If you are a parent and have to leave your baby or young child in another persons care during the day you need to carefully choose a day care center. You want your child to be in a healthy and safe environment.
Plenty of stimulation and emotional support is important as your child will be in the facility you choose for several hours and you want him/her to feel safe and secure. Here are a few things to look for while you are touring a possible child care center.
Observe the other children, do they appear to be happy? Look around the facility; is it bright, clean and cheerful? Does it have well-maintained, safe equipment?
Are there adequate changing and hand washing areas and are they neat and clean? Decide if you would want to come here if you were a child.
Make sure there are a variety of open-ended toys and that they are all in good repair. Find out how often the kids building blocks and other toys are washed; I can’t emphasize this tip enough.
Ask the owner/manager to see the toys. You will want to ensure there are many jigsaw puzzles and/or 3d wooden puzzles for children of all ages. Another important toy that should be available is building block toys. Kids need building toys that are large enough to stack, make large towers and are safe to be knocked down.
Kids love to carry about or put in a wagon, large block toys and move them from one location to another and if the day care facility does not already have ImagiBRICKS in their facility it will be a good idea to introduce these blocks to them.
Let the owner of the day care center know that bulk quantities are available at discounted prices for our large toy blocks. These discounted prices are also offered to homes, libraries, play zones or any one needing larger quantity of blocks.
Before you leave the facility find out if there is sleeping space with individual beds, cots or mats and that they are clean. Maybe you could supply your own so you know it is freshly laundered.
If you believe your child/children will be comfortable and fit in with the other children you may have found a day care center where you can comfortably leave your child for a few hours.
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