Finding holiday child care

The holidays can seem even more stressful if you're working and your kids are out of school. Learn tips for choosing a child care centre for vacation care.

Finding holiday child care

3 Ways a Family Day Care Is Better Than a Child Care Centre

15 July 2021
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One of the massive changes that you have to face as a parent is transitioning from taking care of your infant at home and handing them over to a childcare facility. Most child care centres accommodate a large number of infants and toddlers. The state regulates the condition of the centres with a set of rules and qualifications. However, with the prevailing health challenges, you might want to go to a family daycare facility.
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Essential Considerations When Choosing Child Care Services

23 February 2021
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With many early learning options available, choosing an early childhood care service can be an overwhelming yet thrilling experience. In Australia, there are various early childhood education and care services, which parents can choose from. Some child care services are controlled by the National Quality Framework (NQF), including long daycare, family daycare, kindergarten/preschool and outside school hours care. However, other child care services, such as mobile services and occasional care, are regulated by individual states and territories.
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How Preschool Is Different From Other Types Of Child Care And Why That Matters

11 September 2020
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If you have been researching different types of child care that your kid could be enrolled in, then you have probably come across more options than you ever knew existed. From at-home child care to private child care and preschool, there are many options and it can be confusing sifting through the differences. However, preschool is perhaps the most different compared to the rest of the different types of child care, while also being arguably the best way for children to transition into regular primary school.
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How Playing at Child Care Will Build Your Child’s Numeracy Skills

25 September 2019
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Sending your child to preschool is a great way to build up their foundations in numeracy, among other subjects. However, did you know that even a childcare or daycare centre with no formal teaching could help your child learn early math skills? That's because children naturally learn through playing and going to daycare with their peers is one of the best environments for educational play. Here are two ways that enrolling your child at a childcare centre will facilitate their pre-mathematics development.
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5 Signs That Your Child Is Thriving And Not Just Surviving At Child Care

28 June 2019
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No matter the type of childcare centre you have your child enrolled in, it no doubt brings you a lot of peace knowing that they are fully settled in and thriving at the centre. Is your child happy at the childcare centre? Here are a few telltale signs that will tell you if that's the case 1.    Happy Faces In The Morning If your child is happy and excited about going through their morning routine and getting ready to head to the childcare centre, then you can trust they are doing pretty well there.
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Finding holiday child care

I wish I got enough annual leave to spend all of the school holidays with my kids, but unfortunately I don't. Luckily some of the local childcare centres run some really good vacation care programs to keep the little monkeys occupied and out of trouble while I'm at work. They have lots of excursions to fun places and they run some fun activities in the centre too so that the kids don't feel like they are missing out during the holidays. This blog has some tips on how to choose a childcare centre with a vacation care program the kids will enjoy.