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24-hour child care now open in Wayne

By Sarah Shurge Parents with infants must supply
On July 11th, a new daycare their own food, diapers, and wipes.
opened in Downtown Wayne. But not Solid food for older kids is provided
just any daycare, a 24-hour daycare. with three meals (breakfast, lunch,
Tiny Stepping Stones Childcare LLC. and dinner) and three snacks a day.
is a child care agency that is open 24 “It's been pretty amazing so far.
hours, seven days a week. We did an open house and had a ton
Chyna Knowles owns an elderly of people that came,” said Knowles.
care agency, Comforting Care LLC, “Searching for employees has been a
that has been open and operating for little rough. We had 300 applicants
two and a half years. but I’m extremely picky. I’m a mom
“I wanted to put something in of five and in school part-time. So
place for care for my staff’s kids,” when I do interviews, I am good at
said Knowles. “Sometimes my staff knowing if a person will fit correctly
couldn't find a sitter and the elderly or not.”
weren’t getting the care they needed. Knowles is going to school full-
I provide excellence for everything I time for a Bachelor’s in Nursing and
do, so I ended up creating a daycare, part-time for an Early Childhood Ed-
so my staff know their kids are safe ucation Development degree. She
and single moms can work.” Owner Chyna Knowles of Tiny Stepping Stones Childcare LLC. and friends cut the states that she couldn’t do this with-
Being a single mom at one point, ribbon on her 24-hour day care with Mayor John Rhaesa, Councilwoman Deb Wass, out the help from her staff in both
Knowles understood the troubles agencies and her husband.
with finding a sitter, but especially if Councilman Phil Wagner and City of Wayne Department heads. “I’m extremely blessed with every-
you have a difficult work schedule. to the bathroom, potty training to hunts, and trunk-or-treat for fami- thing that has come our way. To have
Some single moms have to work work as a team with parents, how lies. a second business blow-up after
overnight, so Knowles created a cur- many times they've been diaper “Our number one goal is to give being open such a short time is
riculum based center with around changed, and more. kids a safe environment where they amazing,” said Knowles.
the clock care. “I found an app that specializes are happy they can come here and Tiny Stepping Stones went viral
Tiny Stepping Stones Childcare with our school curriculum, so par- learn no matter what their situation on Facebook, Ford Motor Company
has 24-hour-access to cameras. Par- ents can log on, see what their kid is is at home,” said Knowles. shared them on the Ford website
ents can log into the Guarding Vision doing, ask random questions, or ask Tiny Stepping Stones has a total and the Ford employee app, and
app access the cameras and see their for pictures throughout the day,” of 15 kids enrolled since opening. Channel 7 News came on site on
kids at any given time. said Knowles. They are allowed to have 55 kids in July 28th.
“I was a single mom once upon a Tiny Stepping Stones is a ‘learn one setting shift, which is specialized Knowles explained that Tiny Step-
time and it's hard. I knew access to with play, learn with movement’ fam- by the parent’s hours needed/sched- ping Stones opened one day and on
cameras would ease that frustration ily environment. Knowles states that ules. The staff shifts are from 7 a.m. the next day had a meeting from
or thoughts for parents,” said “anyone that walks through the door, -3 p.m., 3 p.m. -11 p.m., and 11 p.m. Ford Company. She is hoping to part-
Knowles. becomes a close knit family.” - 7 a.m. to provide around the clock ner with Ford in the future.
Tiny Stepping Stones also uses The staff and kids have movie care. Tiny Stepping Stones is located at
the Brightwheel: Child Care app that nights and daily trips to the local Prices range between $250-$320 4915 S Wayne Rd.
tracks and logs activities with each parks for outside time to get energy a week depending on the child’s age If you are interested in enrolling
individual kid. It logs sleeping time, out in a productive way. The kids and if they need full-time or part- your child or looking for more infor-
when the kid wakes up from their also go on field trips to the hands-on time care. Examples are: An infant mation regarding Tiny Stepping
nap, when and what they ate, and museum, water parks and splash needing full-time care would be $320 Stones, you can visit tinystepping-
what activities or learning lessons pads, as well as trips to Hines Drive a week. An 11 year old needing part- stoneschildcare.org or call (734)858-
they did. It also logs when they went for the Christmas lights, Easter egg time care would be $250 a week. 7470.

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