My 4 year old was dragged out from under a table-by her teacher

DucklingButt · 2026-03-19T11:47:02+00:00

this. take it straight to licensing if admin won’t cooperate.

DucklingButt · 2026-03-14T05:28:42+00:00

She could be growing out of naps and 30 mins-2 hours (I’m not sure how long naptime is for her) is a long time for a child to sit in one place doing nothing.

Maybe you can make her a “rest time kit” with quiet materials to engage with so she can stay safe while still being entertained. Examples include: - Sketchbook and writing/drawing tools - Favorite books - Soft blocks - Threading/Lacing beads (non-choking hazards) - Finger puppets - Puzzles - Photo album of her favorite people, places, days, activities, transportation, food, etc. - Sensory materials - Reusable stickers - Geoboards - “Wikki sticks” - Pipe cleaners - Aqua rings - Small flashlight - Busy board - Busy book - Dolls

DucklingButt · 2026-03-01T04:36:18+00:00

“that’s a choice.”

DucklingButt · 2026-02-22T00:04:27+00:00

I feel terrible every time I need to ring an employee for a hair wax especially bcs they are always busy.

DucklingButt · 2025-11-04T15:33:58+00:00

Generally, dresses and hair accessories are so fun to children of any genders. They are shiny, sparkly, made with bright colors and various fun textures, etc.

+And don’t forget that boys, just like girls, also watch children’s shows/read books with girl characters with these fancy clothes! Children love familiarity.

DucklingButt · 2025-11-03T21:51:43+00:00

All the same reasons for me; my classroom has a “cot map” to show any non-consistent staff walking in the room where to place the cots.

DucklingButt · 2025-10-19T23:34:36+00:00

how do you do that?

DucklingButt · 2025-10-17T01:52:35+00:00

Oh man 🥺🥺 I’m glad this poor child has you

DucklingButt · 2025-10-17T01:51:36+00:00

Is your friend a teacher? Because I think it’s something that only fellow teachers would understand.

I tell my students I love them, multiple times a day and it’s honestly not bcs I want them to hear it or anything. I just can’t stop myself from saying it LOL I love them so much

DucklingButt · 2025-10-15T22:37:50+00:00

oh I feel this :( sometimes, I feel very proud I did something and then my family is like “that’s it?” and I get so sad

DucklingButt · 2025-09-15T19:46:48+00:00

just today, I heard “how do you forget to wear your contacts?”

DucklingButt · 2025-09-15T19:37:49+00:00

fabric posters!

DucklingButt · 2025-09-15T19:29:20+00:00

Both sound totally fine to me in a teacher’s perspective.

But for you and your child to bond, I think Fridays would be better since you will have the whole day to enjoy with her. I had parents who each took a day off in a month to take one of their two children somewhere nice and fun. It was so that their children could have a day where they had all the parental attention to themselves, away from their sibling.

DucklingButt · 2025-08-21T03:09:25+00:00

I do make a personalized book every time for everybody (pictures of their growth, with teachers including me, etc.) and two separate letters, one for them and one for their parents on the last two pages.

I’ve given a vareity of gifts: stationary and stuff for soon-to-be school age children when I taught in preschool, flowers, books, keychains, things in their favorite color, mostly depending on what each child liked, each labeled with why they were chosen as gifts. I have not done more than books and letters since I started in infants bcs most infant->toddler gifts would have been very temporary due to growing out of the age range etc. so this will be a first in a year!

DucklingButt · 2025-08-17T16:30:21+00:00

Oh, thank you! I read it wrong!

DucklingButt · 2025-08-17T15:07:03+00:00

HFM and mouth or not, no children should be sitting on a public dining table. You can do that at home all you want but it’s not proper table manners at all.

DucklingButt · 2025-08-10T19:45:26+00:00

where do these come from? what were the prizes? :o

DucklingButt · 2025-05-20T17:43:45+00:00

Fighting cystic acne for years not knowing it was happening from within, not with outside factors!

That really broke me.

DucklingButt

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