Please refer to JLH Parent Handbook For Other policies and further details of those listed below.

 COMMUNICATION

A successful transition to Daycare means open communication between parents and provider.

 REGISTRATION

Before daycare services begin, the following items are required: 

• Registration fee (if applies) 
• *Paid non-refundable deposit.    
• Signed contract & handbook receipt 
• Completed and signed mandatory state paperwork
• An up-to-date copy of your child’s immunization card.

*Your child's spot will not be considered reserved until your deposit is paid!

 OPEN DOOR POLICY 

Parents must sign their child in and out.  I have an “open door” policy:  Parents are welcomed any time to visit their child in my care.

 REFUNDS 

Because I have reserved a spot in my daycare specifically for your child, there are NO REFUNDS or TIME SUBSTITUTIONS for days or hours missed. 

 OVERTIME

Please be punctual!  Overtime fees will apply!  Overtime fees are applied when drop off is earlier or pick up is later than your contracted scheduled time.

 DAYCARE CLOSURES 

 MEALS

Daycare will provide breakfast, lunch and two nutritious snacks for children enrolled in full time care.  For part time care, daycare will provide breakfast OR lunch and snacks.  

Parents must provide foods for their children who are:

• on soy products
• on baby foods such as formula, cereals, and *pureed foods, infant fruit juices
• other strict or special dietary foods

*Daycare will provide bananas and n0 sugar added/natural apple sauce.

 WELNESS

To keep this a safe and healthy environment, do not bring children who have these symptoms:

• fever of 100°+
• diarrhea
• vomiting
• runny nose with colored discharge
• unusual rash
• lice
• and any other communicable infections

Please don't drop off your child in my care with these symptoms -- I have the right to refuse to care for a sick child.  Children must be symptom free for 24 hours to return to daycare. In some cases a Dr's note of authrization to be allowed back into daycare may be requested by the provider. 

 SUBSIDY PROGRAMS  

Subsidy programs are gladly accepted.  Parents whose children qualify for subsidized care must have full approval in place prior to attendance.  Proof of qualification must be presented to provider prior to registration.  Any fees not covered by subsidy are the parent's responsibility.  Parent co-pays are to be paid every week (pending type of co-pay).  .

 DISCIPLINE 

No child will be handled roughly, shamed, or humiliated.  No corporal punishment will be used even at the request of parents.  An appropriate time out will be given according to the age of the child (one minute per year). 

PHILOSOPHY

Each child is accepted, loved, nurtured, and taught as an individual.  Every child has his/her own rate of physical development and own pace of learning.  My goal is to…

• Provide a safe place for children to play, create, and learn.

• Encourage and build each child’s imagination and creativity.

• Instill a sense of self worth and encourage self confidence.

• Provide activities and an environment that will nurture the child’s self esteem.

• Every child is guided through the day with positive reinforcement in all activities, always is encouraged to try again, and is never pressured into participation of any activity.

• Discipline is always handled on this belief:  The child is a good person – it is his/her behavior that is unacceptable and needs to be guided to a more acceptable means of expression.

• Children will be encouraged to learn to help, share, use manners, and become responsible for their actions.

• Above all else, as your child care provider, I will do my best to help your child gain and keep a positive self image.

While in my care your child will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities, which promote all aspects of development.  Family childcare provides for children the comfort and experience of belonging to an extended family.

I provide a home like setting; therefore I do not follow a strict routine.  My approach to childcare is child centered and child directed.  Children are offered choices whenever possible.

There will be some days your child will be bringing home papers, but there will also be days that your child does not bring home any papers.  It will depend on the activities that we are doing.  Just because you are not seeing anything in the way of papers does not mean that we have not been busy all day.

Much of our learning is done with hands on things like playing, magnets, books, baking, etc…