Parents  

Insurance Becoming a Front Page  Topic  Indiana Childcare Association (ICA) assisting Daycare Providers
Curriculum
Insurance
Become A Member
Parents
Finding Child Care
Board

      choosing a Daycare   Understand how to locate a good and safe    daycare 

        Safe Sleep Training            Healthy & Safe Environments for Your Children. 

ASK YOUR PROVIDER ABOUT SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES

Parental involvement in a child's daycare instills a greater sense of family togetherness and allows parents to share their talents. Children notice when their parents take an interest in their lives and education. The individual parent's skills guide the role he or she may play in a daycare, whether interacting directly with the kids or working behind the scenes.

    Career Day

  1. A career day at the daycare  Provider allows parents to showcase their jobs and responsibilities to the older children. Parents are often invited into daycare classrooms to give overviews of their chosen career paths in a way that young children will enjoy and comprehend. Providing fun presentations with interactive elements retain the attention of the students and make these experiences more enjoyable.

    Chaperon

  2. Daycare  Providers often need chaperones for field trips and other special events. Parents serve this role by assisting in watching the children while they are away from the daycare  Provider. This allows for more supervision in public environments to ensure the safety of the children. Chaperoning a field trip allows parents to enjoy local sights and watch their own children interacting with their peers.

    Sharing Skills

  3. Parents may find the opportunity to share their talents or skills with the kids at the daycare  Provider. This could include a particular type of art, cooking, dramatic activity or physical activity. Any skills that translate into a developmentally appropriate activity for the children can be shared by parents at a daycare  Provider.

    Fundraising

  4. Fundraising offers parents a lower-profile option for assisting in a daycare  Provider. Daycare  Providers may rely on fundraisers to make improvements to the facilities, take field trips and purchase extra supplies. Parent volunteers for the coordination of these fundraising efforts relieve the daycare staff of this responsibility, allowing them to focus on the kids in their care.

    Parent Advisory Board

  5. Some daycare  Providers may have a parent advisory board. Involvement with a parent advisory board allows parents to play an integral role in how their children's daycare is run. It also gives parents a better understanding of how daycare  Providers operate and why certain policies are in place. Parents may consider creating a parent advisory board if one is not established.

    Teacher's Helper

  6. Daycare teachers often have long lists of tasks that need to be completed, but they may have difficulty completing these tasks because they're busy with the kids. A parent volunteer takes on some of these tasks so that the teacher is free to focus on the children. A teacher's helper may prepare materials for upcoming activities, organize the supplies in the room, draft a newsletter or help do any other tasks with which the teacher needs assistance.

 

 
Copyright (c) 2004.
Indiana Childcare Association All rights reserved.