Thanks everyone for your responses. I admire how much effort you are all putting into making your daycare mentally stimulating for your DCKs.

michellesmunchkins: i had to laugh about your comment about crafts. That is so true about it being our work the kids are taking home lol I had never thought of it that way! Though I'm sure the kids had fun and learned something from crafts, sometimes its about showing the parents hey, we actually did something here today and there it is lol

kidlove: thank you for the suggesting mothergoosetime. Bookmarked and will definitely check it out

I couldn't agree more that children learn while they play. In that sense we are all offering an educational program to a degree...