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Can someone please give me an idea of what you include on your daily reports for day care kids? I need to create them before Monday and I'm having a brain fart at the moment.
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This is what mine looks like for infants/toddlers. For school agers I take out the nap and stool part.
Date __________
What I ate today: _________
Things I did today: _________
I napped from _____ to _____ and ______ to _____
Stools:_______
Other notes: _______
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I have an app for my ipad called DAYCARE TRACKER and it has the following info. At the end of the day, I simply email it to the parents. Works out great!
Date:
Meals:
Potty:
Naptime:
Activities:
Behavior:
Next time, Please bring:
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Mine has:
Name:_____________ Date:_____________
Today I was ( ) Happy Nap________to_________
( ) Fussy Nap________to_________
( ) Sleepy Nap________to_________
( ) Clingy
( ) Other
Diaper/Potty Trips Meals and Snacks
____________ Wet _______________________
____________ BM'S _______________________
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I had ___Wet pull ups ________________________
I had ___Dirty pull ups
Supplies Needed:_________________________________________
Ok, it lines up when I type it, but when it posts it doesn't. There is space between potty trips and meals and snacks, they are two columns. Same with the Today I was and Nap time.....two columns.Comment
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I now use the ones in Minute Menu Kids.
It is cool that my menu, child names, dates are prefilled.
The graphics are really cute and it leaves plenty of room for notes.- Unless otherwise stated, all my posts are personal opinion and worth what you paid for them.
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I use this website and use the mini infant and toddler if needed. I dont do for kids who can talk well, or parents who seem to not need them or read them. But the minis have place for diaper, food, and nap time with a little room for a note. All that I think is necessary! Hope to help!
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Thanks for the very helpful responses. @mom2many, you just gave me a reason to ask the hubby for an ipad2 for my birthday next month.
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Mine got me one last Christmas and I absolutely love it! I hear the ipad2's are even better!
I used to print up slips and hand write them each day, but this app makes it so much faster to fill them out and the parents have all loved getting them via email...especially those with iphones! You gotta love technology!!!
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Funshineexpress.com has super cute ones, they also have toddller and preschool ones. I like them, they ship fast and the parents love them. Dont forget if its a baby to put there bottles to! You could always google samples.Comment
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This is what I use for my kids...their all toddlers.
**LOOK AT WHAT I DID TODAY**
Daily Report For _________________ Date:____________
I was:
Happy Energetic Grumpy Fussy Sad
I had a:
Terrific Great Okay Not So Great Day
(Circle those that apply) We:
Read/Looked at Books Blocks Puzzles Games Music Arts /Crafts Played Outside Colored Movies
Other: ______________________________________________
At Breakfast I ate:__________
At lunch I ate:__________
Snacks I ate:_________
I Ate:
A Lot Some A Little None
I took a nap from: _____ TO _____
I had _____ wet diapers and _____ soiled diapers.
Potty Training: Potty in the toilet Tried
Accidents: ________________________
Things I am running low on: _____________________________________
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Provider Comments: ___________________________________________
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**Special Notes: _____________________________________________________________
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This is a great app. Did you splurge and buy the pro or just stick to the free version.Comment
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I don't have the time to fill out 16+ reports each day and the parents wouldn't read them anyway.
I tell them about the day at pick up while they gather up their child. Most of my parents don't want to know how many BM's their baby had. If it was unusual, I would tell them in person.
If they want to know what their child ate, they can look at the cycle menu I gave them when they enrolled or they can ask at pick up or look at the one posted by the door.
The name of each and every book we read and the exact toys their child played with? Not interested in seeing it written down. They can see the toys and books in person. Sometimes a parent will ask if their child has a favorite and I will tell them.
Some of the reports are real cute...but I would go crazy and get writers cramp filling them all out.Comment
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I have been using the same ones I created 10 years ago - just last week decided to make some new ones using half sheets of paper instead of full sized. Saving paper and money!!
For my infant one I have 3 boxes - feedings, naps, diapers. And a box for comments at the bottom. For my toddler/preschooler it has a box each for each meal I write in what they've eaten since food comes from home, a box for diapers/potty but I don't really use it once they are trained well and a box for nap.
I am trying to revamp my toddler one so I don't have to write down everything they eat, I hate that part!!Comment
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Why would you have to write down what they are if the food came from home in the first place??? Did I read that wrong?
I created my own infant daily report that has 4 places for bottles, 2 places for babyfood or cereal, 3 places for naps, and 5 places for wet/bm options. I print four to a page and instead of having titles for eating, sleeping, and diapering I just have an image next to it.
When I get an infant enrolled I will just print a few pages with their name on the top and I hand write in the date each day because they may not come everyday they're contracted for. I don't want to waste paper, but I want to save on writing as much as possible and printing four to a page saves paper and ink! I don't have a place for notes because the back of the paper is blank and it's a waste of ink to type "Notes:" or "Remember to bring..." when I can simply just handwrite a note if I feel like it.
I will provide these reports until age 1 when they no longer use a bottle and are eating the food on the menu just like all the other kids. When someone is in potty training, I can just tell the parents when they went on the toilet so I don't see the point in using these sheets all through potty training. If a parent wanted to know every little thing they should be a SAHParent.Comment
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I used to do these every day for every child. Then I started doing them only for the first two months of care or until a child turned 6 months. Now I show parents them at the interview and it is by request only and only for the first 6 weeks or so. None of the parents even really cared about these (well maybe just one) except that sometimes they were used against me. One time I had a kid that ate 2 jars of food per day for weeks. ONE day my assistant forgot to feed the second jar and MONTHS later, the mom termed with that day being one of the reasons (she didn't mention it for months and it never happened after that one time!). She never would have had this to hold against us if we didn't provide the papers. I think she was saving them and looking for any discrepancies instead of seeing all the things that were going right. That isn't the only time that happened either. A few complaints about short or long naps even if the kid was fine, the parent didn't like what they saw on the paper.Comment
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