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: What is Family Child Care? Your Guide to Home-based Early Education
What Is family child care? Child Care Director Resources , Parent Resources
3rd August 2017
You may have heard of family child care before – also sometimes referred to as in-home preschool, in-home child care, or home daycare – but maybe you’re not exactly sure what it is or how to access it. Family child care is one of many child care options out there. As a parent, you want to find the absolute best fit for your child and that means fully understanding your options and the benefits of each. In this post, we will demystify family child care once and for all. We’ll take a look at what it is and what the benefits are so you can make the right decision for your family. How family child care works
A family child care program is a form of early childhood education in which a caregiver looks after children in their own home, often with the help of an assistant. A family child care program is typically licensed for between 6 and 12 children, although these numbers do vary by state and by type of child care license. Because of these small, intimate environments, you will see many opportunities for 1:1 interactions between the provider and each child, mixed age groups, and the opportunity for continuity of care (where a child stays with the same caregiver over a long period of time).