I know that most people don’t enjoy Mondays, but I really don’t enjoy them. As a childcare provider, Mondays are our worst day of the week. The kids come in tired and cranky from the weekend of running around with their parents and they have a hard time getting into the groove of being somewhere other than home. It’s always been this way with any of the kids I’ve ever had. Even if you try to be on the same page with the parents on discipline, sleeping, eating, etc…it’s not the same at my house as it is at their house.
I love what I do, but Mondays are enough to send anyone running to the hills. My kids even have tough time adjusting, Mom and dad are busy with the other kids, the rules are slightly different with the daycare here and they’re tired from the weekend as well.
Maybe I need to start our Monday mornings out with Meditation Monday. Maybe if I start the day off with some Sun Salutes and Downward Dogs, we’ll all be much happier OR we’ll all have a good giggle at my silly attempts to get 5 children under 4 into impossible poses and to be quiet for more than 30 seconds!
Tell me, what do you do to combat those Monday grumps that inevitably always come?
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I have been trying to get over since I saw this yesterday. Not that I can help you with the kids, but maybe you could play some really relaxing music all day in the background? India chants, yoga type stuff? rain? water falls?
And maybe after naps, or before lunch, you could play some fun music and try and get everyone to dance? maybe that will let them blow off some steam?
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Those are so great ideas! The kids love music and always have a blast dancing and singing. Maybe playing something soothing in the morning would start the day off right! Thanks, Karissa!