Early morning daycare: Early morning drop off daycares. Do they exist? : beyondthebump

Finding Childcare that Covers My Work Hours

How can an attorney do a childcare pickup by 5:30pm?

March 2009

I am so upset about this issue… I just don’t know what to do. I am working part time and currently looking for a full time job. (I have a law degree and legal aid/nonprofit experience). My part time job is really just for experience that will help me (hopefully) get a full time job, as it does not even cover the cost of child care. We desperately need a two income household, as my husband is an architect with a salary in the 40’s after taxes. It’s not minimum wage, and I understand that this would be a high salary to some people, but with our monthly student loan payments things are really, really tight. We’re young, but not that young (30 and 32) and our kids are 5 and 3.

My husband works really long hours and is often home after 10pm, so I am responsible for picking up our kids from daycare at 5:30. Well, I have gone on more than one job interview where this was a real problem. We live in Berkeley, so if I work in SF I have to leave around 4:45 to pick up our kids in time. I have offered to come in at 6:30 a.m., and also to take work home and work weekends to make up for the fact that I have to leave at 4:45. But the fact of the matter is that most of the offices I am applying for consist of people without children who are available to work late nights if need be. I just had an interview where this came up, and I was so disappointed because I was so excited about the job otherwise.

How do people do it? Do they all hire babysitters to pick up their kids from daycare at 5:30? I just can’t bear to do that, plus I can’t afford it. I feel like I will NEVER find a full time job with this restriction. I mean, when everything else is equal, an employer is going to hire the candidate who doesn’t have to leave every day at 4:45 – especially in this economy when there are so many candidates to choose from. I feel like I have to be upfront about this during interviews, though. It is just so depressing. Any advice? amy

1. There are fabulous daycares that end at 6. I dont know where you live, but check BPN – this exact issue has come up before. 2. you are not under any duty to disclose (and employers can’t ask whether) you have kids at the interview. schedule stuff is something to talk about ONCE YOU HAVE AN OFFER. good luck! it can be done

Yes, you can hire a babysitter to pick your kids up from daycare at 5:30. The babysitter can watch the kids until you get home. We have had good luck finding a college student to do this. We pay $20/hour, and you might only need a hour or two per day, which may not be unaffordable if you have a full-time job in the legal field. No comment on ”bearing” it. Babysitter picked up the kids

 Stop bringing up your situation in interviews! It is illegal for them to ask you ANY personal questions during an interview (NOTHING about marriage status, children, age, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, etc.), and if you don’t bring it up, don’t allude to it, etc., then they will not know. (I once interviewed a woman who was probably eight months pregnant, and DID NOT bring it up once–illegal. We hired her. She was great!) Go forward in your interview as if you are the best possible candidate, you want this job (if in fact you do), and THEN when they OFFER, you start to play ball.

It is illegal for a job offer to be rescinded, so once they offer you have a couple of advantages. 1) You know they want to hire you. 2) They can’t take it back. This doesn’t mean that you can make them do whatever you want, but it does mean that there is room to negotiate the terms of employment. What scenarios can work? Come in early, come in one weekend morning, leave at 4:45 three days per week, stay late two days per week–get creative! Maybe you could find a babysitter who is a high school student who really won’t charge much for a couple of hours?

Please, let go of your need to disclose all during the interview; I can guarantee that you are removing yourself from the running before you even shake hands to leave the room. If they offer, THEN that is the time. Don’t feel guilty for wanting to parent the way you want to parent. Best of luck! anon

If they ask you if you are available to stay late, say yes. Your husband should be able to pick up your kids on those rare occasions when it is necessary for you to work late(he can’t need to work until 10 pm every night, can he? If his firm is so busy, he should be making way more money). You do need a childcare situation that enables you to stay at work until 5 on a regular basis. Either talk to your current daycare to find out if there is any flexibility (if it means losing your child, they might be willing to keep him or her for another 30 minutes some additional charge). Alternatively, you can also get a sitter to pick up your child — that’s what I do. In some ways it is a luxury – I could manage without it, but it does make my life a lot easier. The sitter also gets groceries for me, can get dinner started, and put in a load of laundry, etc. which makes my return home much less frazzling.

One thing I did was find childcare that closed at 6:00. It helped a little bit. I chose not to work in San Francisco or over the hill, not only to cut down the commute time but because I was terrified there might be an earthquake or some disaster that would prevent my being able to get to my kids. Or if my kids got sick or hurt and needed to get picked up from school quickly I didn’t want to be across the bay. I turned down promotions that would have required travel or overtime. My professional life suffered but I made peace with that. That makes me sound too zen about it – it did stress me out at times too, and I had work hassles and bad vibes from bosses and sometimes co-workers and often felt bad I couldn’t work as hard or as long as I wanted to. Once when I was lamenting my plight a co-worker reminded me I had chosen to have children – at the time I was looking for sympathy and thought the comment was rude, but it always stuck with me because for me that’s what it boiled down to. Sometimes I would arrange trades with another parent to take turns picking the kids up from preschool and then the other parent could work a little late, but this was not on a regular basis. It really helps to be friendly with other parents in whatever childcare situation you have in order to do trades like that. Staying home with sick kids is another difficult issue when working full time… Once my kids got to middle school and could walk home by themselves it was a whole new world! Been there too

