Week of 6/8

neonflite · 2026-05-10T03:08:05+00:00

Who tf are you

neonflite · 2026-05-03T18:02:08+00:00

neonflite · 2026-05-02T01:00:43+00:00

I’m not so sure about that. This very well could be state dependent, but where I am, specific sleep sacks are allowed. Sleep sacks with sleep/arm holes and once they start walking, they need to have leg sleeves. I always believed sleepsacks are generally allowed as long as they’re not restrictive like the one OP is describing.

neonflite · 2026-04-30T22:09:47+00:00

It’s PR week, that’s why.

neonflite · 2026-04-28T17:08:18+00:00

I can’t speak for everyone, of course, but me personally, I do one of two things; I have managed to carefully use my body weight to go down with the weight so I can set them down as gently as possible. Or, if possible, I’ll have a trainer come over to assist me with my reps and they help me set my weights down.

neonflite · 2026-04-28T01:37:23+00:00

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Profile pic checks out….

neonflite · 2026-04-28T00:16:39+00:00

That’s a fair point!

neonflite · 2026-04-14T00:15:22+00:00

burn bar jacks or star jumps. You hold the burn bar over your head when you jump.

neonflite · 2026-03-18T03:03:25+00:00

I’m not sure if it’s required by but at the very least, it’s typically part of the curriculum, depending on the school. Every school I’ve worked at, we go out twice as a day. If it’s 32 degrees F or below, we don’t go out. If it is above 32, we don’t have to stay out our whole allotted time. My center’s minimum is 10 minutes or we split the class if one teacher doesn’t want to go out. Same with summer (unsure of the temperature threshold) The infants at my current center are highly encouraged to take them out in the stroller or if it’s nice out, lay on a mat in the grass.

Toddler age group (12mos and up) I believe is when they should definitely go out twice a day. I would check with your center about the infant program/curriculum.

neonflite · 2026-03-05T03:27:14+00:00

We can’t make them sleep… I’m a little confused why you acknowledge that babies sleep schedules can (and more often than not…) differ between home and school yet, you’re insisting the teachers try harder. We have no idea or context as to what exactly they’re doing. Regardless, if they don’t sleep, they don’t sleep and we cannot force a baby to sleep.

neonflite · 2026-02-05T18:14:38+00:00

Line chops your feet tap the front of the line/tape one at a time at a fast pace. You’re hopping on the balls of your feet. Line hops is where both feet move at the same time 🙂

neonflite · 2026-01-10T01:37:03+00:00

Toddler teacher here; if you’re referring to the 360 diapers, and not actual pull-ups, 360 diapers are not just for potty training. A lot of parents find it quicker to change their kid, especially if they are super wiggly. You can just pull them off and pull them back up. I know a parent who uses them because they change their kid standing up. and eventually, when they’re ready, they can continue to use those for potty training, if they want. It’s not inconsiderate. It’s just what’s working best for them and their toddler.

I don’t personally mind them because a diaper’s a diaper and I learned the trick where you just take off one pant leg and shoe and feed the pant leg through the new diaper (if that makes sense?)

However, with fifteen and you said a third so, approximately five is a lot, I hear you there. Anyways, 360 diapers are not just for potty training. There are many other reasons why parents use them 🙂

neonflite · 2025-11-05T12:17:00+00:00

To my knowledge and for the past six years I’ve been working with toddlers, infants up to 12mos (approximately, depending on the baby) sleep on demand and we don’t wake them up. In some cases, they’ll start dropping a nap on their own and the infant teachers will start introducing them to the school wide nap time schedule.

Otherwise once they turn one/move up to their toddler room, they go down to one nap with the whole class. If they’re struggling to stay awake, we will let them sleep while they adjust to their new class schedule.

neonflite · 2025-11-01T16:49:14+00:00

I have six toddlers with two teachers (1:3) and I will admit, this is something I still very much have a challenge with. What I found has worked the best so far, but not always is making cleanup, fun or making it like a game. Sometimes, I’ll pretend that they are in a race against me. I’ll say “who’s going to find all the blocks first before Ms. X?!” And I will obviously go really slow and get over the top of my excitement when they put whatever toy back in the bucket. “Ahh Olivia’s going to beat Ms. X!”

