Day care tour questions

[JustinBobby]

I've been wondering the same thing, we are starting to research daycares and I haven't the faintest idea. The only thing I have thought of so far is price! Lol

[shmee]

@gfj48 I think you are looking for in-home, this is loosely what I based my questions on

www.pdx.edu/students-with-children/sites/www.pdx.edu.students-with-children/files/Questions%20to%20Ask%20a%20Home%20Provider.pdf

[shmee]

When I interviewed the place where DD goes, she gave me a FAQ sheet as soon as we walked in that basically covered every single thing I was going to ask. Her organization was really impressive to me, and I didn't have any extra questions that she hadn't already covered. That was a good sign to me.

[ajm0711]

-Teacher/child ratios
-Age in infant rooms (One place I toured, kept all the same aged infants in the same rooms. So all the 6-9 month olds were in one room while the 12-18 month olds were in another.)
-Security for picking up/dropping off
-What kind of curriculum
-Meals

That's all I can think of at the moment.

[rocksforludo]

This is a smaller thing, but something you might not think of. I would also ask about where they nap. Do they have a separate napping space that is quieter or are they all in the same small space? In the infant rooms, they're not on a set napping schedule so they are all sleeping at different times. DD's first daycare didn't have a separate napping space and she's so damn nosy that she'd barely nap at all if anyone else was doing anything. Then she was a cranky tired mess by the end of the day.

[mrstwiddy]

I would definitely ask about vaccination policies (esp if you're looking at an in home one), accreditation, activities, student/teacher ratio, nutrition (for when they're older), security measures that are in place, how often they clean and sanitize things, training/education required for teachers.....