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Written by childcare.net'sFounder, Catherine M. Pruissen, Start & Run a Home Daycare is one of the best books on the market when it comes to starting a home daycare business. There is simply no e-book, quick-fix, buy-now and you're ready to go guide that will provide the indepth information this book offers. If you are serious about opening a home daycare, you shouldn't settle for anything less than the best. Your success depends on it. Considered by home daycare owners to be their business bible, Start & Run a Home Daycare shows you how to determine fees, write contracts, set up weekly schedules and menus, interview parents, and answers important 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? Best put, Start & Run a Home Daycare is an indispensable reference guide that will help you get your child care business off the ground and establish yourself as a child care professional. From deciding whether a home daycare is for you to planning healthy, appealing meals, from setting your rates to keeping the books, Start & Run a Home Daycare provides the information you need to build a thriving business caring for children. ** Click here to view a Sample Chapter.** About the CD And......Start & Run a Home Daycare comes complete with a CD of the most useful forms you will need to start and run your business. What's more, the forms are in MSWord format so you can edit them, add your logo and design them to make your business look as professional as you are. No copying and pasting into your text program...just drop in the CD and you're set to go. It includes worksheets for everything including sample start-up budgets, rate schedules, even a parent handbook! The CD is designed to work with all versions of MS Windows. Added Benefits of Owning this Book What you don't get with Start & Run a Home Daycare is a lot of insignificant reports and information that ebook sellers offer in an effort to get you to buy their product. You don't get promises about how much you can make, or comparisons to other business that you could operate. What you do get is an attractive, easy-to-follow book that you can refer to over and over again. No worrying about losing the information if your computer crashes. You have a book to read without having to sit at your computer. You also get all the forms on a CD to use and design at will. No having to copy and paste from an e-book. Just plug in the CD and begin building your business. Most of all, you get a start-up guide that is so complete and factual it is used by St. Clair College as the textbook of choice for their Home Daycare as a Business course. Did we mention that the purchase price and shipping costs of Start & Run a Home Daycare are a tax deductable business expenses? Well they are. Just another important piece of information you'll learn as you read this valuable book.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Is Child Care For You
Chapter 2 - Assessing The Need For Child Care (in your neighbourhood)
Chapter 3 - Day Care Licensing
Chapter 4 - Setting Up Shop
Chapter 5 - Money Matters - Your Startup Costs and Operating Budgets
Chapter 6 - Setting Your Rates
Chapter 7 - Setting & Stating Policies
Chapter 8 - Finding Customers
Chapter 9 - The New Customer
Chapter 10 - Program Planning
Chapter 11 - Play (learning centres)
Chapter 12 - Health & Safety
Chapter 13 - Nutrition
Chapter 14 - Children With Special Needs
Chapter 15 - Parents: Partners In Child Care
Chapter 16 - Keeping Records
Chapter 17 - Child Abuse
Chapter 18 - Finding & Hiring Employees
Chapter 19 - The Out-of-Home Daycare
Chapter 20 - Taking Care of the Caregiver (New)
Tables, Worksheets and Editable Forms on CD
Worksheets		Forms
Child care provider's self-evaluation quiz Family evaluation quiz Situation evaluation quiz Project log Pricing startup equipment Food cost analysis Supply cost analysis Equipment replacement cost analysis Estimated operating budget Average day-care rates Writing a purpose and philosophy statement Marketing activity sheet Safety checklist Location checklist		Child care needs assessment questionnaire Cover letter for questionnaire Rate sheet Transportation permission form Policy statement Flyer News Release Telephone interview sheet Childcare agreement Daily schedule Weekly activity chart Child medical form Medication permission form Weekly menu Monthly expense record Monthly revenue record Child information sheet Medication administered form Accident, illness, injury report Daily information form Equipment replacement analysis
Tables
Child development chart Activity idea charts The four food groups Signs of abuse or neglect Staff responsibilities and qualifications
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About the Author:
Highly active in the child care field, Catherine M. Pruissen was the CEO and Founder of childcare.net. She ran a successful dayhome for eight years, was the Coordinator/Owner of the Child Care Information Centre and co-owned and operated the City Wide Babysitting Service in Calgary, Alberta. 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 which can be found right here in our Online Catalog and in our Resource Centre.
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