How to Start a Home-Based Day Care Business

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based day-care business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your business. Author Shari Steelsmith, former editor of Parenting Press, knows what it takes to start from scratch. She offers down-to-earth advice to help you get your day-care business off the ground, manage your cash flow, and stay profitable once you are in business. First-hand testimonials from day-care providers - along with handy worksheets, checklists, and forms - help you achieve your goals in a realistic way.

Whether you plan to care for newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, or a mix of all three, this guide can help you experience the satisfaction of establishing and building your own home-based business. With this guide you can learn all about working out of your home, setting policies and procedures, establishing your daily schedule, planning activities for children, generating enrollment, using discipline and guidance techniques and getting paid.

Start and Run a Home Daycare

Child care is a much sought-after service today. If you love working with children and want to run your own business, a home daycare could be the perfect choice. The initial cash investment can be minimal and the demand for safe, nurturing care for children is always high. Providing quality child care and making a profit isn't child's play. Caring for children is as challenging and multifaceted as parenting itself. In addition, you need to master record keeping, licensing requirements, and all other tasks associated with running a small business.

This book will help you get started right and keep your daycare running smoothly and successfully. It answers questions such as: How do I find out if there is a need for a daycare in my area? How do I get my daycare license? How much should I charge? What kind of policies should I set? What activities should I include in my daycare program? What equipment will I need? How do I gain and keep parents' confidence? From deciding whether a home daycare is for you to planning healthy, appealing meals, from keeping the books to keeping the children happy, Start & Run a Home Daycare provides the information you need to build a thriving business caring for children.

Starting A Child Daycare

The Starting a Day Care Center Start-Up Guide KitT, available immediately via digital download, includes all of the necessary forms that are needed to operate a child care business:

• Registration Forms
• Agreement
• Policies
• Infant Supplemental Form
• Toddler Supplemental Form
• Emergency Contact Form
• Medication Form
• Complete Business Plan and over 30 more ready-to-use Daycare forms and sample business letters!

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