Daycare Communications has developed a smartphone App to keep you connected with your child, their teacher and your daycare centre managers. All you need to do is to install DayCareComs on your smartphone and your child’s teacher will be able to push information to you in real time about sleep times, meal times, nappy changes and learning activities, as well as messages and photos. You can also post messages to your child’s teacher. After all, communication is at its most effective when it’s a two-way street. DayCareComs has been developed to assist you in keeping compliant, competitive and communicating. "Equipped with an iPad with DayCareComs installed, each teacher at your Kindy or Child Care Centre is able to record details of the daily activities undertaken by the children, pushing that information to your management team and parents in real time" It’s an innovative new App that does away with the need for time-consuming report writing. Equipped with an iPad with DayCareComs installed, each teacher in your Centre is able to record details of the daily activities undertaken by the children, pushing that information to your management team and parents in real time. Parents with the DayCareComs App installed on their smartphone receive information about sleep times, meal times, nappy changes and learning activities as they happen, as well as messages, photos that reflect what is happening during their child’s day. It means no more communication books and will minimise the time your staff spend on end-of-day interactions with parents, leaving them to do what they do best, care for the children. DayCareComs… it’s what parents want and it’s what you want too. DayCareComs will be available for parents, kindies and childcare centres! To register your interest email info@daycarecoms.com.au or phone 0407 214 211/0448058924. |
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3. The Connection Makes the Difference The reason that I was able to get through to even the most difficult student (as well as my fiery toddler when she's upset) is because I take the time every day to forge that relationship with them. Spend at least ten minutes each day tuning everything else out but your child and then shower her with love and attention. Your connection will be strong and her responsiveness to your requests will be greater. Remember that favorite teacher you never wanted to disappoint? Well, it's time to start sprinkling some of that flavor onto your parent/child relationship. The great thing is it works both ways. 4. Child Acting Out? Put Your Ears On! Remember, children are new to this great big world and they don't always know how to deal with the situations and emotions contained within. When your child starts to inexplicably act out, remember that she needs you more than ever. Start listening, really listening to her and help her express what she's feeling. After the emotions have subsided a bit, you can then try to come up with and explain an acceptable way to channel that emotion or feeling for when it happens again. 5. Be the Rock No I don't mean the wrestler, I mean create safety and calm for your child. You don't want your child to be afraid of you or label you as someone who flies off the handle. If your child can safely come to you and share their hopes, dreams, fears and everything in between, you will be able to help guide and steer her through rough times. If you appear unavailable or scary, your child will lean on someone else instead. 6. Don't Be a Broken Record I had a mom who nagged, and frankly, I hated it. I quickly taught myself how to tune her out and during my teen years, we didn't seem to like each other very much. For recurring problems which make us feel like we are saying the same things over and over again, find a more creative solution. If you're repeating yourself time and time again, your children have stopped listening by now anyway. Examples: If she has a messy room, try giving her some organizational tools to help clean it up easily. If she has a messy closet and has cleaned it up recently, hang a world's cleanest closet sign on their closet door. How can you go back to being messy with that hanging there? If your children are always forgetting to do their homework, make a standard family "table time" where common chores like homework, paying bills, and making grocery lists, are all done together. 7. Give Your Child the Power Children need to learn from a very young age the concept of cause and effect. Instead of them thinking that you are making every decision for them and that you are punishing them, they need to realize that the decisions are actually their own. And with decisions come consequences. Consequences can be good or they can be bad, but they will always occur. Every cause has an effect and your child is in control of that. This is a lesson that will serve them well and will teach them to reflect on their own behavior and how they could have chosen to do things differently. 8. Above All Else, Be Consistent This is by far the rule of all rules in my opinion, and it doesn't just apply to teaching or to parenting. You have to talk the talk and walk the walk. Do what you say you're going to do, or don't say it at all. Empty threats undermine your authority and make your child lose respect for you. Never say it if you won't do it and never forget to follow through if a line has been crossed. Children crave consistency. In an unpredictable world, your child wants to be able to depend on what you'll do and say at all times. If you begin to make idle threats, you will begin to lose that special relationship with your child. I've seen it time and time again...a child will push you and push you because she is merely seeking a boundary. Do everyone a favor and give it to her, each and every day. This applies to both mom and dad. Consistency must occur between parents as well as within each parent. If dad's a pushover and mom always has to be the enforcer, both the spousal relationship and the parental relationship will suffer. Well, there you have it...words of wisdom from a woman who became a teacher first and a mother second. What parenting tips did I leave out? Do you agree or disagree with any of the above? Don't hold back, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Return to Homepage |
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