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Turn Your Child Care Business into a Festive Wonderland of Holiday Cheer!

Capture the attention of the Parents and the Children this Holiday Season!

 

Recently, I stopped by a day spa in Ellisville, Missouri.  I was so impressed at how the owner took the time to wrap gift boxes and place them through out the spa. It felt like Christmas in that business and I really enjoyed looking at the gift boxes. In fact, I was so impressed with how the decorations made me feel, I decided to buy empty boxes, wrapping paper and ribbon to add a more festive look to my childcare business.

According to Christmas Decor design consultants, there are five reasons to decorate your business for the holidays and they are as follows:

  • Trigger Holiday Shopping
  • Highlight Your Business
  • Attract and Retain New Customers
  • Enhance Employee Morale
  • Improve Grand Openings

                                                 

Here are some Fun and Festive Decorating ideas for your Child Care Business:

1. Purchase an artificial tree and invite the children to decorate it

2. Invite the parents to donate gift boxes, wrapping paper and ribbon. Once the boxes are wrapped place them throughout your childcare business.

3. Hang a wreath on the outside of your door where the parents and children enter.

4. Hang Christmas Cards around your business

5. Play soft Christmas Music throughout the day

6. Add Cinnamon scented pine cones near the sign-in table, it’s a wonderful smell at Christmas Time

7. Hang a Stocking for each child and staff member. Invite staff members to secretly bring gifts for one another.

8. Add a Christmas theme to your bulletin boards

9. Hang garland along the playground fence and add red bows

I hope that you have a very festive and Merry Christmas! I look forward to reading your comments about this post and please feel free to share your Christmas Decorating ideas.

~Shiketa Morgan

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Child Care Center, Events, Home Daycare

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Go the Extra Mile for Parents

 

According to a NACCRA News Release on August 3, 2010, child care costs continue to rise despite economic downturn. Moreover, the report concludes that childcare exceeds food cost and other household expenses. 

“As a result of increasing child care costs and the current economy, some parents have been forced to remove their children from organized child care programs or licensed settings and  place them in more informal settings ,” said Linda Smith, Executive Director of NACCRRA.  

As child care business owners, it is vital that we provide parents with high quality childcare and consider providing more to assure parents that their child care dollars are well spent. Most of all, you want parents to stay with you and not choose a cheaper child care provider because of their finances. 

Just know that, when parents are happy with your services, they will do all that they can to stay with you. Further more, when you go the extra mile for parents, they will appreciate it and value your service. 

Here are some tips to help you to go the extra mile for parents: 

  • Once a month provide breakfast on the go
  • Provide coupons near sign-in table
  • Waive late payment fees if parents are having financial trouble (if possible)
  • When parents raise funds with a fundraiser, provide a discount on tuition
  • Offer a Late pick-up night
  • Ask about their day
  • Offer bottle water or coffee at pick-up time

This is just a small list of ways that you can go the extra mile for parents. Do all that you can to show your parents that you value their business and that you care! 

” People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”~ John Maxwell 

 

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Administration, Child Care Center, Family Connections, Home Daycare

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