Choosing a Quality Child Care Program
- Start early and assess your family’s needs
- schedule, duration, cost, location, etc
- Speak to your local & national experts:
- Local Expert Resources
- Child Care Council of Kentucky, Inc. –
- Address: 1460 Newton Pike, Suite 101A
- Lexington, KY 40511
- Phone: (859) 245-9176
- (800) 809-7076
- Email: bradley.stevenson@childcarecouncilofky.com
- Website: http://www.childcarecouncilofky.com/
- Kentucky Partnership for Early Childhood Services –
- Address: University Of Kentucky
- 126 Mineral Industries Building
- Lexington, KY 40506
- Phone: (859) 257-4910
- (800) 956- 8950
- Email: brous@uky.edu
- Website: www.kentuckypartnership.org
- Child Care Information - National Expert Resources
- National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) –
http://naeyc.org/
- Child Care Aware –
http://www.childcareaware.org/en/about/
- National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) –
http://nafcc.org/
- National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) –
- Visit the potential programs and ask questions:
Sample questions include –
- Facility’s accreditation, certification and/or license?
- Facility’s physical condition – clean, safe, inviting to children?
- Caregiver’s qualifications, training and length of time at center?
- Is a staff person certified in CPR and First Aid on duty at all times?
- Staff to Child ratio? Is this depended on child’s age?
- Group Size? Is this depended on child’s age?
- Balance of quiet and active play?
- Are there age appropriate activities and materials that promote the development of the child?
- Evaluate all options and make a choice
- Stay involved
(Updated 04/30/09 - E-mail Julie Geraci - Jbgera2@email.uky.edu )
