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View Poll Results: What is the noise level in your home daycare during playtime?
Loud
6
12.50%
Medium to Loud
16
33.33%
Quiet to Medium
24
50.00%
Fairly Quiet and Pleasant
2
4.17%
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Daycare Center and Family Home Forum>How Loud Is It In Your House?
originalkat 07:43 AM 04-29-2013
Today has been a particularly quiet morning in my house (and all 8 preschoolers are here plus my 2 school age kids whom we homeschool). It has been so pleasant and the children are all actively engaged. However, on most days the noise level is at a constant high. No one is yelling, but everyone is using a loudish talking voice and when everyone gets together it is SO loud to me.
My question is... what are your rules for loud voices? What do you do to control the noise level in your home?
My question is... what are your rules for loud voices? What do you do to control the noise level in your home?
Blackcat31 07:52 AM 04-29-2013
It is always quiet to medium here.
I don't know why. It just is.
The kids are LOUD outside though.
I think I have just conditioned them from the get-go to be on the quieter side. When a newbie is transitioned in, they take cues from the other kids and are quiet like them.
I don't know why. It just is.
The kids are LOUD outside though.
I think I have just conditioned them from the get-go to be on the quieter side. When a newbie is transitioned in, they take cues from the other kids and are quiet like them.
SilverSabre25 07:55 AM 04-29-2013
Depends on who is here. On days/times when I have both pre-k boys, it gets very loud, very fast, and it's hard to keep them quiet. Sometimes I think it's more their very essence that's loud than anything they are doing, haha.
But usually it's fairly medium and rather pleasant. I can't take a lot of what I call "auditory chaos" so I try to reign in the noise as much as I can.
But usually it's fairly medium and rather pleasant. I can't take a lot of what I call "auditory chaos" so I try to reign in the noise as much as I can.
JoseyJo 08:35 AM 04-29-2013
I would say medium noise level here- we do a lot of group activities and they are more quiet, but free time can be pretty loud!
We have 2 playrooms, one is open to the main area w/ a double door opening, and the other is set back a little with a regular sized door opening. We started a couple weeks ago saying that the 2nd playroom is the "loud" playroom so when we play loud games we need to play in there.
It has made a huge difference in our noise level. They can still play all the loud games they want (drums, cars screeching around the car track etc) but the children who want it more quiet for their games can have that too. It has helped a lot at pick ups and drop offs too. We don't have a foyer (boy do I wish we did!!) so the front door opens right into one of our main play areas. With the loud games going on in the farthest playroom it is easier to talk to the parents and not have everything seem so chaotic!
We have 2 playrooms, one is open to the main area w/ a double door opening, and the other is set back a little with a regular sized door opening. We started a couple weeks ago saying that the 2nd playroom is the "loud" playroom so when we play loud games we need to play in there.
It has made a huge difference in our noise level. They can still play all the loud games they want (drums, cars screeching around the car track etc) but the children who want it more quiet for their games can have that too. It has helped a lot at pick ups and drop offs too. We don't have a foyer (boy do I wish we did!!) so the front door opens right into one of our main play areas. With the loud games going on in the farthest playroom it is easier to talk to the parents and not have everything seem so chaotic!
EntropyControlSpecialist 08:40 AM 04-29-2013
It's usually medium level. Sometimes it gets loud and I remind them to use their inside voices and to save their loud voices for outside.
There are a lot of children here.
There are a lot of children here.
melilley 10:13 AM 04-29-2013
All my children are 2 1/2 and under so it can get pretty loud, especially since the infant that I have cries a lot! When the infant is sleeping it's usually a loud to medium noise level if it is free play and if I have some activities out then it is medium to low level...until the baby wakes up.
canadiancare 10:19 AM 04-29-2013
If I am on the ball and in the room with them it is quiet. If I think all is well and run to take a pee- as soon as I drop my pants there will be blood curdling screams.
jenn 11:39 AM 04-29-2013
We play quietly to medium loud. Some activities are louder than others. If they are engaged in something and the noise level is louder due to the activity, that doesn't bother me at all. Being loud for no reason annoys me. 
I have found (in daycare and when I taught kindergarten) that the kids really respond to the noise level around them. If the TV or radio is loud, they are loud. If I am talking loudly, they do too. If I set a quiet tone, they usually respond to that. When they are being too loud, instead of constantly saying "Quiet voice" or whatever, I turn on music really softly and they quiet down to hear it. My favorite classroom get-quiet-quick-trick was to start whisper talking. "If you can hear me, touch your nose. If you can hear me, stick out your tongue,..." The ones being loud start wondering what everyone is doing and quiet down.