Hi: I’m also an attorney and have managed to work part time since having my children. The pick up was also a big deal for me. I’d be happy to talk to you off the list if you’d like — just contact the mediator. I don’t think you should mention your requirement to leave at 4:45 at the interview. It just gives the employer a reason to not hire you. You want to wait until they make you an offer and then you are in a better position to negotiate. You could say something like, ”It is very important to me to get all of my work done, but I have to leave at 4:45 to pick up my children, so I will bring work home and get it done in the evening, if necessary. ” Just try to convince them that you will get it all done, somehow, just not necessarily from 9 to 5. If they are sticklers for having you there during certain hours it might not be the best place for you anyway because children get sick, etc. If they really like you, enough to offer you the job, they might be ok with a more flexible arrangement. anonymous

#1 There are preschools that go until 6 pm if you can get there by then. #2 On the other hand, if even 6 is going to be cutting it too close, you might want to put your kids in a program that ends at normal school time (3) and have a babysitter pick up the kids at that time. You’ll save on the afterschool program and it might be more fun for the kids and babysitter to be able to play at home/park/etc instead of being the last kids at school and then still be with a babysitter. #3 There are a bunch of lawyers at my daughter’s school who seem to be able to pick up their kids at least some days by organizing a special schedule, like an extra long day in exchange for a short day. As you get more seniority, you will have more flexibility. anon

I have a few suggestions 1) find daycare that stays open til 6 (they do exist) – that would allow you leave after 5 2) don’t even bring this up at interviews. If you are working an 8 hour day then leaving at 4:45 (or 5:15 if you find later day care in my opinion is not something that you need to clear with them). I certainly did not ( I sometimes leave at 4:15 from a high pressure financial firm in SF) – that said I don’t have to leave at that time every day. While I never discussed this at the interview (I didn’t hide that I had kids) once hired I told them I need to either do daycare drop off or pickup and have found mgt to be very supportive. 3) Why is your husband not doing some of the pickup? His salary doesn’t sound like it justifies the long hours. Can’t he help out at least while you get settled into a job. Usually once you are there and have established relationships and proven yourself – changing your work hours tends to be a minor issue. good luck!

I am a full-time attorney, and leave my office in SF at 5:00 p.m. nearly every day. I’ve been doing this for almost 4 years and haven’t been fired yet 🙂 Here are my thoughts:

– see if you can find a daycare that’s open until 6:00 or 6:15. Being able to stay until 5 may make a big difference. It seems fairly normal to leave then, less so to leave earlier.

– you will probably need someone to pick your kids up on occasion. Maybe your husband can pick them up occasionally, or maybe you can hire a babysitter, or rely on a friend, etc. Generally, my husband does drop offs and I do pickups, but there are days that we switch, and days when one of us does both. (Best estimate: 3-4 times/month.) Flexibility is key. So is the ability to work from home in the evenings or on the weekends, if that’s an option for your position.

– I wouldn’t mention the need to leave at 4:45 or (hopefully) 5:00 until you have the job offer. Employers shouldn’t ask about your child care arrangements (they *can* ask if you’ll be available to work late, if that’s a requirement), and there’s no need for you to mention them. Good luck!

Sadly, our society and workplaces are not set up to be very helpful to real people with real lives and real issues, and the number of flexible workplaces is small, though growing. If the job is entirely inflexible but otherwise great, I would consider two things: 1. You could find a daycare that is open a little later. My son goes to a preschool that stays open till 6 – you could leave after 5 that way, which might help. 2. If this job, that seems so great, is so inflexible on this issue, even when you have offered a number of alternative solutions that would probably, in fact, be perfectly adequate in terms of your productivity, maybe it isn’t as great as it seems on other levels too. Inflexibility in one area probably bodes ill for flexibility, creative solution-finding, and respect for the non-work lives and priorities of employees. Doesn’t sound so great to me.

Lots of good advice posted already, but here’s my perspective. I’m a lawyer (and even a litigator) and have worked part time and flexible schedules since my kids were born. One thing that has been critical for me is having at least a couple of nights a week that I plan to stay late. It keeps me from falling too far behind, it gives me those few hours when workday craziness, conference calls, meetings, etc. are pretty much over and I can take care of getting that letter out or whatever deadline is bearing down. And the law field, rightly or wrongly, still has some pretty strong ”face time” culture, so this allows me to be physically present for at least some late nights. It also lets you support other people on your team who pick up the slack for you on nights you leave early – ”why don’t you go home, I can make sure this one gets out tonight.” Coming in early can help you, in terms of getting work done, but you might need to be available on the backend some days. Having either a spouse or a sitter who picks up the kids a couple evenings a week makes a huge difference. We hired a college student who gets the kids from school, supervises homework, dinner and bath. Oh, and I 100% agree you are crazy to even bring this up before you get a job offer. And yes, you need a really good emergency backup plan (neighbors who will swap with you or whatever). In fact, you might arrange enough backup for the first few months to stay late most nights, while you are on your learning curve and while they are learning how much they love you – then you can cut back on the late nights and take more stuff home. lawyer mom

