What supplies are appropriate in a child's daycare centre?

@sasklily (240)
Canada
May 16, 2007 11:03am CST
My four-year-old granddaughter is grounded. Seems she was up to mischief at her daycare centre yesterday. She wrote on the floor with permanent marker and one of the pop-up books doesn't pop up anymore. Granted, a four-year-old definitely should not be writing with anything on the floor and she should have been more careful with the book. But she can be a very mischievious little girl at the best of times. But, is this appropriate material to have at a daycare centre? It wouldn't be at mine. Little hands can be very busy. Adults are supposedly able to make better decisions and I think both of these items are not the things to have in this setting. So, while she serves out her grounding, I think the adults in charge should have a 'time-out' along with her. What do you think?
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someonesmom
@someonesmom (5761)
• Canada
16 May 07
I'm surprised to hear that a daycare centre would have 'permanent' markers. What are they thinking? As for the pop-up book, I feel that these are great for kids of this age, but should be put up where they can't be reached. An adult worker should take them down, and supervise the reading of them. Maybe your granddaughter's situation will cause them to rethink these things. Have a nice day.:) Was it the daycare centre's idea that she should be grounded or her parents?
sasklily
@sasklily (240)
• Canada
16 May 07
I have the idea that the supervision could be a little slack. And the grounding was the parents idea. To top it all off, her blanket got ripped yesterday and the tears were flowing when she thought it had to go to the garbage. So Dad dropped it off here this morning for Grandma to fix it, lol. Talk about insult to injury, she didn't have a very good day.
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someonesmom
@someonesmom (5761)
• Canada
16 May 07
Maybe this will cause her centre to be a little more watchful. I'm glad her dad dropped the blanket off for you to fix, as these things are special to kids. Grandmas' can fix 'anything.':)