Childcare Manager’s Blog

Archive for July 2008

Having a computer help you run your child care business as necessary as lights, plumbing, and piped in Raffi music. But for those of us not born with a silver mouse clutched in our tiny hands, it’s not so easy to know what childcare management software to use.
 “I am looking for user friendly childcare management accounting [...]

Do you feel like the Ringmaster, Lion Tamer, Ballerina-On-Horseback or a car full of Cartoon Clowns today? Everywhere you turn the costs of doing business go up.  Everyone everywhere is raising their prices.  And you feel like Snidely Whiplash tying Nell Fenwick to the railroad tracks for even THINKING of raising your tuition rates.  Maybe you have raised [...]

Childcare management software practically runs itself…

Posted by: teriatpersoft on: July 16, 2008

That’s like saying a car runs itself.  With some driver training and operating safety lessons you learn how to get where you need to go, rain or shine. You learn how to take care of your vehicle so that it serves you now and for many years to come. 
 
The same goes for childcare management software. Just like a car, it’s an investment of [...]

Childcare management includes monthly fire drills…

Posted by: teriatpersoft on: July 15, 2008

Many states require child care centers owners and directors to keep a log of the monthly fire drills showing the date, number of children in attendance and the time each drill was completed.
 
Not only will the fire drills help children and staff know what to do when the fire alarm rings, the parents can see [...]

Childcare Professionals rise to the challenge of Staycations…

Posted by: teriatpersoft on: July 14, 2008

Who knows better how to play, how to encourage and how to inspire children?  You do.  As an owner or director of a childcare center you invest in childcare professionals as your employees.  Individuals to whom the care and nurturing of children is their vocation.  Individuals to whom patience is not just a virtue, it’s [...]

Planting seeds & growing your new childcare center business…

Posted by: teriatpersoft on: July 11, 2008

Yesterday I was talking with a childcare center owner who shared with me her secret to successfully filling the enrollment in her new center’s evening shift.  Most of the parents seeking evening care are single and work for the large businesses in her area that are open until near midnight.  She called the Human Resources departments [...]

Shop for childcare management accounting software as seriously as you shop for shoes
 
Like me, you have learned that in shopping for shoes, you get what you pay for AND you better make sure of the fit before you hand over your charge card.
 
Shoes and childcare management accounting software may look pretty at first glance but they both [...]