Product Description

This guide tells readers what it takes to start a home-based day-care business, including information on getting licensed, setting policies, and managing cash flow.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #324426 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780762727612
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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Review

From the Back Cover
Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based day-care business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your business. Author Shari Steelsmith, former editor of Parenting Press, knows what it takes to start from scratch. She offers down-to-earth advice to help you get your day-care business off the ground, manage your cash flow, and stay profitable once you are in business. First-hand testimonials from day-care providers - along with handy worksheets, checklists, and forms - help you achieve your goals in a realistic way.
Whether you plan to care for newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, or a mix of all three, this guide can help you experience the satisfaction of establishing and building your own home-based business.
Learn all about: Becoming a Successful Day-Care Provider; Working Out of Your Home; Setting Policies and Procedures; Fostering Good Social Skills; Planning Activities for Children; Solving Common Problems; Using Discipline and Guidance Techniques; Getting Paid.
Use these special features and workbook pages: Personal-Skills Inventory; Sample Medical-Consent Form; Sample Advertisements; Sample Day-Care Policies; Profitability Worksheets; Sample Menus.

About the Author
Shari Steelsmith is a freelance writer and editor specializing in topics on family and early childhood education. She lives near Mt. Rainier, Washington.

Customer Reviews

Great book!
This was a great look into starting a family day care. It covers a lot of information, and goes into depth about a lot of issues caregivers run into. This book is a great buy for anyone thinking of opening their own family day care!

great book for daycare starters
i used this book wwhen i was first starting my daycare it covers all the basics and then some.