You Left Voicemails, A New Daycare Teacher Feels She Messes Up Constantly, After 30 Years So Do We

<p>Leave us a voicemail at 651-300-2277. Your question could help thousands of providers.</p><p><br></p><p>Brandee and Erin answer three voicemails: a brand new daycare teacher who feels like she makes mistakes over and over, a Massachusetts provider comparing her playground and infant supervision rules to Minnesota&#39;s new ones, and a preschool teacher with a three year old who calmly flips and throws furniture.</p><p><br></p><p>If you run a home daycare, work in a center, or you are in your first months with kids, this one covers mistakes, rules that do not make sense, and behavior nobody prepared you for.</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Intro and the voicemail format</p><p>01:55 Call 1 setup: starting out in a center</p><p>06:33 I feel like I mess up constantly</p><p>07:29 Why that feeling is normal in your first year</p><p>11:36 Maybe it is the age group, not you</p><p>13:16 Ask your lead teacher what to work on</p><p>17:57 It might not be the right center</p><p>18:28 Mindset shift: you are still learning</p><p>20:14 Trainings build confidence</p><p>26:56 Call 2: Massachusetts rules vs Minnesota</p><p>30:56 Fall zones, mulch depth, and swing set clearance</p><p>33:43 Why we got rid of the swings</p><p>38:44 Baby monitors and wording nobody can explain</p><p>45:06 Under six months, direct sight, first six weeks</p><p>52:58 Fire drill timing trick with a lock screen screenshot</p><p>55:00 Doorbell camera as an attendance backup</p><p>58:16 Call 3: the calm explosion</p><p>1:00:33 Does she need to move up a room?</p><p>1:05:21 Scripts, choices, and getting ahead of it</p><p>1:09:24 Why the director needs to step in</p><p>1:14:46 When parents need to hear it from someone else</p><p>1:17:23 Document it and find the pattern</p><p>1:21:01 Tell us what you would do</p><p>1:23:56 Outro</p><p><br></p><p>KEY TAKEAWAYS</p><p><br></p><p>- Feeling like you constantly mess up in your first months of child care is normal, and experienced providers still make mistakes</p><p>- The age group matters, some people are built for infants and others for preschool</p><p>- Ask your lead teacher or director what to work on instead of guessing</p><p>- Playground fall zones and swing set clearance are why a lot of providers pull their equipment</p><p>- Minnesota&#39;s new infant supervision wording is still unclear and providers are waiting on clarification</p><p>- Screenshot your phone lock screen at the start and end of a fire drill to log the time</p><p>- A d