23 questions to ask on a daycare tour
A printable checklist for touring any Chilliwack centre: licence and ratios, the daily routine, food and illness policies, emergencies, fees and what to notice without asking.
When should a child stay home from daycare? A plain-language guide to sick days
The general illness rules BC child care settings follow, a symptom-by-symptom table, what happens when the centre calls, and how to make the morning decision in four steps.
Preschool, daycare, family child care or StrongStart: which one fits your family?
A side-by-side comparison of the early-years options in Chilliwack for a three-to-five-year-old, including the free ones, and how to rule out the wrong fit before touring.
The Affordable Child Care Benefit, explained for Chilliwack families
Who qualifies for BC’s Affordable Child Care Benefit, how to apply, how it combines with the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative, and what to ask a centre before you enrol.
How to check whether a Chilliwack daycare is licensed (and what the licence tells you)
Every centre says “licensed”. Here is how to verify it on the Fraser Health public list in five minutes, what the licence category and capacity mean, and what a licence cannot tell you.
Starting daycare at three: a settling plan that respects the child’s pace
What to do before day one, a typical gradual-entry ladder, how to handle the goodbye, what educators do, what pickup looks like, and when to talk to us.
Preschool inside full-day care: how one room and one drop-off works, and why the group stays at sixteen
How a 90-minute preschool block sits inside a full day of care, what it contains, what a sixteen-child cap changes in practice, and the trade-offs stated plainly.