5 Ways to Boost Creativity in Your Daycare
The benefits of creativity are immense. It encourages problem-solving and developing a different mindset in kids, and parents understand just how important it is. But creativity is beneficial even for you as a daycare owner. You want to be the parents’ partner and...
Getting Quality Daycare Feedback
It's one thing to know that you are doing your best with your daycare. It's another to see people appreciating it. And even when it's a good change, it takes time to implement and explain it. That's why good daycare feedback matters. Let's take a look at how to get...
Why Getting Parents Involved in Your Daycare Matters (and how to do it)
You know how daycare works: your center provides a safe and fun place for the children to wait for their parents' arrival from work. But there is more to it, especially if you want to make your daycare run smoothly (and at optimal levels). That's where getting parents...
Daycare Team Building Techniques
Working in daycare is the ultimate team building technique. It demands a hundred percent from every employee, situations vary from good to bad but they require a full response, and at the end of the day, the caregivers understand each other. However, that’s not a...
How to Improve Cooperation with Difficult Daycare Staff
There is nothing that can help your daycare more than good caregivers. But there’s also nothing that can be more detrimental to its progress than difficult daycare staff. While some employees are great caregivers, working in daycare means creating healthy workplace...
Hiring the Right Staff for Your Daycare
Even though we all know how important daycare staffing is, that doesn’t mean it’s a piece of cake. These are the people who will be representing your daycare day in and day out, so make sure you are fully satisfied with who you’ve got on the team. And if you need to...
Tips and Tricks for Effective Daycare Leadership
Daycare leadership isn’t just about having fun and playing games. It’s also not about endless paperwork and team meetings that end up as pity parties. What daycare leadership is really about is everything. You, as the leader and owner of your daycare center, have to...
Gifting Guide for Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week is just around the corner. For a whole week in May, every teacher should feel respected and appreciated for all the hard work they do. And even though this should be done every day, it’s easy for that extra kindness to slip through the...
How to Show Appreciation for Teachers in Your Daycare
With Teacher Appreciation Week closing in on us, it’s time to remember how much teachers in your daycare do. It’s not just school when the lessons imparted on the kids start mattering; daycare is when the littlest ones start realizing that they are living in a very...
How to Deal with Unpaid Daycare Fees
Running a daycare may be more interesting than running a grocery store, but it's still a business. And for you as the provider, unpaid daycare fees mean the difference between struggling through a month and smooth sailing. It's not always easy to deal with them and to...
Pros and Cons of Installing Cameras in Your Daycare
While safety can't be overstated, installing cameras in your daycare can cause plenty of confusion and even some deep questioning. It isn't an easy choice to make. As an owner, your first priority is keeping the kids safe and happy. And installing cameras in your...
Daycare Fundraising with Hopping In
There are many reasons that can make a daycare owner stop and say: that’s it, we’re having a fundraiser. The most common ones are very simple: there are a lot of things you want to do to make your daycare better for parents and kids, and your current revenue can’t...