Starting a Day Care

Is Owning a Daycare the Right Choice for Me?

July 27, 2011

Tweet Tweet Let’s discuss the great reasons to own a daycare. There are some really great advantages! Owning a daycare business allows you to stay home with your own children, raise them while they are young, and still earn an income to help support your family. You can set your own hours to suit your [...]

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Tips for Starting a Daycare Business

July 21, 2011

Tweet Tweet Starting a daycare is very affordable. Again, the overhead (startup costs) are low in relation to other business startups. Your current home is your workspace; you just have to work around the furniture that is already in your home. Let’s take a look at some of the basic costs of starting a daycare [...]

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More Daycare Licensing Tips

July 14, 2011

Tweet Tweet Preparing to start a home daycare business can be intimidating. Here are some daycare licensing tips to help you get prepared to get your business up and running. Health and Safety Requirements for daycare licensing in the area of health and safety general include everything from basic hygiene to administration of medication. For [...]

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Daycare Employee Handbook Policies

June 21, 2011

Tweet Tweet If you employ staff at your daycare it is so important to have an employee handbook that details your expectations while they work for you. We asked our OwnADaycare Facebook contributors about the most important policies in their employee handbook. This will help you create fair employee policies and to remember polices to [...]

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Guest Blogger: Louise Roberts on Potty Training

April 22, 2011

Tweet Tweet I always encourage trying however realizing that unless your child is really ready you may be doing loads of work for little reward. Potty training is supposed to be a positive transition in life something that is filled with personal reward and satisfaction. Never should it be frustrating or punishing for both parents [...]

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Guest Blogger Paula Schott Discusses Respect in Daycare

March 22, 2011

Tweet Tweet When thinking about topics I could Blog about, I went to the Own A Daycare website to see what information would be most beneficial to it’s readers.  I decided that I would blog about respect.   Respect for the children in our care,  respect for the parents we come in contact with every day [...]

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Daycare Licensing Tips

March 14, 2011

Tweet Tweet If you’re not sure whether or not you need a daycare license or why it is advantageous to have a daycare license, read on: Do you need a Daycare License? In some situations and in some states a daycare license may not be required. These might include recreational programs operated for less than [...]

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Daycare Business Tax Tips Part 2

January 24, 2011

Tweet Tweet Filing daycare taxes can be a daunting process, especially for a new daycare business owner. So we enlisted the help of Tom Copeland, tax and child care business specialist, and author of the 2010 Family Child Care Tax Workbook and Organizer, to answer those tough tax questions and provide helpful daycare tax tips. [...]

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Daycare Business Tax Tips

January 20, 2011

Tweet Tweet Filing daycare taxes can be a daunting process, especially for a new daycare business owner. So we enlisted the help of Tom Copeland, tax and child care business specialist, and author of the 2010 Family Child Care Tax Workbook and Organizer, to answer those tough tax questions and provide helpful daycare tax tips. [...]

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Record Keeping Guidelines for Daycare Business Income Taxes

January 12, 2011

Tweet Tweet Starting a daycare business is a wonderfully rewarding career. However, record keeping and filing taxes for your daycare business can be daunting and confusing. What records do you need to keep? How long do you need to keep records and receipts? In this brief guide, you will find general guidelines for record keeping [...]

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