
The first thing you need when opening a home daycare is a contract. This sample contract for home daycare will make it a cinch. And you’ll avoid a lot of frustration.
The first thing you need when opening a home daycare is a contract. This sample contract for home daycare will make it a cinch. And you’ll avoid a lot of frustration.
Do you love children? Do you want to do something that really matters? Maybe home daycare for you. Check out this home daycare business plan and see if it’s financially viable.
Home daycare record keeping is one of the most important parts of the job. After doing a great job with kids, it’s second to your path to success.
You might think that home daycare is babysitting, but there are so many more benefits of home daycare than people ever realize!
If you have been wondering, should I open a home daycare? You’re in the right place. I opened mine in 1995 and I have tons of insight to share with you.
My house is very small, at 1100 square feet. And I have run a successful home daycare in it since 1999. See how we learn in a small home daycare layout.
I’ve been running a home daycare on my own since 1995 and I’m going to share my knowledge with you. This is a tough job, but there’s nothing I’d rather be doing.
If you are feeling overwhelmed about starting a home daycare business or are drowning in the one you already have, check out these daycare tips for providers-simplifying daycare every day.
Home daycare is no joke. It can be a super tough job. Not everyone is cut out for it. But if you are, there are ways you can make every day simpler and a little easier for you. You’re going to rock this thing and you’re in the perfect place to get started.
If you’ve been thinking about starting your own home daycare business, you’ve come to the right place. If you need the basics in how to start a home daycare, check this post out. And don’t forget to read about what not to do when you start a home daycare. And here are my top 9 reasons to choose home daycare as a career.
The best place to start with your business is to get your business practices in order. If you have been doing daycare for 5 minutes or 30 years, streamlining your paperwork system can always be done and always improve the way you run your business.
Click on this great article about how to make payment policies for your daycare. And you’ll also need how to make contracts and policy books. Before you start, check out these rules for your daycare business that every provider needs.
Once you get all of your paperwork in order, you’re going to need a good way to store it and keep it that way, check out how to work on handling your daycare paperwork and keeping your daycare paperwork organized here.
If you’ve been in business a while, you might be thinking of raising your rates, but you’re uncomfortable doing it. Here are 5 steps to help you do it this year.
FORMS! Here are some resources for free forms to help your daycare business.
Now that you have your basic rules decided, how do you get kids? Here are some ideas on how to advertise your home daycare business. Next, you’ll be getting calls for interviews, use these 10 tips on interviewing to help with that. Also, what you need to include in your daycare application packet is here.
Are you wondering what you need to get started Check out the must-have items for daycare and start-up expenses for daycare. This supply list might help you too.
Food is one of the biggest expenses and most time-consuming part of any child care business. Those little sweeties want to eat. And all the time! Learn how to plan a daycare menu here. This daycare food menu planning guide might help. I like to use this CACFP food buying guide to make it simpler too.
The food program has lots of rules to follow, but you can make them simple by following this guide. Check out these meal pattern ideas for fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and meat and meat alternates. We also have tons of breakfast ideas, lunch ideas, and snack ideas that will help you make a variety of great menus.
Use these food prep ideas to save you time preparing meals. And ways you can cut down on food waste in your business.
Once you have your supplies and your food figured out, it’s time to think about the every day running of a daycare. These routines to help you keep your sanity might help. Also, preparing for your licensing visit, keeping up with the mess, organizing toys, how in the world to get it all done, managing supplies, planning daycare activities, and keeping your daycare organized.
You might be looking for help in lesson planning or getting parent involvement. If you need inspiration on how to arrange you set up, check this out. Expenses can get out of hand in this business, here are 22 ways to reduce expenses.
You can be a good provider, but if you want to kick it up a notch and be a great provider, check this out too. Avoiding burnout and dealing with stress are important in everything we do. And get involved with a local organization so you can network and find support.
Are you looking to add a big piece of equipment or make a big change? Here are some great fundraising ideas for your childcare business. And we can all use these secrets for asking for your paycheck in family childcare. Because there are times you’ll have to do it.
Check out these great tips on how to declutter your finances in home daycare. I know they will help.
Once you have a successful year in your business, you’ll need these productive solutions for your taxes, these must-haves for your business taxes and this printable end of the year daycare receipt for parents.
Are you struggling with ideas on what to get the kids for Christmas? Do you have to get them something? Check out these ideas for gifts for daycare kids.
If you are providing childcare in Oklahoma, these Oklahoma provider tips can help! And if you’re wondering if the stars program is right for you, this might help.
Hopefully you’ve found tons of helpful and useful information linked here so you can have success, peace, fun, and more joy in your job. It’s the best job in the world and one of the most important, and I want to see you rock it every day!
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