Welcome Enrollees!
Below is a guide to help your family get ready for your child’s first day.
Brightwheel:
Upon acceptance, you will be invited via email to our parent portal, Brightwheel. Please make an account.
Complete the registration form on Brightwheel. This will take approximately 2-5 minutes to complete.
E-sign your contract on Brightwheel.
Pay the non-refundable deposit of $1500, applicable to your first month’s tuition.
Download the app. This is very important to stay up to date on all information regarding your child.
Paperwork to print in black or blue ink:
Please print and complete the Medical Consent Form. Required on first day. https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/english/lic627.pdf
Please print and complete the Identification and Emergency Information Form. Required on first day. https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Forms-and-Brochures/2019/I-L/LIC700.pdf?ver=2019-10-24-143032-763
Consent/Verification for Nebulizer Care https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/LIC9166.PDF
State issued paperwork to review:
Family Child Care Consumer Awareness Information https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/LIC9212.PDF
Notification of Parents' Rights https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/english/lic995a.pdf
Caregiver Background Check Process https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/LIC995e.pdf
Items to email prior to first day:
Please email the director with a photo ID of all adults authorized for pick up and drop off.
Please email the director a copy of your child’s immunizations. We will need up-to-date immunizations quarterly.
Please email the director your child’s daily schedule. Schedule should include wake time, eat times, feeds, naps, sleep.
Daily Packing List: we recommend packing all items in a toddler backpack.
NO FOOD: we provide lunch and two snacks a day. Unless you prefer so, we you do not need to pack food for your child.
Nap items: pacifier, security blanket, etc. Please note the state of California has banned daycares from using sleep sacks.
Daycare sleep mat. We will send sleep mats home every Friday, and expect them returned every Monday.
Prepared and sealed (closed) bottles if your child drinks formula or breast milk, with name and BM/F labeled for breast milk or formula.
Diapers and diaper cream. Feel free to bring a pack of diapers to stay at daycare, along with a tube of diaper cream that we will use should your child get a diaper rash. We will notify you when we are running low.
Two full changes of clothes (shirt, bottoms, jacket, socks): one for winter, one for summer.
Sunscreen or sun hat (not required, but highly recommended).
Any required medicines you’d like us to keep (epipen, inhaler, etc.). Please check often for expiration dates.
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What to expect:
Progress reports. We send periodic progress reports to summarize feed schedules, naps, and drink schedules. The reports typically an evaluation on your child’s motor skills, social skills, and upcoming transitions. Parent-teach conferences are not required, but can always be requested.
Changes to pick-up/drop-off. Occasionally, the drop off location will change within the daycare. We will notify parents if we will be in the background, playroom, etc.
Changes made by the state of California. As a licensed in-home daycare, we are subject to the rules and regulations set forth by the state of California. Parents will be made aware of any new rules and regulations that directly affect your child’s day to day.
Daycare closures due to outbreaks. As required by the state of California, the daycare must close down for outbreaks of infectious diseases. These diseases include but are not limited to: covid, Hand Foot Mouth, etc. An outbreak is considered 2 or more infected children.