to be pissed off that DDs nursery stole my ideas?

[harrietflies]

DD attends a local nursery school which uses an online learning journey app to communicate between nursery and home. DD hasn't yet spoken there (she started in September) so, after discussion with her teacher, I started adding regular updates of what we'd been doing at home as a conversation starting point.

Within the first week of doing this, DDs teacher said what a good idea something I'd done was and laughed as she said 'I might have to steal that.' Since then, several things we've done at home (that aren't your standard activities or ones that pop up online) happen to appear in nursery a day or two later. To be honest I didn't mind too much, as I thought it might help DD to be more comfortable if activities were familiar.

However, a fortnight ago nursery got the call from Ofsted and on the day they inspected the nursery they had four activities I'd done that week with DD out - exact copies . Today they announced they received an 'outstanding' grade and the report specifically mentions the 'imagination of the staff' to come up with such 'unique and original ideas to thoroughly engage and inspire the children.' AIBU to feel pissed off and a bit used?

Hang on. You're not the Halloween / Christmas / Easter holiday fun with the kids / people jealous on Facebook poster are you?

Your being dissatisfied with what the nursery do day to day and them "poaching" your ideas are two separate issues. I understand you feeling frustrated that on the day of the inspection there was more going on than usual but expecting them to put a disclaimer on the activities saying they were not their own original work is unrealistic. This is the way education works, you research, use and adapt the best ideas. That's best practice and that's what your nursery is doing. Granted they should be doing it every day. If you feel you have a flair for it, look into starting a business creating and selling your resources and/or consultancy/workshops. I am sure you would be in demand but you cannot expect practitioners to credit everyone's ideas, it's not workable. As many people have pointed out - 'Outstanding' is not purely based on what is going on on any given day either.

I've done all of those activities with students. You're not unique, special or deserving of extra credit. Get over it.

YABU. All those ideas are fairly common. I've done similar activities with young children I have worked with in the past.

When I look after children, I find out activities that may work for this family's child but not the other family's child.
To support the process of learning i make a list of successful activities and pop it on the fridge to be implemented once I go out of the door. I find it inspirational.

I think they're pretty good ideas tbh OP. My 4 year old has the post box and grotto at school but the details are different. They have scrapped the Christmas grotto now though and started a woodland scene yesterday as DD had to paint her feet and walk across the paper on the floor. This is in preparation for next term.

To be fair to the OP it's pretty impressive to do 'all' of this stuff in a domestic setting.

I don't understand. If you're so pissed off about nursery stealing your ideas, then stop boasting telling them so much about what you get up to at home with DD. I promise you, no one else does that.

I also think you must care far too much about projecting an image of perfect motherhood to others, if these craft activities mean that much to you. Chill out.

My DDs nursery have done most of those activities. Standard Christmas stuff. You only have to put in 'christmas activities with children' on Pinterest to get them.

Anyway, you did get recognition, the teacher said they were good and would steal them!!!

Well said Anutteridiot For ofsted, the paperwork is very important.