Temporarily working earlier than drop-off, later than pick-up

June 2007

Both my husband and I are graduate students at Cal and have a 4- month-old baby currently attending daycare at an on-campus daycare facility. We are in the same program and will have identical schedules for 10 weeks come January 2008. We live in Berkeley, but our schedules in the first part of Spring require us to be in the Sunset district in San Francisco by 8am and has us finishing at 5pm M-F. While the University daycare is an unbelievable deal for us, earliest drop-off is at 7:45am and latest pick-up is at 5:30pm. This creates a HUGE problem for us. We don’t have family nearby to help, and while our mothers are more than happy to fly out to help, they’re both over 70 years old and will have trouble driving and/or handling his size when January arrives.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what we can do for these 10 weeks? Hire someone for early morning and late afternoon?? We don’t want to give up our spot in daycare only because of 10 weeks of a scheduling problem. Any advide that you might have would be greatly appreciated. anon

My advice would be to hire one (or two) of the Student Assistants at the center to do your morning drop off/afternoon pick up. The SA’s are well-trained group of students that already know (or will) your child. Runner-up, would be to find another student. There are lots of great Cal students looking for jobs, so it shouldn’t be hard to find one. Another ECEP parent

If you can get in contact with other parents and teachers at your day care, I would bet that you could find someone who would be willing to take care of your baby before and after day care hours if you paid them for their time. Anonymous

Have you made friends with any of the other parents at the school? One of them may be willing to have you drop off your child at their house early AM, take to school for you, and bring back at day’s end for you to pick up at their house. OR, sometimes you can ask one of the teachers at the school for the same arrangement–offering to pay them for that service. OR, if the moms are there, but you don’t trust their driving, maybe a parent or teacher would be willing to do pick up/drop off for you so the moms don’t have to drive. don’t give up your daycare

You could advertise on the UC Berkeley student job website and hire a caring undergraduate student with experience with infants to handle the drop off and pick up. With a little luck, you will find someone who could be helpful with occasional babysitting in the future after the 10 weeks are up. Good luck! Dan

Yes, hire someone at whose house you can drop off and pick up your baby. Maybe, ideally, someone else with their child in the same campus daycare! Otherwise, another student who could come to your house. anon

What do working parents do in summer when preschool is closed?

Feb 2003

We are looking for the first time into preschools for our almost 3 year old daughter and are finding that a lot of the schools only have programs from September to June. What do other working parents do with the kids during the summer? Much as we would love to,we certainly can’t take the summer off of work! Also, one school that we looked at told us that only 15% of the kids stay for the afterschool program. What do the other 85% do? I can’t believe that 85% of families have one parent at home every afternoon. Can any working parents who have kids in preschool already tell us how they handle all this? Thanks!
-new to the preschool scene

I asked myself the same question many times when my daughters first started preschool. As full-time working parents, we would have loved a full-time year-round preschool experience, but that was not the prevalent model at the time. We had a half-time nanny who picked our kids up after school, brought them home, and stayed with them until we arrived. We shared her with another family who needed morning help. Luckily, the other family was flexible about sick days, which you didn’t mention but are a real inconvenience for working parents.

For the summer, there are numerous summer schools and camps, including some at the preschools themselves. I believe that summer school at preschool is preferrable to summer camps because it saves the adjustment period especially for younger children and because summer camps are usually for a week or two and you have to piece together the summer with many different locations. It would be worth checking into this before choosing a school. I believe Hearts Leap School at the Julia Morgan Theatre is now a year-round school with an extensive after school program and there may be others.

Until schools adjust to working parents Working Parent

You didn’t say where you’ve been looking at preschools. If Oakland is a possibility, Lakeshore Children’s Center on Lakeshore Avenue is open year-round. In fact, Lakeshore has only a few holidays and it’s never closed for an entire week — no Spring Break, no winter holiday week. There is information on LCC in the archives. It’s a great place. My daughter started there when she was about 3-1/2 and at 7, still attends the before and after-care program for school age children. Lorraine

We are lucky. I work part time, so my child is in preschool half day, and I pick her up. A less-than-full-time work schedule for at least one parent seems to be common at our preschool, which does offer a full-day option as well as the 8:30 – 1 schedule. Our preschool is open as usual during the summer. My husband works full time, but has a flexible schdule.

That said, our preschool is closed for five weeks a year (one week spring break, one week in June, one week in August and two weeks in December. ) I get three weeks of vacation a year. We often have to scramble during these breaks, or if our daughter is ill. I wonder how families where both parents have full, rigid schedules manage. Lucky

Well, I don’t know about other parents, but I didn’t choose one of those schools. When I was calling around to find out about schools I didn’t even bother looking at some thing that didn’t fit our schedule… I was surprised to see how many there were, but I guess there aren’t as many people out there with two parents working 8-5 as I thought. I didn’t look at anything that opened later than 7:30, or closed before 5:30. I also didn’t look at any school that took more than the standard holidays off plus a two week vacation. That narrowed the choices down quite a bit, but I decided that I would rather choose a school that met my needs and had other families with those same needs then go through the hassle of making secondary arrangements, and have my kid feel bad that he isn’t going home when everyone else is. Rose

