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  • DaycareMom
    Daycare.com Member
    • Nov 2011
    • 381

    Cold Weather And Outside Play

    Hello,

    I was just wondering now that they weather is beginning to get much colder, how long and how often do you bring the kids out for outside play?
  • nannyde
    All powerful, all knowing daycare whisperer
    • Mar 2010
    • 7320

    #2
    We go out if it's over 20 degrees including the wind chill and don't go out if it's over 80 including the heat index.

    About 30 minutes if it's under thirty... otherwise 45 minutes.

    If it's getting close to eighty then we do about 30 minutes.
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    • DaycareMom
      Daycare.com Member
      • Nov 2011
      • 381

      #3
      Is that all at one time? 45 minutes for the whole day?

      That is how long "my" kids were out today, but I somehow felt like it wasn't long enough.

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      • nannyde
        All powerful, all knowing daycare whisperer
        • Mar 2010
        • 7320

        #4
        Originally posted by MissChristie
        Is that all at one time? 45 minutes for the whole day?

        That is how long "my" kids were out today, but I somehow felt like it wasn't long enough.
        Yes

        The kids go for a walk in the neighborhood.

        They have a lot of time at home in the afternoon and evening. They have outdoor time with their parents too. happyface
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        • Ariana
          Advanced Daycare.com Member
          • Jun 2011
          • 8969

          #5
          We go out 2x a day usually. My minimum is a half hour each time. If the kids are really wanting to come inside or it's really cold then 1/2 hour is my limit. If it's colder than -17 (celcius) we don't go out. A lot of the time in the winter we can't go out until it warms up a bit in the afternoons.

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          • hoopinglady
            Daycare.com Member
            • Oct 2011
            • 245

            #6
            I was terrible about taking the kids outside last winter but I'm choosing to put forth more of an effort this year.

            I think taking our walks makes it more do-able than just having the option of going into the (sometimes wet) yard.

            Also, I have a collection of extra coats/hats/scarves/gloves for those who don't have proper outerwear.

            I don't have extra boots though, that might be a problem. We'll see.

            When it's nice they are outside for hours.

            When it's colder I wait until later in the morning and when it's really hot, earlier.

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            • Hunni Bee
              False Sense Of Authority
              • Feb 2011
              • 2397

              #7
              My kids are supposed to have two full hours of outside time a day. Along with 2 full hours of center time, at least one hour of free play - - plus three meals, nap, circle time, transitions, arrival/departure, various disasters....plus set up and break down of each one.

              I take all the things that Creative Curriculum and ECER-S says we are supposed to do in a day, and add 15 minutes to each one. Because thats how long they really take, when you're dealing with three year olds.

              They get a 1+ hour in the summer and at least 30 minutes in the winter. If the temp is 95+ (we get really hot summers, so 95 to us isn't what it may be to some of you), below 35, orange or lower air quality, rain/snow (sorry, get wet and chilled to the bone at your mama's house!! ) or if 50% or more of us have hacking coughs and green fountains somewhere in our heads, we stay in.

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              • nannyde
                All powerful, all knowing daycare whisperer
                • Mar 2010
                • 7320

                #8
                Originally posted by Hunni Bee
                My kids are supposed to have two full hours of outside time a day. Along with 2 full hours of center time, at least one hour of free play - - plus three meals, nap, circle time, transitions, arrival/departure, various disasters....plus set up and break down of each one.

                I take all the things that Creative Curriculum and ECER-S says we are supposed to do in a day, and add 15 minutes to each one. Because thats how long they really take, when you're dealing with three year olds.

                They get a 1+ hour in the summer and at least 30 minutes in the winter. If the temp is 95+ (we get really hot summers, so 95 to us isn't what it may be to some of you), below 35, orange or lower air quality, rain/snow (sorry, get wet and chilled to the bone at your mama's house!! ) or if 50% or more of us have hacking coughs and green fountains somewhere in our heads, we stay in.
                I would DIE if I had to go out in eighty plus degree weather. Honestly, eighty is way too high for me. I like cold weather.
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                • AmyLeigh
                  Daycare.com Member
                  • Oct 2011
                  • 868

                  #9
                  I'm the opposite of Nan. Anything below 60 is too cold for my personal liking, but I will **** it up so the kids don't get cabin fever. We are outside almost everyday, around 2 hours, minimum. The only days we aren't out is when it it raining or over 100 degrees with bad air (couple of athsmatics).

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                  • Cat Herder
                    Advanced Daycare.com Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 13744

                    #10
                    I am already getting the "keep them inside" requests and it hardly qualifies as cold here.

                    I am still having to educate clients that cold wind does not actually cause colds. It is a never ending process.

                    Ugh, winter.... I do not like the cold at all.

                    Honestly, we use our indoor playroom equipment and gym mats more than anything else when the temps stay below 30 consistently (wet cold, here in the south).
                    - Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.

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                    • Ariana
                      Advanced Daycare.com Member
                      • Jun 2011
                      • 8969

                      #11
                      In the summer we don't go out if it's over 86F. This usually means we rarely get out in the summer unless it's first thing in the morning like 8am!!

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                      • countrymom
                        Daycare.com Member
                        • Aug 2010
                        • 4874

                        #12
                        I hate cold weather, its been to cold for me to go out with the kids, but in the summer we are outside for almost the whole day, I have alot of trees that shade the yard so I don't have a problem with temps.

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