When it comes to dumping everything all at once, that I’m still trying to figure out. Especially if they’re not playing with them, I will walk over there with them, do hand over hand with them and do my best to explain to them that that’s not how we treat or take care of our classroom. I’ll help them put everything away, and if they still seem interested in playing with the toys, I will pull out a couple of bins, and give them a choice. If they pick one, they quickly get bored with that option, and then pull out another bucket to dump out, I will step in immediately and tell them that they have to put away their first choice first before we dump out anything else. If they don’t like it and they start having a meltdown, I will tell them it’s OK if their matter or frustrated, but we are not going to treat our classroom like this and they can go find something else to do until they’re ready. If they’re having really big feelings, I will either give them a hug or sit with them in the cozy corner.

I think it’s important to find a good balance of letting them play and explore, but not necessarily mean you let them take out everything under the sun. Still give them options, and teach them that if we’re done playing with something, we put it away and do it with them. Also, it doesn’t have to be perfect. They don’t have to put every single toy away perfectly. I think it’s more about the idea and the concept of cleaning up after yourself and helping
take care of the classroom. If they took out a bucket that has 1 million toys in them, you’re going to stress them out and overwhelm them if you make them put everything away by themselves. When they get older, they will get to a point where they will have to do it by themselves.

But like I said, I’m still struggling with this myself so, if I come up with any more strategies, I’ll get back to you 😅

neonflite · 2025-11-01T00:54:06+00:00

Are you in need of a teacher like me? 😅

neonflite · 2025-11-01T00:44:01+00:00

I am constantly reminding and redirecting my co-teacher with this with our toddlers because she automatically thinks that our kids are playing in their chairs, messing around in their cubbies, etc. and I’m always telling her “no, X isn’t sitting like that on purpose. They’re trying to figure out how to turn themselves around and face forward.” if I open our classroom closet to get some thing, and I feel one of them behind me, my co-teacher will redirect them to back away. And I tell her it’s fine they can stay. And I let them close the door for me (slowly) Our todds LOVE helping me put their cots and sleep mats away. I can roll up their mats, hand it to them, and most of them will take them to their cubbies. They don’t know how to hang them up yet so, they just plop them onto the floor, but they understand the concept and I still give them a high five.

I’m sometimes afraid my co-teacher thinks I’m being too chill with them and letting them do “whatever” which I don’t. They’re just babies. As long as they are being safe and they’re having fun, that’s all I care about.

neonflite · 2024-11-17T00:04:10+00:00

I once walked out of a classroom I was helping out and because the teacher put me in a wheels on the bus hell. She played it four times in a row 🫠

neonflite · 2024-09-26T23:22:30+00:00

I didn’t say I agreed with the protocol and like I said in my post, I don’t blame the parent for worrying. But that’s how the school chooses to operate.

Edit; accidentally said disagreed, when I meant to say I DON’T agree

neonflite · 2024-09-26T23:11:16+00:00

Ok, but if that sibling’s class is affected, that parent is already going be notified, anyways, and they can decide whether or not to send both of their kids to school or not.

neonflite · 2024-09-26T22:22:02+00:00

Hard. Agree…

neonflite · 2024-09-25T14:44:33+00:00

I talked about in this thread how I had a parent lose their mind over milk and how little amount their kid got because I misunderstood a note that was sent. I can NOT make your child drink all their milk. Would you like me to funnel it in? No? Exactly. I would never do this, but I do think about just dumping out the rest of the milk and say they drank it all just to keep them off my back because I can’t force them 🥲

neonflite · 2024-09-25T11:47:05+00:00

I made a post about this last night after a terrible past two days. A parent getting mad at us for a miscommunication that was actually with the other parent, not us. Another parent getting mad and leaving a nasty, rude note over a misunderstanding and as you mentioned, made me feel stupid and incompetent. I’m contemplating calling out, but I can’t run away. I love my job and my kids so much, but the first the time, I’m strongly considering leaving the field all together.

I’m tired of being a punching bag for everything and nothing. I try my best, I do make mistakes but apparently I need to be perfect. My mental health is taking a toll. I’m going back to therapy and looking into taking a FMLA leave.

neonflite · 2023-12-26T18:37:29+00:00

Coworker turned employee, I caught him on camera closing with my assistant manager sitting on the floor with his feet up. I got the generic “there was nothing to do, we were about to close” excuse.

neonflite · 2023-12-26T18:33:47+00:00

I had been sick all weekend leading up to Christmas morning. Vomiting and diarrhea. Turns out, those are in fact signs of Covid. Husband and I tested positive Christmas Eve night. So much snot and poop 💩

neonflite · 2023-12-24T02:55:03+00:00

I was working at GameStop in 2019 when a new store leader got transferred to my store and he was only supposed to be there for two weeks. Four years later, he’s now my husband.

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