Including guidance on both the financial and educational aspects of running a home-based day-care program, Shari Steelsmith's book offers tips for successful business management as well as advice on caring for children. Suggestions for establishing and maintaining a home-based business, communicating effectively with children, and remediating potential problems are also included.
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Have you ever dreamed of starting a home-based day-care business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? Whether you’re interested in caring for newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, or a mix of all three, this comprehensive guide can help you make that dream a reality.
Author Shari Steelsmith, a former editor with Parenting Press, offers down-to-earth advice and proven tips on everything from getting your day-care business off the ground, to managing your cash flow and staying profitable once you are in business. With recommendations from day-care providers and handy worksheets, checklists, and sample forms, this guide will show you how to avoid common pitfalls and achieve your goals.
Author Shari Steelsmith, a former editor with Parenting Press, offers down-to-earth advice and proven tips on everything from getting your day-care business off the ground, to managing your cash flow and staying profitable once you are in business. With recommendations from day-care providers and handy worksheets, checklists, and sample forms, this guide will show you how to avoid common pitfalls and achieve your goals.
Learn all about:
Working out of your home
Setting policies and procedures
Planning activities for children
Fostering good social skills
Screening parents and children
n Solving common problems
Using discipline and guidance techniques
Getting paid
Use these special features and workbook pages:
Personal skills inventory
Sample medical-consent form
Setting policies and procedures
Planning activities for children
Fostering good social skills
Screening parents and children
n Solving common problems
Using discipline and guidance techniques
Getting paid
Use these special features and workbook pages:
Personal skills inventory
Sample medical-consent form
Sample advertisements
Profitability worksheets
Sample menus
Internet resources
Profitability worksheets
Sample menus
Internet resources
About the Author
Shari Steelsmith is a full-time mother and freelance writer focusing on parenting, educational, and family-related topics. She writes weekly Tip & Tool articles for the Web site, www.parentingpress.com.Shari is also the author of Go to Your Room! Consequences That Teach, Understanding the Angry Child, the board book series Feelings for Little Children, and several other titles.
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This has been very helpful to me. IT has told me things i didnt know. If you were going to start a daycare, i would buy this to help you out.
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