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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what i don't get is how they didn't notice the ACTUAL child.  not a head count, not a name on a list.  for an HOUR!?!?  at our daycare, someone would definitely have been like, "wheres johnny?" immediately, if not within a minute or two  the kids aren't nameless faces.  something is off about this place.[/quote]

This is an awful story, it never should have happened.

But as a teacher of young children, I can tell you that, while I love and know and value each of my kids, the reason why good daycare centers have counting routines is because it would be easy to not notice a missing kid.

Across the day, and across the week, the list of kids you have varies.  Kids come and go, they take the day off, they arrive late, they go home early.  By the end of the week, it can be hard to remember whether it was today or yesterday that Johnny's dad came early, or which kid went up to spend a few minutes trying out the 3 year old room or to visit their baby sibling who is nursing with mom.

Which is why you have a procedure.  You count the kids when they line up, and double check it with the roster of kids, and then count them again, and then you count as you're walking while watching them like a hawk, and then again at the park 2, 3, 4 times.  [/quote]

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