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This is Your Opportunity To Co-Author an eBook For Child Care Business Owners

I want to share an opportunity with you to co-author an e-book that will inspire and empower other Child Care Business owners. Andrea Dickerson (Founder of the I Own a Daycare Network and Owner of Akeba Academy) has invited you and I to co-author this e-book with her!

What is the e-book about?

The concept of the e-book is to have you submit 50-500 words of wisdom, areas in your childcare business that you wish were better,  funny stories about you or your daycare children, lessons you have learned the hard way and what you want others to avoid, Andrea also wants you to talk about the income that you have earned, why you started your childcare business, encouraging poems, menu suggestions, arts and crafts ideas you recommend, business marketing ideas, ways you have learned to work with difficult parents, professional growth and development and so forth.

If you should have something that you would like to share that has not been listed, please feel free to do so!  You are free to write on one subject or on them all!

By providing your input you and other childcare business owners all over the world can coach other inspiring childcare business owners to step out on faith and go for their dreams!

How to Submit your Article for the e-book

  • Please provide your first and last name
  • the name of your business
  • your city and state, a photo of yourself
  • pictures of your childcare space
  • the title of your article in the email subject line
  • Submit your article to Andrea Dickerson by June 8, 2012 via email: dickersa2003@yahoo.com

With Inspiring other Child Care Business Owners in mind!

Shiketa

 

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Quality Care

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Van Maintenance Tips!

I will be the first to admit that I am no expert when it comes to maintaining cars or vans. In fact, I call my husband when we have an issue with our childcare van.

Yesterday, I noticed that there was a nail in the rear tire of the van and seeing that nail in the tire reminded me that it is a good idea to conduct a safety inspection of the van before transporting the children.

I also noticed that the tread on the back tires were getting low, so I decided to just replace the rear tires and not worry about having a flat tire.

Today I want to inspire you to do a safety check on your vans, before transporting children in the vans. In fact, I believe that conducting a safety check will prevent an UN-expected inconvenience of a flat tire or from getting a traffic ticket because your blinker light is out.

Also, as the weather gets warmer, it is also a good idea to get your radiator checked and have all the fluids checked in your van.

Several, years ago, I received a phone call from my school-age teacher while she was on a field trip with the children and she said, “We have a flat tire.”  This is why it is vital that you have really good tires and that there are two teachers on the field trip, in the event of an emergency on the road.

To assure that you are prepared in the event of an emergency, have emergency back-up transportation in place; be sure that there is a spare tire in the van and that someone is able to help the staff in the event of a van emergency.

Moreover, be sure that there are books or materials on the van that will keep the children occupied until the van is running again or until back-up transportation arrives.

Have you had your van serviced lately? If not, today is a great day to get a maintenance check. Before you transport children, be sure to check to see that the horn, blinkers, lights, brakes and wipers are working.

As always, I look forward to your comments and thoughts about this post.

With Getting Prepared For a fun and Safe Summer in mind!

Shiketa Morgan

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Child Care Center, School-Age Program, Summer Program, Van Safety

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