Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
I PM'ed you. 
Thank you!!!!!
Originally Posted by daycare:
You dont really need to buy things for the under 3 crowd. I create active games/activities on a seconds notice just following their lead.
I don't buy many things for my under 3 crowd. when I do, they usually prefer to play with the boxes.
I am very much like you in that respect. Having fun and following their intrinsic learning styles come pretty naturally for me... I never grew up.
The problem isn't so much fun stuff to do, it is the expectation that I send home at least 3 product crafts/projects/binders following a theme per week or we are not "doing anything". I am competing with HUGE chains, now...
If their kids bag is not full every Friday, they are perceived as not learning anything here even if they can quote Macbeth or do long division....
I'd say it is safe to say that whereever California parents are in terms of understanding child development, we are 10 years behind... I'd get pounded and flamed, but I'd still say it...