DS had his first day at preschool today. I had to stay with him for the session to make him feel comfortable, so I had a look at how it operates. There are 2 rooms and about 30 children who run freely between rooms. I was in the quiter room which had about 6-8 children on average and there was just one supervisor in that room who was sat there doing paperwork whilst the children played. I was a bit as I thought that she should be interacting with the children shouldn't she? Or under the ELF guidelines is she just supposed to let them get on with it? She even said "boys, even though I am writing I can still hear you and know if you are misbehaving!" She was doing this for about an hour and a half. Nothing bad happened but there were a few incidents that very nearly did end in accidents (ie: piling blocks of wood too high and climbing on them) which was only stopped when she 'heard' them fall down. Surely paperwork is to be done in an office and not the playgroup? I know nursery workers can't have eyes in the backs of their heads and see everything, but I did witness quite a lot of situations happening that should of had a bit more supervision /control. Another example was one bossy child stopping other new children from getting drinks from the tray by pushing them away, she was piling the cartons up like blocks and also taking gulps of water from the water jug and spitting it out again! None of the supervisors saw it happening. Or is this normal for a pre school and more things go on that obviously we as parents dont see or hear about. I am wondering if it is under supervised for the amount of children - there was about 4 nursery workers at any one time that I could see.
Maybe I am making too much of this as I am anxious about it being his first day? Am I?