Quality Daycare Interactions and How to Recognize Them
Learning doesn’t start with school. In fact, if you are a daycare owner, you can do a lot to set the right foundations for the kids’ further education. That is why ensuring quality daycare interactions between staff and kids should be your first priority. And if...
3 Must-Have Questions To Ask Every Potential Parent On Your Daycare Center Enrollment Application
As a daycare center owner one of the fundamental questions you face is what kids and families you want at your school. Potential parents who seek out your daycare center online, in person, over the phone or by word of mouth translate into future full classrooms. When...
How to Select the Best Curriculum for Your Preschool
Just because it’s time for the kids to start learning doesn’t mean they have to stop playing. In fact, if you choose the curriculum for your preschool wisely, they won’t even notice the difference. In this article, HoppingIn will review the most common questions that...
Kinderlime Childcare Management Software Review
As a part of our childcare management software review series, today we will be taking a look at Kinderlime. For all our talk of how important it is to get information, we easily forget that what matters even more is getting the right information. Fortunately,...
Daycare Websites Parents Will Love
Forget what you have been told: web design isn’t just for computer whizzes. In fact, as an owner, it’s best to roll up your sleeves and get right in there. Even if you opted for a designer who will write all of the code, consider your website an extension of yourself...
How to raise the professionalism of your daycare staff
As the first point of contact with the families, your employees shoulder a lot of responsibility. From good first impressions to staff morale and implementing changes, HoppingIn will review what it takes to raise the professionalism of your staff. The Importance of...
How To Highlight Your Daycare Center Safety As A Selling Feature
There is no daycare center without safety. While this can sometimes be taken for granted, it's always good to highlight all the measures you are taking to keep the kids safe. Parents are aware of state and federal regulations but there is nothing like reassurance...
Questions Parents Have for Daycare Owners
As daycare owners, we know that we are doing our best. The trick is in making parents see the same. Putting your trust in other people when it comes to your children is a big step, so it shouldn’t be surprising that parents have a lot of questions. From absence...
The Best Places To Get High-Quality and Low-Price Daycare Center Supplies And Furniture
Finding good daycare center supplies and furniture is vital for a successful daycare center. That doesn't mean it's easy, though. Sometimes even allocating funds for extra supplies is a hassle, in which case it might be time to look into other ways of earning extra...
How to Make a House List that Boosts Your Daycare Enrollment
We've covered various topics about how to market your daycare center before on the Hopping In Blog, but there's a lot more where that came from. Among them, a house list. At a first glance, it sounds mysterious. It's treated as top-secret material but once you get the...
5 Problems When Owning a Daycare Center, and How to Resolve Them
Even though working with children can be an incredible and gratifying experience, it’s not always easy to own a daycare center. Fortunately, every issue can be resolved fairly quickly. In this guide, HoppingIn brings you the most common problems daycare owners face -...
Sandbox Childcare Management Software Review
As part of Hopping In's ongoing series of childcare management software reviews, we reviewed Brightwheel. Today, we're going to take a look at Sandbox Software. They may be a relatively new company, but they have a lot to offer. The Inside Scoop on Sandbox Sandbox...