Originally Posted by DancingQueen:
Nan - I like a lot of what you said.
I have the problem of ALL of the kids acting up whenever ANYONE enters the home.
Now - seeing how it is NOT an option to completely stop people from entering my home (it just isn't - take me at my word) what would you suggest I do to keep the group from acting up and getting really rambunctious while I'm taking the five minutes that I need to have a conversation?
I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on this because I am at my wits end to be honest.
I also have a problem that when my afterschool kids get here the energy level of the entire group sky rockets and I almost lose control of everything.
I can't help you with what happens when the school aged kids are there. I don't care for school aged kids because I don't like them.
I don't do arrivals and departures in the play room so I don't have any advice on that either. I think it's best to physically separate the children from the parents as much as you possibly can.