Operating a Family home childcare business is truly a rewarding business and a Sacrifice. Moreover, it requires a lot from the provider including wearing many different hats including: cooking, cleaning, teaching, managing the business, being a support to parents and the children.
I operated a Family home Child Care business from December 1998 until April 2003. My time operating a Family home childcare business was very short, however I learned quickly how to build a successful Family home childcare business. My family home childcare business was accredited by NAFCC and building a quality family home childcare business was my top priority. Moreover, with trial and error, I learned how to operate my family home childcare business as if it was a center in my home. I believe that you stopped by this page, because you want to gain information on how to build a successful childcare business in your home.
Today I am going to share with you some tips for building a Successful Quality Family home Child Care Business:
- Be sure that you build a website for your family home childcare business. Post photos of your child care space and create an online Prescence for your childcare business.
- Set up a space in your home that is exclusively for the children.
- Develop a parent handbook that includes all of your rules and policies along with tuition cost.
- Offer a curriculum for infants//toddlers and preschoolers. Parents want their children to learn while in your care.
- Use a financial software to keep track of income and expenses.
- Require parents to pay you on-time as late payment will affect your cash flow.
- Seek to be Quality Rated or Accredited.
- Get in the CACFP food program to assure that your students have access to healthy meals and serve a variety of whole grains, fruits, vegetables and lean meats.
- Post a parent bulletin board that includes: a weekly lesson plan, menu, program newsletter and community news.
- Be sure that children have their own cubby spaces and parents have mailboxes to grab daily notes/paperwork.
- Set boundaries. Only allow parents to call you during business hours and email you after hours.
- If you have an assistant; Interview the applicant, orientate and train. Also, hire a payroll company to handle your payroll and issue a personnel handbook to the employee. * Rocket Lawyer.com has great handbooks.
- Keep furthering your education and when you feel that your business has outgrown your home, get prepared to expand. If you need coaching, I am available to help.
If you found the tips above helpful, please leave me a comment and tell me where your family childcare business is location.
Dr. Shiketa Morgan
The Child Care Business Owner Institute 
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