For Family Home Daycare Providers - What Are Your Hours Of Operation?

[ABCDaycareMN]

My hours I am willing to be open are 6am-5pm. But I will be contracting hours with parents.

[dave4him]

6-6, but i think it gets taken advantage of

[BumbleBee]

6:15am - 5:45pm

[Willow]

I only do contracted hours between the hours of 7:15am and 5:15pm.

10 hours a day is plenty, any more than that and everyone ends up suffering

[bunnyslippers]

I do contracted hours.

I am open from 7:30-4:00. Never earlier than 7:30, and never past 4:00.

[SunnyDay]

7:30 to 5:30
Contracted hours
Last usually leaves at 5:15

[daycare]

I am open 7 am to 6 pm. I wish I could change my close time to 5:30, or even 5:00 but we live in a very small rural community, and most people work 30-45 minutes away. Oh, well.

No holidays, no weekend.

I do have an after hour care program, but so far no one has taken me up on it. I have 4 nights a month (no holidays, no weekends) on a first come, first serve basis set aside to provide care. It's an extra $11 dollars an hour, so that could be why no one has used it. I think I might just stop offering this.

Im in this same boat... I live in a small town and everyone has to commute out. the traffic here is horrible so I have no choice but to stay open these hours..

7am to 6pm m-f

[tenderhearts]

My hours of operation are 6:30 am - 5:00 pm, they put what their contracted hours are within these times, so right now I don't have to open until 7am since that's the first arrival time. I also have 2 people contracted, which I made an exception for until 5:15 - 5:20 ish but I'm very firm that it can NOT be past 5:30. It's a really long day, I like to have at least 30-40 min of MY time before the first child and then usually everything is done where last child leaves and the light goes off.

[mema]

I won't start before 7am and won't go past 5pm. Right now my first ones usually come about 730, although they have been here as early as 7 and as late as 9. I think I have that stopped though after a little chat. I do an extended night until 530 or 545 for 1 dck about every 3-4 months (extra charge).

[Kimberli]

Im in this same boat... I live in a small town and everyone has to commute out. the traffic here is horrible so I have no choice but to stay open these hours..

7am to 6pm m-f

Same, same. All my parents commute. I am 6a-6p and it wipes both me and the kids out - but if I opened later or closed earlier I would lose several kiddos. Already struggling to fill a couple of recent vacancies and can't afford to rock the boat right now.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Most of mine are 8:00-5:00.

But, I have a couple that arrive at 7:00 and a few that leave around 6:00. This began a few months in.

I do not like the early drop offs at all (and I do not charge for them either, or else I would lose the clients that need it). I do get paid for the late pick-up ($1.50/15 minutes). Once the children who need it phase out/leave then I don't think I'll be offering it anymore.

[crunchymama]

7:30am to 6:30pm M-F.

[daycare]

Same, same. All my parents commute. I am 6a-6p and it wipes both me and the kids out - but if I opened later or closed earlier I would lose several kiddos. Already struggling to fill a couple of recent vacancies and can't afford to rock the boat right now.

where abouts so cali are you???? you can tell me via pm if you want

[spud912]

I think it all depends on the needs of your area. If you live in an area that has a long commute, it would be more beneficial to have longer hours. In a small rural setting, I would think you can shorten your hours some.

I live in an urban setting with longer commute, but I only do contracted hours. However, I am willing to work 7:00 am to 5:30 pm. Most of my families come between 7:30 and 8 am. My boys leave between 4 and 4:30 pm and my girls leave between 5 and 5:30 pm.

[Country Kids]

6:30-5:30 and I have parents that use every minute. I make more money doing it htis way then I use to charging hourly.

I couldn't believe making one little change would work so well.