Daycare Tour Checklist, 48-Criteria Parent Guide and Editable Comparison Tracker

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The daycare tour checklist covers 48 criteria across 11 categories, from safety and staffing to food and allergies. This digital parent checklist includes daycare questions, a tour guide, and an editable tracker to help compare up to five programs when choosing childcare. Use the printable quick-reference during visits and organize your daycare evaluation with files for Word, Excel, and PDF readers.

Daycare Tour Checklist & Comparison Tracker Bundle — evaluate every daycare with confidence, and choose the one that truly fits your child.

Touring daycares is one of the highest-stakes decisions a parent makes, and tours are designed to impress. This bundle gives you the same questions, the same 48 criteria and the same scoring system for every visit — so you compare evidence instead of gut feeling and half-remembered impressions.

Editable, printable and reusable for every child and every search.

★ WHAT'S INCLUDED ★

① 16-Page Daycare Tour Walkthrough & Q&A Guide — Editable Word (.docx)
A consultant-style framework covering safety, daily routines, behavioral expectations and family alignment. Includes a phone pre-screen, room-by-room observation checklists, a 14-category Q&A bank with ~70 questions to ask, green / yellow / red flag tables, a weighted decision scorecard and post-tour follow-up lists. Edit in Word, Google Docs, Pages or LibreOffice.

② Daycare Comparison Tracker — Editable Excel (.xlsx)
Compare up to 5 daycares side by side. 48 criteria scored 1–5 with automatic color coding, a custom-weighted scorecard that ranks your programs, an annual cost calculator (tuition plus every fee), a 42-question Q&A log and notes pages. Works in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers and LibreOffice.

③ One-Page Printable Quick-Reference (PDF)
All 48 tour criteria on a single printer-friendly page — checkboxes, a 1–5 rating scale and bold red "weak signal" cues. Slip it in your bag and score as you walk the rooms. US Letter size, prints on standard paper.

★ PERFECT FOR ★
• Expecting parents and first-time daycare families
• Parents comparing several centers or home daycares
• Relocating families starting the search from scratch
• Nannies, sitters and childcare providers preparing for parent meetings
• A thoughtful gift for a baby shower, new mom or growing family

★ HOW IT WORKS ★
1. Fill in one column per daycare in the tracker.
2. Score each of the 48 criteria from 1 to 5 as you tour.
3. Let the weighted scorecard rank your options — then read your notes beside the numbers.

★ WHY PARENTS LOVE IT ★
• The same questions everywhere give you an honest, apples-to-apples comparison
• Observation checklists show exactly what a "weak signal" looks like
• Written from family-consultant best practice — warm, objective and reassuring
• Fully editable, so you can tailor it to your family's priorities

★ INSTANT DOWNLOAD ★
This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped. Your files are available immediately after purchase — download, print and start touring today. All three files arrive together in one convenient ZIP folder.

★ PLEASE NOTE ★
Colors may vary slightly between screens and printers. This product is for personal use only; not for resale or redistribution. Because this is a digital download, all sales are final — but please message me if anything isn't right and I'll make it right.

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