Affordable Home Childcare for Rio Rancho NM,
Accepting children from ages 1-12 years of age.
CPR/1st Aide Certified, 8 years of experience &
references available.
FunTimesChildcare@hotmail.com
I will be providing:
~ Drop off/pick up from bus stop for school age
~ Balanced meals & Snacks
~ Arts & Crafts
~ Science & Exploration
~ Music/Dramatic Play
~ Outdoor activities
~ Games
~ Story Time & Learning Activities
(My
contract is as follows)
Fun Times Childcare
WELCOME TO MY CHILD CARE! Following will be a list of rules, hours
and rates, information about me and information I need about you and your
children. Hopefully this will answer many questions you have concerning our
child care. Feel free to ask additional questions!
AGES:
I care for children from age 1 through age 12.
WHAT I OFFER AT MY CHILD CARE:
Story time / Outdoor Play / Tumbling
Games / Crafts /
Art Projects / Music
Learning Time / Quiet Time / Naps
ENVIRONMENT:
My home will provide clean and well-supervised play areas. The toy and play
area, all blankets, pillows and nap area is sprayed daily with a disinfectant.
Weekly, toys are sanitized with bleach and water in our dishwasher. All
bedding (nap-time) is washed weekly or as needed. I have outlet protectors in
all outlets not being used. All harmful chemicals, medications, or dangerous
items are kept behind closed doors on top shelves. The cupboard doors all have
childproof latches. All dishes and utensils will either be disposable or
sanitized after each use. All washing will be done with either a fresh clean
washcloth or disposable wipes.
DISCIPLINE:
The rules will be explained to the children to the best of their
understanding. They will be reminded of the rules when necessary. All children
will be treated equally. I
use redirection for the most part. On very rare occasions "time
out," one minute per year of age.
DEPENDABILITY:
I am here and open 5 days a week from
6:00am
to
6:00pm
. My child care is open to all children, regardless of race, nationality, or
creed, who may benefit from my type of program. Should a reason arise when I
must be absent from my child care I will request each family have a back-up
child care provider or I will help you locate one.
VACATION TIME:
My child care may be closed for up to 3 weeks per a calendar year for my
own personal family vacation time. I
will give two weeks or more notice to my parents. You will not be charged for
this due to you having to pay another provider.
I am closed for the following
holidays yearly:
Memorial Day
4th of July Holiday
Labor Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving & following Day
(Fri)
December 24th, 25th,
& 26th
New Years Day
* * * The above holidays are
subject to change * * *
You will not be required to pay for these holidays, as I do not provide
care those days. If your child (ren) requires care on these holidays, you will
need to rely on your back-up care giver.
I do ask you to give me the courtesy of 2 weeks prior notification when you
will be taking a vacation. You will be charged half rate for this time; this
is to hold your spot(s).
I require a minimum of 24 hours prior notification if your child (ren) will
be gone for one day (when not because of illness). This is to better help me
with my daily planning. Full rates apply in this case.
FULL TIME CHILD
CARE: 26-40+ hours per week
$90.00/week: If your child (ren) is/are
picked up later than your scheduled contract time, you will be charged for the
extra time, unless something else has been arranged prior. It is $3.00/hour
and this may be pro rated.
PART TIME CHILD CARE: up
to 25 hours per week
$45.00/week: If your child (ren) is/are
picked up later than your scheduled contract time, you will be charged for the
extra time, unless something else has been arranged prior. It is $3.00/hour
and this may be pro rated. This
can also be considered Drop-in care, if space is available, that would
be $3.00 per an hour OR if over 5 hours its considered full day which is
$20.00 per day, this is only for Drop-in care.
BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL
CARE:
$65.00/week: This applies to children
which are full time students who need morning and afternoon care.
No drop off or pick up service available from myself, your child must
attend one of the local schools, & can ride the bus to and from the drop
off point in my neighborhood, I will be walking the children to the bus and
making sure they load the bus safely, I will also be retrieving the children
from the bus stop and they will walk to my home with me.
WHAT I ASK OF THE PARENTS:
1. Please enter on your own as you feel comfortable. Do not wait for me to
come to the door, sometimes I am in the middle of an activity with a child and
cannot leave them unattended. Bring your child (ren) in and help them with
their coats and shoes if necessary. Give any special instructions at this
time. When picking up your children I will try to highlight your child's day
at this time although I may have two parents standing in front of me at the
same time. Every Friday you will be given a sheet of what your child has done
that week in my care.
2. Abide by prearranged hours. If you will be running late or dropping off
early, please call me and let me know as soon as possible.
