http://www.in-homedaycarebasics101.com/homedaycareblog Find useful information for your home daycare business Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:49:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to the in home daycare blog.  I hope you find the information here useful for your home daycare business.  Enjoy!ShareThis http://www.in-homedaycarebasics101.com/homedaycareblog/hello-world.htm Just about all of us ask this question, "How am I going to leave my job to open a daycare?"  We wonder how are going to have our slots filled so that we can walk out of one job and into our new career.  I was in the same boat ... http://www.in-homedaycarebasics101.com/homedaycareblog/how-to-leave-your-job-and-open-a-daycare.htm I came across a good question today, and I wanted to touch on it a little bit.  A lady asked, "What kind of a recorded message should you leave on your answering machine for your home daycare business?  Should it be professional or should it be more playful and fun since we ... http://www.in-homedaycarebasics101.com/homedaycareblog/phone-message-for-your-daycare.htm A few years back I took in a child who was 4 years old and didn't speak.  During the initial interview, his parents told me they had spoiled him, and felt he wasn't speaking because they babied him and he really had no need to speak.  The child was very ... http://www.in-homedaycarebasics101.com/homedaycareblog/home-daycare-for-autistic-child-and-sign-language.htm Once you start thinking about opening a home daycare facility, you may be asking yourself which will be better for you and your family, a small daycare home or a large daycare home.  If you are new to home daycare, I always recommend that you start small, make sure this is really what you ... http://www.in-homedaycarebasics101.com/homedaycareblog/small-daycare-home-or-large-daycare-home.htm Here is a really fun summer daycare activity involving colored ice cubes, the hot sun, and a sidewalk.  Kids love to learn, especially if they are learning while having a lot of fun.  One fun activity that we do in my daycare is we freeze ice cubes with washable paint in them.  ... http://www.in-homedaycarebasics101.com/homedaycareblog/fun-daycare-activity-and-colored-ice.htm I hear people say to me all the time, "Boy, I would really like to work at home like you do, but I have no idea how to run a daycare."  Or, I know people who thought they knew how to run a daycare, opened one, and came running to ... http://www.in-homedaycarebasics101.com/homedaycareblog/how-to-run-a-daycare.htm