starting a daycare

Start a Daycare – How to Create a Child Information Form

January 31, 2012

Tweet Tweet Each daycare business has its own individual enrollment procedures. All daycare providers , however, should require standard childcare enrollment forms in order to protect the children in their care as well as their daycare employees. A child information form is one such daycare form.  It is something to add to the child’s file that [...]

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Starting a Daycare Business: Family Matters

October 11, 2011

Tweet Tweet Discussing your Daycare Business with your Family There are great reasons to own a daycare. There are so many great advantages! Owning a daycare business allows you to stay home with your own children while they are young and still earn an income to help support your family. You can set your own hours [...]

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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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What Daycare Providers Want Parents to Know Part 2

August 20, 2010

Tweet Tweet We asked our OwnADaycare Facebook fans who are daycare owners, to reveal information they would love to anonymously convey to parents. This information is helpful not only for parents who send their child to daycare, but also will help new daycare owners create and enforce policies for their daycare business. Advice fell into [...]

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In-Home Daycare Insurance Resources

July 14, 2010

Tweet Tweet As you learn about daycare business regulations and licensing for in-home family daycare businesses, you will learn that you must invest in insurance in order to protect the business, the clients, and the employees. It is wise for child care centers to invest in liability, accident, structural, and health insurance as well as [...]

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Daycare Grants For Child Care Businesses

May 31, 2010

Tweet Tweet Finding funding is a large part of the process of starting a daycare. You may  have decided upon a location for your daycare business, are abreast of your business’ licensing requirements and regulations, have set up your business structure, and have creating a business plan.  But where will you find the funds to [...]

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Interviews with Daycare Business Owners: Meet Sarah Taylor

May 21, 2010

Tweet Tweet As part of our Interviews with Daycare Business Owners series, we interviewed Sarah Taylor of Bayside Montessori Home Daycare in Ontario, Canada. OwnADaycare: Please describe your childcare business. When and why did you start your daycare/childcare business? Sarah Taylor: I currently run a home daycare called Bayside Montessori Home Daycare.  I had worked [...]

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Sources for Daycare Grants

May 19, 2010

Tweet Tweet One source of funding for daycare businesses is grants. There are tons of resources for daycare grants available online for local, federal and private grants. Types of Grants Local Grants Contact your local licensing office, the local chapter of the National Child Care Resource and Referral Agency (NACRRA), and local child care organizations [...]

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Interviews with Daycare Business Owners: Meet Robin L. Inman

May 18, 2010

Tweet Tweet As part of our Interviews with Daycare Business Owners series, we interviewed Robin L. Inman of My Other Mother’s in Concordia, MO OwnADaycare: Please describe your childcare business. When and why did you start your daycare/childcare business? Robin Inman: I am the oldest grandchild on both sides of my family.  From the time [...]

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