Featured Child Care Business Owner: Joy Swayby Owner of Keep-A-Kid Family Home Child Care
Earlier this week, I noticed that I needed two more cots after enrolling seven children during the month of January. So I decided to call local daycare providers that were on my Networking list and Ms. Joy was the first provider that I called. She had some extra cots, so I decided to stop by … Read more
Featured Business Owner: Darlene DeStratis Owner of Kids Christian Preschool
I recently talked with Darlene Destratis (Owner of Kids Christian Preschool). Darlene has a desire to start a small center and she contacted me about the process of becoming her very own Director. I must say that this was one of the most inspiring coaching calls that I have ever done. In fact, Darlene is … Read more
Busy Bees Family Home Child Care is the Featured Accredited Business!
Busy Bees Family Home Child Care is owned and operated by Cheryl Frankowski since 1994. Busy Bees Family Home Child Care is State Licensed and NAFCC Accredited. As I compiled the interview questions, I thought long and hard about how I can create a business feature that would inspire you to seek Accreditation or to … Read more
This Week’s Featured Child Care Business Owner, Maren Fine Owner of Carlton Kids
This week I decided to feature Carlton Kids daycare because I was so impressed with their twitter bio: “I am a Registered Early Childhood Educator. I run a Reggio Emilia inspired, home based, child care for children ages 3-5 years.” I am a big fan of the Reggio Emilia curriculum and I was so impressed … Read more
Child Care Business Owners That Standout from the Rest!
Last week I wrote a blog post titled, Is your business standing out from the rest. I decided to post the question on the Child Care Business Owner Facebook, Group site and Twitter pages. I received many responses from home providers and childcare center owners. Check out some of the feedback that I received from many of the childcare … Read more
Feature Your Infant/Toddler Program on the Child Care Business Owner Blog
Do you have an infant/toddler program? If so, I would love to feature your program on the Child Care Business Owner blog. Please copy and paste the following questions below into an email; include the name of your center, where you are located and forward your response to childcarenews@aol.com by 7/6/11. I will feature an infant/toddler program every week … Read more
This week’s Featured Child Care Business Owner: Cheryl Mendiola Owner of Tuggy’s Tots Pre-K Adventure
Being a successful child care business can take years to happen. Being patient and being YOU is what is the key. Standing out in a crowd, being different. Determination is the real key to being successful. ~Cheryl Mendiola Tell me about Tuggy’s Tots My name is Cheryl Mendiola and I own and operate Tuggy’s Tots Pre … Read more
Featured Child Care Business: Shameka Ellerbee Owner of Komfy Playhouse
Tell me about your childcare business? I am the proud owner & sole provider of Komfy Kidz Playhouse, a licensed family daycare home located in Atlanta, Georgia that began back in February 2007 when I was only 23yrs old. I hold a current CDA and my program recently became a Nationally Accredited Family Child Care program through … Read more




