What questions should I ask a daycare?

Question

What questions should I ask a daycare? To make sure my child will be taken care of correctly. My daughter is 14 months.
Thxs!

Answer 1

Ask them about their health policy, ie when parents are expected to keep children home and when children can return after an illness.
What their discipline policy is or if they even discipline at all, some don't.
What they do if there is a child in the room who is bullying or making life tough for other children.
Do they keep a folder on your child and her development and let you know what she is doing.
Who they release your children to if you can't make it, do they use a code word, a special tag or card that the person presents, verbal or written permission for a certain individual to pick up your child, etc.
What do they do in case of an emergency where the center has to suddenly close down or evacuated?
What do they do if you are late to pick up your child due to bad weather or traffic?
What types of meals and snacks do they serve, are they healthy?
Are they able to work around any health problems such as food or other allergies, asthma, etc.
And of course make sure they are licensed, get references, and make sure they have enough staff to take care of the kids, some places don't hire enough people. This happened at my daughter's day care and she ended up getting outside and nobody knew it for several minutes.

Answer 2

I would make sure there is some kind of security system to get into the building. You don't want just anybody to be able to walk in off the street. Also I would check to see if they have a fire alarm system that is monitored by an alarm company or do they have to take the time to dial 911, you don't what them taking the time to call 911 before they your child out. They should leave the calling to the alarm company so you can put your attention to getting the children out of the building. The best thing for me when my daughter went to daycare was the ones that provided food for them, that was one last thing I had to do in the morning.

Answer 3

Make sure you ask the teachers and aides themselves what kind of education and experience they have don't take the supervisors word on it. Also ask about the discipline policy, the number of children enrolled in the program as a whole not just the number in attendance that day. Some other questions are: What is the different age groups of the children? How do the different age groups interact ? What I mean is if the program is say ages 2-5 then do the 2 year olds play with the 5 year old , in the same area as the 5 year olds or in another space altogether. Are the teachers assigned to one group of kids or do the teachers move among the different groups? What is the schedule and how strict is it? Also how much time is spent outside and how are the different ages split up outside or are they even split up ? And what is there for the children to play with outside and do you think that it is age appropriate?

Answer 4

-What kind of activities does the children engage in?

-What is the average trust rate with the daycare employees or attendants?

-What kinds of food do they feed the children?

-Are there any previous deaths of the children that went there?

-Are there any child sickness notification programs within the daycare?> You want to know how your child is doing while you are away.

-How are the attitudes of the people who work at the daycare?> You don't want your child to grow up with a vicious or swearing attitude.

-Can you come in unannounced?>What kind of daycare is it when the parent cannot come in unannounced?

-Are there demon worshippers?>They are a bad influence upon the children, especially today.

-Are there anything educational within the program?

-Are there child abusers within the daycare?> Common sense, (don't let your child be around child abusers.)

-What is the nourishment at the daycare?(Don't want malnoursihment)

-Are there any tutors within the daycare to help you child with his or her schooling?(Basically how caring are the people at the daycare really are?)

-Are there anymore locations of a daycare within your convenient area? Don't want to travel very far to get your child from the daycare.

-Do the daycare have an emergency contact list if they cannot get a hold of you?

Answer 5

Ask what there curriculum is because the earlier they start to learn, the better. Ask about the teacher-child ratio. the lower the better. Ask how much TV time there is a day. You don't want your little girl sitting around like a zombie all day in front of a TV. See if meals are included in the tuition. Ask if they administer medication because some places don't and you will have to go there to give your daughter meds. Good luck:)

Answer 6

You must make sure that the daycare setting is registered and that the staff caring for your child are fully qualified. Ask for a tour beforehand to make sure you and your daughter are happy with the setting. Your gut feeling as a mother won't let you down.

Answer 7

,what activities do you do with children, what age do you take and how many at my child's age do you have ,what if my child get sick and it takes me an hour to get to your home ,is she isolated from other if she had some kind of infection, how sick do a child have to be before you turn he away do you keep records do I get a receipt,do you have a helper, do you go on field trip show do you discipline the children do you provide meals if so can i see a sample menu, do you monitor the children at all times and how will i know you are closed due to emergency's
may I have a contract to look over your fees, deposit and late fees and what time am I late, can parent just drop in, nap time and do I need to supply a bed or cot

Answer 8

You should ask:

-What kind of training do the teachers and staff have?
-What is your adult to child ratio?
-What is your policy regarding people picking up my child?
-What kinds of meals and snacks do you serve and how many snacks per day? Can I bring in food from home if I need to?
-What kind of staff turnover do you have (quality fascilities will likely have low turnover rates)
-What kind of curriculum do your teachers use and do they do assessments to keep track of my child's development?
-What dicipline and behavior modification techniques do you practice?
-What are your policies on illnesses and when a child can attend and when they are required to stay home?
-Will the same teachers and support staff be working with my child each day or will there be lots of people in and out of the room?
-Do you have an open door policy for parents, can I drop in?

Answer 9

Do you all feed the kids 100% pure Paraguayan breast milk 4x a day?

Answer 10

I SAY NO DAYCARE TAKE YOUR CHILD TO A PERSON YOU TRUST