本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛-价钱高: Maybe, but not the highest. Like some other moms said: there are non-profit daycares are more expensive than this one.
-有位置: my kido ends up there for the same reason. But it not necessary because "价钱那么贵，当然有位置", it is more because they can't take subsidy kids. Thinking acctually how many families are able to pay more than $1000/month per kid out of their own pocket. It is those subsidy kids (goverment pay daycare fee) that make waitinglist long.
-老师看起来都很亲切。师生比是1：3: DNA (Day Nursery Act) regulate the Adult/Child ratio: infant 3 adults/10 infants; 3 adults/15 toddlers or 2 adults/10 toddlers; 2 adults/16 preschoolers or 3 adults/24 preschoolers; (infant-up to 18 months; toddlers-up to 30 months; preschool-up to 3 1/2 years old; school age-4 years and up)
-老师们都是穿着专门的制服 (that is nurses' uniform) I only saw this K&C doing this. Not any other daycares.
-换尿布，没有戴手套; caregiver will wash her hands with soap and water properly after change diapers. So not a big deal.
-infant班里有一个小baby特别可爱，一看见我们就冲过来要抱。I'll take it as a good sign.
-Because this daycare is for profit, I feel they care about their public image more than other non-profit daycares. Every teachers care about the business sales (if not enough kids coming, they won't have their jobs). So they do try to please parents more. Another side of this story is: they care about how kids looks to parents than how kids acctually feel. It is the nature of business. Their customers are parents, not kids. Whoever pays the bill get the talk.
-toddler班: If you can choose, please choose the toddler room with max. 10 kids instead of 15 kids. Even there are 1 more extra adult for 5 more toddlers, it is very hard to manage with a group of 15 toddlers.
-洗手间里面有两个巨大的桶装用过的diaper，我真担心日后我家孩子伸手到里面去捞。Don't worry, kids will explore and will learn through experimenting. And they will all wash hands properly under the teacher's supervisor before they leave the washroom. Teacher won't let your kid 伸手到里面去捞
-但是在卫生方便，我也还是持保留意见。Mom has to learn to relax. Kids won't be kept as clean as they were at home. But they built their immunity (anti-body) by exposed to more dirt/virus/germs. They are getting stronger that way.
-只是不知道是不是大多数daycare都差不多是这个样子. I used to work in various non-profit (public) daycares. They are all licenced as K&C. They major differences are: K&C has better hardwares, while software (programming/staffs) are not as professional trained (since for profit daycare can't pay their staff as high, so think really good ECEs won't be work there for long, thus their educational programming can't be the top)
-in K&C, the crowd of kids are relatively easy to get along. Since they are all coming from similar family background (2 working parents with decent income)
-in daycares taking subisidy kids, hmmm.... the crowd of kids are more diversed....and some kids are from families with tough situation, parents struggling etc. So don't be too surprise to see kids with tough behaviors around your kid. Plus, teachers could he less patient since they have harder works to do even they are paid better.
-well, being around tougher kids might not necessary a bad thing, kids have to learn to deal with different situation anyways.
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