You didn’t mention where you live, so I don’t know if our daughter’s preschool would be an option for you or not. It’s in Lafayette and is called White Pony. Our daughter has been going there since she was 2. My husband and I both work full-time and chose this school because it is a great school, and because it has the best schedule for working parents of anyplace we’d seen. It almost never closes. The only time the school is shut down tight besides the standard holidays that most folks have off from work is the week before Labor Day and the day after Labor Day. So you’re talking about 6 workdays per year that we have to take off to take care of her (we don’t have family in the area, so this stuff is very important to us). It’s really incredible. During school breaks there is daycare. The school is open from 7am-6:30pm Monday through Friday (preschool itself is 9am-12pm). We do before and after care and our daughter is there everyday, all day. Good luck! Lori

How odd that the school is closed during the summer and that only 15% of the kids are in aftercare, I have never heard of anything like that. Most of the schools that I have looked at are open for most of the year, closed a week or two during the spring/summer/winter, and have before and after school care. I actually find it easier to deal with a preschool, which is open from 7:30 to 6 everyday and during the summer, than with an elementary school, which does have afterschool care but is closed all summer. I would recommend that you continue looking at preschools since (I think) most have extended care and are open in the summer. MK

New job requires very early arrival – how to do drop-off?

In a couple of months I will start a job which requires me to leave very early in the morning, before I can drop my son off at daycare. Does anyone else have this problem? Do people hire mother’s helpers to stop by and basically do early morning daycare, then dropping their children off later in the morning? I checked the website and I found out about a kid’s taxi service, but I think I might need someone actually at my house to get him ready — he may still be in bed when I leave. Do people ever hire babysitters or nannies for just a few hours in the morning? I’d appreciate any advice you might have.

Due to early morning work commitments we have had to hire childcare workers to get our kids up, dressed, fed and to school for several years now. We have found two sources to be the best for finding the right person. Local college students are often interested in this work – the early schedule appeals and several students have dropped our kids off and gone on to their own classes over the years. Our kids have enjoyed their energy in the early morning too. You will also find that some full time childcare workers want to supplement their incomes with an early morning job – we have found people through using the UC Parents website, as well as advertising at on a college student electronic employment BB that the UC Student Employment office recommended to us – not sure of the name, but you could get it by calling the Student Employment office there. Good luck!

When my job changed I had to commute to Santa Monica 3 times a week and my husband was often out of town. I approached our old preschool teachers, found 2 of them that were willing to come to my house at 7 am, dress my kids, feed them breakfast, and get them to school. They switched off so each did it just once or twice a week. Obviously you’d rather be there in the morning but this worked for us. I paid $25 per day for about 1-1/2 hours of work (but I have twins). I think you can find sitters that would like 2 hours early in the day. Good luck. Ann

Re-frame your idea of a morning routine to help your child cooperate as he faces the day.

Sound familiar?

The bad news is, even working as hard as this parent is — offering choices, making it into a game, preparing the night before — there is no guarantee
that things will go smoothly. Those things help enormously, but sometimes the needs of kids and adults simply clash.

What does a four year old need in the morning? Well, everyone is different, but most of us need some time to make the transition from sleep into
busy activity; most kids balk at feeling pushed. Most four year olds need to “do it myself.” Most four year olds want to make their own decision
about when their body needs to pee. And I’ve never met a four year old who understands why that meeting Mom has to get to is more important
than whether he can find his toy car.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if all parents could have flextime, so there’s more time in the morning for small humans to have a more humane start to
their day? But that’s not possible for many families.

So what’s the answer? Re-frame your idea of the morning routine. What if your main job was to connect emotionally?

That way, your child would have
a genuinely “full cup.” Not only would he be more able to cooperate with you to get ready, he’d be more able to rise to the developmental challenges
of his day. Here’s how.

1. Get everyone to bed as early as possible.

If you have to wake your kids in the morning, they aren’t getting enough sleep. Really! Humans wake up when they have had enough sleep! Every hour of sleep less than they need sets your child back a year in
access to brain function, meaning they act a year younger. So if you’re dragging your child out of bed, make it top priority to start bedtime
earlier. 

2. Get yourself to bed earlier.

If you have to use an alarm, you aren’t getting enough sleep. (Sorry.) The morning routine requires infinite creativity and energy from parents.
Your kids depend on you to start your own day with a “full cup.” There’s no way to stay patient when you’re exhausted. And if you’re running
around trying to shower and get yourself ready, you can’t give kids the patient connection they need from you.

3. Build in extra time.

Get up earlier than your kids so you’re dressed and emotionally centered before you interact with them. Plan on routinely getting to work fifteen
minutes earlier than you’re due. Half the time, you won’t make it but you also won’t lose your temper at your kids because you won’t actually
be late. The other half of the time, you’ll have a more relaxed start to your work day so you’ll be more effective at work.  

4. Prepare the night before.

Backpacks, brief cases, lunches made, clothes laid out, coffee pot prepared, breakfast planned. Involve kids the night before too, so they choose
their clothing and find that toy car.

