We know how special children are in our lives and how we would not trade them for anything in the world or the world itself. However, sometimes you have certain things you need to do that you cannot take your child with you to do. A perfect example of this would be work or an interview. A simple solution to a problem like that is to enroll your child into some sort of child care program.
In today’s society it is important to be extremely cautious when selecting a child care provider for your children. It can be very difficult to trust people we do not know, especially when it comes to taking care of a member of your family. I’m sure you have seen some of the shocking videos online or heard some of the stories on the news about abuse and neglect taking place in some child care locations. Hope you can still remember the Uganda housemaid and current the little innocent Orekoyas! This is a truly terrifying thought. However, there are steps you can take to help ensure the safety of your child.
There are many things you need to consider when choosing a child care provider. You may not know where to start with this list of questions because it is quite long. That is okay because that is exactly what I will be writing about. Continue reading and ensure that your child receives the best care possible!

Those who have children know exactly how much they mean to them. You would do anything for your child as long as it would make them happy in the end. You are always worried about them and want nothing but the best for them. One of the best places you can start to ensure your child has a bright future is to know the basics of healthy child care and to know what to look for in a child care provider.
It is important that you realize how many hours your child may spend with this child care provider and how much of an impact they may have on them. Let us say that you use the child care provider while you go to work and you work eight hours a day for five days a week. That comes out to forty hours a week that your child will be in someone else’s care and that is why it is important that you look for a provider that will provide your child with the best care and example.
I shall go over some of the basics of what you should look for in a child care provider and what you should stay away from.

The Basics
As mentioned before, there are some basic things that are essential for your child’s well-being as well as their development that are important to look for when searching for a child care provider. The following are some examples of the basic things your child needs from a child care provider.

Love and Warmth
Love and warmth is extremely important in any child’s early stages of life. Your child needs to feel like the world is a joyful place and you should keep them away from things such as hostility and anger for as long as possible. When trying to find a child care provider, whether it be in-home care or at a facility, you must make sure that your child will be in a loving environment. When it comes to child care at a day care you should examine the attitudes of the workers as well as the other children there. If other children there are able to act out and are not redirected this may not be a place you want your child to receive care.

Your Child’s Senses Need to Be Nourished
In the early years of your, child their brain is like a sponge. Everything around them is absorbed, not only actions, when their senses in environments as well. Their sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing are all essential parts of their development. That is why it is so important to make sure that your child’s senses will be nourished. You want to find a child care provider that can offer a clean and quite area for your child. You should also look for a provider that offers areas with stimulating objects for the child to play with as well as stimulating art and pictures on the walls.

Your Child Needs Opportunities to Express Their Artistic Side
Expressing creativity and exploring their artistic side is extremely important for your child. It is important that you find a child care provider that offers and encourages ways for your child do be artistic and creative. Finger painting is a great way to stimulate a child’s creative mind and so is colouring. Basically, you want to avoid child care providers that have the children spend all day watching cartoons or movies.

Positive Adult Role Models to Imitate
Children look upon the adults in their life to learn how they are supposed to behave in society. For example, if you swear around a child enough you will find that they are soon saying the same words. That is because adults are their role models and their guides for life. You should find a child care provider that offers professional adult staff that always behave in an appropriate manner while at work. You should find a place that you can look at the people caring for your child and appreciate the example they are setting.

Laughter, Happiness and Joy
It is important to find a child care provider that is not overly serious. They should be able to joke and make your child laugh and encourage happiness and joy in the child. However, at the same time you need to make sure that the child care provider can be firm at the same time when it is needed and redirect behaviour when needed.

Imaginative and Educational Play
It is important to ask your child care provider what type of play time there will be for your child. You want to try and find a provider that offers imaginative and educational play time. It is important that your child play with toys that stimulate imagination as well as motor skills. In other words, you do not want to use a child care provider who will have your child play with video games for play time.
There are many more things that you should consider when trying to find a child care provider. These were just a few examples of some of the basic things you need to consider before making a decision.
To be continued...