What would you like your daycare to provide that isn't being provided?

[Smartbaby]

"Where I am located families really value healthy, organic eating, educational programming, great daycare set up, and low caregiver to child ratio and they are willing to pay more"

These are all things, along with credentials that I see as basic care that should be included in any program and are already the foundation of my offering; I'm hoping to find what people consider perks...

[Momof4]

"Where I am located families really value healthy, organic eating, educational programming, great daycare set up, and low caregiver to child ratio and they are willing to pay more"

These are all things, along with credentials that I see as basic care that should be included in any program and are already the foundation of my offering; I'm hoping to find what people consider perks...

Parents choose me for many reasons. I serve mostly organic all home made food, run weekly themes and teach all kinds of art, music and dancing, art mediums of all kinds, science, and so much more. The children were studying my globe today and one 3 yo little girl found some garbage on it where someone didn't clean up their earth, ha. Because we've been out there picking up garbage this week. They know where Canada, the north pole and many other points are located on my globe - basic geography. They are ready for school when they leave here.

They know all my songs and stories year by year from all the holidays, seasons and have favourite puppets and games. Why? Because they are here year after year and repetition reinforces learning. I think Smartbaby, that you might have fantastic qualifications for a specialized job, and there is a lot to learn to be successful in this field, but I'm just trying to point out why low turnover is good and how much of a difference we can make in a child's life if we are with them for more than a year.

Then of course there are all the families who keep in touch, return to visit and I'm enjoying watching them grow with all the seeds of knowledge I planted in those little minds. But to me, home daycare means families working together. But I need to make a living and if you have a low caregiver to child ratio, you are talking about a very low income. I need to have all 5 spaces filled and luckily, I'm in demand and successful. But that took a lot of work too.