One of the complications of owning a business is how you have to manage your money differently! I’ve come up with my own system to manage our money that has worked very well for us and I’m hoping it will help you too. (This post contains an affiliate link. See my disclosure policy here.) How to Manage…
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How to Easily Keep Income Records For Your Preschool
Does anyone actually like to do paperwork? But like it or not, when you own a business, you have to keep records of income. Today I want to help you get a handle on it just a bit by sharing what I use to keep myself on track. I think it might also make my daycare parents love me…
An Easy Brain Break That Will Help Your Students Focus
An Active Brain Break That Will Help Your Students Focus Get Rid of Winter Wiggles Are your kids more wiggly and have a harder time focusing during the winter when they’re cooped up inside? I know mine are! Not to mention the way the holidays and snow affect our school days and everyone forgets the…
How to Make Practical Meal Plans for Your Daycare
Meal planning is one of those things I hate to do. It just seems like it takes up so much of my time and it’s not fun! Can you relate? Well, if you hate meal planning and grocery shopping as much as me, read on. (This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure here.)…
Letter of the Week: I
Our letter last week was I. Normally, we’d be a few letters ahead of this, but we were pretty laid back in December and got off course. BUT, everyone’s happy and healthy and learning in less formal ways, so that’s what counts! Even when we don’t follow our plan book, we’re always talking about…
3 Easy Rules That Will Keep Your Daycare Space Organized
3 Easy Rules That Will Keep Your Daycare Space Organized A nice daycare space can really affect your mood and efficiency. And a messy daycare space can make even simple tasks more frustrating and take more time. So here’s my list of tried and true rules for arranging your daycare area! (This post contains an affiliate…
All About My Family Freebie!
With Thanksgiving quickly approaching (where did November go?!), we’re spending some time in PreK discussing families and thankfulness. Here’s some freebies I’d like to share from some of my best selling packs! Click each photo to get the PDF for download. The first page is from my All About Me Interactive Notebook: A Cut and Paste…
10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Open a Home Daycare
So you think you have what it takes to run a home daycare? Think again. Mwhahahahah! Just kidding. But for real, it’s a lot of work. Keep reading to help you decide if you have what it takes before you open a home daycare! 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Open a Home Daycare Before…
10 Perks of Being a Daycare Provider
Running a business out of your home can be challenging, but there are also so many benefits that money can’t buy. For us, quitting my full time job out of the house did make sense financially. After taking the cost of preschool, daycare, gas, and eating out into account, the stress of getting ready to leave…
Toys for Preschool: Here Are the Top 10
Here Are the Top 10 Most Played with Preschool Toys Do you spend money out of pocket for toys for your preschool or daycare? I know I have! But it’s so frustrating when you get something new and it ends up being thrown aside, or discouraging creativity. Here’s a list of affordable toys that won’t…