Many parents are torn between staying at home with their children and entering the job market to support their families. If you love children, have enough space at home to house them and have lots of ideas and games to keep them entertained, starting a daycare business can be the right way to save goat and cabbage. Plus, if you have kids under the age of 5, it can be a great way to get them to interact with other kids their age.
Steps
Step 1. Search the internet for material related to business plans for day care activities, and investigate as much as possible
Take your time to download, print, and thoroughly study the plans that are right for you. Take note of the market niches, resources needed, support agencies, and general requirements these plans emphasize. You will have to dig a little to retrieve all the information necessary for your needs, and specific to the regional context in which you live. Carefully review these plans in relation to the steps you can take to develop your business.
Step 2. Write your business plan, which should be 3 to 10 pages long
Step 3. Find out in your region or municipality about the requirements for obtaining a license, and work towards obtaining it
Step 4. Evaluate the environmental conditions of your home with reference to the safety of children
Make sure it complies with all safety regulations, and that you have all legal devices on hand, including smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detectors, first aid kits, and other safety devices.
Step 5. Choose a company name for your business
Step 6. Decide on the amount of the fees
Compare yourself with other similar companies in your area to determine the extent of the minimum and maximum rates, and decide which one is right for you. Decide whether or not to apply a discount to families with more than one child staying at your facility.
Step 7. Determine the opening hours of your daycare, policies to apply in the event of children's illness, and program extensions for those parents who have to leave children after opening hours
Step 8. Gather all paper documentation
- Download or set up the modules you will need from scratch.
- Contact your insurance agent to take out a specific policy for home nursery service providers.
- Ask your accountant about local taxes.
- Organize files and folders dedicated exclusively to your project.
Step 9. Purchase the necessary materials
Set the age range of the children who will be guests of your facility, and be prepared to offer a good choice of toys, puzzles, books, constructions, board games, and everything else needed for creative activities.
Step 10. Promote your business
Spread the word among friends, post notices on the bulletin board in places frequented by families, place announcements in the local press, send dedicated newsletters.
Advice
- Be aware that obtaining a license can be complicated and time-consuming. According to the rules in force locally, the request for a license may involve interviews, medical examinations, checks by the health authorities. You may also need to present time tables of planned activities, information on any staff hired, weekly menus, and other documents relating to your business.
- Whether or not you need additional staff depends on the number of children you will be hosting.
- If you are dealing with very young children, get a sufficient number of cribs, cribs and sheets for napping.
- Spend some time choosing the age range of the children. The options are: infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or elementary school children for pre-school and / or after-school.
