Supplies and Equipment

7 DIY Homemade Paint Recipes for Kids

May 22, 2013

Tweet Tweet Art supplies for home daycare businesses can be expensive. However you can save some money by making your own art supplies materials and you can also keep children safe because you know what’s going in them. Paint is one of the craft materials that children in your home daycare will use over and over again in creative [...]

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Does Your Daycare Transport Kids?

March 12, 2013

Tweet Tweet There are many child care providers who don’t transport children at all anymore due the liability today. A daycare provider asks:  “This fall my daughter is starting School and I will be transporting her as well as my dayhome children to the school and back each day. This is a new step for [...]

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DIY Nontoxic Cleaning Products for Daycare

February 22, 2013

Tweet Tweet Many cleaning products that you use in your daycare are toxic and harmful to the kids in your home daycare as well as to the environment. Make your own cleaning supplies allows you to save some money and keep children safe because you know what’s going in them.  Here are more great reasons to make your [...]

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DIY Homemade Nontoxic Cleaning Products for Daycare and Home

January 24, 2013

Tweet Tweet Many cleaning products that you use in your daycare are toxic and harmful to the kids in your home daycare as well as to the environment. Make your own cleaning supplies allows you to save some money and keep children safe because you know what’s going in them.  Here are more great reasons [...]

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Children’s Toys — Recalls from December 2012

January 22, 2013

Tweet Tweet Here is a roundup of some childrens’ products that have been recalled (toys only) from December, 2012. When you own a child care center , your number one priority must be to keep children safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment.   Infants may be at risk of entrapment, suffocation, strangulation, injury or asphyxiation if [...]

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Craft Recipes for Preschoolers

September 5, 2012

Tweet Tweet Art supplies for home daycare businesses can be expensive. However you can save some money by making simple craft materials. These are the craft materials that children in your home daycare use over and over in creative arts activities or free play. Here are some recipes for play dough, face paint, silly putty, decoupage glue, crayons, [...]

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Summer Poems, Songs and Finger Plays for Preschoolers

July 23, 2012

Tweet Tweet Celebrate summer in your in-home family daycare or daycare center through fun songs and finger plays with a summer theme. Consider teaching the following summer songs, poems and finger plays in your child care center. They are great activities for circle time in your daycare: Summer Sun [1] The summer sun in the sky Shining, shining [...]

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Homemade Non Toxic Summer Craft Recipes

May 17, 2012

Tweet Tweet Art supplies for home daycare businesses can be expensive. However you can save some money by making simple craft materials and keep children safe because you know what’s going in them. These are the craft materials that children in your home daycare will use over and over again this summer in creative arts activities or [...]

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Daycare Dilemmas Solved How to Get Parents to Take Home Their Child’s Arts and Crafts

April 17, 2012

Tweet Tweet Are you tired of your daycare parents leaving art and craft projects behind or seeing them in the car as they leave?  The children in your daycare have are proud of their work and you are proud of the process. We asked the OwnADaycare Facebook fans how they handle the situation and for [...]

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Field Trip and Activity Permission Slips for Daycare

March 20, 2012

Tweet Tweet Each daycare business has its own individual policies and procedures. However, all daycare providers must issue standard childcare authorization forms in order to protect the children in their care as well as their daycare employees.  The field trip or activity authorization form, gives the children in your care permission to leave the facility [...]

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