VHA Early Childhood Development Program

CHOOSING CHILD CARE

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Important Signs of a Great Daycare
Low Child-to-Caregivers Ratio and Low Employee Turnover

Look for 1:4 caregiver to child ratio for infants.
The more hands on deck, the better. You want to see a high amount of caregivers per group of children. And ideally, you’d have the same caregivers day in and day out. “It’s best if children stay with the same caregiver for at least a year,” says Krystal Rogers-Nelson, a parenting and child safety expert for A Secure Life. Consistency for your child goes a long way to maintaining a happy well-being.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has a useful chart that shows the recommended ratios for each age group and group size. For infants under 15 months old, with a group size of 8 or less, the ratio should be 1:4. For toddlers up to 2.5 years old with a group size of 10 or less, the recommended ratio is 1:4, and for preschool-aged kids up to 4 years old with a group size of 10 or less, the recommended ratio is 1:6.