A child care parent handbook is the foundation of parent–staff communication and alignment. It should lay out all of the information parents need to establish a common understanding that keeps your child care running smoothly. By reading your handbook, ...

We’re excited to be headed to Long Beach, California next week for NAEYC’s Professional Learning Institute! We love connecting with early education professionals from all over the country and catching up on all of the latest research and industry trends. But ...

Daily schedules are an important part of any daycare center, as they are the foundation for children's learning. The social, emotional and physical development of toddlers is a core aim of daycare, and your center's programming is a direct reflection of that ...

It's a fact that children who have supportive and rich early educational experiences enjoy lifelong benefits. A study in Tulsa from 2017 found “enduring effects on math achievement test scores, enrollment in honors courses, and grade retention for [middle ...

Used correctly, preschool assessment forms are part of a lifecycle that fuels your classroom. First, they provide valuable insight that keeps your staff focused on supporting early childhood learning.  Then, they provide a springboard for fine-tuning ...

Deciding what software to use for your business is a big decision, especially when you are the manager of a child care center and not the head of an IT department.  Child care manager software can reduce your administrative load, improve your parent ...

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Educators work tirelessly all year, doing arguably the most important job on the planet. This is a time to celebrate and honor the profession, and to that end, many businesses are offering special discounts this week (and ...

Portfolios are one of the best tools for tracking child development and a great way to showcase how children in your care are progressing and growing. Creating them is a detailed task that spans the weeks or months — even years — that a child attends your ...

We can all agree that there are no shortcuts when caring for children. Child care cannot be made more “efficient” — there is no quick way to foster a child's development. But the administration of a child care center, all the work you do to make the business ...

This post is part of our series that covers all the basics you need to create or update your program's administrative paperwork. Read more at 7 Child Care Forms You Need To Run A Better Business. The child care forms you use each day in your early childhood ...