Is six hours of care a full day?

Would you charge a full day's rate for 6 hrs? I know I do.

What if it was from noon til 6? With 2+ hours of nap time, is it still a full day's work?

Interested in your opinions.

Yes it is fulltime. I have charged less when I had a child come only for the morning when I had a b/a school child fil in the rest of the spot. Since they would be there until six I would charge the full rate.

anything over 4 hours is a full day at my daycare...doesn't matter what time of day to me. They pay full price for 4 hours and 1 minute lol.

For me my full time rate is $35.00 my 1/2 day rate based on 4hrs is $20.00 anything after is $5.00 an hour. So 6 hours in my daycare would be $20.00 + $5.00 + $5.00= $30.00. It's pretty close and if they go over the 7 hours it becomes more expensive than my full time rate, which is based on an 8-hour day.

Anything over five hours is a full day, anything under is paid per hour (I made it so that if they're paying per hour I get VERY close to the same rate as if they were full time). My full time rate is $43 a day. If they are there for 4 hours, it's $40. Part time is a minimum of three hours a day and three days a week - paid per hour. Anything over five hours is considered full time and they owe $43 a day :)

I don't offer part time so regardless of the hours a little one spends in my care, that is a full time spot they are filling and have to pay.
I agree with Michelle that a full day would be anything over 4 hrs if you do offer part time.

Ya - a half day in my program is specifically 7:30 - 11:30 or 8:30 - 12:30 and costs almost as much as a full day - I would not enroll a client who came only for the afternoon as it is too hard on them and the program to come into the program each lunch and REST.

I prefer full day clients for the consistency in income and flexibility in my program to not be tied to a 'clock' in the middle of the day and set my fees accordingly to discourage people contacting me wanting part time ;)

My contract says anything over 5 hours is full time .... I have half days and part time on my contract but somehow I never have an opening for that ... Wink wink. I only like/want/encourage full time.

I am the same as Crayola anything over 5 hours is PT :)

If it was a young child I would also worry that the parents would let them have a very long nap in the morning and I wouldn't get my break in the afternoon. I f it's an older child who is going to sit and watch movies during nap time then may be more inclined to give a slight discount.

Mine is by space. If you show up at my door and use time you pay for the day. My rationale is that if the child is just there for the morning they take part in snack, lunch and craft - ie everythign that costs money as afternoon is naptime and then outside. So goign home at noon costs me the same in expenses as if the child stayed till 5pm.

I'm 4 hours. Anything over that is full time rate. And anything 4 hours or less is part time rate. So, if I have a transition baby and they are only here for an hr, it's the PT rate.

I would say regardless of nap. There's no guarentee that child will nap and you're still fully responsible for them while they're in your home.

I count anything over 5 hours as a full day rate
My workday is usually 10 days so anything past half wouldn't qualify for the half day rate :)

I would charge a full day's rate. Six hours is still a decent amount of time, so I think it would only be fair to charge a full day's rate. I currently have a dck who is only in my care for 6 hours and I charge the full day rate and the parents were fine with it.

Having my daycare in QC I feel like I"m in another country sometimes here :laugh: Around here, if they walk through my door....they pay the same price. 7-5 or 9-11. They're here at some point, they pay for the day. Of course thanks to the gov't they pay very little and the gov't signs the rest of my cheque....
But, yeah, they're taking a spot and keeping you from taking another child on, so I believe they should have to pay....

I have a client who use 9am-3pm most days, so 6 hours and yes, they pay full fees. I have a maximum 9 hour day so 4.5 hours or under is a 1/2 day. Thankfully, I don't have anyone who needs 1/2 days right now because I hate them - so disruptive!

My hours are 7:00-5:30
I have a client who is here 8:00-3:00/3:30......they pay FT $. There are days dad has picked up dck during naps (which I hate...but dad texts me and after I wake dck up we play out front until dad arrives so the others stay sleeping) so he'd show up aroung 2pm...full day rate.

I've never had a 4hr day to be honest so I can't answer on that part...I'd LIKE to have it being full rate lol

I suppose it could be up to you. I would consider it a full day rate. You can't fill "around" that spot, or you aren't likely too, anyway.
BUUUUUT.... if you want a bit of a shorter day, and you feel like that would be the only thing that will keep that family from signing on, I might give a slight discount. Not half the fee or anything, but maybe $10 less?

For hours like that I charge $5/hour as the kid sleeps for half the time they are with me.

6 and up is full time for sure.