Where Caring, Learning and Play Go Hand in Hand
How Does a Day Home Differ From Daycare/Child Care Centres?

Family Day Homes

  1. Small group setting with a maximum of six children, excluding the educator’s own children.
  2. Licensed and supported through a licensed family day home agency, with regular monitoring and educator support.
  3. Mixed-age setting that can allow siblings of different ages to remain together.
  4. Smaller number of children in the care environment.
  5. Home-based, family-style environment.
  6. Programming can be flexible and responsive to children’s individual interests, routines, and needs.

Daycare’s/Child Care Centres

  1. Larger group setting with capacity for more children.
  2. Licensed child care facility subject to provincial licensing requirements and inspections.
  3. Children are generally grouped according to age.
  4. Child-to-educator ratios vary depending on the age group.
  5. Larger, centre-based environment.
  6. Programming often follows more structured classroom routines and schedules.
Our Standards & Practices

It’s A Child’s World is contracted by the Provincial Government of Alberta to approve, administer, and monitor family day care homes. These provincially-approved day homes are under contract with our agency and must meet both provincial and agency standards. These standards not only apply at the initial set up of a day home, but to its daily operation. Continuous monitoring is undertaken to ensure compliance is maintained. The agency also ensures the day home educators are updated on current early childcare education practices with resources, materials and training on constant basis. There is ongoing support to the parents and the children in care.

About It's A Child's World

It’s A Child’s World Family Day Home Agency strives to provide an inclusive, safe and caring environment for each child. Our programs focus on a child’s own interests within a positive and quality learning through play program.

Looking To Open A Day Home?

Our licensed agency recruits experienced and educated early learning and child care educators whom show a genuine interest and desire to work with young children. . Applicants must be  willing and able to meet the Family Day Home Standards Manual For Alberta.

Looking for Early Learning and Child Care Resources

Over the years we have compiled lots of resources to help both parents and educators. To make it easy to find the information your looking for we have put them all in one convenient place on our site.