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  • mountainside13
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jan 2014
    • 777

    How Many Toys Do You Have?

    We have 4 large toy boxes, 5 60 gallon tubes, 7 10 or 12 gallon tubes, a bunch of smaller tubs and a ton of large items like play houses, workshop, castles, kitchens, ride ons and a bunch more!! I really want to down size!! We have been rotating toys recently and it has made it a little easier but still a lot of work and stoarge space. Curious as to how many other providers have.
  • BumbleBee
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jun 2012
    • 2380

    #2
    Too many of some and not enough of others. Lol. I know that's not very helpful. I have a lot of manipulatives, a moderate # of ride on toys, 2 Little Tykes/Step 2 houses, 3 slides, tons of outside balls/jumpropes/chalk/hula hoops, too many big blocks, not enough small blocks,and 3 or 4 twenty gallon tubs of other toys.

    I have 9 kids enrolled, ranging in age from 8 weeks to 9.5 years.

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    • morgan24
      Daycare.com Member
      • Feb 2011
      • 694

      #3
      I have way to many! I moved last summer and never realized how many I had until I started packing them. I had a large playroom just for daycare and now I'm in a smaller house so I have been rotating them every week. I started to repeat toys after a couple of months. I have a kitchen and all the accessories, a beauty shop, train table, baby beds and two totes of baby stuff, all the little people, house, barn,airport, garage, and ark. Six totes of different blocks. The list goes on and on. One thing I have found was rotating a couple different totes of toys every week is they play really good together. I also rotate table activities, coloring, painting, play-doh and cutting paper and gluing and my group has been easy during all the cold, nasty weather.

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      • Blackcat31
        • Oct 2010
        • 36124

        #4
        enough to fill a two bedroom house and it's 2 stall garage.

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        • CraftyMom
          Daycare.com Member
          • Jan 2014
          • 2285

          #5
          We have a lot, but I don't have them all out. I rotate them when the kids seem tired of them. I feel a lot of toys is overwhelming for them and me

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          • spud912
            Trix are for kids
            • Jan 2011
            • 2398

            #6
            Hahaha TOO many!

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            • mountainside13
              Daycare.com Member
              • Jan 2014
              • 777

              #7
              I have to many too! I was just curious how many others had too

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              • MrsSteinel'sHouse
                Daycare.com Member
                • Aug 2012
                • 1509

                #8
                There are certain things that I am on the look out for But I have a fair amount. (I have closet space along the end wall of playroom and it is full of toys and books) I rotate toys. I have equipment stored upstairs.

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

                  #9
                  I don't even want to think about it.

                  Attic, storage closet, barn, shed... all full of toys to be rotated in and out as the group grows bored of them.

                  I notice more behavioral issues begin when the same toys/decor are in the playroom too long. Not to mention changing them for the ages/stages of the group. It is rarely the same playroom twice... ::::

                  **Never too many toys out at once though as that, too, backfires with behavioral issues...
                  - Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.

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                  • Kimskiddos
                    Daycare.com Member
                    • Oct 2013
                    • 420

                    #10
                    Way to many to count.:: I have many in covered tubs, to be played with one at a time. Plus a whole shelf full in my laundry room. Have a housekeeping center, block center, reading nook and a baby area. One small climber and two rocking horses inside. I rotate toys on the open shelves (have 2) about once a month. Outside is a whole other ball game.

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                    • mountainside13
                      Daycare.com Member
                      • Jan 2014
                      • 777

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Cat Herder
                      I don't even want to think about it.

                      Attic, storage closet, barn, shed... all full of toys to be rotated in and out as the group grows bored of them.

                      I notice more behavioral issues begin when the same toys/decor are in the playroom too long. Not to mention changing them for the ages/stages of the group. It is rarely the same playroom twice... ::::

                      **Never too many toys out at once though as that, too, backfires with behavioral issues...
                      Wonderful idea! Maybe that's why they were acting out last week! I have a great group of kids but last week was rough for all of us.

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