It's simple. You tell the dck that your children are not at daycare, this is their home so they get to do different things. I have never treated my kids like they were in daycare. They have never HAD to be or play with them if they didn't want to and they never had to stay in the daycare area. If they wanted to go play in their room they could... if they wanted to play in the back yard, they could...if they wanted to just watch a movie and chill out, they could.