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XP: NBR - Any Child Care Providers Here?

ZaydensMommaZaydensMomma member
in Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Hi, I was wondering if there are any child care providers here on this board? If so, would you mind answering a question concerning your job? For my college math class, my professor wants us to ask people who are in our field of study how they use math in their jobs. So ladies, could you give me some examples of how you use mathematics at daycare? TIA :)
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  • bartkj03bartkj03 member
    Rooms must stay in ratio. We are constantly adding percentages and kids to make sure we don't go over. Also adding hours to determine part time, full time and those that receive assistance. In food prep we are counting and adding and measuring. Hope this helps :)
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  • a&s05a&s05 member
    Measuring out bottles, calculating time since last feeding/nap, singing counting songs
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  • bartkj03bartkj03 member
    I also forgot tuition. We offer a sibling discount and an early pay discount.
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  • jbatchjbatch member
    I run a daycare and I would agree with the previous posts. I also do all of our bills, payroll, and bank reconciling. There is a lot of math in that..


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  • VPGIRL06VPGIRL06 member

    The ratios is huge for math. Ratios vary per year until you hit 5 years, where it stayed (where I worked) to 1:15 (1 teacher per 15 kids).  However, the ratio would need to be adjusted to the youngest children in your group if the amount of younger children exceeded 25%.

    For example, where I used to work, the ratio is 1:8 for kids aged 24-36 months. If I had 8 kids, but 3 of them were under 24 months, I then would have to abide by the 12-24 month ratio of 1:5.  Which means I am over ratio by 3 kids. In order to get in ratio, I could either

     a)move 3 of my 24-36 month children to another room, or

    b)move 1 of my 12-24 month children to another room. Either move would put me in ratio. 

    Here is another Example:

    Teacher A has 5 kids aged 36-48 months (3 years old).  Her ratio is 1:10. Her shift is almost over, and she needs to clean her room. In order to do this, she needs to bump her children to another room

    Teacher B has 8 kids aged 48-56 months (4 years old). Her ratio is 1:12. She can take 3 of Teacher A's kids in order to stay in ratio OR she can take more and drop down to a 1:10 ratio

    Teacher C has 8 kids aged 56+ months (5 yhears). Her ratio is 1:15. She can only take 4 of teacher B's kids since her ratio will drop to 1:12.

    Teacher A must move up all 5 kids, then Teacher B will move up 3 of her students. This gives Teacher A no students, Teacher B 10 kids and Teacher C 11 kids, which keeps them all in ratio.

     

    stuff like that

     

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