Choosing the right childcare for your little one can feel like a big adventure – one filled with excitement, nerves, and plenty of questions. One of the things that can get tricky pretty quickly is cost. From monthly fees to hidden expenses, figuring out the real price tag of daycare can seem like solving a puzzle.
At The Breakie Bunch Learning Center, we think price transparency and affordability is part of a high-quality experience for your family. There are many potentially stressful factors to finding the right childcare for your little one, but understanding cost shouldn’t be one of them.
Getting the Most for Your Money When Choosing a Daycare
Toddler and infant care costs can vary wildly across the board, but above all else, it’s important to understand just what your money is getting you at various facilities. When you’ve found an infant care center that’s within your price range, think about the following factors:
- Proximity to your home and work
- Center-based vs. home-based
- Hours and flexibility
Finding an infant care center that’s close to home and work is an imperative consideration when choosing childcare. You might find a daycare that seems a little bit cheaper, but if it’s an extra hour out of your way during your commute, it’s not saving you any money, given the gas and time you’ll spend traveling. Fortunately, we have two convenient locations in Waterford and Goodrich, MI, that are each close to tons of neighborhoods and office locations.
Assessing the cost of home-based care versus center-based care is also important. While home-based care can be slightly less expensive, it doesn’t come with the guarantees that a center-based childcare facility does. Being licensed, insured, and under full state compliance is hugely important for your child’s safety and well-being, and a center-based approach helps you know exactly the standards of care. Additionally, center-based care typically has better hours and more flexibility, helping to alleviate some of your stress around drop-offs and pick-ups.
Ensuring Safer Staffing Ratios at Childcare Facilities
The child-to-caregiver ratio is a critical factor both in the quality and the cost of childcare. While there are state mandates for ratios, it’s important for centers to pay close attention to whether even lower ratios are needed based on the needs of the individual students. For infant care, which requires constant attention, centers with appropriate tuition rates can afford to have even better ratios to keep both children and staff members happy.
Improved childcare staffing ratios may slightly increase overall cost, but it ensures the infant care available to you is top-notch. Part of our mission is to always hire qualified teachers who understand just what it takes to create a positive, safe, and educational environment for your little ones. Centers that undercut tuition rates will lack educated, licensed teachers who will treat your children like their own.
High-Quality Michigan Childcare
We’re passionate about finding great infant care and providing a wonderful experience to our families here at The Breakie Bunch. From included meals and snacks at no extra cost to free communication through the Tadpole app throughout the day, we know getting the most for your money is hugely important. Contact us today to learn more about tuition rates and the superior educational experience we can offer your family.