Start A Home Daycare

Hi,
I was just reading a cool post by home day care provider, Mandy on her MySpace blog.
Here’s a taster:
“OK… So I’m a little piturbed…Why on hell do parents let their children rule them..HELLOO!!!!Your the f**king adult act like it. So doing daycare I see alot of things that make me a better parent. But when […]

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Hi,
If you’re worried about getting your home daycare license, then you should stop now. It’s really not that hard if you use your common sense.
Here’s an excerpt from a blog post by Kristin Kay who got her daycare license not long ago:
“I knew we would struggle on just one income so I chose to get […]

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Hi,
If you love working with kids, or you want to spend more time with your own child, working for your local daycare, you could be in for a shock.
You see daycare jobs usually pay extrememly low wages that you may have trouble living off of.
Here’s a graph that compares daycare workers with workers in the […]

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Hi,
I’ve just been looking at another home daycare forum and I found a question, asked by Michelle, about daycare grants, which I thought had some useful replies.
Here’s the question:
“Does anyone know of any grants to help you start a home daycare?>”
…And here’s one of the replies:
“Jasmine, are you wanting to open a center out of […]

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Hi,
If you’ve ever tried running a home daycare, you know that there can be a huge number of forms to fill in.
I recently found a good example of an application form on BabettesDaycare.com.
The form can be seen here:
http://www.babettesdaycare.com/application.pdf
It can be difficult getting all the right forms together and knowing how to use them.
You can […]

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Hi,
The ‘business’ side of setting up a home daycare can be a bit daunting.
I’ve just found a web page with some great info on dealing with that stuff.
Here’s an excerpt from it:
“”Wanting” to be a provider is not enough. Ask yourselve this question- “Can I run a business?” Chances are, you are thinking […]

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Hi,
Sometimes it can be hard to think of good activities to do with the kids in your daycare.
Fortunately, I found in interesting forum post about home daycare activities which gives some good ideas.
Here’s an excerpt:
“Dianna had a good idea with her paint dropper activity. I know there’s an activities portion to this website but let’s […]

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Hi,
Sometimes you may get a family apply to your daycare where you think the child is suffering abuse.
This can be unpleasant and very difficult to handle. It is essential that you report it though.
I’ve just been reading a forum post about a daycare provider who reported abuse.
Here’s an excerpt:
“I had another interview last week with […]

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Hi,
I’ve just found a great website for Christian daycare providers.
It’s a forum where you can discuss your Christian daycare.
Here’s a sample post:
“How much of your day is spent doing Christian activites?
I would say about have our day is spend doing Christian stuff. We try and do at least 1 Christian craft a day along […]

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Hi,
I’ve just been reading a post from nikki021771 on the DaycareManager.net forum.
Here’s an excerpt:
“Hello ladies, I have been doing childcare for 3 years, but have only been (licensed) for a year now. I had 3 children in my care, and now I am down to one child. One parent started working from home, and didn’t […]

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