Speed

Seems to me that no matter how much cleaning or how fast we do it, the kids are always faster.

I no sooner finish putting a basket onto the shelf, turn around, and it is all over the floor again…. and you never seem to be able to catch which kid did it, either.

Of course, there are the usual suspects, but somehow they always manage to be off in another part of the room looking totally innocent.

There are a few things I have found that can help:

Never leave the puzzle centre unattended! And always have only 1 or 2 puzzles out at a time. It can be very time-consuming to have to sort puzzles - even when they are fairly simple ones.

If children are old enough, have them put their name on a chart for the area they’re playing in - then you know which kids should be helping to clean it up.

Wear running shoes and move fast

oh yeah - and don’t let cleaning fluids spalsh in your eyes, either.

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Organization

From my previous post about sorting by colour, you might have gotten the impression that I am organized.

That would be a big fat NOT!

One of my biggest challenges in working in daycares is making sure I know where all of my paperwork is. I am supposed to keep track of

• my immunizations
• my health card
• my diploma
• my criminal record check
• my proof of first aid and CPR training

And the WORST thing is that I am supposed to know where those things are when it is time to get them redone.

Right now, the most pressing thing is that I need to have my TB test redone. To do that, I need my healthcard.

To get that working again, I have to find my birth certificate, my old health card, an envelope that was sent to me in the mail at this address, and another piece of id. ALL AT THE SAME TIME. As if! And then I have to find my way to the OHIP office. Uh yeah… I know where that is. NOT.

I am not wired that way.

Maybe if they were all the same colour!

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