For Those That Send Home a Daily Report...What's Included?

[SunflowerMama]

I do one but it's very simple.

# of diapers or potty visits
how they played with their friends
how they followed directions
favorite activity of the day



Because I don't post a menu I'm thinking of adding what we had for breakfast and lunch or maybe just lunch.

I just feel like I write the same things every day and was just wondering what other people have on their daily sheets.

[katie]

I do one for each kid, but I only have 2 right now, soon 3. It just says my day today: Diapers/toileting, meals ( and I put what they ate or how much), activities, when they napped, and a misc section for anything else. I feel like i'm saying the same thing every day too. Thinking about a weekly sheet.

[momofboys]

I know it can get repititious but I would imagine it's helpful for the parents to feel like they know how their child's day went. I also post information about payment (receipt for what they paid) & amount die next week if it differs from the normal. Mine has what they ate for breakfast, lunch & snack; what activities we did, info about naptime & diaper changes.

[Pammie]

I send home daily reports only for infants. Once they have their one year birthday, I stop. But mine are "All About My Day" and have spots for:

This is when/what I ate...
This is when I slept...
My diaper changes were.....
This morning I was feeling....
By afternoon I was....
Please help me be ready for next time by sending....
Pam wants you to know.....

[Janet]

No daily reports here

I don't do written daily reports because I am constantly forgetting to fill them out anyway or I forget to give them to parents at the end of the day. I just fill them in verbally and then I don't have to worry about losing the daily reports or forgetting them. I remember having to do daily reports when I was a toddler lead teacher at a center and I HATED IT! I always gave the parents a verbal rundown of the day, complete with observations and any areas that needed to be talked about. I also told the parents about the cute stuff and the funny stuff and just basically, anything that we did for the day. I also remember seeing cubbies with tons of unread daily sheets, so I hated having to bother with them when I would be talking to them anyway. Now it's all verbal here, with the exception of my observation notebooks for each child and those I use to prepare for my progress reports that I do twice a year.

[momma2girls]

[QUOTE=Janet;34704]I don't do written daily reports because I am constantly forgetting to fill them out anyway or I forget to give them to parents at the end of the day. I just fill them in verbally and then I don't have to worry about losing the daily reports or forgetting them. I remember having to do daily reports when I was a toddler lead teacher at a center and I HATED IT! I always gave the parents a verbal rundown of the day, complete with observations and any areas that needed to be talked about. I also told the parents about the cute stuff and the funny stuff and just basically, anything that we did for the day. I also remember seeing cubbies with tons of unread daily sheets, so I hated having to bother with them when I would be talking to them anyway. Now it's all verbal here, with the exception of my observation notebooks for each child and those I use to prepare for my progress reports that I do twice a year.[/QUOTe


I agree, I don't do daily reports any longer as well. It just got way too much!! I had 3 infants/toddlers that I was making them out for daily, and I would forget to make them out til the end of the day, and I was rushed trying to remember everything. I tell them all verbally if something was different than normal for the child. I also have a monthly menu on the door.

[Janet]

You post your menu on a monthly basis?

I change my mind way too much to even consider that! Sure, I make a menu, but I never end up preparing what I have initially planned to prepare, so I only do the food program menu and if the parents want to know what they had to eat, I just tell them. I'm entirely too indecisive to stick to a menu! For instance, today was supposed to be chicken taco day, but instead we packed lunches and walked to the playground at the school by my house and ate lunch! I change my mind way too much!

[misol]

[QUOTE=Iowa daycare;34705]

I don't do written daily reports because I am constantly forgetting to fill them out anyway or I forget to give them to parents at the end of the day. I just fill them in verbally and then I don't have to worry about losing the daily reports or forgetting them. I remember having to do daily reports when I was a toddler lead teacher at a center and I HATED IT! I always gave the parents a verbal rundown of the day, complete with observations and any areas that needed to be talked about. I also told the parents about the cute stuff and the funny stuff and just basically, anything that we did for the day. I also remember seeing cubbies with tons of unread daily sheets, so I hated having to bother with them when I would be talking to them anyway. Now it's all verbal here, with the exception of my observation notebooks for each child and those I use to prepare for my progress reports that I do twice a year.[/QUOTe


I agree, I don't do daily reports any longer as well. It just got way too much!! I had 3 infants/toddlers that I was making them out for daily, and I would forget to make them out til the end of the day, and I was rushed trying to remember everything. I tell them all verbally if something was different than normal for the child. I also have a monthly menu on the door.

