I"m fairly new to daycare (a couple of years), and originally started out with only wanting kids my own kids ages (4 and 5) however, once I had that, I'm found myself kinda board, we do all the crafts and activities and outtings and such but they also prefer a great deal of time to just play together (serisouly, they would free-play all day with out even a second glance to me if I didnt interrupt all the time with crafts and organized activities!! LOL!) So, I decided to take on a younger child and ended up with a 9month old!!! Which as I was very nervous, I'm finding is working out well!! Actually, the older kids spend a lot of their previously covetted "free-play" entertaining and playing with and helping me care for her as well! We are all loving it!