5. Make sure you get five minutes of relaxed snuggle time with each child as they wake up.

I know, it sounds impossible. But if everything else is already done, you can relax for five minutes. That time connecting with your child will
transform your morning. You fill your child’s cup before the day starts, and you re-connect after the separation of the night, which gives
your child the motivation to cooperate instead of fight with you. This is the best way to prevent morning whining and resistance.

6. Use Connection Routines to make transitions easier.

Kids find transitions hard and the morning is full of transitions. So if getting her out of bed is a challenge, end your morning snuggle by holding
hands as you go downstairs together, and make that a meaningful connection time for your child, during which you both come up with something
you’re grateful for, or something you’re looking forward to today. (Naturally, yours will relate to your child.)

7. Realize that kids need your help to move through the routine.

If your goal is to give your child a good start to his day, then you need to see your job as helping him move through the morning routine happily,
not just barking orders. That might mean you bring his clothes downstairs with you and he gets dressed next to you while you’re feeding the
baby so you can acknowledge him: “I notice you picked your blue shirt again. You like that shirt….You’re working so hard on figuring out which shoe goes on which foot. ..Today you’re humming while you get dressed.” Remember, getting dressed is your priority, not his. Your presence is what motivates him. He’s borrowing your “executive function” to keep
himself on track.

8. Keep the routine as simple as possible.

So, for instance, you may want to rethink breakfast. I know, you want to serve your child a hot breakfast at the table. Me too. But I have one
kid who just wasn’t ready to eat as soon as she got up, so there were many times when she regularly ate a sandwich in the car. No less healthy,
more peaceful — a better start to the day.

Worried about brushing teeth? I handed her a toothbrush and sippy cup of water after her sandwich. No toothpaste in the mornings for a few months.
If you consider that too much of a compromise, you’ll need to find a solution that works for you, but my point is that there are no rules.
Why can’t they sleep in the teeshirt and leggings they’ll wear to school? Why can’t you just put her hair in a ponytail instead of brushing
it, or braid it after her bath, let her sleep with it in the braid and wear it to school without brushing?

9.

Give Choices.

No one likes to be pushed around. Does he want to brush his teeth upstairs in the bathroom, or standing on the stool at the kitchen sink while
you’re getting the baby out of the high chair? Does she want to put her shoes on first, or her jacket on first? Cede control whenever you can.
You may think he should use the bathroom as soon as he gets out of bed, but he wants to be in charge of his own body. As long as he’s not wetting
his pants, it’s better to let him make that decision for himself. You will never win a power struggle with someone else about their body.

10. Play it out.

Sometime on the weekend, grab a mom and baby stuffed animal. Have them act out the morning routine. Have the little one resist, whine, collapse.
Have the mom “lose it” (but don’t scare your child by overdoing it. Have the mom be a funny, incompetent bumbler.) Your child will be fascinated.
Then, hand your kid the “mom” and play out the scenario again, with you being the kid. Make it funny so you can both giggle and let off tension.
Make sure to include scenarios in which the kid goes to school in his pjs, or the mom goes to work in her pjs, or the kid has to yell at the
mom to hurry up and get ready, or the mom says “Who cares about that meeting? Let’s tell the boss it’s more important to find your toy car!”
Give him in fantasy what he can’t have in reality. You may learn something about how to make things work better. Almost certainly, you’ll see
more understanding and cooperation from your kid on Monday. At the very least, the laughter will defuse the tension.

11. Ruthlessly prioritize.

If you’re a single parent, you don’t need me to tell you to postpone anything non-essential. Even if you have two parents in the home, if both
parents are working full time while children are small, there is simply no way to do anything “extra” during the week. This is the only way
you can go to bed early enough to stay in a good mood in the morning. And your child depends on your good mood to regulate her own moods. Don’t
worry, these years don’t last forever. You’re laying a wonderful foundation for her to take more and more charge of her own morning routine.

Modern life puts pressures on kids and parents that undermine our connection to our kids. But we need that connection to smooth the speed bumps
of life. Our kids need it, not only to cooperate, but to thrive. Luckily, when we make connection our priority, everything else gets a little
bit easier.

12. Make it fun.

Here’s a note from a mom who decided to transform her mornings from stressful to connecting. What would it take for you to do that? Why not try
it?

 

I find myself looking forward to the busy time in the morning when we’re getting on coats and shoes and leaving for school because we’ve made it a time for fun and connection. The 3 children take turns running into my arms to get a big hug from me, then I help them with shoes/coats after I catch them, then we race to get in the car or bike and we pretend that it’s a plane or boat…we laugh and have so much fun …and we start our day happy! It used to be a stressful time of day when I would yell at them, they would not cooperate, and I’d get angry and stressed out. What a difference!

Card index of morning circles for young children. | Card file (younger group):

CARD file “MORNING CIRCLES FOR EARLY CHILDREN”

Compiled by: Kologrieva M.S.

“Minutes of entry into the day”

Goals:

• Promote the mental and personal growth of the child;
• Help children adapt to kindergarten conditions;
• Develop social behavior skills;
• Help to increase the general emotional background and improve the psychological climate in the group; nine0012
• Establish positive relationships between children.

