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Dec 2004
My child's preschool, which currently provides information on a
daily chart for parents regarding what the child eats, the time
that they go to sleep for nap, and the time that they wake up,
as well as keeping track of diaper changes, is considering doing
away with these charts because the administration believes that
the teachers could be better spending their time with the
children, rather than filling out the charts. My impression is
that it doesn't take that much time to fill out the information,
and I think it's pretty important to know these kinds of details
so I can know what to expect for the evening (e.g. is my child
going to be hungry? especially tired? or not sleepy because
there was a 2 hour nap..) Anyway, I'm wondering what is the
standard at other preschools that serve children aged 2-5. Do
you get this kind of information every day? How is it
communicated (e.g. verbally or on a chart?). Am I justified to
think it is important to have this kind of detail?
trying not to be a control freak
I have used a total of four daycares/preschools for my
children, and the most information I ever recieved was whether
the child took a nap or not. I would love to get the kind of
report that you are talking about, but from my experience, it
certainly isn't the norm. Maybe if you tell the school how
valuable the information is to you they would consider keeping
the system in place.
-A
My 2 1/2y.o. has been in preschool for six months and we don't
get any of that written information. If I want to know how he
slept or ate, I talk to the teachers. To be honest, I never got
that information when he was in home-based day care, and don't
know if I would have wanted it either. Except when he was little
and nursing I didn't feel it was necessary to monitor his day
very closely. If my kids have been acting abnormally the
teacher/care provider always tells me. Otherwise I'll figure it
out when I feed him, play with him, and put him to bed. When he
first went to preschool I monitored their menu so that he didn't
have chicken for both lunch and dinner, but now I don't
bother... between the four of us someone almost always has to
repeat one of their lunch food.
mom of two
Our preschool does not give us any written daily report and I
don't feel that we need one.
What about just talking to the teacher for a few minutes when
you pick your child up to get the information that you need?
preschool mom
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