I only do them for infants up to 1 year as well. However, since meals, naps, and diaper changes are pretty much the same time every day it seems like a waste of paper and time. I recently changed my handbook to say that I will do them for infants until a pattern/schedule has been established. Then I will just give them a verbal report if something outside the norm happened. My menu is posted weekly so I don't include what we ate but I do have a section that says "I ate all/some/ none of my lunch and then circle the appropriate description.

[DCMom]

I used to, I don't any longer. Too time consuming.

For new infants I will send mom and dad an email or a text during quiet time letting them know mood, eating, diapers, etc. up to that point. Once they are in a routine, that drops off to a as need basis.

I have a whiteboard mounted next to the entrance door; at quiet time I write special things we did or place we went, menu for the day, notes for the next day, etc. The parent's are really good about checking it.

At the beginning of the month I usually send out an email to all my families that has special dates, hot news, upcoming events, any reminders, etc. This took the place of the monthly newsletter and I have to say that it has been a success.

[Greenshadow]

I change my mind way too much to even consider that! Sure, I make a menu, but I never end up preparing what I have initially planned to prepare, so I only do the food program menu and if the parents want to know what they had to eat, I just tell them. I'm entirely too indecisive to stick to a menu! For instance, today was supposed to be chicken taco day, but instead we packed lunches and walked to the playground at the school by my house and ate lunch! I change my mind way too much!

That sounds like me! I used to do the daily sheets but the parents never asked for them and I got to where I kept forgetting to do them and then I'd fill them in at the last minute only to NOT have the parents take them home. I tell each parent what the child ate that day and how their day was, etc. I dont always stick to my menu either. Today was teriyaki chicken and I made pb&j sandwiches and mac and cheese and we took it outside and ate. LOL.

[WImom]

I haven't opened yet but a few years ago when I did childcare I wrote them out everyday. This time I will only be emailing them if a parent requests (which is stated in my handbook). I'm opening as an eco friendly childcare now and I feel like handing out a daily sheet everyday is probably not very eco friendly. Also by emailing I can keep the sheet and just change what I need to so it should be faster. I might print out a weekly one. Haven't decided yet.

[Michael]

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[Former Teacher]

I do one but it's very simple.

# of diapers or potty visits
how they played with their friends
how they followed directions
favorite activity of the day



Because I don't post a menu I'm thinking of adding what we had for breakfast and lunch or maybe just lunch.

I just feel like I write the same things every day and was just wondering what other people have on their daily sheets.

twinmama...I remember you were in TX but I don't remember if you were licensed or not. Maybe home centers are different.

In a licensed center daily reports are required for all children 2 years and younger. It must include from the day: mood, diapers (what they were and the times), activities, naps, food, and whole bunch of other BS.

I am also surprised that you don't post a menu. In licensed centers you are required to post 2 of them. We had one in the office and the other in the kitchen. Heaven forbid you served apples when the fruit of the day were peaches!

[SunflowerMama]

twinmama...I remember you were in TX but I don't remember if you were licensed or not. Maybe home centers are different.

In a licensed center daily reports are required for all children 2 years and younger. It must include from the day: mood, diapers (what they were and the times), activities, naps, food, and whole bunch of other BS.

I am also surprised that you don't post a menu. In licensed centers you are required to post 2 of them. We had one in the office and the other in the kitchen. Heaven forbid you served apples when the fruit of the day were peaches!

I'm registered now but should be licensed in the next couple of weeks. According to the minimum standards we don't have to post menus but do have to have them available if licensing or parents wish to review. Because I'm on the Food Progam and those are kept daily online my last rep said that would suffice if licensing needed to review my menus.

I also include other things on their report I didn't mention in my original post (how much they ate, etc,).

I have been emailing the reports recently but still feel like it's just a copy and paste but I know one of my parents definitely likes to know what we do each day.

[jen]

[QUOTE=misol;34710]

I only do them for infants up to 1 year as well. However, since meals, naps, and diaper changes are pretty much the same time every day it seems like a waste of paper and time.

Me too!!!!!!!!!