“Hello”

Greeting is accompanied by movements, children sit on the carpet in a circle:

“Friend”

Bell

Let’s greet each other with a bell. Children, calling the name of a neighbor in an affectionate form, pass each other a bell. For example:

– Hello, Nastenka! Ding dong dong!

– Hello, Sashenka! Ding dong dong!

And so on, until the bell goes around the whole circle.

Good morning

“Greeting”

Children sit on the carpet in a circle.

Hands

Children, look at your hands. In boys they are big, strong, in girls they are gentle and affectionate. We love our hands, because they can hug a friend, lift a fallen comrade, give food to hungry birds, and beautifully set the table. nine0003

Why do you love your hands, Andrei? Katya, do you love your hands?

What kind and smart hands you have.

Against the background of music, the teacher reads poetry:

What a miracle – miracles:

One hand and two hands!

Here is the right hand,

Here is the left hand.

And I’ll tell you, without melting,

Everyone needs hands, friends.

Strong hands won’t rush into a fight.

Good hands will stroke the dog.

Smart hands know how to sculpt.

Sensitive hands can make friends.

Take the hands of the one who is sitting next to you, feel the warmth of the hands of your friends who will be good helpers to you.

“Smile”

What day is it today? Gloomy overcast light or sunny? What mood does this weather make you feel?

Do you know what you need to do to improve your mood, so that your soul is warm and calm? You have to smile. nine0003

The song sounds:

A smile makes a gloomy day brighter,

A rainbow wakes up in the sky from a smile.

Share your smile

And it will come back to you more than once.

I want to share a smile with you. I give you my smile. I love you. You have such sunny, radiant smiles that, looking at them, the day becomes brighter, and the soul warms up. Bring your smile to those around you. Smile at each other. nine0003

Music is playing.

“Polite words”

Children, what polite words do you know? Why are they called magical?

Listen to the magic of polite words and feel their miraculous power.

“Hello!” – I wish you good health.

“Thank you!” – thank you.

“Sorry!” I admit my fault and ask for forgiveness.

“Thank you!” — save God.

Against the background of music. nine0003

Magic words are nice to hear for each of us. They contain tenderness, warmth of the sun, all shades of love and light. They help us maintain good relations, give joy. And the one who knows how to say them does not know quarrels and insults. Say magic words to each other so that they cause a smile and give everyone a good mood.

“Flower”

On the teacher’s table – indoor flower

Do you think, children, is it good to be a flower? Why?

Listen to what this flower has to say to you. nine0003

“Children, I love you: your eyes, smiles, your kind hands. I am glad that I live in your friendly group, where there are no rude words, fights, quarrels, insults, otherwise I would be sick and be lethargic and ugly.

Your care and kind words help me grow quickly and give you clean air and beauty every day. I wonder how you guess my thoughts and even understand what I say in my flowery language when I want to drink and wash?

What is the flower and its friends asking us to do today? nine0003

The children are watering the flowers.

“Wind”

Children, do you like the wind? For what? What mood do you get when you feel the breath of a light breeze? But the wind is also strong. The poet N. Rubtsov loved the wind more than anything else and admired its strength and stamina.

I love the wind. More than anything.

How the wind howls! How the wind blows.

How can the wind howl and moan.

How can the wind stand up for itself! nine0003

The poet speaks of the wind like a living thing. “Moans”, “howls”, “can stand up for himself”. What does it mean to stand up for yourself? When do you do it? Do girls need this skill? Like the almighty wind, the strong can stand up for themselves and protect the weak.

My heart is filled with joy and happiness when I see how the young knights of our group know how to stand up for themselves, do not allow anyone to be rude and at the same time do not start fights, but with a stern look and word they know how to stop the offender. And the girls, and everyone for whom you stood up, are grateful to you for this. In strength, in the ability to stand up for yourself and others – your male beauty. nine0003

“Make a fairy tale out of a deed”

Often a person has to do something that he does not like, in which he does not see any interest.

Adults know how to manage themselves and easily cope with the reluctance to do some business. But it is more difficult for you, your will is still poorly developed – the ability to force yourself. But your imagination works great, you know how to play anything. As soon as you imagine that the mess in the apartment was created by an evil wizard, that you are not going to the store for bread, but to distant lands for a magic loaf, things will become interesting and easy. nine0003

Play, fantasize – and life will become more interesting. Good luck for today!

“What does the sun smell like?”

Educator. Look at the sun. What are you dreaming about? looking at him? (Children’s answers. ) Have you ever wondered what the sun smells like?

The smell of the sun? What nonsense!

No, not nonsense!

Sounds and dreams in the sun,

Fragrances and flowers –

All merged into a consonant choir,

All merged into one pattern.

The sun smells of herbs,

Fresh kupava,

Awakened spring

And resinous pine.

The sun shines with ringing sounds,

With green leaves,

Breathes the spring song of birds,

Breathes the laughter of young faces.

(K. Balmont.)

Stretch your hands towards the sun. Its rays, like the gentle hands of a mother, warm us with their warmth. I want to laugh; rejoicing in a new day. The sun melted resentment and sadness. It filled our hearts with kindness and

Love.

An audio recording of cheerful music sounds. Children draw the sun.

Joy or sadness.

