1 year old at daycare?

Question

How does a daycare day go for a 1 year old to 18 month old? How much time is spent on playing, napping and different activities?

Answer

The one I worked at was as such:

6:00-7:00 a.m. Juice, crackers

7:30-8:30 free play

8:30-9:00 breakfast

9:30-10:00 Circle time (read a book, talk about weather, days of the week, holidays coming up, etc)

10:00-10:30 gym time

10:30-11:00 lunch

11:00-11:30 - art

11:30-2:30 nap

2:30-3:00 snack

3:00-3:30 gym/outside

3:30-4:00 coloring/reading/singing

4-close guided free play

We did diaper checks every 2 hours from the first diaper change of the day (unless we knew they needed a change obviously) but their days are very full and fun. The daycare will provide you with a paper telling you when they were changed and how much of their meals and snacks they ate.

Answer

It really depends on the place. Definitely ask questions like that when yu visit!
I'm a daycare teacher - here's my day:
8:00 drop off - play time (with stories and coloring as needed)
9:45 snack time and then play (while other kids finish eating)
10:30 diaper changes and put down for morning nap if needed (we ask parents what the are used to - most of the 12 month olds start out with a quick AM nao, and after a couple months ago down to just PM with us) awake kids get songs and finger plays
11:00 outside playtime if not still asleep
11:15 wake up from nap and play outside
12:00 lunch!!
12:30 - 1:15 quiet playtime (with stories and sleepy songs) while diaper changes and teethe brushing happen
1:15 - 3:15 nap time! Little ones who sleep more we let sleep will 3:45 if needed
3:30 - 4:00 snack time and free play (diaper change as needed)
4:00 - 4:30 outside play 
4:30-5:00 outside play and pick ups

Answer

Depends on the daycare. I currently care for a little boy who turns 1 in October. His day consists of his normal schedule that he would have at home. I run a home based care facility which means it's run out of my house. So he has free range to do as he wants. He plays and naps and eats on his normal schedule just like he would at home. I take him out when I go to the grocery store and pretty much every where's which his parents know and they are great with because it gives him outside normal activities that helps them as well when they have to do their errands as well. There's not much in my area that offers for kid based activities but during the summer once a week we did make a 20 min bus ride to the outdoor pool which was nice but for the winter there's not much but the park beside my house. We also pick my son up and drop him off at school every day.

Answer

It depends on the day care, if its not run out of someone's home, interview them on how they run their daily schedules. If its a day care facility for infants up to elementary school children, typically their website will have a general schedule posted.

Answer

Depends on the facility. Set up times to interview the caretaker and tour the places.

1 year old at daycare?

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