we're moving her to a daycare closer to the university from july. they've asked us to bring her in on saturday for an 'interaction' before they confirm. she's not even two. she has maybe fifteen words and eight of them are no. not worried exactly, just curious what anyone can assess at this age. or is it really about us
About thirteen years ago we took our daughter for a playschool 'interaction' and she spent the whole time trying to eat the tassels on the teacher's dupatta. She got in. My guess is they are looking at the parents. Do you hover, will you argue about every rupee, will you call ten times a day. Go relaxed and carry a snack :)
Or they're checking she isn't unwell and can be put down for five minutes without a meltdown. That's about all you can see in a toddler. If they say they assess 'readiness', ask them what they'd do with the answer.
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Asking is a good idea. When we did this for daycare years ago, the 'interaction' turned out to be them watching how she handled the nap room and whether she'd take a biscuit from a stranger. It was useful for us too. We got to see how the staff spoke to the children when they weren't performing for parents.
Correct. When I came here for my son's coaching they also called it 'student interaction'. Fifteen minutes about him, forty five minutes about which package we will take. For a small baby it must be only the parents they are seeing.
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