Dandy Lion Daycare

Update as of January 26, 2012

 

NAME CHANGE Due to VIHA already having a SUNNY DAYS in Royal Oak, and they got there a couple of years before me...

 

$850 includes all snacks, lunch, milk, juice, wipes, and most field trips, & misc costs.

 

***MORE PICTURES AT BOTTOM OF PAGE!!! -- scroll down....

See PAGE 4 (index to the left) for the FULL CARE MANUAL text attachment (Open Office Doc)

 

DETAILS:

PLEASE CHECK OUT MY REFERENCES!

Certified BCTF K-7 teacher (currently non-teaching status)

Current & Updated 1st Aid June 7/2009

Currently this facility is an unregistered (not with CCCR) LNR [License Not Required] and I have been at this status for almost 3 years.

I have already applied for [on file] VIHA Family Care Licensing for opening ASAP, I  have my business license, and had my pre-inspection from Langford Fire Dept., and am operating by most VIHA standards in preparation for licensing. NOT affiliated with Pussywillow Preschool, but we are just right next door, and I do offer equity pricing for attendees of both facilities.

 

• FEES: $850 [F/T preferred, P/T negotiable for 1 shared spot, and discount for PWPreschool attendees] with 2 snacks [10am, 3pm], 2% milk, & a canada food guide healthy lunch.  Breakfast negotiable: if you bring it, I will feed it to them! [Diet provided not including specialty foods, allergy issues, formula / soy milk]
• 7:00 - 5:30, 9 hr max 9 [eg 8-5] ...times will depend on needs of clients! Flex days may make up for longer hours.
• NON-SMOKING / 1 small PET [Roxy is a sweet natured spayed 6 month old terrier x bichon, looks like benji, very cuddly]. 
• FULLY FENCED, in my home, with my daughters AJ [3,5y] and TJ [7.5 yrs, currently in Gr2 @ Ruth King]. Cannot forget my awesome hubby, Dave, my husband is a corrections officer at VIRCC for 14+ yrs. 
• Deposit: Half of your last months' fees is non-refundable and is required for holding an available space.
• NOTE:
Waitlist may be in effect.

 

Phone : 250-383-9463  Location: 1-2871 Peatt Road, Langford

• I provide healthy age appropriate lunches, snacks, & drinks, and hope for healthy contributions each month to our communal snack bins, please! 
• You provide diapers in bulk, a full change of clothes (seasonal), sunscreen, and any special lovey or blanket for nap times. Also specialty foods such as formula / soy based foods.
• With the fully fenced yard, close proximity to Ruth King School & Memorial Park, and an array of age appropriate toys, costumes, playdough, arts & crafts supplies, and great books, we will always be busy having fun and learning through play and exploration of the great big world around us!
• We sometimes attend Smart Start at Ruth King [registration required, no fees!].
• Local Activities: There's library storytime 2 blocks away, Playzone water play park, municipal parks, and a toddler play site [Tumblebums [you pay fees]] just up on Goldstream!
• Please refer to the other pages of this website (Care Manual pgs 1-4) for other details about discipline, safety, routines /schedules, rates, hours, and more!

 

my email:  kbuttree@shaw.ca

 

NOTE: I have been trying to revamp my website, so this is a WORK IN PROGRESS! 

 

WEBSITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

 

Original website may have been lost along the way, but I can rebuild it, make it better!

~ Kara Abrahams Buttree, 'Dandy Lion Daycare' Operator & Mom

 

PS I just got married July 30, and now go by KARA BUTTREE

 

-----> KEEP READING!!! ... more below!

Below are fairly current pics of the new house & daycare! I now have a comfy futon for a reading area where the highchairs currently are positioned in the pics. The highchairs now gone, that I no longer have infants. I now have 3 pack-n-plays [all with own bedding] for nap times as needed, no cribs.  The colourful floor foam mats are now installed, and the wood floors are covered: 8' x 10' area.