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[quote=Anonymous]i have a word file with every single teacher work day and holiday on it, and I look at my holiday schedule and her dad's to see who needs to cover which day.  if my work is off, I take her.  If only his is off, he takes her.  If we both have to work, I usually take the hit because I can telework and he can't.  There are camps some days.

There are camps every week during the summer - there are just fewer of them in late August.  You just have to find them.  (hint: YMCA in your area probably has camps every week; you just can't be picky about the subject matter in a couple of those weeks.)  You have to start signing up for some of the popular camps as early as January.  If you can, keep your child in a preschool with summer full-time coverage so you don't have to do camps until after the K year.

There are also spring break and winter break camps, and once your child is actually in elementary school, flyers will come home with your child from those camps.  Some are better than others; some are more expensive than others.

It also helps if your workplace has a deal with Bright Horizons like mine does - they subsidize a nanny if I need coverage for a work day, but I've only used it a couple of times.

Most kids get sick less often once they're past the first couple of years of daycare; at least mine did.  My daughter hasn't missed K or 1st grade at all due to illness.  On teacher work days, I can typically telework with her at home.  I get less than 8 hours of work done, but I can usually manage 6 hours, and my boss is ok with that a few times a year.[/quote]

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