I would simply explain that you are providing childcare, not class instruction.

Here I’d use the old licensing requirement excuse. “Sorry, but I have X number of children of different ages to supervise and school instruction for school age children would not allow me to supervise the other children adequately.”

Then “On another note, due to increased needs in supplies for having kids here all day that would otherwise be in school, I am no longer able to extend any discounts.”

My own children are able to check their laptops for class assignments daily and do their work on their own, just like homework. If a school aged child in my program had a similar situation, they would certainly be allowed to use their electronic devices, during the younger children’s’ nap time only, to do their school work, but I do not provide instruction.

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