When you are implementing a new program or activity into the daycare routine, invite parents to come watch some trial runs of the activity. Bring the new activity, such as potty training skills, into the classroom while the parents look on to ensure comfort for both the parent and child. Invite parents to an employee meeting or seminar where methods and programs for implementing the activity will be explained and explored by the staff and parents together.
During the staff meeting, ask the employees for activities that they think could help improve management in the classroom, motor skill development, sharing skills or educational play. Collect all of the slips of paper and read the ideas out loud. Dedicate the meeting to developing ways to implement one of the suggestions. Another option is to ask employees how they feel about a new activity being implemented. Ask them what transition problems they feel everyone may face and deal with the issues then and there.
Introduce the new method of holding a pen correctly, sharing toys with other children in the daycare or reading certain words the right way in a slow manner. Modeling is an effective method, so show the children the proper way to do a new skill, game or activity. Slowly incorporate the new method into the classroom, while simultaneously phasing out whichever type of behavior, activity, etc. that you were trying to rid.
To ensure that everyone is clear about a new rule, such as no running on the cement in the playground or no snacks with peanut butter, write the rules down. If the children are able to read, have a poster board with the rules and guidelines written on it in the classroom. Send home a flyer that chronicles the procedures to parents to make them aware of what is going on.