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What toys could you do with out or have taken out of your daycare because they were not working or just had to weed out or was not a good fit for your daycare?
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I just put our cars and little people ramp on toy time out for a few weeks because the boys were getting to wild with banging them into each other and on other toys. They seem to be on time out every few weeks and I could really do without them. I have already taken most of them outside to play with instead. -
I had to put my beautiful unit blocks away. They are fantastic in theory, but in practice, have not worked out.
Younger children just pull them down and hurt themselves, 2-3 yo's build little towers, then get made when someone bumps it down (accidently or on purpose), so I'm constantly having to intervene. 3-4 yo's I had just used them as weapons of mass distruction.
So, they sit in a big container until the littles I have now are ready for them. I'm still glad I have them, though. My 11 year old has spent many hours over the past 4-5 years using them.
Also, anything that beeps or lights up. I've had things for years whose batteries are finally, thankfully dying, and they don't get replaced. The kiddos just have to use their imagination as battery power....
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I have to agree with lighted plastic noise making toys. Puzzles are another one that get put away often cause the littles DUMP them and I end up putting them back together and I HATE PUZZLES!I see little people.Comment
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Barbies ~ HATE them! They are hard to manipulate for the under 5 crowd and I have a particular distain for having to dress them ALL the time when the kids are playing with them.
Lincoln Logs ~ The under 5 crowd really has no idea what to do with them except maybe have sword fights :rolleyes
Coloring books and ANYTHING with lights, batteries, sound or a cord.Comment
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I had to get rid of my big Barbie House
All the kids ever did was try to climb inside of it, they would drag all the furniture around the play area and not actually ever play dolls in it. I loved the whole set, I had bought it for my DD until she outgrew it, but I had to let it go. I would rather sell it to someone for a good price than watch the daycare kids destroy it.
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My beautiful silk play scarves It took me months to collect them after I saw them on some preschool sites.
At first they danced, swirled, played dress up, role played and tossed them in the air making imaginary kaleidoscopes.
Pure joy. Lasted 8 minutes.
Then they started trying to leash and drag each other by the neck, tie them to toys and hurl them through the air and trip each other by wrapping them around each others ankles.
I guess they will only come out in short bursts a few times a year.- Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.
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My Barbie's are always naked!! LOL! I get so tired of dressing them. I often wonder what the parents think
I also HATE puzzles. Noone actually does them and they get thrown all over the place. They are now on my top shelf out of reach.Comment
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My train set/table-
I was sooooooo excited to be able to finally purchase one and one/two in particular mad it impossible to have. Always destroying the tracks and taking it apart.
So now it sits in storage right now till I can figure out if I just want to sell it or try again.Each day is a fresh start
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I use to have the same problem, then I decided to glue the track in place, and that solved it. But then I always had a couple kids that wanted to pile other toys on the train table, and kids were always fighting over it, so i finally sold it.My train set/table-
I was sooooooo excited to be able to finally purchase one and one/two in particular mad it impossible to have. Always destroying the tracks and taking it apart.
So now it sits in storage right now till I can figure out if I just want to sell it or try again.Comment
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Periodically I ahve to put away doll strollers because kids try to sit in them.
I usually have to have lacing beads/cards as a "sometimes" toy because they do stupid crap with the strings.
I'm often tempted to put away all animals/people because one dcg consistently likes to cook with them...
:confused::confused: and that just...bothers me...somehow...
Blankets and pillows get used inappropriately/annoyingly so those are often away
Oh, and books. Those are mostly put away because I can NOT for the life of me get this group to treat them nicely. The babies I can understand (although my 16 month old is getting really good with them). But the 3 and the 4? Unforgivable.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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Doll highchairs. I often put them away in the closet for months at a time. I can not get any of the kids to want to feed the baby dolls in the chair. All they want to do is pile blocks or cars in the seat, or drive cars up and down the chair. I'm beginning to think the chairs are just a waste of space.
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anything with a door to it or anything that kids can crawl in like a play tent. those are so popular, the kids always end up fighting over them and getting aggressive. I am actually going to pull the door off the outdoor play house for this same reason.
no battery operated toys whatsoever and certainly not any noise makers
no puzzles (but I am starting to collect the magnetic ones)
no pull toys because it is normally older kids that will drag them around for hours and sort of fixate on that single toy
no free range art supplies....I would love to do that but my group cannot handle it at allComment
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Your post cracked me up!! Probably because I could say the same things!Periodically I ahve to put away doll strollers because kids try to sit in them.
I usually have to have lacing beads/cards as a "sometimes" toy because they do stupid crap with the strings.
I'm often tempted to put away all animals/people because one dcg consistently likes to cook with them...:confused::confused: and that just...bothers me...somehow...
Blankets and pillows get used inappropriately/annoyingly so those are often away
Oh, and books. Those are mostly put away because I can NOT for the life of me get this group to treat them nicely. The babies I can understand (although my 16 month old is getting really good with them). But the 3 and the 4? Unforgivable.
Little people. My 2 yr old was playing with them and the house. She was lining them all up on the roof... ok... then she knocked them off one at a time. At first I thought I heard wrong.. but no, as she knocked each little person off she was saying sh*t, sh*t I looked at her and said A what did you just say? She replied "bad words"
A lot of toys have a place in my home and that would be in the closet! I control what they have. Most days my oldest is 3, I have a 4 yr old but has developmental issues. So, books, yes, lacing cards, art supplies, musical instruments are put out at appropriate times and then put away.
My biggest no is cheap toys. They just break anyway so why do it? I also try to find things that they don't have at home
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