| To start a daycare, we need to plan out activities | | | | reading and writing. You can hire a teacher, or |
| for kids. A typical day in a daycare, like schools, is | | | | college students studying education. The goal is to |
| broken down into one-hour sessions. What we will | | | | stimulate interest in formal education, with the |
| need to start a daycare is a little more creativity | | | | kids being motivated by thoughts as "when I get |
| on planning these activities. | | | | to be six and start school, I'm going to..." |
| 1. Get toys ready for a play period from the kids' | | | | 7. Once a week, afternoon sessions can be a field |
| arrival to 9 a.m.. | | | | trip to a zoo, park, museum, library, city offices, |
| 2. From 9 a.m., separate your charges according | | | | fire and police department. |
| to age group for reading or storytelling session. | | | | 8. Films or programs related to nature are in |
| 3. Have the mid-morning snack at 10 a.m. For | | | | order. Nap and snack time will fill a period for |
| younger children, it's also time for nap. | | | | younger ones, and books and quiet games will |
| 4. Allot the period after snacks to a learning | | | | occupy older children. When the naptime is over, |
| session where guests from different professions | | | | let them play until their parents pick them up. |
| in the community tell the children what they do. | | | | 9. Encourage the children to play outside during |
| Kids enjoy visits from policemen, firemen, nurses, | | | | play periods. |
| and engineers. | | | | 10. Watch the children and see that they don't get |
| 5. Get college/high school students to visit and | | | | hurt while playing. |
| demonstrate drawing, working with clay, origami, | | | | So, we got the bases covered on what we will |
| and games. | | | | need to start a daycare. It's time we get these |
| 6. Noontime to 1 p.m. is lunchtime. Have the next | | | | pointers to work. |
| lesson after, where you can teach simple math, | | | | |