Your Daycare Area

[Inspired by Reggio]

I use my whole house

I have a designated space in the lower level of the house with all the typical 'centres' .... dramatic play, block, book and puppet, floor toys, creative art and sensory table and so forth.

However on my main floor I also have a cupboard and a few baskets that tuck under our coffee table out of site with quiet time activities and a few sit and explore activities and some role play basket with dolls, Dr kit, baby props and so forth for arrival and departure time and quiet time to keep them engaged.

We do nap time upstairs on the top floor.

[fruitloop]

I have a dedicated daycare space too but share our family kitchen and upper bathroom with the daycare. My room is organized into areas. My space is at the front of my house so it's the first thing parents see when they come in.

[Cadillac]

I live in an apartment so the kids have run of the whole house. our living room and dining room is completely separate so we've set up the dining room as the main play area where all the toys are kept and bulletin boards are. We are lucky in that we scored a place where these areas, as well as the kitchen, are as large as a normal home or the daycare would very cramped.

I highly doubt I will have this much room when we decide to take the plunge and buy a home.

The only negative about this is that half our home really 'looks' like a daycare. When I started we both agreed that we didn't want it taking over our 'home'. needless to say the front hall now has stick on coat hooks, huge bright name tags and the dining room looks like kindergarten LOL

[Momof4]

I live in an apartment and our city zoning law says that you can only use 25% of your square footage for a business in your home, so I use most of the main floor, dining room, living room and 1/2 bath and I'm definitely pushing the 25% law.

[Mamma_Mia]

I use my whole house

I have a designated space in the lower level of the house with all the typical 'centres' .... dramatic play, block, book and puppet, floor toys, creative art and sensory table and so forth.

However on my main floor I also have a cupboard and a few baskets that tuck under our coffee table out of site with quiet time activities and a few sit and explore activities and some role play basket with dolls, Dr kit, baby props and so forth for arrival and departure time and quiet time to keep them engaged.

We do nap time upstairs on the top floor.

I have the same set-up...I use my kitchen and we all sit at the dining room table to eat together. Main floor powder room is the "potty room" LOL and I have a laundry room right off it that I change diapers ontop of the dryer - saves my back! My daughter has her own room and pack n plays in guest room + 1 in my room....if I get another older child they will share the guest room..the "good sleeper"'s room LOL

[WAHM]

I have a commercial building for our daycare centre. We have a front entrance with two washrooms, coat hooks, shoe rack. Then we have a preschool area (apprx. 500 sq ft) this is seperated by a small wall into the toddler area (another 400 sq. ft) and then we have an infant area (500 sq. ft) that is a complete seperate area (as they sleep more). We also have a 3600 sq. ft outdoor play area. Total of 36 children and each "room" has two caregivers.
The caregivers have an admin area as well, but it's only about 200 sq. ft.

[Momof4]

Wow, you can do that in Alberta? That's quite an endeavour and makes me feel guilty because I only have 4 children on Mondays & Fridays and it feels like so much work Tuesday to Thursday when I have 5 children!

[Spixie33]

My playroom is upstairs with big bright wondows but we also use our downstairs living room for play.

Nap time happens in 1 of our 4 bedrooms - usually 1 child per room

Our basement is unfinished. I could technically make it into a daycare space when we finish it but I am still thinking I am getting out of daycare in the next few years.

I am tempted to redo my upstairs playroom from the mish mash it is now to this --> http://pinterest.com/pin/131519251588141660/ It looks so warm and coordinated and it looks about the same dimensions as my playroom. It is tempting