Hellobee Boards Topic: Is your daycare organized or disorganized?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Is your daycare organized or disorganized? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:33:44 +0000 YouGotMe on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2568253 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:08:35 +0000 YouGotMe 2568253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine is extremely organized. They are a not for profit teaching facility on my campus (university) They do eveythjng "by the book" because they are teaching students how to teach. sapphire on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2568122 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:28:02 +0000 sapphire 2568122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Very organized! Never had any problems. What kind of problems are you having? MamaG on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567838 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:45:56 +0000 MamaG 2567838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In my experience, the organization or lack thereof follows the style of the admin staff. Our director has a very different style than me (she's definitely not type A). So a lot of the communication and things that fall on her shoulders as being school wide I think really aren't to my expectations. But the teachers tend to fall more into my style. It's why we stay, even with my frustrations. I know the teachers love my kids and take care of them. And that's the end goal. If the periodic fun events that are school wide are less organized I try to remember our reason for being there. Mrs. Lion on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567836 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:45:20 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2567836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are at a Bright Horizons too and they seem very on top of things. I think a lot of it has to do with experience of staff. pregnantbee on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567801 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:27:31 +0000 pregnantbee 2567801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our daycare/preschool is generally well run, but sometimes they lack communication about upcoming events. Or they will send out various notices with conflicting times/days, and then I have to chase them down to find out which information is correct. lovehoneybee on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567774 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:15:20 +0000 lovehoneybee 2567774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Very organized. We use Hildebrandt Learning Center, which was recently incorporated into Bright Horizons. There was a bit of a shake-up when that happened, but from our end things still seemed to be running pretty seamlessly. KayKay on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567770 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:12:47 +0000 KayKay 2567770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @yoursilverlining: that's funny that you say that about Bright Horizons! DD1 attended one for her first 2.5y (until we moved and I started SAH), and we did love it and most of her caretakers there. BUT, I always felt there were a lot of little admin/org things they could've done to make things better & more transparent for the parents (several of which I told them about during the monthly parent meetings, a handful of which they eventually did sort-of implement). Things like: writing on the whiteboard outside the classroom when one of the primary teachers was out (with a couple days notice, if possible), writing which sub would be filling in that/those days (as soon as they knew)...things that seemed kind of obvious to me, but they didn't do! That being said, it generally ran very well, we loved it, and I still compare our daycare/preschool situations to it! I do think a lot of the big centers like that are better run because they have the framework established. But, as a whole, I think some of the caregivers who get promoted to the director/administrator roles aren't always super-strong in managing the business/service side? catlady on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567762 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:08:19 +0000 catlady 2567762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ They are very well organized for day to day stuff. Longer term stuff is very disorganized (ex. keeping track of people on the waitlist, making sure they get forms from parents, etc). I have actually heard of several families not going with our daycare because they showed up to get a tour and no one was there, or because admin simply never returned their calls. yoursilverlining on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567746 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:58:27 +0000 yoursilverlining 2567746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Very organized. But they are a huge corporation (Bright Horizons) so they have tons of rules they must follow and plenty of back-up/contingency planning as well as extra staff on hand. regberadaisy on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567743 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:56:56 +0000 regberadaisy 2567743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In terms of day to day daycare functions, I think they are pretty organized. travellingbee on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567736 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:55:15 +0000 travellingbee 2567736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Very organized. Never had an issue with that stuff! I'd say it's a well-oiled machine! mediagirl on "Is your daycare organized or disorganized?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-daycare-organized-or-disorganized#post-2567731 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:53:36 +0000 mediagirl 2567731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Is it possible to have the name "daycare" and be organized? It seems like every daycare we have been to has been on the ball...most of the time. But then someone gets sick or someone is out for whatever reason and the whole place falls apart. Messages aren't sent to parents, lesson plans aren't done, etc. Is your daycare organized or disorganized?