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Day care workers are some of our society's most valuable people. They insure a good future for us by caring for our children. For most who work in a day care setting, their love of children overcomes the difficulties of the job.
Ranging from college students to grandmas who just want to be around children, day care workers are definitely not in it for the money. Most are desperately underpaid for the important work that they do. -
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Most day care workers begin their work day around 7 a.m. They arrive at work early to greet the children as their parents drop them off before work. This is sometimes a very tearful event, but a caring day care worker can make it much less traumatic.
Once all the children arrive, a day care worker spends the day playing with the children using both free play and structured play activities. Most day cares have a teaching plan in place. and workers spend a great part of their day teaching letters, number, manners and life skills such as potty training or shoe tying. -
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Day care workers are usually in charge of serving lunch to their classes and making sure the children are clean after lunch. Nap time follows lunch. Sometimes during nap time. there is a shift change for workers. This is due to the long work day, beginning at 7 a.m. or earlier and ending usually after 6 p.m. Some workers prefer to work the whole day and will take a 2-hour break during nap time while someone else watches their classes.
Afternoons consist of taking the children outside to play, or if it is raining, doing active indoor activities. Papers are gathered up and backpacks are packed in order to get the children ready to go home. The day care worker will stay until each child leaves and report progress to the parents during pick-up time.
