Love this! Another benefit of not getting those daycare reports that Omar and I have learned recently has a lot to with parental expectations with having a toddler. Our daycare uses the reports app (kind of. If they have time they will add information but if things are hectic they won’t) and Omar and I realized we were using that to set expectations for how Penelope would be when she got home, which was affecting how we acted around her. If she didn’t nap well, we would be worried she was going to be grumpy and…would unintentionally act like she was grumpy. So now we avoid her reports all together, except for the messages her director sends and for photos/videos they occasionally post and it’s helped everyone. :) Her teachers are great about telling us if there was any kind of issue at school that day and so we just depend on that now.
I’ve also had friends mention that their daycares/preschools are moving to live streams which I have found so…interesting. Parents can watch their kids all day through the live stream, and it sounds like some do from what I’ve heard.
So interesting!! And yes, the daycare that Shep and Annie went to before this preschool had a livestream. I did watch it a bit on each of their first days, but never after that! If I was able to sit and watch them all day I'd have them with me, ha!
Love these thoughts! While we don’t have a Montessori preschool near us, the “home” principles are definitely applicable to anyone!
Love this! Another benefit of not getting those daycare reports that Omar and I have learned recently has a lot to with parental expectations with having a toddler. Our daycare uses the reports app (kind of. If they have time they will add information but if things are hectic they won’t) and Omar and I realized we were using that to set expectations for how Penelope would be when she got home, which was affecting how we acted around her. If she didn’t nap well, we would be worried she was going to be grumpy and…would unintentionally act like she was grumpy. So now we avoid her reports all together, except for the messages her director sends and for photos/videos they occasionally post and it’s helped everyone. :) Her teachers are great about telling us if there was any kind of issue at school that day and so we just depend on that now.
I’ve also had friends mention that their daycares/preschools are moving to live streams which I have found so…interesting. Parents can watch their kids all day through the live stream, and it sounds like some do from what I’ve heard.
So interesting!! And yes, the daycare that Shep and Annie went to before this preschool had a livestream. I did watch it a bit on each of their first days, but never after that! If I was able to sit and watch them all day I'd have them with me, ha!