Simple Solutions To Age Old Childcare Problems....

[SilverSabre25]

6ft X 6ft Trying to get me in trouble??::::

Here the regs say 35 sq ft per child, so I give them that, individually, plus a 500 sq ft group play area.

Oh, and two outdoor playgrounds....

sorry! I am going to blame my pregnancy brain on that one

(honestly, I think you had said 36 sq ft and I did the math wrong...it came out right in my head, but you're right because 3 times 3 is 9, and 6 times 6 is 36...heh, heh, heh I meant well, I really did!)

[Symphony]

sorry! I am going to blame my pregnancy brain on that one (honestly, I think you had said 36 sq ft and I did the math wrong...it came out right in my head, but you're right because 3 times 3 is 9, and 6 times 6 is 36...heh, heh, heh I meant well, I really did!)

I like to say brain cells are excreeted through breastmilk :: With number 5 on the way, I'm not always the brightest bulb

[SilverSabre25]

I like to say brain cells are excreeted through breastmilk :: With number 5 on the way, I'm not always the brightest bulb

Oh, I absolutely agree! I'm both 6.5 months pregnant AND still nursing (technically speaking; my 3 yo nurses but there's barely any milk/colostrum there at all) so I've got it BAD, .

[Cat Herder]

:::::: I think you are safe Silver...math is NOT my thing; pregnant or not...

I am glad you liked it, Michael. I thought it could be fun.

I hope it keeps going because the dreaded heat of summer will be here before you know it; that has a way of zapping my creativity like nothing else....

[Cat Herder]

Anyone have some simple solutions to other common problems???

[MommyMuffin]

I was frustrated that the DCB's kept tossing the balls over the fence, so DH, being thoughtful, bought some tether balls and attached them to large (spiral in-ground) dog "tie outs", instead.

Bring it on, Monday.....

It is a constant battle to be one step ahead of ever adaptable kids....

What are some of your Simple Solutions???

Very creative!
I'm not as easy going as you. When I say no throwing balls over the fence, I mean it. I would have taken the balls away and not given them back for a few days.

[MommyMuffin]

My biggest battles are over blocks....despite there being at least 4 billion of them they all want the same one at the same time. My solution was to remove them from the playroom and put them at one end of a long hallway that the playroom opens off of. No more than 2 friends at a time at the blocks. I also set up 2 other "stations" with coloring and books. Basically centers that stay out all day long with a maximum of 2 friends each. But since they're out of the playroom everyone seems to be able to keep their manners better.

This is what I do to. I do have a dcb that wont play unless he is with someone else though so when he gets his own area to build with blocks!!!! He cries. :confused:

But besides him, this really does wonders!

[melskids]

jumping in late...but i had to chuckle....

my R&R actually TOLD me to use hoola hoops as a way to give each child personal space!

mostly, we use them to build blocks in, so another child knows not to go in "susie's circle" and mess with it or knock it down.

[Lianne]

jumping in late...but i had to chuckle....

my R&R actually TOLD me to use hoola hoops as a way to give each child personal space!

mostly, we use them to build blocks in, so another child knows not to go in "susie's circle" and mess with it or knock it down.

I've done this when there was a lot of bickering happening. It wasn't a discipline tool so much as a way to regroup and refocus. The kids actually loved it when I'd pull the hula hoops out.

[permanentvacation]

Well, if you don't want them CONFINED in the hola hoops, she could just sit them in time out with absoutely nothing to do! At least she lets them play! She just needed to seperate them for a little while and keep them from irritating each other. I say...GO HULA HOOPS!!

I have done the same basic thing - except I used their sleeping bags that they use for nap time. I've done it a couple of ways. One way is to put the sleeping bags down and tell the kids that they can go back and forth to the toy shelves to get the different toys they want but they must play individually on their own sleeping bag. The second way when I place a specific set of toys on each sleeping bag (basically create play stations) and have the children play on each sleeping bag for a while then tell the children to switch sleeping bags (stations). The stations idea works better in my opinion. Because allowing the kids to constantly get up to get their own toys still allowed arguments at the toy shelves. The sations kept them still and quiet for a while.

I am a licensed provider in Maryland and my supervisor actually stopped by once when the kids were doing this. My supervisor actually liked the idea.

[mac60]

This is confinement and is not appropriate or legal. How about redirecting them into individual art activities?

This is too funny, sorry but someone calling this confinement is exactly why these little hellions act the way they do. And seriously, since when is sitting a child on a mat, pillow, carpet square, or any other item considered confinement. ::

[Cat Herder]

This is too funny, sorry but someone calling this confinement is exactly why these little hellions act the way they do. And seriously, since when is sitting a child on a mat, pillow, carpet square, or any other item considered confinement. ::

Ever wonder if this is why Mimes exist? We created psychological damage by invisible confinement and they MUST spend their lives annoying society....