Just curious to know, does anyone offer half daycare

[Lee-Bee]

I feel like she was asking if anyone runs their daycare for half days only. Like from 8am-12noon everyday with no option of full-time care.

[Suzie_Homemaker]

I feel like she was asking if anyone runs their daycare for half days only. Like from 8am-12noon everyday with no option of full-time care.

I see that could be what she asking, now.



In my area, I not think there would be enough demand for PT care. Here, parent who working PT are doing full days but less days. So 3 day a week or 4 day a week but still need 7am-5pm at least for those days.

If you live in area where high PT employment for half day, maybe it would work.

Do lot of people work just half day only? And live/work near your location?

[Lee-Bee]

I would think it is hard to stay at full capacity open only half days. There are often many stay at home mom families that want their child in half day group settings but I suspect they would make use of the many city run preschools versus a small home group that has mixed ages and only a few kids.

I'm not sure what city you are in but Ottawa had MANY really cheap preschool options...like $10 a day (2-2.5hrs) and that jut seems easier and cheaper than paying a home daycare for socialization. I would also be looking for a larger group of same aged children for socialization.

If you only want to work part time and run a home daycare I do think you are best to choose a few days (Tues/Thurs or (Mon/Wed/Fri) and work full days. There are TONS of families where one parent only works a few days a week and even MORE families where grandparents want to take the kids 2 days a week so they don't need 5 days.

[Tinyones1981]

A client is interested in going full days a few times a week and half days for a the others. So I was just curious who has done this and if its worked out, and do you charge for a full day even on the half days?