Own a Daycare Blog » house http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Organizing An Open House For Your Daycare Business http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/organizing-an-open-house-for-your-daycare-business http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/organizing-an-open-house-for-your-daycare-business#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:06:37 +0000 Mary http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/?p=406 Related posts:]]> Open houses are the most excellent way to induce parents to sign their children up your centre. But for an open house to be an effective advertising tool, there are some pre open-house preparations to be made and a budget allocated. What you want to is create an unforgettable occurrence for both the parents and the kid.

Timing
Open houses should be over the weekends so that the working parents can check out your centre at an unhurried pace. It can be in excess of one weekend or if funds permit, offer it over two or three weekends.

Promoting your open house
There are several ways to guarantee that news of your open house is reached.
- Put up a banner, with the date and time of your open house, about two weeks before your actual open house.
- Take up an announcement in the local papers announcing your open house.
- Put up notices in several high traffic areas as doable such as local cafes and eating places. Do not forget to put it up your own centre so that the other parents are informed. Nothing beats word of mouth publicity.
- Print flyers and allocate it at high transfer areas in and around your area a week prior to your open house.

Pre event preparations
- Do some spring cleaning. Make sure that the centre is neat and tidy, no wires exposed, the books and notes neatly stacked, dirty stains painted over, etc.
- Frame up all your the licenses and awards and put them up. Pin up nice photographs of children’s activities and their drawings.
- Make sure that all the necessary materials are ready and inserted into nice presentation folders. Items include set of courses, time table, food menu, etc. Prepare a few sets.
- Prepare a nice little album / scrapbook of photographs

Open house programme
- Make sure that you have enough brochures for the parents to bring home.
- Ensure that you have lots of employment forms and writing materials available
- Prepare a curriculum for the children e.g. face painting, art and craft, story telling, etc.
- Ensure that you have sufficient helpers on the day of your open house
- Prepare some snacks and light refreshments
- If budget permits, arrange small little door gifts and give it to them as they depart, if possible with the name of your centre printed. Examples of door gift as car decals or balloons.

After the open house is ended, the work is not done yet. Keep in mind to follow up on all your leads. Write little notes on the form such as when to follow up with them, etc so that you do not forget. Systematize and file them in an orderly manner. One proposal is to file them according to when they said that they will sign up, so that you know when to trail up.

See: How to start a home daycare center

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]]> http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/organizing-an-open-house-for-your-daycare-business/feed 0 Income Generating In house Daycare Business http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/income-generating-in-house-daycare-business http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/income-generating-in-house-daycare-business#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:27:27 +0000 Mary http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/?p=51 Related posts:]]> A lot of people thinks that loving kids and having a nice home is the key to having one of the popular in-home or in-house daycare business. But really it takes a lot more than that.

However, loving children is of one of the key factors to having a day care business as you will be spending most of your time with them. And if you have your children at home, you have to think about how an in-home daycare center will will affect them. Although usually, it could be a great combination for everybody involved, there are still obstacles that you will experience. You need to think about the things that will most likely affect your family the most.

If one kid doesn’t like sharing, you will be having a lot of problems to handle if he will do it on a regular basis. But if you are great at handling this sort of problems then it won’t really bother you one bit. So setting up an in-house daycare center is a wonderful business for you.

When it comes to starting an in house daycare center, you would need an in depth researching. You have to find out if your state requires a license for in-house day care businesses. And how many children are permitted for you to care for. You will also need to know if you will be requiring any changes or renovations to be made in your home. Different states have different rules and regulations on these things, so know that your state requires before investing in something like the great backyard playhouse you saw on sale on the Internet.

In house daycare business may also be required to have a CPR certification. And even if it doesn’t, you will definitely want to become certified in CPR and first aid. You will never know when accidents will happen, and you really need to be prepared for them.

Certifications are also al big help in case you ever find yourself in a lawsuit. Presenting your certifications, not just to the parents of the children you care for but with law enforcers as well, show that you are dedicated and really serious about your in-house day care business.

You will also need to look into liability insurance. Check with your current insurance company about your homeowner’s insurance and find out what kind of protection does it provide for accidents that may happened in you property. Policies may have different payouts and processes if you have a home business so check it out first before you start your daycare.

And like any other home based businesses, you might also want to prepare a business plan for your day care. You need to plan for accounting as well as tax expenses, and back up care providers as well as needed equipment and insurance. If you plan to expand your day care soon, you have to set aside a certain amount from your profits for this. You may also have to set aside some money for entertainment expenses such as field trips for your day care children (you need to have proper permission slips of course).

So you really need to do a lot of research and readings in order to achieve success in your in house day care business. Find out all you can, try visiting some other day care centers in your area, find out the upsides and downsides of the business from owners, parents as well as the little clients – children, so that you can be well prepared.

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]]> http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/income-generating-in-house-daycare-business/feed 0 Making Your Daycare Business Plan http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/making-your-daycare-business-plan http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/making-your-daycare-business-plan#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:19:50 +0000 Mary http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/?p=41 Related posts:]]> The thought of putting up your own daycare business can be quite thrilling. But before you advertise your new business venture, you must think first of all the things needed to put up this type of business. Creating a daycare business is not simply converting a part of your house in to a playpen for children; it is a strict business that has a lot of laws that govern it.

First and foremost, you must make yourself of a business plan: this lays out all the details you need in order for you to establish, run, and maintain you daycare services. You must really be sure of yourself that you want a daycare center as a business before you start to make the business plans. It would be a waste of time and effort if you suddenly change your mind midway.

Do you really want to start up a daycare center? Do you like taking care of children? Do you have what it takes to take care of other people’s children? Are you one hundred percent sure that you are determined enough to start and run a business venture?

Bear in mind that a daycare center is entirely different from the babysitting you used to do back then. The daycare is an in-demand business that entails a great deal of dedication to manage it successfully. You must consider up to how many children you can cater at a time, and if you plan on hiring additional staff and for which particular role.

Now that you are a hundred percent sure of yourself that you will open such a business, and then you can begin drafting your business plan. It should contain pertinent data regarding your business. It will act like a blueprint and framework to your business. Where you plan to do the business, the mission and vision of the center, the analysis and break down of the costs and finances must be reflected in the business plan.

Jot down anything and everything that you think can help your business and sustain it. Include also plans for improvement for your daycare business.

You should also do a thorough market research regarding the demand and supply of daycare centers in your community. Are there plenty of children in the area? Are the parents willing to send their children to daycare centers?

Check out the feasibility of your proposed daycare center and see if it is actually possible to do it. Get all the necessary information regarding market research and gathered data so as to know if your business is a good venture to begin with.

Do a rough estimate of all the things that you will need before starting up your business. Insurances, furniture, playpens, food, and other necessities needed should be properly estimated so as to know the needed capital in starting the daycare. Make sure, also, to take care of all the necessary paperwork so as to make sure that your establishment is legal and following safety rules and precautions.

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