Research show that the benefits of quality child care and school age care are astounding-it can build a child's self confidence, love of learning and curiosity and can give your child the foundation for a better life. Learning how to identify quality care will help you find a child care provider that is right for your child and your family situation. Our hope is that this information will give you a starting place to identify what quality care is and will serve as a guideline in selecting quality child care or school age care for your children. Choose Wisely, Choose to Care Finding a quality child care and school age care setting for your child can be difficult. But by following a few simple steps, the process of finding quality care can be made a little easier.
Many different settings offer quality child care and school age care.
When selecting child care or school age care for your child, choose the setting that meets both your child's needs and your family's needs. You are the best person to judge whether a child care setting meets those needs. Do Your Research Look and Listen After you have though about what type of care you would like for your child, set up appointments to visit several possible caregivers. If you can, visit more than once, at different times, over several days. Make both announced and unannounced visits.