tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post111569321217791616..comments2023-11-02T21:46:26.482+13:00Comments on Violet goes green, sort of: The great childcare hunt. Already.Violethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-1116455037891709722005-05-19T10:23:00.000+12:002005-05-19T10:23:00.000+12:00You might already have found this but the Ministry...You might already have found this but the Ministry of Education website has reviews of various childcare facilities somewhere on it- which I found quite helpful when I was comparison shoppingAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797661728002935006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-1115874656703963222005-05-12T17:10:00.000+12:002005-05-12T17:10:00.000+12:00Wicked: thanks for the advice. From memory, the k...Wicked: thanks for the advice. From memory, the kids there seemed pretty happy; most of the over 2s had been attending since they were under 2s so they all knew each other well. They were a darned noisy bunch, but that's probably a good thing!<BR/><BR/>hazel: nah, there were maybe a dozen names on the list and some of them will disappear as they change their minds and go somewhere else.Violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-1115744650426539982005-05-11T05:04:00.000+12:002005-05-11T05:04:00.000+12:00no advice here, i have no experience with this, bu...no advice here, i have no experience with this, but kudos to you for getting started with the search. was the waiting list long?<BR/>those scrapbooks sound wonderful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469306039677871693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-1115698816495602302005-05-10T16:20:00.000+12:002005-05-10T16:20:00.000+12:00Hi Violet, Alison here - hope all is going well.Ju...Hi Violet, Alison here - hope all is going well.<BR/>Just a tip re childcare... spend a fair amount of time at one place - not looking at the equipment, facilities, etc, but at the children themselves. Are the toddlers aggressive? Or relatively calm? Do all the babies cry a lot, or do they seem settled? May seem inaccurate to base decisions on this, but I found when I had the foster-kids in care, the way the children not only interacted with each other, but how they seemed in themselves spoke volumes of the type of care they were receiving... the girls' respective confrontational and avoidant behaviours began to settle down very quickly and they never wanted to leave daycare!Ali-Bellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08605573956424016864noreply@blogger.com