CM Club - mindees own toys

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Mindees 2 and 3 (sisters) have just turned up today with yet more new toys that they got at the weekend. Mindee2 has a PSP and her sister has a Leappad type thing similar to the PSP. I have in my policies that mindees shouldn't bring toys but am wondering if the wording of it isn't clear, and what everyone else has in their policies regarding mindees toys.

I don't have a policy but I say if they don't want to share it, then leave it at home. Plus with expensive things like this what if another mindee broke it? Would mum expect you to claim on your insurance??
I feel a newsletter calling!

hiya..i would hand out a reiteration of policies to parents that says you CANNOT be responsable for any breakages of childrens own toys if they birng them to you and anything that IS brought MUST be shared, so if the children dont want to share these expensive things, they cant bring them.
i have one mindee who WILL NOT share her postman pat toys or lion king lion, so it gets put out of sight till she go's home and she cannot play with it either as she gets nasty when other LO's come near her.
you would replace your own equiptment, but you would /shouldnt be replacing the childrens

Snap KS

one mindee brought in her mobile phone and another mindee broke off the charm so she was asking £5 to buy a new charm (but didnt get it)
if its expensive and new i think i would take it off them stright away and eirther give it to the parent to take away or put it high up
if its toys cars etc and mindee wont share with other mindees the toys get taken off them till they go home, if they cant share no one plays with it

I don't have a problem with mindees bringing their own toys - if another child wants to play with them, we ask the owner if they can. If they don't want to share it, I suggest we put it away to keep it safe.

They all bring stuff fairly regularly, often to actually show me or the other mindees anyway, so seem to accept that this is the way it works.

It's a pain if parents aren't picking up from mine, but from playgroup or something (I finish at 3.30 at the moment)as I have to cart toys on the bus.

I ask that they don't bring their own toys, unless they are new and it's a comfort thing, but then am worried sick about losing the blessed item!!

One of my mindee's brings a whole load of toys with her everyday, nothing expensive, but just lots of little things.

Is happy to share, so that is fine, but do have to keep reminding the mum that I can't guarantee that everything will be collected and returned at the end of every day!!!

I swear her dolly is left here so often that I am considering an hourly charge !

I have put in my handbook that I don't accept responsibility for mindee's possessions and I advise them not to bring anything valuable/important. I tend to let them show us what they've brought & then put things to one side til home time.

I'm happy for them to bring things like a book or comfort toys/teddy/doll etc but what they tend to bring is things like:-
lego, jigsaws, pencils (do they think I haven't got any??), sticks, swords/guns.

Some odd ones were the 3 year old who brought pockets full of pennies & tuppences, a 2 year old who brought a bunch of old housekeys and ine mindee brought a carrier bag of rubbish. I gave him a reel of sellotape & some of my own "rubbish" - he stuck some together and took the lot home again.

All my mindees have there own drawer (like at school) any home toys have to be put in there and npt taken out till home time, saying that I only have one whi does bring in, and shes at school now, but she knew the rule and would put it in her drawer.