You need to make some initial investment in order for you to open a daycare business. It is just like other business out there, you need to put up some money to earn more money. The good news is, with starting up a daycare center, you only need minimal cost.
Actually, you can start up this kind of business with no money at all, you can ask the church and labor union to offer you financial backing, especially if you have made your business plan in order. You can arrange some sort of partnership or sponsorship agreement with local organization to solve all the problems for you, they can help you out with the start up costs and also with the area of space that you will need.
In planning, you have to consider the location; you have to find the right location. You have to consider the convenience of the parents in driving thru your daycare. The parents can drop off their children with only few steps to your center and they must have an easy access in going back to the street.
You have to advertise your daycare center in order to gain lots of children in your facility. You have to have a good name for your daycare, and advertise the name of your facility. You also have to put the hours you are open, your address, phone numbers and all the necessary information needed in your advertisement. You can put up a sign to advertise your facility, in creating a sign; you have to state all the important information that can convince customers to bring their children in your daycare center.
You can create flyers as well; hand out these flyers to all the people in your neighborhood. You can ask your church and labor union to assist you in passing out flyers. Flyers are another good way of advertising your daycare center.
When you put up a business, you need to decide the daycare hours of operating. Usually, daycares are open from 6am to 6pm. You have to decide if you want to offer breakfast for the children, if so, you have to cook good meals for children. If you will add up breakfast to your service, you can put additional fee for it, at least $8 to $12 per week. You can save with the cost if you buy food supplies in bulk. You have to provide mid-morning snacks and mid-after snacks, the usual snacks for children are fresh fruit, cookies, and juice.
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