An audio recording of calm music is played. Educator (shows the children a picture of I. I. Shishkin “In the Wild North”).

On a cold and bare peak

A pine stands alone.

And slumbers under the loose snow,

Swinging, she slumbers.

(M. Lermontov.)

What feelings, joy or sadness, does this picture evoke in you? Why? (Children’s answers.)

Pine is magnificent in its grandeur, but for some reason I feel sorry for it. Why do you think? (Children’s assumptions.)

The pine tree is lonely, there is no one to admire and admire its beauty. It is just as hard for a person when he is alone. Think of times when you were lonely. It is cold and empty in the soul, if there is no one to smile, there is no one to even have a word with.

May none of you be lonely and sad today. Have a fun and interesting day with your friends!

Greeting “Let’s say hello”.

Children, at the signal of the leader, begin to move around the room and greet everyone who meets on the way. In this case, you must follow the rules: one clap of the host greets the hand, two claps – greet with shoulders, three claps – greet with backs, etc.

The game “Shurum-burum”.

Children form a circle. One child stands in the center and says “shurum-burum”, conveying his mood with the help of intonation. The one who guessed what his mood is, stands in a circle. nine0003

The game “Princess Nesmeyana”

Children sit in a circle. The chosen (or willing) child becomes Princess Nesmeyana. Everyone tries to make her laugh. The one who manages to make the Princess smile wins.

Game “I am angry and rejoice …”

The teacher says: “I will show you two facial expressions, and you will imitate me. First, I will show an angry face. You, too, draw your eyebrows together, clench your teeth … Another expression on your face is cheerful (shows). Let’s all smile. Now split into pairs and stand with your back to each other. When I count to three, quickly turn to each other and show the selected expression. The winner is the couple who, without saying a word, will show the same facial expression. nine0003

General circle greeting.

The teacher says: “Let’s sit down so that each of you can see all the children and me, and so that I can see each of you.” The children decide to form a circle. Then the adult invites everyone to say hello with their eyes to everyone in a circle. “I’ll say hello first.” The teacher looks into the eyes of each child, nods slightly and touches his shoulder. The children take it in turns to say hello.

Magic glasses game. nine0003

The teacher says: “Once upon a time there was a magician who invented amazing glasses. Through them it was possible to see only joyful events. I want each of you to try on these glasses and talk about the most joyful event in your life. The teacher puts on glasses first and tells. Then the children, if they wish, talk about their joyful events.

No laughing game.

Children sit in a circle. The driver (child) stands in the center. His task is to make someone from sitting smile. He can use any method, but he has no right to touch anyone and talk to anyone. Children sitting in a circle should not turn away and close their eyes. Each child drives for no more than one minute. If during this time he fails to make anyone laugh, you can give him another driver to help him. If the child succeeds, he changes places with the one he made smile. nine0003

Card file “Morning circle” for young children

Municipal preschool
educational institution

“Children’s
Garden No. 2 of the city of Kartaly ”

Morning Circle of the younger group

2021

Explanatory note

Morning fee (group collection or time of the circle) – this which is a form of organization of the educational process
at

joint activity of adults and children, which is carried out
immediately after

breakfast.

The majority of preschool children (especially younger ones) are painfully

going to kindergarten: they were woken up early, torn off
at home and

favorite toys, that is, the baby is offended by everyone.

The purpose of the morning gathering is to create conditions for

a positive emotional state of children, the formation of
child

confidence that among peers he will be fine, and the day
promises to be

interesting and intense.

The morning circle solves a number of educational tasks:

• Creates conditions for communication between children and adults:

• Cognitive in nature, when it comes to discussing new

information that the kids have received since the previous

meeting.

• Business sense, if we talk about the solution of organizational
questions,

for example, the distribution of responsibilities in preparing costumes for the

matinee. nine0003

• Interpersonal nature, determining the interaction of children

with each other, as well as with the teacher.

• Develops communication skills and the ability to plan

one’s own activities. In other words, the children learn how to properly

build a conversation (for example, give a friend an opportunity to speak

, get used to the daily routine (for example, changing clothes after

coming to the garden, parting with a parent, games, preparing for
breakfast and

etc.).

• Gaining experience in children to understand emotional states
other

people, that is, it develops empathy. For example, seeing that friend

is upset, the baby is looking for a way to distract him by giving him his favorite toy.
or

by inviting them to play with blocks together.

• Works to develop cultural communication skills. Babies,

coming to the group, receive compliments about new clothes,

hairpins, hairstyles, etc. Gradually, children learn to do the same
lead

yourself with adults.

• Teaches reasoned construction of statements,
defending

one’s point of view. For example, if the action of the heroes

of a fairy tale read the day before or a cartoon seen is being discussed.

• Develops the ability to isolate interesting events from one’s experience,
and

also describe them concisely, consistently and logically.

• Forms the skill of collective work, that is, the ability
distribute

responsibilities, roles, develop rules of conduct. For example,
to

do not waste time, the children themselves must determine the principle by which

the children presenting the news will be selected.

