#ece

[rosetorncorazon]

My girl Ece and @veri-berri ‘s gayest blorbo

[thursdaysyme]

the general public critiques the wrong thing with disciplining children every time istg. expecting a yes/no sir/ma’am is not ridiculous. i’m in that classroom putting a whole hand cupped to my ear going “sorry, yes what?” because i need a ma’am to be said or my name. expecting a child, after instruction or discipline, to say “yes ma’am/ yes miss d” is not the abuse you freaks who misunderstand gentle parenting and raise emotionally incompetent children because you couldn’t be half assed to actually raise your own kid think it is.

i am so sick of people who can’t even understand how the fucking parents in bluey are so great and pull a “it’s only 7 minutes you can be a good parent for 7 minutes” and they think that’s, what, inspiring? motivating? you aren’t showing up for your kid for 7 fucking minutes of the day?

you go and yell at educators, you act like the children are the problem for screaming when you take the ipad away, and you completely misuse and ruin the actual point and process of gentle parenting. then you come and yell about expecting a ma’am/sir?? i’m sorry?? no because i’m so fucking sick of it.

i’m so sick of parents not raising their children then acting like childrens bad behavior is the child’s fault, and not only that they get upset when educators expect respect and manners from children. you are so far up your own ass you have no idea what raising a child is like even though you fucking have one! people pay more attention to mostly self sufficient cats then some of you pay attention to your own kids, then you think you have the right to critique intentionality and routine based discipline. get the fuck outta here.

actually no. stay here a minute longer. i'm so fucking sick and tired of dancing around this. there is a sick and disgusting epidemic of negligence among parents in this culture. it is sickening. i am so past the bare minimum. "i'm trying my best" try fucking harder. im sick. you are neglecting your child. you are doing a disservice to them, to the people around you, and to society and humanity as a whole. i am not taking the excuses anymore of "i'm so tired" "i've been working all day" you had a kid!! you fucking have a child at home that you won't even teach what colors are you sick fuck. how many children do i have to see come into my classrooms not knowing their colors, not reading books, having poor communication skills?

the communication skills? the lack? do you know what thats from?? it's from parents not talking to their kids. this neglect, for most people i see, is child abuse. and people get so upset and get their panties in a twist about it when i call it out. no you are choosing to put your three year old child in front of a screen. you are ignoring them. you can't tell me that your child has four fucking hours of screen time a day and then turn around and tell me thats not neglect.

there is this idea that you are so put upon and hurt and tired and deserving of care and love and patience and for people to be kind to you because you have it so goddamn hard raising children. guess what! those kids you ignore and refuse to raise are off worse. where is the love and care and fucking patience for those kids? it's disgusting how common this is. how casual people discuss not being able to handle their own children and sticking them in front of screens and praying for school to start back up.

this is so disgusting. then you get upset at people because you see and recognize that they're actually raising and educating children and you get angry and pissed off and spew vitriol at them because you can't handle the idea that you are fucking up.

[itscoldinwonderland]

My top 5 horror movies as a childcare teacher

1.) A teacher saying to a child "you don't say no to me"

2.) A teacher not respecting a child's personal space

3.) Water play

4.) Getting the kids in snow gear

5.) Parents who are always 5 minutes late at pick up

[butterflies-and-bumble-bees]

Being a teacher and seeing first hand how kids are affected by their home, what sort of place would you want to raise your own kids in?

Sorry I took a bit to reply to this - I was thinking about it for a hot minute

I am currently studying Maria Montessori's educational philosophy. A few elements I am definitely going to implement in my own household should I ever have kids of my own are:

To be friendly with error: Not needlessly punishing them for things that are mistakes which have natural consequences they can learn from instead of a traditional punishment.

Always speaking to them with a firm but kind tone, never raising one's voice to them (similar to the Inuit philosophy from what i've heard). {I find myself closing my eyes and taking a deep breath very often when I'm in the classroom}

Letting them learn at their own pace, and following their own interests (as much as is feasible). {If a preschooler struggles with an aspect of education (say Math) forcing them to learn it by force [drilling numbers usually at this age] will not benefit them - if you allow a child to be in the presence of mathematical manipulatives however, they eventually will decide on their own that they want to copy what they see their friends doing with them; or just find the materials to be visually pleasing and want to work/play with them. }

[aspiringtobealiv3]

I'm not very creative when it comes to things like this. But I made a school bus, with the help of a coworker, for dramatic play and this is the result after one day with the todds

We're missing some wheels

[greentreas]

born to bed rot and read fanfics on Ao3 all day, forced to become an electrical engineer

[babyspacebatclone]

Don’t know why, feel like sharing a glimmer with you guys randomly.

I work at a daycare, and one of our older kids has learned how to recognize the Hot Wheels logo.

And they’ll go through our matchbox-style cars and proudly ask for confirmation that they found a Hot Wheels one.

Yes, it’s a bit tedious for us adults, but it’s inspired the other preschoolers to look for the distinctive swish.

And it’s literally early literacy, recognizing that a specific image holds symbolic meaning independent of its literal appearance.

It’s just… I’m in charge of developing people learning to understand the world. They find things I’m bored by novel and exciting. And I’m privy to that by proxy, as long as I don’t allow myself to get jaded to it.