Question for basement daycares

[Lee-Bee]

My daycare is now my main house but it was in the basement when I was working at full capacity. Parents came in the front door, leaving shoes on a mat there.

Kids came down fully dressed parents handed them over and left...I helped them undress. For pick up we were typically outside but on bad weather days they came down and either dressed their child (or I already had them dressed) and they went up to get their shoes before leaving.

This helped for going out to play...I had the kids contained in the daycare while we all dressed, versus them being able to wander the house while I tried to get them all dressed at the main floor door.

Personally I prefer they do the majority of the dressing in the daycare. Many parents have little control over their children and I don't want parents to be trying to sweet talk their sweet little snowflakes into getting dressed while the child plays the chase me game.