Start & Run a Home Daycare
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Quick Overview
Starting a home daycare takes more than just a love of children — it also takes an understanding of the business.
This is intended for a global audience.
ISBN: 978-1-55180-569-6
Number of pages: 232
Product Description for Start & Run a Home Daycare:
Child care is a much sought-after service today. If you love working with children and want to run your own business, a home daycare could be the perfect choice.
- Build a rewarding business working with children
- Design a successful operating plan
- Meet the licensing requirements
Providing quality child care and making a profit isn’t child’s play. Caring for children is as challenging and multifaceted as parenting itself. In addition, you need to master record keeping, licensing requirements, and all other tasks associated with running a small business. This book, an international best seller, will help you get started right and keep your daycare running smoothly and successfully. It answers questions such as:
- How do I find out if there is a need for a daycare in my area?
- How do I get my daycare license?
- How much should I charge?
- What kind of policies should I set?
- What activities should I include in my daycare program?
- What equipment will I need?
- How do I gain and keep parents’ confidence?
From deciding whether a home daycare is for you to planning healthy, appealing meals, from keeping the books to keeping the children happy, Start & Run a Home Daycare provides the information you need to build a thriving business caring for children. The companion CD-ROM which includes all the forms and worksheets from the book, in both MS Word and Adobe Reader (PDF) formats. It includes worksheets for everything including sample start-up budgets, rate schedules, even a parent handbook!
Product Specification for Start & Run a Home Daycare:
| Market | Global |
| Author | Catherine M. Pruissen |
| Author Detail | Catherine is the CEO and Founder of About Child Care Consumer Services, publishers of an interactive Web site called Child Care On-line. She was the Coordinator/Owner of the Child Care Information Centre in Calgary, Alberta, co-owned and operated the City Wide Babysitting Service in Calgary, Alberta, and ran a successful dayhome for eight years. A mother of two, she is the owner of CanDan Publishing Co., under which she writes and publishes a number of other child care related books and other resources. |
| Edition | Fourth Edition |
| Pages | 232 |
| Size | 8¼ x 9¾ |
| ISBN | 978-1-55180-569-6 |
| Library Sales? | No |
| UPC | 069635805695 |
| About the CD | The CD works with all versions of Microsoft Windows: 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, and Vista (Vista installation requires you to have Administrator rights on your computer). |