I have found (in daycare and when I taught kindergarten) that the kids really respond to the noise level around them. If the TV or radio is loud, they are loud. If I am talking loudly, they do too. If I set a quiet tone, they usually respond to that. When they are being too loud, instead of constantly saying "Quiet voice" or whatever, I turn on music really softly and they quiet down to hear it. My favorite classroom get-quiet-quick-trick was to start whisper talking. "If you can hear me, touch your nose. If you can hear me, stick out your tongue,..." The ones being loud start wondering what everyone is doing and quiet down.
DaisyMamma 11:39 AM 04-29-2013
Originally Posted by canadiancare:
If I am on the ball and in the room with them it is quiet. If I think all is well and run to take a pee- as soon as I drop my pants there will be blood curdling screams.
LOLIf I am on the ball and in the room with them it is quiet. If I think all is well and run to take a pee- as soon as I drop my pants there will be blood curdling screams.
rmc20021 11:44 AM 04-29-2013
Originally Posted by jenn:
We play quietly to medium loud. Some activities are louder than others. If they are engaged in something and the noise level is louder due to the activity, that doesn't bother me at all. Being loud for no reason annoys me.
I have found (in daycare and when I taught kindergarten) that the kids really respond to the noise level around them. If the TV or radio is loud, they are loud. If I am talking loudly, they do too. If I set a quiet tone, they usually respond to that. When they are being too loud, instead of constantly saying "Quiet voice" or whatever, I turn on music really softly and they quiet down to hear it. My favorite classroom get-quiet-quick-trick was to start whisper talking. "If you can hear me, touch your nose. If you can hear me, stick out your tongue,..." The ones being loud start wondering what everyone is doing and quiet down.
We do something like this. When my kids get tooooo loud, we go to whispering. This makes the kids 'listen' better because they have to focus on hearing in order to be able to know what was said. We play quietly to medium loud. Some activities are louder than others. If they are engaged in something and the noise level is louder due to the activity, that doesn't bother me at all. Being loud for no reason annoys me.
I have found (in daycare and when I taught kindergarten) that the kids really respond to the noise level around them. If the TV or radio is loud, they are loud. If I am talking loudly, they do too. If I set a quiet tone, they usually respond to that. When they are being too loud, instead of constantly saying "Quiet voice" or whatever, I turn on music really softly and they quiet down to hear it. My favorite classroom get-quiet-quick-trick was to start whisper talking. "If you can hear me, touch your nose. If you can hear me, stick out your tongue,..." The ones being loud start wondering what everyone is doing and quiet down.
I NEVER have the tv on, seldom play music in the background. The only time we have music on is during music/dance/exercise time
Patches 11:45 AM 04-29-2013
Originally Posted by canadiancare:
If I am on the ball and in the room with them it is quiet. If I think all is well and run to take a pee- as soon as I drop my pants there will be blood curdling screams.
If I am on the ball and in the room with them it is quiet. If I think all is well and run to take a pee- as soon as I drop my pants there will be blood curdling screams.
Sounds about right!
spud912 02:10 PM 04-29-2013
My group is fairly loud. For some reason, it seems as if they are more quiet outside. I have a few screamers in my group. It drives my dh crazy because he doesn't understand how I can carry on a conversation with all of the background noise. We are working on it, though 
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williams2008 02:47 PM 04-29-2013
All of my dcks are loud, except for when we go outside
sharlan 04:12 PM 04-29-2013
I said quiet to medium. Right now it is L O U D!!!!!!!
jenn 05:08 PM 04-29-2013
Originally Posted by rmc20021:
We do something like this. When my kids get tooooo loud, we go to whispering. This makes the kids 'listen' better because they have to focus on hearing in order to be able to know what was said.
I NEVER have the tv on, seldom play music in the background. The only time we have music on is during music/dance/exercise time
We do something like this. When my kids get tooooo loud, we go to whispering. This makes the kids 'listen' better because they have to focus on hearing in order to be able to know what was said.
I NEVER have the tv on, seldom play music in the background. The only time we have music on is during music/dance/exercise time
I don't ever have the TV on for cartoons. I have turned on the news before when a tornado watch/warning is around us (welcome to Kansas). However, since our radio quit working I use our Roku box to get music stations. The music plays through the TV. The cover of the album of whatever song is playing appears on the TV screen, but there is nothing to watch.
I have a dancing group. The minute the TV/music comes on, they are all up and dancing.
daycaremum 07:53 AM 04-30-2013
We learn to use indoor voices. I tell the kids yelling and screaming are for outside, they can be as loud as they like out side. Also running and jumping are for outside, I find the larger the movements they are allowed to make indoors, the louder the volume gets.
We are pretty calm
We are pretty calm
Bookworm 06:09 PM 04-30-2013
My room isn't that loud, but I have a few kids who think they should yell everything they say. I ring a bell to let them know they are too loud. Parents always ask how can I stand the noise. My response is "What noise"?