3. Financial agreements must be kept according to the contract. Should
there be any questions regarding your bill, I will be glad to discuss it and
go over it with you. PROMPT PAYMENT IS REQUIRED as I have a budget to follow
and scheduled payments to make.
4. Bring a change of clothing for your child. Dress them according to the
weather. Remember, Spring and Fall have cool mornings and warm to hot
afternoons. In the Winter, I require that you provide gloves, stocking cap,
scarf, snow pants and snow boots pending on snowy days.
5. When needed - I ask you to provide the following:
Formula/Baby Food-Diapers & Wipes
Change of Clothing
When potty training, I require that you supply Pull-ups. You must
work with your child at home for two weeks, with success, before I will begin
potty training at child care. Clothing should be easy to manage to
encourage self help and independence skills. Buckles and suspenders, when in a
hurry to use the restroom, may create a problem, so please, no suspenders or
belts.
WELLNESS POLICY:
Fun Times Childcare is a "Well Child Care Facility"! This means
if your child is not feeling well, for whatever reason, you must make other
arrangements for their care until they are feeling well and no longer
contagious. Do not bring your child (ren) to child
care if they have a fever over 101.0, diarrhea, vomiting or have a contagious
illness. The child (ren) will not be allowed back into care until they
are symptom free for 24 hours. If they are too sick to go outside, they are
too sick to be at child care.
If your child has a common cold - slight cough, sneezing, or a runny nose,
you can bring them to child care. However, when the cold reaches the point
when your child will not play, cries, whines, wants to be held constantly, or
has a continuous cough, you will be required to keep your child home. If a
child is brought "too sick" you will be phoned to pick up your
child. If your child is sick enough to require Prescription medication -
Pink-Eye, Strep Throat, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, etc... I will require you to
keep your child (ren) home until he or she has been on medication for 48 hours
and they are no longer contagious.
MEDICATION
If you request me to administer medication (prescription or other) you must
complete an authorization form BEFORE I WILL ADMINISTER. Please dispense all
medications at home whenever possible. Prescription medication must be in the
original container with the pharmacy label and doctor instructions.
I ask parents to please follow the guidelines for illness. This is for the
protection of all those involved. Many times either my child care or I get
blamed for the illness of a child. Yet, parents don't realize the majority of
this is brought into my home exposing my own family, too. If you are not sure
if a child should be brought, feel free to call us ahead of time.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY:
1. Call parents at work.
2. Contact Doctor or nurse.
3. Child is separated from the other children and cared for.
4. Child is transported by parent, or ambulance to doctor or hospital.
PARENTS YOU OR YOUR FAMILY INSURANCE IS/ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COST OF MEDICAL
HELP OR TREATMENT DUE TO ACCIDENTS OR ILLNESS WHILE AT CHILD CARE.
PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS:
Payment agreements have been agreed upon in your contract. Please abide by
the agreement. Payment is due on Friday.
If paying by check, make payable to Chanda Haney.
Again! Please give proper notice for days of vacation, sick, emergency,
etc... This will save on confusion, hard feelings, and money!
VARIOUS CHARGES AND NOTES:
There will be a $5.00 late charge for each day your payment is late.
There will be a $30.00 charge for checks returned
for any reason. If for any reason at anytime there is a check returned NSF for
childcare, all payments made after must be by either cash or money order, NO
EXCEPTIONS.
Please retain your receipts for tax purposes. You will receive a receipt on
Monday for the previous week paid.
EARLY PICKUP - LATE DROP OFF:
Should you decide to pick up your child (ren) early for whatever reason, a
courtesy call would be appreciated before you pick him/her up. You will still
be charged for the full day. This also applies if your child (ren) is/are
brought late for any reason. Please have the courtesy to let me know when you
will be running late or picking up early. Changes in these times affect my
schedule for the day.
TERMINATION OF CONTRACT:
This contract shall be terminated if any one or more of the following
occur.
- Serious illness of a child
preventing attendance.
- The account becomes more than
3 weeks delinquent.
- Fun Times Childcare determines
it is unable to meet the needs of the child.
- Fun Times Childcare determines
it is not in the best interest of Fun Times Childcare or the children
enrolled to have the child in attendance.
- Failure of the parents to
cooperate with Fun Times Childcare.
- Parental Termination
Required to give a written two week notice for which you will be charged
your normal child care rates.
- If at all either I or the
parent feels that the arrangement will not work out with in the first two
weeks, either party may terminate with no notice.
- *I have the discretion to make
changes in rates and policies I deem necessary. You will be notified in
writing of any changes and when the changes will go into effect.
Guidelines
Following is a list of some of the guidelines in child care. They are
listed only to give you insight into my child care and my philosophies.
