The children need a safe, comfortable place to spend the day. Parents want progress reports on their children and educational activities. On a typical day, child care workers begin by meeting children as they arrive at the center. They help the children remove and hang up their coats. During the day, children participate in both group and individual activities.
Young children spend much of the day playing.
Child care workers supervise the children. They stop children from fighting and calm children who are upset. They also get the children to clean up after themselves. Child care workers also see that children eat and rest during the day. When parents pick up their children, child care workers may talk to them about what happened that day.