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Featured Child Care Business Owner: Joy Swayby Owner of Keep-A-Kid Family Home Child Care

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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 her new daycare location.

When I walked into Ms. Joy’s home, I was amazed at the colors, organization and creativity of the space.

In fact, I really loved the fact that Ms. Joy’s Child Care space was well maintained and how she utilized her entire home to allow enough space for the children.

Furthermore, I asked Ms. Joy if I could take photos of the neat items and spaces that I saw in her daycare and she replied sure! So, I thought I would share  those photos with you. Check out the photos below:

Love this sign!

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The best payment box that I have ever seen!

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Loved how Ms. Joy displays her menu!

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Cool entry way to the kitchen area

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Time out or as Ms. Joy calls it..”Chill Out Chair”

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Changing Table Mounted on the wall.

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Love the organization!

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Very festive safety gate at the kitchen doorway.

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I hope that this blog post has been as inspiration for you and I look forward to reading your thoughts about this month’s featured Child Care Business Owner!

Ms. Joy is a 24-hour State Licensed Family Home Provider Living in St. Ann, MO. Be sure to visit Ms. Joy’s Website http://www.keepakidcare.com.  Also, Ms. Joy is a Fitness instructor for PhatgurlFit! Classes held @ Feel Good Fitness – 5555 St. Louis Mills Blvd – St.Louis Outlet Mall (Mills) Across from Nike – PhatGurl Fit schedule is Tues thru Sat 7:00pm till 7:45pm – www.phatgurlfit.com  Connect with Ms. Joy on Facebook!

Do you have a cool space or ideas to share with other child care business owners. Email your photos and your story to me at childcarenews@aol.com.

Shiketa

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Family Child Care, Featured Child Care Business, Home Daycare, Quality Care

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Classroom Organization Tips

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This is a great time to get your classroom(s) in order or simply makeover the environment. In fact, I believe that children learn best in an organized environment. I relate child’s play to shopping; when I go shopping on the weekends, I love to shop in an organized store.

If the store is not organized, I start to feel overwhelmed and most of the time, I leave the store. This is how a child feels when he or she is playing in a disorganized environment.

Have you ever watched a child wander throughout the classroom? Normally wandering children are looking for something to do or their minds  are so over stimulated from too many choices, that they have a hard time making a choice.

This is why it is vital that your classroom space is organized in a manner that makes it easy for children to choose materials.

Moreover, I believe that the classroom is a great marketing tool. In fact, if the classroom space is organized and is educational, it will increase your chance of a parent choosing your childcare program.

Here are Eight Ways to Makeover and/or organize your classroom space :

1. Label Toy containers with words and pictures

2. Be sure that play areas are labeled with center signs (for a clearly defined space)

3. Use area rugs to define play areas

4. Require that children pick-up toys as they play. This prevents the classroom from looking like a tornado came through it.

5. At the end of the day, re-organize centers, so that when children return the next day, they will see what an organized environment looks like.

6. Be sure that everything has a place and remove clutter. (Too many toys, will overwhelm the children)

7. Have a system to rotate materials every other week; to prevent the children from getting bored. You really only need 6-8 basket of toys on one shelf.  If it looks cluttered to you, it will be overwhelming to a child.

8. Arrange books on the book shelf in a manner where you can see the front of the book and throw away damaged books. This really entices a child to choose a book from the shelf.

I challenge you to get started today, because children learn best in an organized environment! Feel free to share your thoughts and organization ideas. Check out this article: Get Organized! Preparing Your classroom for Learning.

Shiketa

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Business Management, Child Care Center, Envrionment, Family Child Care, preschool

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