I saw something this morning at daycare and I'm wondering what other people might think about this.

Our daycare has kind of a non-traditional setup where I have to go through the outer door and then ring the door bell to get into the center. The preschool room is in front and is open/has windows to the vestibule so I can see what's going on in that room while I wait to be let in.

So today I got there and there was no teacher visible. Usually they see me and I don't even need to ring the bell. But there was no one in sight so I rang the bell. While I waited, the preschool room was going nuts. They were incredibly loud and yelling.

The preschool teacher showed up, let me in and started YELLING at the class. And not just a quick "QUIET", but a long string of yelling that was a few minutes long. We got inside and DS was just staring at her while she continued to yell.

I brought him to his room, where he cried and clung to me. This happens occasionally, but usually he's fine when I leave. I think the yelling kind of scared him . When I left I could see the pre-k teacher and the preschool teacher telling the kids they needed to apologize for their behavior.

This is not the first time I've seen this teacher raise her voice, though it was definitely the longest I've seen it happen for. I'm a little concerned because DS is supposed to be moving up to that room later this year. This school has very very low turn over, so I don't really expect for anything to change before he moves up. He also doesn't react well to yelling. Even if I talk sternly to the dog he breaks out in tears and needs a hug.

So would this bother you? Or is the occasionally yelling at 3 year olds a normal thing for teachers?