There are a few children in our classroom who bring toys from home. The preschool has a no-tolerance policy for children bringing toys from home. However, in reality, the policy goes ignored. As a result, we have kids begging us to let them play with their home toys during work time. We tell them that if they choose to play with their home toys, they are responsible for the toys. I think it's fine to let the kids share their home toys during show and tell, but other than that, I'm not sure. What do you do at your preschool when children bring toys from home?
In our classroom, toys stay in their cubbies, except for at rest time. We encourage them to bring a stuffed animal from home to snuggle with during this time. And then they put it away along with their mat and blanket, when rest time is over.
I took over my classroom the end of November, so I inherited a lot of behaviors, for better or worse. One of them is that every one of my 12 children brings in multiple toys. every single day. I let them play with them during centers as long as it isn't an electronic. It's tough, because I have to patrol to make sure that they get shared, that they don't get lost or broken. Next year, I plan to limit the kids to one blanket and one stuffed friend for rest.
We do not allow toys from home. If they bring them in the morning I make the parent take it back with them, and tell the child it will be waiting for them in the car after school. If I miss it somehow it remains in their cubbie until they are picked up.
I have a HUGE plastic bottle that I place them in, UNTIL Friday, which is Share Day. Parents know it BUT they CAN'T handle telling their kids NO! I have to be the BAD person, who takes their toys away, AND then the afternoon teacher takes it upon herself to let the children go get them because she wants to be the MOST LIKED one UP in there. I am going to let her know that she can't let kids get them again. I have tolerated it for too long. She's one of those that runs to the bass and tell on everyone! I got into it with her one day, when I told her IF she wants to tell me something, let me know instead of running to the boss about every little thing. I almost slabbed her today at a meeting, BUT then I realized, I need to be MORE Christ like. ANYWAY...BTTS...BACK TO THE SUBJECT! Kids need to know that NO MEANS NO! Rebel1
It's only happened a few times this year. I usually say, "thanks for letting me see your toy; now give it to mom (or dad) so they can take it home". That's how I handle it. They know if it stays in school, I "keep" it until I see the parent the next time.
As soon as I see it, it goes in the backpack until they get back to their parents. I don't want to be responsible for any of their toys getting lost, broken, or taken. They all know that they shouldn't be bringing them in and that if I see it, it's going away.
I don't allow toys and I don't have show and tell...so....if they bring something in, it has to stay in their back pack or down to the front office it goes. :lol:
