Prepare yourself. Learn about quality child care. Call your county Cooperative Extension Service office and DHS office to receive materials on child care. These materials can help you find a quality child care provider that is best for you and your child.
Before the first day:
Visit the child care program so you can tell your child about it.
Take your child for a short visit so he or she can see where children play, eat, and nap.
Invite your child care provider to visit you at home. She or he, you, and your child can get to know each other.
Invite another child who is in the same program to play with your child. He or she will have at least one "friend" on the first day of child care.