It was a big decision that I made to walk away from the corporate world to start my own small business. I decided to run my own in home daycare instead of working at large chain daycare. It was defiantly fun at the beginning because it was brand new. Everything is always exciting when its brand new. Unfortunately, things don’t stay brand new! Over the months, I was trying to get myself to adapt to the routine and schedule I…
We as small business owners often wonder how to make our business stand out from our competition. It is important to make a list of things that are important to you and then make a list of things that you think would be important to parents. It is important to make sure that you can keep up with the promises that you will make to these parents. Don’t just tell them something to get them to sign up because you…
This month our theme at daycare is Outer Space. Today, we talked about the planet we live on, EARTH! This activity is so simple to do with any age and it is completely mess free. I know when I paint with my kiddoes they like to get the paint everywhere. Over the years I have learned that this simple trick helps with any age. I will list this activity step by step on how to complete. What Supplies Do I…
This month we were working on the theme All about Space. The kids really enjoyed this theme. One of the activities that we were able to do for all levels of development was foil moons. It is a great activity for infants, toddlers, preschool and school-age kids. In this activity we crumbled up a piece of foil to use to dip into the paint. We mixed black and white paint to make a dark gray. We then took our crumbled…