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During the last week of January 2013, my staff and I changed the decor in the center from Winter to a Valentine’s Day Decor.

As always, I look forward to sharing my ideas with you, so today I am going to share photos of my bulletin boards and Valentine’s day decor photos that I found on my center’s Facebook Page. Also, Pinterest is one of my favorite sites and I will also share with you some of the ideas that I found on Pinterest.  I look forward to reading your thoughts about today’s post.

The bulletin board below is located in the foyer of my center. Parents love to see their children’s names,

so I thought it would be a good idea to add all the children’s names on the hearts.

My sign-in table now has a Valentine’s Day decor. My creative juices were flowing and I spelled out the center’s name on pink and red squares of construction paper to give the bulletin board a nice heading. I only display 3 items on my parent bulletin board: Menu, weekly memo and our calendar of events on the shape of the month.

Here is a closer view of my Parent Bulletin board. Festive yet simple!

I have over 10 years of bulletin board decor and I found this bible verse in one of my decor bags.

“Love Never Fails”

Photo: I found this scipture while I was looking for bulletin board border.

I love it when the children add their touch to the windows!

The parents buy everything that we need for the Valentine’s Day Party. In fact, they love it when we invite them to get involved via a sign-up sheet. Also, one of the parents spilled water on our Valentine’s Day Party Sign-up sheet, so the copy is a little faded. However, I just wanted to inspire you to get parents involved in your child care business.

valentines day party sign-up sheet

For more valentine’s day decor ideas, visit this pin on Pinterest, click here.

Happy February!

Shiketa

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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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