Originally Posted by jenn:
Oops, hit submit before finishing...I taught kindergarten and understand how frustrating it is when they know academics, but not how to function independently. I think the beauty of home daycare is that we can all offer whatever we want from totally structured to totally unstructured, pure academic to pure play. We all run our businesses differently, and there is no right or wrong. I have found that some parents are looking for a preschool type home and others are looking for a home away from home.
So true! I have children here who's parent's picked me because I am mostly play based. I do have a weekly theme and a color, shape, and letter of the week, but we do that at circle, which lasts approximately 15 min and we do some activities that coincide with the theme, but the rest of the time it's play. I agree, there is no right or wrong!