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…
If you are having thoughts about starting a daycare in your home, now is the time! The support that is out there now for providers that run daycares in their homes is huge. It is also a growing industry, will thousands of home daycares across the United States. Having an in home daycare is rewarding. You get to do what you love, taking care of kids, from the comfort of your home. And to top it off, you can make…
When it comes to running your own in home daycare, you want schedule or routine. Kids thrive off a routine or schedule. It is important that you come up with one to give to your parents day 1. If you don’t have a routine, than you will have chaos in your home. You also might have a schedule written day 1 and find out that by month two its not working. So, you re-write it and come up with a…
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…