Head Count?

[amberleigh222]

Do you find yourself constantly doing a head count?

[midaycare]

All the time! And I only have 6! ::

[hwichlaz]

not in the house, but at the park yes

[momofsix]

All the time. I even did it with my own 6

[Baby Beluga]

Yes, and I only have 4, .

[e.j.]

All day long - inside and out. Glad to know I'm not the only one!

[Josiegirl]

Definitely! To the point that the SA dcks were doing it all summer.

[Alwaysgreener]

Yes, when I use to watch my nephew's and niece I would do Marco Polo at the park. If I could not see one of the boys in the fort, I would say hi x and they would respond with a hi. My niece was the youngest and never out of my site.

[daycarediva]

Yes!

At every transition, potty break, during walks, at the playground pretty much constantly- I count up, and then back down.

[Blackcat31]

Oh goodness....I do head counts all the time... including those times in which I am not even at work. Guess some habits are hard to break.

[storybookending]

We got yelled at for calling them "head counts" by our licensor my last year of care at the center with school age kids. Appearently "face counts" are what we are supposed to call them now

Literally looked at me and said "and here where "Billy" is signed in. How do you know that child is "Billy""... oh I don't know maybe because he's in 4th grade and he's been in this after school program since K. "So you looked at him". No lady I didn't look at him at all.. in fact that's just a random child that got into our locked facility by himself and is following our schedule and no one noticed he doesn't belong

That being said my current group in small and my yard is fenced. I don't literally count them in my head just notice if one is missing or maybe that's my subconscious counting.. oh where is "Billy"? Oh he was climbing the ladder when I scanned and I didn't see his little head peak out. There he is.

[Alwaysgreener]

We got yelled at for calling them "head counts" by our licensor my last year of care at the center with school age kids. Appearently "face counts" are what we are supposed to call them now

Literally looked at me and said "and here where "Billy" is signed in. How do you know that child is "Billy""... oh I don't know maybe because he's in 4th grade and he's been in this after school program since K. "So you looked at him". No lady I didn't look at him at all.. in fact that's just a random child that got into our locked facility by himself and is following our schedule and no one noticed he doesn't belong

That being said my current group in small and my yard is fenced. I don't literally count them in my head just notice if one is missing or maybe that's my subconscious counting.. oh where is "Billy"? Oh he was climbing the ladder when I scanned and I didn't see his little head peak out. There he is.

What if you can't see their face and you can only see the back of their head do you have to count them or worry that you can not find them?

[storybookending]

What if you can't see their face and you can only see the back of their head do you have to count them or pretend that you don't see them?

Idk she was not our regular licensor and full of it. My boss said she was just looking for something to nit pick because she couldn't find anything else wrong.

[midaycare]

Definitely! To the point that the SA dcks were doing it all summer.

Ha! I can beat that, my 2 and 3 year olds do it. How many kids do we have Everyone? Only problem is they don't always count themselves

[Snowmom]

All. Day. Long.