1. Name calling, foul language, or yelling is not allowed.
2. Hitting, kicking, pushing, pinching, biting or hair pulling is not
permitted.
3. Food or drinks in the kitchen area ONLY.
(No
outside food allowed i.e. McDonalds)
4. Picking up babies or small children is not allowed.
5. "Back Talking" will not be permitted.
Parents
I/We hereby agree to comply with the guidelines and regulations of Fun
Times Childcare regarding fees, attendance, health, clothing, and other items
specified in this Contract. I am aware of the scheduled child care holidays.
The information contained in the Parent Handbook as well as the rates are
subject to change. You will be notified in writing of any changes before they
go into effect.
DISCIPLINE
POLICY
The person who conducts the enrollment conference shall provide a written
copy of and explain the center's discipline practices to each child's parents,
legal guardian, or full-time custodian at the time of enrollment. Each
parents, legal guardian, or full-time custodian must sign a statement which
attests that a copy of the center's written discipline policies were given to
and discussed with him or her. If the discipline policy changes at any time,
it must give written notice of such a change to the child's parent, guardian,
or full-time custodian 30 days prior to the implementation of the new policy
and the parent, guardian, or full-time custodian must sign a statement that
attests that a copy of the new policy was given to and discussed with him or
her. This statement shall be kept in the child's file.
No child shall be subjected to any form of corporal punishment by the
owner, operator, director, or staff of any day care facility. For purposes of
this Rule, "staff" shall mean any regular or substitute caregiver.
(1) No child shall be handled roughly in any way, including shaking,
pushing, shoving, pinching, slapping, biting, kicking, or spanking.
(2) No child shall ever be placed in a locked room, closet, or box.
(3) No discipline shall ever be delegated to another child.
(4) Discipline shall in no way be related to food, rest or toileting:
(a) No food shall to be withheld, or given, as a
means of discipline.
(b) No child shall ever be disciplined for lapses
in toilet training.
(c) No child shall ever be disciplined for not
sleeping during rest period.
Summer
Schedule
6:00
-
7:00 a.m.
- Arrival/Quiet Time, TV
Time
7:00
7:30
a.m.
Free Play
7:30
8:00 a.m.
(TV off)
Breakfast/Clean-up
8:00
-
9:00
a.m.
- Morning Activities/Learning Time/Arts and Crafts
9:00
10:00
a.m.
- Outdoor Free Play
10:00
10:30 Morning Snack
10:30 11:15
a.m.
- Circle Time/Sing Songs, Play Games etc.
11:15 12:00
a.m.
- Indoor Free Play
12:00 12:30
p.m.
Lunch/Clean-up
12:30 1:00 p.m.
Story Time
1:00 3:00 p.m.
Nap/Quite Time
3:00 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Snack/Clean-up
3:30 4:30 p.m.
Afternoon Activities/Learning/Arts and Crafts/Clean-up
4:30 5:30 p.m.
- Kidrobics (exercise) or outdoor physical activities (Sports,
running etc.)
5:00 6:00 p.m.
- Clean-up, Prepare for Home
Fall
/School Year Schedule
6:00 7:00 a.m.
- Arrival/Quiet Time, TV Time
7:00
-
7:30
a.m.
(TV off) Breakfast/Clean-up
7:30
8:00 a.m.
Take School age
children to Bus stop.
8:00
-
9:00 a.m.
- Morning
Activities/Learning Time/Arts and Crafts/Clean-up
9:00
10:00 a.m.
- Outdoor Play
10:00
10:30 Morning Snack/Clean-up
10:30 11:15
a.m.
- Circle Time/Sing Songs, Play Games etc.
11:15 12:00
p.m.
- Free Play Indoors
12:00 12:45
p.m.
Lunch/Clean-up
12:45 1:00 p.m.
Story Time
1:00 3:00 p.m.
Nap/Quite Time
3:00 p.m.
Pick-up Kids from Bus Stop
3:00 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Snack/Clean-up
3:30 4:30 p.m.
Afternoon Activities/Learning/Acts and Crafts
4:30 5:30 p.m.
- Kidrobics (exercise) or outdoor physical activities (Sports,
running etc.)
5:00 6:00 p.m.
- Clean-up, Prepare for Home
NOTES:
Daily activities are
planned, but children are not forced to participate in them if they dont
want to. Learning time involves age appropriate developmental lesson plans.
Indoor free play will be substituted for outdoor play on rainy or cold weather
days. Clean-up includes washing up before and after meals or snacks as well as
picking up toys.
The children are expected to try and help.
***Schedule is subject to change per the
school hours, drop off/pick up times for buss, weather permitting outdoor
play times can be accommodated also, or to accommodate the childrens needs
***
~A 2 week sample of my Menu~
