in home daycares
The concept of In home daycares has becoming a sort of career option amongst
women who prefer to start something at home rather than go out to work. No
doubt it is a serious business as it is about taking the responsibility of
someone elses child. And the child coming to a daycare center is at an
extremely raw age when they need their parents more than at any other time.
So the daycare center actually has to play the role of a surrogate home.
Just about anybody who loves children can open an in home daycare. There is
not much investment required. All you need to do is make your home child
friendly and open enough to give the child space to move about. certain
safety norms should be followed like windows should be grilled. Fans or
heaters should not be within a childs reach. There should not be too much
furniture around as children when moving around tend to ignore the edges of
tables and chairs. The interiors should be painted in bright colors probably
with fairy tale characters or such posters pasted on the walls.
Amongst the accessories required is a lot of childrens music, picture story
books, flashcards, worksheets designed for the age group that visits you,
toys and educational games. The helpers hired by you should also be
extremely loving and helpful. Having a garden attached to the house could be
an additional benefit as children enjoy being in the open.
Apart from the way you do up your home, it is important for you also to have
certain characteristics and qualities to make your daycare center the talk
of your area. Stress is something that you cannot afford to have as you need
to have a lot of patience with children.
Your stress and frustration can have a
negative impact on them. You have to be a surrogate mother to each child as
for them your daycare center is second home.
The children visiting your daycare center are like clay that are molded by
all they come in contact with at this tender age. Therefore, as a potter you
have an important role to play. Also you must keep in mind that running an
in home daycare center is about word of mouth publicity, so no matter what
you have to be the best surrogate mother at all times to be successful. In
India, the concept of daycare centres has still not caught up like western
countries. The reason is most parents prefer to leave their child with their
maid at home.
daycare centre . Author K Bajaj. copyright data 2004 Indianchild.com
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