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Fall Decor Ideas

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As the month of August comes to an end, I am planning to decorate my Child Care Center with  Fall decor. The Summer was wonderful, however, its time to decorate for the fall!

In fact, I just love the month of September; the weather is not too hot and some days are filled with a cool fall breeze. Furthermore, I love to decorate and change the decor in my Center as the seasons change,

Today I am going to share with you, 3 easy ways to decorate your Child Care Business with Fall Decor.

 

1. Decorate the outside of your home or center with fall mums. It’s a great way to welcome the parents and children. Be sure to have a watering plan. In fact, watering the mums is a fun chore for the children.

mum

2. Welcome the children and parents with Fall related Bulletin Boards. Adding fall decor to your bulletin boards is a great way to add more color to your childcare program.

fall-classroom-bulletin-board

3. Don’t forget about the windows. Adding some colorful fall leaves and pumpkins to your windows is a great way to get the attention of cars driving by your home or center. In fact, decorating your windows, gives your childcare business a bit more personality and it just may compel families to stop by.

fall window clings

So, are you ready to decorate for the fall? If so, I think it will add a fresh look to your program; you will enjoy it and the kids will love it too!  Need Fall Activity ideas? Join my Curriculum Club, click here

Happy Decorating!

Shiketa

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The Brochure

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Your brochure is a reflection of your Business. In fact, it is a great way to market your program. Moreover, a high quality brochure makes a great impression on parents.

Many years ago, I used to create my very own brochures on my home computer (using color paper), then (several years ago) I decided to get my brochures professionally printed on glossy paper. I must say that getting my brochures professionally printed was money well spent.

As a home provider I was working with a very limited budget and I could not afford to have my brochures professionally printed;  So I created my very own brochures to handout to parents.

However, that was over 10 years ago for me and since then, I have found very affordable ways of getting high quality brochures.

Furthermore, now that I own a center, I have more slots to fill and I have a larger marketing budget and I notice that parents love to read my brochures.

Today I want to share with you 5 key pieces of information to include in your brochure:

  1. Your Philosophy or a brief synopsis about your program
  2. Programs that you offer, (Infant/toddler care, preschool, before/after care,etc)
  3. Your logo
  4. Website
  5. Contact Information

If you already have brochures; be sure to carry brochures with you along with business cards; insert your brochure in  your enrollment packets, have extra brochures on hand, in the event your supply gets low and issue brochures to parents.

Need brochures? I recommend that you try your local Office Depot or Vista print; they have worked for me and are very affordable!

Bonus tips:

  • Purchase a brochure holder to display your brochures where parents can easily see them in your program.
  • Create colorful brochures

With Your Child Care Business in Mind,

Shiketa

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