The group gathering is usually of a generalized nature, that is, not
tied

to a specific topic. However, a number of tricks (for example, at the stage of the game)
can be

united by a common storyline with other activities in the group.
Therefore,

it is recommended to draw up a calendar plan for the morning
fees,

grouping receptions by topic. nine0003

Stages of group gathering and methods of their implementation

Uniformity breeds apathy, which is completely unacceptable in relation to

children, especially preschoolers. Therefore, the teacher

you need to constantly replenish your methodical piggy bank with new and

meaningful methods for conducting the morning meeting. Some
of these,

kids like it more, others less. So appear
tradition

morning circle. But in order to select effective methodological
tricks

morning meeting, you need to know from what stages
it consists.

Morning gathering consists of 4 stages, which take up to
half an hour

(in the younger groups – up to 15 minutes, in the middle – up to 20, in the older –
to

30). Each time interval requires the use of characteristic
tricks.

Visualization (pictures, slides, toys) is an effective way
supplied

tasks.

1. Greeting (1-3 minutes).

2. Game (2-5 minutes).

3. News exchange (2-10 minutes).

4. Making a plan for the day (5–12 minutes).

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Morning “Circle” Circle ”
joy”

Card №1

Hello, golden sun!
(Handles up).

Hello blue sky! (Pens
to the sides).

Hello my friends! (Everybody
hold hands).

I am very glad to see you!
(Shake hands). nine0003

Card №2

Tender, kind girls!

Strong, brave boys!

And let’s stand in a circle, everyone holding hands
Let’s take hold of

And let’s smile at each other with joy!

Card #5

Hello, day, hello,
friend,

Hello, generous circle of songs,

Hello, world, hello century,

Hello, kind person!

Card No. 6

Hello everyone who visits us
came today! nine0003

Hello everyone who believes
kindness!

Hello everyone who does not regret
strength,

Shares his happiness.

Card #7

I love myself so much (hand on heart,

that I can love you (hand on
neighbor’s shoulder).

And you will start to love yourself (hand on
neighbor’s shoulder).

And you can love me (hand on
heart).

Card №8

Hello, golden sun!
(Handles up).

Hello blue sky! (Pens
to the sides).

Hello my friends! (Everybody
hold hands).

I am very glad to see you!
(They shake their hands)

Card No. 9

Hello, golden sun!

Hello blue sky!

Hello, free breeze!

Hello little oak tree!

We live in the same region –

I greet you all!

Card №10

When we live together,

What could be better!

And there is no need to quarrel,

And you can love everyone.

You are on a long journey

Take your friends with you:

They will help you

And have fun with them.

Card №11

Butterfly, let’s be friends!
(They extend their right hand to a friend

It is more fun to live in friendship. shake in
firm handshake).

There are flowers in our garden (later
like smelling flowers)

Fly over them you! (Waving
hands like wings)

Well, the rain will pass over the garden (cover
head with hands)

There is no need to worry in vain!
(Finger and head show

Don’t worry about anything (gesture
“no” is applied

Hide under my panoma! (right
hand to heart cover one palm with the other)

Card No. 12

Invented by someone simply and wisely

morning!”

Good morning to the sun and birds!

Good morning to smiling faces! nine0003

And everyone becomes kind,
gullible,

May good morning last until
evenings!

Card No. 13

A peek in our window,

In the morning the gentle sun.

Greeted us

And said: “Good hour”

Card №14

Let’s get up in a circle,

And glorify the new day!

Let it be clear and bright!

And we will all be fine!

Card No. 15

I appeal to you, friend!

Get up quickly with us in a circle.

Feel the joy and warmth,

We all feel good with friends!

Card №16

All the children gathered in a circle,

I am your friend, and you are my friend.

Let’s hold hands tightly,

And let’s smile at each other.

Card #17

We love, we love, we love, (hands up
and to the sides)

We love the world around,

Happy, happy, happy, (clap hands

That a friend is next to us! (hugs
each other)

Card No. 18

Hello, red sun,
(hands up)

Hello, breeze (hands swing up)
overhead

Hello sunbeams,
(arms extended in front of you)

Hello fast stream (hands
swing in front of you)

Hello, ripe grass,
(show palms in front of you)

Hello, noisy foliage,
(palms rub against each other)

Hello Kittens (cotton in
hands in front of you)

Hello puppies, (clap
hands behind)

Hello everyone now (hands
raised up)

Very glad to see you!

Card No. 19

We are all friendly guys.

We are preschool children.

We offend no one.

We know how to care.

We will not leave anyone in need.

We will not take away, but we will ask.

May everyone be well,

It will be joyfully light

Card No. 20

How many kind faces are around,

I invite you all to the circle.

Let’s join hands!

Let’s say words of love!

Children:

We love, we love everyone around,

How nice it is to have a friend nearby!

Coil №21

“Good morning”

Teacher: Guys, look friend
friend and smile.

What kind faces you have! Do you know
why? Because good morning. nine0003

I will convey to you the goodness of the morning, and you
pass in a circle to each other with the words: “Good morning!”. And then we will
lots and lots of kindness.

Card No. 22

We will smile at each other,

Feel full of joy,

Be happy, healthy

And cheerful from the heart.

Card No. 23

Hello, golden sun.

Hello, blue sky.

Hello Mother Earth,

Hello, my Motherland!

Card no.