Still a Stay at Home Mom and happy about it

Well, today was the big day. The day I decide to work or not to work (outside of my lovely home). And I decided not to work. There is a couple of reasons why I chose this path.

1. I didn't see Toot all day and I am not going to do that 5 days a week. That can begin when she goes to kindergarten.
2. I wouldn't put Smiley in that class with or without me.

Let me explain. In the interview she said a lot that this is not daycare but a day school. Sounded great to me. That's why Toot goes 2 days a week. Well, the 3 year old and 4 year old classes have wonderful teachers that really do their job great. Not so much in the 2 year old class.

They didn't do anything except play and then at one point they gave the kids a piece of paper with glue all over it and then passed out other scraps of paper to stick to it. That was it. No education at all. I finally started talking with all the kids about the different colors. Then at one point a little boy was throwing a full blown tantrum and trowing cars at the other kids. You know what the teacher did. NOTHING!!! So I asked her if they discipline the kids and she actually said, "Not so much." Ok, that's real good. They only changed diapers when a kid smelled but never checked to see if they were wet. I was in shock. And one little girl just kinda sat in a high chair most of the time watching everyone else. They said she liked it. Ya, I bet she does. I bet her parents would love to know what their $300 a month is paying for.

I told the director all of this and she was in shock too. She pulled out the lesson plan of what they were suppose to do and they had only done the one thing. I told her I really hoped she could find a teacher that really cared about teaching these children and that Smiley would not be returning until next year. She was very sweet (and a little embarrassed) about it all and when I left, she was heading down to have a talk with the teacher. But the kids were actually wonderful (except that one throwing the cars) and I wish them all the luck in the world. Right now, they need it. I feel guilty about not working there and fixing these problems but I just can't be away from Toot that much right now.