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5 Ways Technology Promotes Parent Involvement and Family Engagement

It’s another normal day at your childcare facility or school. Parents hug their kids goodbye and hope that everything goes well while they’re at work or out for the day. In contrast, when the kids stay with grandma for the weekend, the parents get regular updates throughout the day, but the work days are long without their little ones.

Date Icon April 5, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Week of the Young Child Activities For Your T Classroom

The Week of the Young Child is April 16-20 this year. Each year, National Association for the Education of Young Children hosts the week to focus on young children and their early years of education. Each day has a focus to help you engage your students in the classroom. Read on for fun activities to host in your classroom throughout the week.

Date Icon March 29, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Simplify Your Accounting with Child Care Billing Software

Some of the most common problems faced by childcare providers include: complicated billing, not being able to collect money on time and wrong billing leading to loss of revenue. The task of managing a childcare center can be overwhelming for even the most organized people, and it can become burdensome to keep up with the complications of the center’s finances.

Date Icon March 23, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

How To Use Journal Entries As A Newborn Baby Tracker

Some people think infants have it easy. They just eat and sleep, right? Well, if you’ve ever had an infant yourself, or have watched someone else’s baby for just a few hours, you might start to reconsider that thought. Babies take a lot of time, patience and love to take care of. With so much going on at every minute, being able to keep a journal of everything that happens is essential. Ultimately, this makes the challenging job of taking care of an infant a whole lot easier.

Date Icon March 8, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Building and Retaining the Best Chilcare Workers

As a childcare facility administrator, the choices you make greatly affect the lives of infants and toddlers. The staff you choose will bond with the little guys and gals your facility cares for and is an important facet of helping the children learn and grow and showcasing your facility’s value to their parents.

Date Icon February 27, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

How Technology in Childcare Centers Enriches Learning

As our world becomes more technologically advanced, the child care industry needs to also keep up with the latest technologies. Many technologies used in child care centers enrich early learning experiences for young children. Technology also increases the efficiency of day-to-day functions, helps keep kids safe and boosts parent engagement and satisfaction.

Date Icon February 22, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Childcare Managers: Tips To Save You Time and Money

Child care and early education providers constantly struggle to balance the time they devote to delivering quality childcare care versus managerial tasks. The day to day running of a center can leave an administrator with very little time and energy to spend with children and staff. They need all the help they can get to make these tasks simpler and more efficient.

Date Icon February 14, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

A Day In the Life Of a Childcare Administrator

Diane has more than 20 years of experience in childcare facility administration. She starts her day by greeting parents and welcoming youngsters. But today a parent is ranting about how their bill arrived wrong again. Diane meets with the parent, reviews attendance sheets from the week and corrects the invoice. It’s 30 minutes of her day lost and fewer families she gets to greet.

Date Icon January 24, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Empower Your Staff – Putting Information at Your Fingertips

As a childcare center administrator, you probably wish you could spend less time on administrative tasks and more time growing your business. What if you could show parents the value they are getting for their tuition with valuable metrics on what the kids learned? What if an invoice never went unpaid or incorrectly paid? What if automation for invoicing could give you back valuable time in your day and allow you to have flexible scheduling so your childcare’s schedule fit the schedule of

Date Icon January 11, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Celebrating Many Cultures And Holiday Activities For Preschoolers

Holidays are a great time to teach kids about many different cultures The holidays are a great time to teach children about other holidays, cultures and customs they might not be familiar with. The key to using the holidays as a teaching moment is to be sure the child is at an age they’ll understand it and creating activities that will instill an interest and appreciation for the holiday.

Date Icon December 14, 2017 Comment Icon No Comment

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