Title: What is Family Child Care? Your Guide to Home-based Early Education
Headings: What Is family child care?
What Is family child care?
How family child care works
Why so many names?
The benefits of family child care
Is family child care right for me?
Choosing the best care for your child

Content: At Wonderschool, we refer to home-based child care programs as family child care. “ Family child care” includes both infant and toddler programs as well as programs for preschool-aged children, school-aged children, or mixed age programs. In the end, all of these different terms do refer to the same overarching idea of a caregiver providing early care and education to young children in their home. The benefits of family child care
Caregivers that choose this path are extremely dedicated to providing the best possible care for you and your child. Because care happens in their home, there’s low staff turnover. This creates a more stable environment for your kid and helps build strong relationships between parents and the people you trust with your children. The nature of family child care sometimes means that children interact with peers in other age groups. A family child care home may care for children from infants all the way up to school-age. Mixed age programs offer developmental benefits to younger and older children alike. Family child care programs typically have small group sizes and low child-to-provider ratios.