ballpark number on what you > charged per student?

Parents signed a contract and the tuition for the 9 month school year was $4500. The...See MoreOn 10/08/12, Mo wrote: > Maureen, (actually my name is also Maureen) thanks so much for > all the information. I hope you don't mind if I pick yor brain > some more. Would you mind giving me a ballpark number on what you > charged per student?

Parents signed a contract and the tuition for the 9 month school year was $4500. They paid nine equal payments each month of $500. I also ran a summer camp where people could sign up for just a week at a time and I took off the weeks I wanted like the week of the fourth of July. The only options were by the week, one month or the entire 10 week option. THere were no discounts. During the year I also tried doing 10 equal payments of the $4500 but some parents had difficulty understanding that concept. We often started school the last two weeks of August and were done the Friday before Memorial Day. I took off the days that my own grandchildren were off school so I had the same vacations. Some of my friends only take in the children of teachers and they too have the same holidays and breaks, including summers.

You said you broke payments into 9 months. > I'm not sure I understand. Did you have the children 9 months > out of the year? No summers? Did the parents have to pay if the > child was absent? What about holidays...I'm not sure I > understood what you said.

When I came up with the tuition total I took into account all the holidays and breaks when I figured that up. So, those "days off" were already part of the final total cost. If a child was absent, he was absent but no $ taken off. Whether that child was there or not, I still had to open the school, etc with all the accompanying costs. Again, I had an optional summer program. I had some regulars that came here when their schools were closed as well as the ones I might have had during the school year. The summer program was paid for up front when enrolled. If I had an opening one week which happened due to vacations, I might enroll a child from the waiting list for that week.

I think I would be more comfortable > with parents providing lunch and snacks because of possible > allergies. I'm nervous about that sort of thing. Did you have > anyone else in the room to help or could you manage on your own? > Finally, how did your business affect your taxes? Thanks > again...hope I'm not being a pest.

Since I was licensed I was eligible to participate in the federal food program. They reimbursed me for part of the snack and lunch costs. I had to follow strict guidelines and there was accountability. I had children with allergies but it was never an issue. If anything I had more control over what foods were being offered then should a child sneak something to a friend from his own lunchbox. I resisted participating at first but it made no sense not to as I was already providing the snacks and I was within the guidelines. That brought in more income each month, too. I did not add to the tuition cost when I began offering the hot lunch and snacks on my dime. I am not kidding, parents LOVED this. I am a fantastic cook who is really into nutrition for brain food, so the children were being exposed to a lot of real (not lip service) healthy food. Many of the students were very picky eaters and I transformed them into good eaters over the course of the year. What I consider healthy is unfortuneately not the same idea many parents have. They loved that their children were expanding their taste buds.

I ran the school by myself but I always had another adult present somewhere in the house (usually my dh), but I ran the whole thing. It was just 10 children and I was used to 24-30 preschool multiage children 2 through 6 years with just one assistant. This was a piece of cake. The children assisted in the upkeep of the classroom so it really wasn't necessary to have a second adult present in the classroom. It was nice to have that second person to slip into the bathroom when needed types of situations.

Since I was the sole breadwinner during that time, it really didn't affect our taxes much more then any other job. We had the same accountant do our taxes each year (we were not non profit) and he figured out the percentages credited on utilities, mortgage, etc. >

I hope my replies help. Like I said I enjoyed doing it at home. I could just wake up, get dressed and do the few things needed to get ready before the students arrived. The hours worked for our family and the ones who had older siblings in school could get picked up before the older sibling. There were a lot of people who inquired who wanted me to adjust my schedule to meet theirs, but I stuck to my schedule. When school was over, I wanted to do other things.

Oct 8, 2012

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pktchr On 10/07/12, Mo wrote: > Hello, I'm a retired elementary teacher who is considering > starting up a preschool in my home. The floor plan of my > house lends itself well to the kind of set-up I would need. > I have a pretty good idea of the centers and activities > which would be necessary but can anyone give me an idea of > a typi...See More

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