Welcome to the Dare to Dream Childcare LLC family! We hope this parent handbook will be a guide to help you understand our program, what you can expect from us, and what we will expect from you in meeting your child’s needs. Working together, we know your child’s experiences with us will be what you expect – God centered, challenging, exciting, loving and positive. Our daycare wants to provide a happy and comfortable environment for your child. Our educational program is designed to meet the developmental needs of each individual child in our program. We believe that children need experiences in all areas of development (spiritual, physical, social/emotional, cognitive, language, and creative experiences) in order to become well-rounded individuals.

Goals for the child:

1. To provide opportunities for being with other children in a setting conducive to development of wholesome social relationships.
2. To provide appropriate play experiences that contribute to the developmental needs of children in the areas of social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
3. To provide opportunities for meaningful play that is based on the child’s individual needs, interests, handicaps, and abilities, and that will build important foundations for future learning.

Goals for parents:

1. To provide opportunities to meet with and work with other parents and teachers who have as their common concern the interests and needs of their child.
2. To provide care for the child while the parents pursue their own work or other interests.
3. To provide parents opportunities to grow in the understanding of child development.
4. To provide parents with information about available community resources that will support their role as primary caregiver for their children.

Parent involvement is vital to the children’s success in school Dare to Dream Childcare LLC strives to involve parents in as many ways as possible. Parents who are involved in their child’s education create a connection between the home and school. Every Dare to Dream Childcare LLC parent has an obligation to perform 2 hours of service per child to the school each month. Service hours will be checked monthly. Failure to complete volunteer hours will result in a $10 penalty per child each month.

Tuition is due on Friday for the following week and is non-refundable.

Dare to Dream Childcare LLC DOES NOT currently accept cash payments. Payments can be made via ACH draft, Debit/Credit card (2% fee applies) and through myprocare.com (2% fee applies).

Fees after acceptance into program:

• $75 for 1^st child or $100 per family non-refundable registration/enrollment fee (paid once a year at time of enrollment)

$50 supply fee (includes supplies, and nap cot) paid once a year at the beginning of fall semester)

A $25.00/Day fee will be accessed if tuition is not paid in full by Sunday

Payment schedules for childcare (which are made in advance) must be adhered to! Failure to meet any scheduled payment can result in removal from the program. After 1^st check returned, for any reason, cash payments in the form of a money order will be required. NSF check charge is $25.00. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS! Should you allow your account to go unpaid 5 days past due, your child can be dismissed from the program and will be placed at the end of our waiting list and will have to complete a new enrollment process including payment of enrollment fees.

Refund of Payments

Tuition will not be refunded as staff payroll, food and curriculum supplies have been purchased in advance of care. We cannot credit you with absences since your child’s place is reserved for him/her and our expenses continue although he/she is not present. There is no reduction in tuition for holidays or any days your child does not attend.

If a child is enrolled before and/or after school, and school is out due to holidays, weather days, etc., then an additional fee of $15/day will be charged for the child to attend those days.

Monday – Friday 7:00am to 5:30pm

Morning Arrival – (9:00am Cutoff Time) – Children must be signed in upon arrival

• Be sure to sign your child in/out daily
• Please walk your child to the classroom door(outside door-COVID-19)
• It is the parent’s responsibility to ensure their child’s diaper is dry upon arrival. If for any reason that the child’s diaper is soiled, then it is the parent’s responsibility to change the child upon departure
• Share any important information with the teacher

Your family’s arrival and your leaving your child in the morning can sometimes be a hectic and a stressful transition for both parent and child. In order to facilitate this drop off each morning, we suggest that you establish a regular routine for saying good-bye that you will do every day.

For Example: Enter the building, sign the child in, and put the child’s things away in the cubby, share any important information with the teacher; only then can we accept responsibility for your child. Walk your child to the bathroom to wash their hands. Get a hug and a kiss, tell them to go to the window for a good-bye wave, blow them a kiss, flash car lights or whatever; you get the idea!

Sometimes your morning routine may not go as planned and your child may need help from the teacher.  You may have to give your child to a teacher to hold as you depart. Your child may cry when you leave. If you are uncomfortable, you can call the center when you get to your office/class to see how your child is doing. Usually children stop crying and get involved in an activity fairly soon after the parent leaves.