Nursing homes, for example, usually have a lot of employees who need childcare options. The Wizards Family Center occupies a small corner of the company's large Renton office complex. It is divided into four classrooms, one for babies, one for younger toddlers, one for older toddlers, and one for preschoolers. In the infant room, schedules are individualized according to the child, and each baby is sent home with a note explaining what he or she did all day. Visitors to the center pass through its lavender painted door and enter a world of bright colors and new furnishings.
Parents come and go periodically as they stop in for a visit with their children.
Center director Bonnie Rogers says parents with babies tend to check in the most frequently. As the children move into the older age groups, Rogers says she encourages parents to set up a routine for visiting. The center also has cameras monitoring the classroom that can link up to the Web. Rogers says the center will eventually have a website where parents can log on and see their children at play. As childcare goes, the Wizards center is upscale.