Is There Anything More Stressful....

[Blackcat31]

*sigh*

SMH

Thanks for reminding me why I've been avoiding this place lately.

[Unregistered]

...when a good post goes bad...

[Rockgirl]

*sigh*

SMH

Thanks for reminding me why I've been avoiding this place lately.

I really was just trying to be lighthearted....I didn't think it would turn out like this. Sorry. :/ And I shouldn't have kept responding....I should have just let it die down.

[Unregistered]

And I just read unregistered's posts. Get the stick out of your butt, lady. We're just having fun here. Idk how you could possibly read the op and NOT laugh.

I don't think ignorance is funny. "Oh, she is being developmentally inappropriate?! LMAO" :/

[Unregistered]

She must have paid for her ECE degree with her sense of humor.

I have 4 year olds that can do 150 piece puzzles by themselves in 20 minutes by teaching them the wrong way. I have 2 year olds that whip through 24-48 piece puzzles too. Even my 14 month old is successful with 9-12 piece wooden puzzles. Must be doing something horribly wrong over here too!

It's if they can do it. I had 3-4 year olds when I worked in hs doing their high school aged sibling's home work, because mom made them do it over and over and over and over again. Do you think they understood any of it? Do you think it helped their development? No. Like I said, I understand. If you don't understand how children develop, you want what's easiest for YOU. A quiet game.

[Unregistered]

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You guys are hilarious! Paid for her degree with her sense of humor... Hand him a rattle... I'm dying!

I also have an ECE degree and I've never, in my whole time as a student, heard or read that you shouldn't offer any help or direction to a child working on a puzzle. Isn't that kind of what we're here for? To help guide them and encourage their development? Idk, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I got my degree out of a Cracker Jacks box.

Telling a child step by step by step by step, basically forcing them to do it the right way, isn't what you're describing. I think we all know that. I know the type of backyard daycare being run by MOST members.

[Rockgirl]

I don't think ignorance is funny. "Oh, she is being developmentally inappropriate?! LMAO" :/

I don't appreciate being called ignorant. This thread was meant to be fun--I'm sorry you didn't take it that way, but I'm not ignorant, or developmentally inappropriate with my dck's. With that said, I'm finished. We won't agree, and I already said I shouldn't have responded to the negative, so I will stop. Have a great day!

[JoseyJo]

Telling a child step by step by step by step, basically forcing them to do it the right way, isn't what you're describing. I think we all know that. I know the type of backyard daycare being run by MOST members.

TROLL!!! ::::::

Called it first

[Unregistered]

TROLL!!! ::::::

Called it first

I'm a troll for wanting to do developmentally appropriate activities instead of what's easiest for me? Says a lot about how your daycare is run...

[KiddieCahoots]

I really was just trying to be lighthearted....I didn't think it would turn out like this. Sorry. :/ And I shouldn't have kept responding....I should have just let it die down.

:hug: You did nothing wrong!
I laughed and greatly appreciated your post.
My day started off in a positive way to a post I related to 100%!

[Rockgirl]

:hug: You did nothing wrong!
I laughed and greatly appreciated your post.
My day started off in a positive way to a post I related to 100%!

Thanks.

[daycarediva]

I think this why I see a lot of hostility towards real teachers and getting ECE education (via college or training). You guys really don't get it. Telling a child step by step by step by step isn't challenging them. If they're really grasping with a TOY for WEEKS, it is too hard for them. Gosh forbid you spend money on toys that are appropriate for that child or do something developmentally appropriate. I don't know where you guys are pulling life skills into this. I'm talking about puzzles.

I have an ECE degree, college, few credits shy of my BA.

I have to ask, if we're doing it wrong, how do YOU approach teaching a child to do a puzzle? What if the child SPECIFICALLY asks you for help when they're nearly finished and just stumped and getting frustrated? WHY was the op's 'try turning it' verbal assistance NOT developmentally appropriate?

For the most part only 2 of my daycare kids like puzzles. One is just two and can do non peg 24 piece puzzles, the other is 4 and is just figuring out the alphabet peg puzzle. The 4yo said, near tears after tying EVERY hole in the puzzle "I can't do this, can you help me?" and I told him to try turning the piece (it was upside down and a letter he doesn't know). He turned it, and I nodded, told him the letter, and he happily went back to trying to match it. When he got it, he had the BIGGEST grin on his face and was SOO happy to show me.

The 2yo's Mom tells her to 'turny turny' and she will sit and say 'turny turny' as she works out every angle.

[Unregistered]

I have an ECE degree, college, few credits shy of my BA.

I have to ask, if we're doing it wrong, how do YOU approach teaching a child to do a puzzle? What if the child SPECIFICALLY asks you for help when they're nearly finished and just stumped and getting frustrated? WHY was the op's 'try turning it' verbal assistance NOT developmentally appropriate?

For the most part only 2 of my daycare kids like puzzles. One is just two and can do non peg 24 piece puzzles, the other is 4 and is just figuring out the alphabet peg puzzle. The 4yo said, near tears after tying EVERY hole in the puzzle "I can't do this, can you help me?" and I told him to try turning the piece (it was upside down and a letter he doesn't know). He turned it, and I nodded, told him the letter, and he happily went back to trying to match it. When he got it, he had the BIGGEST grin on his face and was SOO happy to show me.

The 2yo's Mom tells her to 'turny turny' and she will sit and say 'turny turny' as she works out every angle.

"Turny turny" (where the child is trying on their own each angle) and a child asking for help, it not what the OP described at all. I can tell most of you didn't finish (or attend) college, because I'm talking oranges here and everyone else wants to talk about apples, bananas, and fruit salads. It just tells me the sort of centers MOST (again not all) are running on these boards. I feel bad for the children.

[Meyou]

"Turny turny" (where the child is trying on their own each angle) and a child asking for help, it not what the OP described at all. I can tell most of you didn't finish (or attend) college, because I'm talking oranges here and everyone else wants to talk about apples, bananas, and fruit salads. It just tells me the sort of centers MOST (again not all) are running on these boards. I feel bad for the children.

If you feel so bad for the children, post under your own name and offer some real suggestions instead of assumptions and insults.

[Country Kids]

Any mods reading this?

Sounds like its getting pretty personal against everyone on here.