We have attached a few articles you may want to reference when visiting childcare programs, you may find helpful in making this very important decision about where your child will spend their days.  We can assume you know your child does not need a babysitter or a day care program but needs and deserves a pre-school program that will have pre-school teachers who are educated in early childhood education and housed in a safe, education and fun environment.   If it is school age care you are looking for then opportunities for independence and friendship should be at the forefront of your decision.  Along with that safety, security and Counselors that will help mentor your child and give them lots of opportunity for self-expression, sports and fitness and time to just be a kid.