I had daycare lined up for my daughter after my maternity leave- and it fell through with 2 weeks of my leave left. I called around to the various daycares around me, making appointments.
When we showed up for this appointment, it had not been communicated that we were coming and would be touring. But- the manager, Kim, happily showed us around, despite being a bit surprised we were there.
As we walked through, she spoke to the children by name, in a loving way, all the way explaining to us their Christian ethics and how they teach through play. Sign language is used in the baby room & a Spanish teacher comes in twice a week to work with the toddlers and young children. Since we were bringing in a small baby, she explained baby room rules and how the staff operates.
After the tour, we were taken into the office and she went over the handbook with us, to make sure we understood the operation's management. We were given a packet specifically about the baby room.
Both my husband and I left with a really good feeling that they had been upfront with us and explained many things that other daycares had glossed over.
When enrolling, we brought our daughter into meet the staff. As a tiny girl, she garnered lots of attention, as all the employees love babies. They all stopped and cooed at her, making promises they were going to hold her and love her as much as they could.
Every morning, when I take her to daycare- the employees greet her by name. Often times, they stop me and tell me how they held her during their lunch break and gave her a bottle. They tell me what a sweet girl she is. I receive pictures from the lead teacher in the infant room with text updates. I can call anytime I want during the day to check on her & find out what she's up to. I find the staff extremely personable and helpful.
One day they contacted me about "an incident". Another child had scratched her & I was informed of the situation it had happened under and how they had remedied it. Upon picking her up, we had to sign the incident report, acknowledging that we know/understand. The funniest part: we never did see the scratch on her! I never would have known- if they hadn't gone through all the steps.
I feel so much affection and appreciation of this daycare. They try to give as much love and attention to all the children, no matter what room they are in or who the teacher is. I'm glad they're helping to raise my girl!!!
Even though I felt like I had to scramble to find daycare at the last minute- I think we ended up exactly where we need to be! read more