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Author: Rebekah Brately

Are You Ready For Summer Break?

Tips for preparing your childcare center for summer break The summer enrollment slump is felt by many childcare centers. This can be for a variety of reasons, most of which have nothing to do with the level of care you provide. However, there are some ways you can prepare you childcare center for summer break to keep children engaged and parents happy with keeping their children enrolled or enrolling children.

Date Icon May 15, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas For Recognizing Teachers

Teachers are there for children through the great moments of success and through the difficult moments of learning something new. They truly help to shape who children become. This week, their important role moves to the spotlight for Teacher Appreciation Week. Take some time this week to recognize the teachers who make your school or childcare center a great place for kids with these top 10 ideas for how to recognize teachers.

Date Icon May 8, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Can a Quality Day Care Software Program Help Detect Developmental Delays in Pre-schoolers?

As you watch your child grow, it is important to remember that all children develop at different rates and it is best to try not to constantly compare your child to others. There are however some red flags to look out for when children are not meeting specific milestones and are significantly struggling in comparison to their peers. Developmental delays are lags in one or more areas of emotional, mental or physical growth. The main types of developmental delays that we see in children ages 3

Date Icon May 3, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Expert Tools Successful Child Care Business Owners Love

As a childcare center, preschool or Montessori, you face unique challenges with monitoring your financial health. A key to long-term success though, is strong finances and understanding how fluctuations in enrollment can affect spending and budgeting. We have some tips to help you manage this key aspect of your business.

Date Icon April 23, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Childcare Record Keeping Tools Help Build Transparency and Customer Trust

In your business, you’re entrusted with people’s most prized possessions – their children. As a childcare facility, you must build trust and loyalty with your customers to get them to keep coming back. One way to build trust and loyalty is through transparency. Transparency comes in many forms, sometimes honesty and sometimes showcasing everyday activities.

Date Icon April 18, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

Creating a welcoming environment at your childcare facility

As a childcare facility, it’s not every day that you get to roll out the red carpet and showcase what makes your business unique in how it cares for children…or is it? Every morning, parents drop off their children for the day and constantly make the choice to come back the next day. Shouldn’t this be the moment you treat it just like an open house or prospective client tour?

Date Icon April 12, 2018 Comment Icon No Comment

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

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