Services

 In a time when typically both parents need to work, it is difficult to imagine your child somewhere else other than at home with you.  Hopscotch offers a family childcare setting for children as well as being able to keep siblings together.

Children benefit from the consistency of care since they may have the same childcare provider from infancy until they no longer require care.  As a result, parents develop a trusting relationship with the provider.  Children have the stability of one caregiver, other than their family, which provides healthy emotional growth for them.

In addition, your child will develop relationships with other children in the small, intimate setting that will assist their social development.

At Hopscotch, we ensure that your child is stimulated cognitively. We make certain that age-appropriate toys, crafts and stories are used in the caregivers’ home. We provide information to our providers on a regular basis to enrich the program and your child’s day care experience.

Many parents explore private home day care, a child care centre or a friend or relative when deciding who is best to look after their child. 

 Below is a list of benefits of choosing a licensed private home daycare with Hopscotch. 

Environment & Staff:

• Home setting
• Siblings can stay together
• Personal attention and care by one trained provider chosen by parents
• Flexibility in daily routines
• Play Based Individual programming to suit needs of the child
• Usually near schools
• Monthly unannounced visits by RECE staff to each provider's home
• Annual Licensing Inspection by Ministry of Education
• Ongoing communication  given through telephone calls, newsletters and daily communication with provider
• Back up care if available when a provider is ill or on holidays.

 Ages & Number of Children:

• Small group of children (no more than six children under six years old)
• Less illness than a larger childcare centre environment

  Hours:

• Full and part-time days
• Flexible hours

Lunch & Snacks:

• Provider supplied 
• Nutrition is in accordance with Canada's Food Guide
• Parents are consulted on menus

Cost:

Hopscotch Home Daycare Agency has enrolled in the Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care program which reduces parent fees

• More affordable than child care centres
• Tax receipts provided yearly
• Parent vacation days offered which fees are not required for, which is not typically offered at child care center's
• Subsidized childcare available for York Region and Simcoe County