family daycare

Residential child supervision

Family daycare is childcare provided in a caregiver's home rather than at a commercial facility.

The setting is typically smaller and more intimate than a daycare center, with one provider caring for a handful of children: She runs a licensed family daycare out of her house.

Also called family childcare or home daycare.

Related

arts and crafts · nap · nap time · snacks · picky eaters · home-based · nurturing · licensed · pickup · dropoff · storytime · backyard · finger-painting · play dough · diapers · cribs · tummy time · learning

Categories
Opposites
care setting size and structure

family daycaredaycare center

Facility for young children

childcare center · early learning center · preschool · nursery school

care provider type

family daycareinstitutional care

Professional supervision in facilities

care arrangement formality

family daycareparental care

Offspring protection and nurturing

stay-at-home parent · grandparent care

Family

family, daycare, families, familial, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, familiarization, unfamiliar

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G