Comparison: Homecare Versus In Home Daycare
Daycare Center
Versus
In Home Daycare
Written By: Christine Totten
English Composition 121
July 2, 2011
Many people have their own theory on childcare and that it can depend on the needs of the child. However there are several other factors that need to be considered when choosing to send your child and/or children to either a public or private daycare versus an in home daycare. First there is the cost. The tuition at a daycare center is typically higher than the cost of an in home daycare. Another factor to consider is the type of care that you want and/or need your child to receive. There are several different things to consider in this aspect; social skills that need to be developed, schedules that your child will need to …show more content…
The tuition cost of a daycare center can be pretty steep especially when you are putting more than one child into the equation. I currently work at a daycare in the suburbs of Chicago and the tuition for an infant in 2011 is $274 a week, and that rate does not go down until the child turns two years of age. (With the center that I work at, the parents only provide the diapers, the formula and/or breast milk and a blanket for the crib the center will provide everything else.) The items needed to be brought will usually be the same with most centers (at least in Illinois) Most centers within the Chicago land suburbs are typically right within that price range maybe a $20 to $30 difference but that is about it. Now you can also consider a corporate run daycare center like a Bright Horizons, Kindercare, Goddard or a La Petite you can add on about a $100 to the $274 tuition cost that we started with. There is also usually a discount when you enroll more than one child. The discount can range from 10% to 20% depending on the daycare center. Now when you consider the cost of an in home daycare, you are looking at spending about $120 to $150 a week for an infant. You are asked to provide the same …show more content…
There are several objectives to think about with this topic. There are the social skills that you want your child to develop, because obviously if your child is at an in home daycare with only a few other children they are less likely to develop the same social skills. You also need to consider the schedule that you want your child and or children to follow, especially if one of your children has special needs. At a daycare center they will create a schedule for your child that is conducive to the other children in the class as well as the age group of the class. They might make a few changes based on the children that they have in the class at any given time, of for instance that schedule did not work for the majority of the class. In the case that you have an infant most daycare centers will allow the parents to make the schedules for the babies, until they are around 12 – 14 months of age. However in the end the schedule is generally designed to work for the class as a whole versus each individual child. On the other hand in an in home daycare there are fewer children and therefore fewer teachers. There are also several age groups mixed into one or maybe two groups. With that being said individual schedules are easier to follow. This will usually help more when you have a child with a special needs, that needs a little more care than the typical child.
Versus
In Home Daycare
Written By: Christine Totten
English Composition 121
July 2, 2011
Many people have their own theory on childcare and that it can depend on the needs of the child. However there are several other factors that need to be considered when choosing to send your child and/or children to either a public or private daycare versus an in home daycare. First there is the cost. The tuition at a daycare center is typically higher than the cost of an in home daycare. Another factor to consider is the type of care that you want and/or need your child to receive. There are several different things to consider in this aspect; social skills that need to be developed, schedules that your child will need to …show more content…
The tuition cost of a daycare center can be pretty steep especially when you are putting more than one child into the equation. I currently work at a daycare in the suburbs of Chicago and the tuition for an infant in 2011 is $274 a week, and that rate does not go down until the child turns two years of age. (With the center that I work at, the parents only provide the diapers, the formula and/or breast milk and a blanket for the crib the center will provide everything else.) The items needed to be brought will usually be the same with most centers (at least in Illinois) Most centers within the Chicago land suburbs are typically right within that price range maybe a $20 to $30 difference but that is about it. Now you can also consider a corporate run daycare center like a Bright Horizons, Kindercare, Goddard or a La Petite you can add on about a $100 to the $274 tuition cost that we started with. There is also usually a discount when you enroll more than one child. The discount can range from 10% to 20% depending on the daycare center. Now when you consider the cost of an in home daycare, you are looking at spending about $120 to $150 a week for an infant. You are asked to provide the same …show more content…
There are several objectives to think about with this topic. There are the social skills that you want your child to develop, because obviously if your child is at an in home daycare with only a few other children they are less likely to develop the same social skills. You also need to consider the schedule that you want your child and or children to follow, especially if one of your children has special needs. At a daycare center they will create a schedule for your child that is conducive to the other children in the class as well as the age group of the class. They might make a few changes based on the children that they have in the class at any given time, of for instance that schedule did not work for the majority of the class. In the case that you have an infant most daycare centers will allow the parents to make the schedules for the babies, until they are around 12 – 14 months of age. However in the end the schedule is generally designed to work for the class as a whole versus each individual child. On the other hand in an in home daycare there are fewer children and therefore fewer teachers. There are also several age groups mixed into one or maybe two groups. With that being said individual schedules are easier to follow. This will usually help more when you have a child with a special needs, that needs a little more care than the typical child.