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If you are looking for a way to boost your professionalism, improve your skills, and open doors for promotions and raises in the workplace, consider getting a Child Development Associate Credential (CDA). The CDA is a nationally recognized credential issued by the Council for Professional Recognition in Washington, D.C. Continue reading →
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Tips to Avoid the Top 5 Childcare Business Mistakes
When you run any type of business, you are bound to make a few mistakes. The important thing to do when you make errors is to learn from them so you won’t repeat them. Although some errors are inevitable in business, here are five common Childcare industry mistakes you can easily avoid: Continue reading →
Use Curb Appeal to Boost Business
If a potential client drops by to check out your childcare program, and she sees trash scattered all over the lawn, and shingles falling off the roof, she’s not going to give your business the time of day. Even if the inside of your center is the picture of perfection, the parent will never know because she’s already concluded that your childcare facility isn’t up to par.
Why do you think real estate agents go out of their way to hire repairmen, lawn services, and landscapers to add curb appeal to the homes they’re trying to sell? Because these agents know that the outside of a house is the first thing buyers will see. If the exterior of a property is visually appealing, it will improve their chance of making a sale.
Keep in mind, when people don’t know you personally, they will judge your competence by what they observe. Does a messy lawn, and a few missing shingles mean you’re an awful childcare provider? Of course not. However, if parents are turned off by the outside of your business, they’re going to assume the worst and move on.
So how can curb appeal boost your business? Continue reading →
Maintaining Control of Your Preschool Classroom
Are the children in your classroom dancing on the tables, turning cartwheels across the carpet, running up and down the hall and tossing crayons at each other? We certainly hope not. However, if you don’t keep your game face on, this type of out of control behavior can easily happen under your watch. Keep your classroom from turning into bedlam with these simple tips. Continue reading →
Tips for Supporting Infant Motor Development
Motor skills are typically separated into two categories – small and large. Large motor development is necessary for a baby to lift his head and shoulders, roll over, sit up, crawl, pull up, walk, and climb. Infants rely on the development of their small motor skills to master hand-eye coordination, and to pick up, hold, manipulate, and release objects.
Motor skills are about more than movement; these skills also allow infants to take in new sources of information, and learn about their world. Continue reading →
4 Benefits of Childcare Training Workshops
After a hard day of chasing children, the last thing you want to do is attend a childcare training workshop. In fact, these workshops are probably more trouble than they’re worth, right? Wait just a second. Don’t write these training classes off just yet. They can actually benefit you in a number of ways. Continue reading →
When Parents Bring Sick Kids to Childcare
When youngsters get sick, working parents have to either find someone willing to care for the children, or stay home from work and do it themselves. Sounds simple enough, right? Here’s the problem: If parents choose to stay home with their ailing kids, they’ll either lose income they desperately need, or face the possibility of getting fired.
When parents bring ill children to childcare, it’s usually because they feel they have no other choice. So what’s a childcare professional to do when parents bring their tykes in sick? Continue reading →
Safe Sleep Guidelines for Infants
Sleep seems like the safest thing for babies to do when they are in childcare. But this activity can be dangerous if the environment is not ideal. When infants snooze in unsafe conditions, they are at risk for strangulation, suffocation, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and entrapment. Reduce the risk of these things happening in your childcare facility by following these simple sleep guidelines. Continue reading →
Activity Ideas for Mixed Age Groups
When you provide care for a mixed age group, you spend a lot of time planning different activities to meet the varying skill levels of the children. While this is a necessary part of providing care to a multiage group, it’s sometimes nice to have all of the youngsters participate in the same activities. Here are some activities that can be easily modified to accommodate mixed age groups. Continue reading →
When Parents Don’t Pay
When the parents of the kids in your childcare program go to work every day, they expect to get paid for their services. Yet these same parents sometimes put childcare payments at the bottom of their budget list. The thing is, you provide a valuable service to families, and you deserve to be paid for it. Don’t end up unable to make ends meet because parents don’t pay. Take action with these tips. Continue reading →
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