Signing Kids In And Out

[Cat Herder]

I am also just starting the sign in/out sheet... Does each child have their own sheet or do u have all the parents sign on the same sheet???

I have them all on the same sheet.

Otherwise I'd have to have 6X as many clipboards, file folders and enforcing to do.

Nobody is willing to be the only one who did not sign when everyone can see.

[Blackcat31]

I also keep them all on the same sheet. I use this sheet:

[PitterPatter]

I have them sign their names and times. Sometimes there are other people picking up and I want that persons signature just in case.

Once a DCM wanted to go out with a new guy after work so she calls telling me to allow an old friend to pick up because she had no one else. I told her I can not allow it because that name is not in writing on the permission form. So she sent a text and wrote a note for the friend she hadn't seen for a year to come pick her 2 yr old up. A lot can happen in a year but she didn't care to listen and demanded the old friend pick her kid up. I called my licensor and he said since DCM called and told me along with a hand written note and a text from the parents phone then that would be sufficient proof. Thank goodness nothing odd happened!

[beachgrl]

I suggest a page for each child vs. a page for each day. That way if you are called to court, or audited by state subsidy, you only have to produce that child's information. Also, the other parents have no business knowing who else comes, or when they get there or leave.

I like this, may want to change mine so its tha way..never thought of that but its true.

[Carsonsmom04]

Signing in & out is state required in Miss. There is a sign in/out clip board posted by each room. I keep it simple:

Name of child: Time in Parent Signature Time Out Parent Signature



I usually already have each childs name listed on the right hand side, so i can also use it for daily absents & thats also the clip board that the teacher grabs during our fire drills, if you know of a child who is there & someone forgot to sign them in, the teacher usually writes mom or dad & at pick up time, gets the parent to sign both in & out... I DO NOT allow initals!!

[Sunchimes]

I just started this in January. I got a spiral weekly planner from the dollar store. Each week is on one page. I just drew a line down the middle and wrote In and Out. Two of my families have never used day care before, and it took them a few days to catch on, but they remember better than I do now. The other had already dealt with a center, so anything I tell her, she's on board.
Before Jan 1, I just wrote it on a wall calendar myself. This feels more official.

[PghGurl]

Blackcat31 thank you for posting your form. I'm going to use it. : )

[renodeb]

I have to have a sign in/out book for the food program and for my own records. Now getting the parents to remember is a totally other issue!
Debbie