Starting a Day Care

Daycare Tax Write-Offs: Direct and Indirect Expense Deductions

January 10, 2011

Tweet Tweet One of the benefits of owning your own business is the ability to write off or deduct business expenses. As a daycare business owner you are entitled to literally hundreds of deductions that you can claim to reduce your taxes. When you own a family daycare business, you will have both direct and [...]

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How to Start a Family Daycare: Sole Proprietorship VS Partnership

January 5, 2011

Tweet Tweet Staring a daycare business can be a confusing process. Should you become sole proprietor of your daycare business? Should you incorporate your daycare business? How do you incorporate your business? These are some questions to ask yourself before you begin the daycare licensing process. Susan Cooper, M.Ed, and member of the non-profit Applied [...]

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How to Start a Daycare Business: Is Daycare Right for Me?

December 27, 2010

Tweet Tweet Before deciding to start a daycare business it is important to assess if the business of daycare is for you. This means asking yourself a few simple questions about your personality, your skills and experience. This also means you must also assess the space you are planning for the daycare business. Personal Attributes [...]

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Getting Acquainted Registration Form for Daycare

November 22, 2010

Tweet Tweet This “Getting to Know You” form is a great tool for enhancing your daycare program. It helps facilitate the partnership between parent and caregiver allowing you to learn more about a child’s development and personality. Create a simple form and ask parents to return it before enrollment. Here are some topics to add [...]

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How to Create a Daycare Handbook Part 6

November 1, 2010

Tweet Tweet A daycare handbook is incredibly important because it details your policies and procedures so that you and your clients are on the same page. A daycare handbook is a great reference tool that works in conjunction with your daycare contract. In part 6 of this article, we will continue with some of the [...]

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Create a Daycare Handbook for Parents Part 5

October 25, 2010

Tweet Tweet A daycare handbook is incredibly important because it details your policies and procedures so that you and your clients are on the same page. A daycare handbook is a great reference tool that works in conjunction with your daycare contract. In part 5 of this article we will continue with some of the [...]

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How to Create a Daycare Handbook for Parents Part 4

October 22, 2010

Tweet Tweet A daycare handbook is incredibly important because it details your policies and procedures so that you and your clients are on the same page. A daycare handbook is a great reference tool that works in conjunction with your daycare contract. In part 4 of this article we will continue with some of the [...]

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How to Create a Daycare Handbook for Parents Part 3

October 20, 2010

Tweet Tweet A daycare handbook is incredibly important because it details your policies and procedures so that you and your clients are on the same page. A daycare handbook is a great reference tool that works in conjunction with your daycare contract. In part 3 of this article we will continue with some of the [...]

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How to Create a Daycare Handbook for Parents Part I

October 13, 2010

Tweet Tweet A daycare handbook is incredibly important because it details your policies and procedures so that you and your clients are on the same page. A daycare handbook is a great reference tool that works in conjunction with your daycare contract. Here are some of the essentials you w ill need for creating a [...]

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Daycare Business Management: What to Do When You’re Sick

October 4, 2010

Tweet Tweet Daycare business is unique in that if you become ill, you will have to make quick decisions about what to do with the children in your care. Just as a child becomes too sick for daycare, the provider can be too sick to care for children. The health and safety of the children [...]

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