[Lissa]

1) They have a big, fenced yard, with lots of little tykes equipment. Very appealing eye candy for the kids. BUT, they don't go outdoors, they choose to do music & movement indoors.
Lydia's daycare same thing. They only go out though when it is ideal weather and there is no standing water/mud. They haven't been out in a long while as it's been pretty wet around here lately.

2) They sent my daughter home on day 3 with a runny nose- called an hour after she got there & said she was sneezing & wiping her nose. Then, yesterday, the secretary of the church, who should know all the rules, was dropping her daughter off with snot dripping down to her mouth. (I didn't see it- my husband dropped her off)
The child may have known allergies. They let Lydia's nose "slide' too if the snot is clear cause she's an allergy girl.

3) They have mailboxes for the kids. They are supposed to check their own mail & put it in their backpacks. My daughter is a little shrimp, the shortest by far in her class, and hers is the TOP mailbox, she can't even see or reach it.

That's stupid tell them to move it.

4) We went in today, and they had moved everyones cubby's over one, because a new girl was starting, and they wanted everyone to be in alphabetic order. How important is that, when the kids are used to their cubby by now, on week 3? How many times will they move them during the year as new kids come & go?

Maybe they are using the cubbies to teach the alphabet and how to alphabetize? I know, grasping there, but MAYBE!!

5) When we pick up the kids, the assistant is at the CLOSED door, sees us, dismisses the child, then shuts the door. It's like she's the secret service for the teacher, her body guard- so noone actually gets to talk to the teacher or go in the classroom.

Uh NOOOOO, wrong answer. All our classrooms have those 1/2 doors. The bottom is shut but not the top. They only close the whole door at naptimes and even then if I want in, they let me in. I talk to her teachers when I want as long as it's business hours and the children are being minded. That's not cool the way your daycare is doing it, not even a little. They need to invest in gates or something similar.