While many parents look for appropriate activities for their age kids, a lot of the experts will tell you that kids in their early years will learn from just playing. Toddlers especially need materials and equipment that will spark their interest and let them test things out for themselves. Other things to look for are time for indoor and outdoor play, and time for group and individual activities. And finally, parents need to look at the physical environment to see if it's a safe and healthy for their kids. Specifically the ratio of adults to kids at a daycare center.
Many providers work hard to become licensed or accredited.
It shows that we meet standards that are above our state standards. And any parent is free to look at a daycare center's file at the Department of Children and Families. Health inspections and copies of any formal complaints filed against the center are there. For Brandy and Mark, not a day goes by now that these issues don't come to mind. But for them and many other parents, there's not a more important decision they'll make the rest of their life.