Tips

How to Handle Daycare Provider Burnout

August 23, 2011

Tweet Tweet Childcare provider burnout is when an educator loses passion and energy for working with small children in daycare centers, but remains in his or her position in the field.  It is common in the daycare industry yet there are simple ways to combat daycare burnout. We asked the OwnADaycare Facebook Fans: What are [...]

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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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Potty Training Tips for Daycare Providers Part 3

June 17, 2011

Tweet Tweet Daycare providers play a special role in toilet training. Success with toilet training in the preschool or daycare environment is dependent upon a child’s developmental readiness. We interviewed Dr. Dr. Judith Goldstein, pediatrician at Global Pediatrics in New York to get some valuable toilet training tips for daycare providers. OwnADaycare:  Some daycares use [...]

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Toilet Training Tips for Daycare Providers Part 2

June 16, 2011

Tweet Tweet Daycare providers play a special role in toilet training. Success with toilet training in the preschool or daycare environment is dependent upon a child’s developmental readiness. We interviewed Dr. Dr. Judith Goldstein, pediatrician at Global Pediatrics in New York to get some valuable toilet training tips for daycare providers. OwnADaycare: If you could [...]

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Toilet Training Tips for Daycare Providers Part 1

June 15, 2011

Tweet Tweet Daycare providers play a special role in toilet training. Success with toilet training in the preschool or daycare environment is dependent upon a child’s developmental readiness. We interviewed Dr. Dr. Judith Goldstein, pediatrician at Global Pediatrics in New York to get some valuable toilet training tips for daycare providers. OwnADaycare: What are some [...]

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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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How to Start a Home Daycare Business: Interview with Susan Cooper

May 17, 2010

Tweet Tweet Owning and operating a daycare business can be a huge task worthy of special considerations. In our interview with Susan Cooper, M.Ed., early child development expert and member of Applied Scholastics International, Cooper provides sound advice for those interested in starting a daycare business and guidance for success. OwnADaycare: If you could warn [...]

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Interviews with Daycare Business Owners: Meet Cindy Vess

May 17, 2010

Tweet Tweet As part of our Interviews with Daycare Business Owners series, we interviewed Cindy Vess of Vess Daycare in Topeka, Kansas. OwnADaycare: When and why did you start your childcare business? Cindy Vess: I started on 1980, because that’s what I had chosen to do for a living, not just to stay at home [...]

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Is your Child Ready for Kindergarten? Interview with Stacey Kannenberg

December 4, 2009

Tweet Tweet One important duty of childcare centers and preschools is to prepare children to enter preschool. Is your child preschool ready? In this interview with Stacey Kannenberg, co-author of the award winning, California and Texas Approved books Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten! and Let’s Get Ready For First Grade!, discusses signs of kindergarten readiness. [...]

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Daycare Preparation Tips

August 16, 2009

Tweet Tweet A key duty for parents that plan to enroll their children to daycare centers is to get acquainted with the compass of activities, standards, safety of the facilities, and their reputation as a learning center. No one really needs to spend a fortune just to be sure that the daycare center they enroll [...]

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