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

[Soccermom]

Just out of curiosity I was wondering what hours everyone was open each day. I am open from 6:45am - 5:30pm and am considering changing that a bit. Trying to get a feeling for what the norm is. Thanks

[Nickel]

I do contracted hours and have had great luck with it. This way I can take morning dcks and afternoon dcks. But I am losing one of my afternooners so I signed my odd up for activities. With that I decided I am open 8-5 although currently my last child leaves at 4.

[renodeb]

7:00-5:15 Monday-Friday But I will go to 5:30 if asked.
Deb

[littlemissmuffet]

I do contracted hours. My first arrival is never before 7:30am and my last pick up is never passed 5:00pm - except one day a week, I sometimes keep one child until 5:15pm as a favor to mom. When new families start I let them know that I'm on;y availabel between 7:30 and 5:00.
I used to have open/close hours from 6am-6pm... and I will never go back

[MNMum]

7:45-4:30 M, W
7:00-4:00 T
7:00-4:30 Th

I do contracted hours. I will not stay open any later than 4:30pm. I won't open any earlier than 7!

[wahmof3]

M: 7:15a-4p

T-F: 7:15a-4:30p

M-W: 3p-12a (only 1 DCF and plan on giving this up in July)

[juliebug]

7am- 5:30pm most go home at 5pm or 5:15pm never going back to 6pm!

[Provider_Manda]

M,W, Th, Friday 7:30 - 6:00
Tuesdays 7:30 - 4:30 (5:15 the latest)

[HappyHearts]

My hours are 7 am - 5:30 pm M-F

I charge a weekly flat rate, so regardless if they are here 1 hour a week or 50 hrs per week, their weekly rate is the same, if they are a scheduled full timer.

[Blackcat31]

I operate on contracted hours.

M ~ 7:40-5:00
T ~ 7:40-4:30
W ~ 7:40-5:00
Th ~ 7:15-5:00
F ~ 7:40-4:45

I will not work before 7:00 and will not work after 5:30.

NO evenings
NO weekends
NO holidays

[bluemoose_mom]

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.

[EchoMom]

contracted hours here too. But I will not work outside of 7:30-5:30. Been doing 7-6 but have phased that out. Would not go back to it unless totally desperate.

[daycare123]

My hours are 730 to 530 m-f

[Childminder]

6am-midnite Mon-Sat

[canadiancare]

06h30-16h30 M-F I give them an hour travel time each way and everyone works a 07h30-15h30 day. Most days the kids are gone by 16h15.