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| Start & Run a Home Daycare (Self-Counsel Press Business Series)
 | Catherine M. Pruissen | Child care is a much sought-after service today. If you love working with children and want to run your own business, a home daycare could be the perfect choice. Providing quality child care and making a profit isn?t child?s play. From deciding whether a home daycare is for you to planning healthy, appealing meals, from keeping the books to keeping the children happy, Start & Run a Home Daycare provides the information you need to build a thriving business caring for children. The companion CD-ROM which includes all the forms and worksheets from the book, in both MS Word and Adobe Reader (PDF) formats. It includes worksheets for everything including sample start-up budgets, rate schedules, even a parent handbook! This book, an international best seller, will help you get started right and keep your daycare running smoothly and successfully. |
| Your Kids Can Master Their Money: Fun Ways to Help Them Learn How (Focus on the Family Books)
 | Ron Blue, Judy Blue and Jeremy L. White | Current research tells us today's kids and teens don't know how to budget or spend wisely. They have purchasing influence, but they aren't prepared to handle money. Parents presume that their kids “get it” or that they are learning these skills in school. Yet kids still need parental guidance on how to manage money. Your Kids Can Master Their Money reveals key traits of financially wise people and gives parents tools to instill those traits in their children. |
| Start Your Own Childcare Business (Start Your Own Business)
 | Prentice Hall | Demand for safe, responsible childcare is at an all-time high, and Start Your Own Childcare Business can help you turn a genuine joy of working with children into a thriving service that meets this demand and benefits children and parents alike. Start Your Own Childcare Business offers insights on how to structure your childcare service, additional "perks" to offer parents, how to establish a fee structure, and the best way to promote your business. It also includes suggestions for creating a floor plan, designing educational and recreational activities, providing health care, and navigating the complex state and federal regulations that govern the childcare industry. |
| The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System
 | Brigitte A. Thompson | Whether you are just starting your own daycare or have been in business for years, this book is for you! The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System is a great resource for home daycare providers. This 130 page book is packed with all of the financial information necessary to establish and maintain a recordkeeping system. It includes easy-to-follow instructions to determine the Space/Time Formula, a comprehensive listing of often overlooked business expenses, and even step-by-step instructions on completing your Federal tax forms. There are also 24 reproducible worksheets in the book including mileage logs, inventory sheets, income and expense statements, computer logs, and a variety of federal tax forms. Insightful tax tips are sprinkled throughout the book and a daycare has been created so that you can view completed forms before preparing your own. This book is designed to save you money by reducing your taxable income and ensuring you meet the recordkeeping requirements to satisfy the Internal Revenue Service in the event of an audit. This one time purchase can be used for years to come in conjunction with a free annual income tax update service. Written by an accountant who also operated a home daycare. |
| Kids Can Make Money Too! : How Young People Can Succeed Financially--Over 200 Ways to Earn Money and How to Make it Grow
 | Vada Lee Jones | For families and kids. Recommended by "Boy's Life", Boy Scouts of America. Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award. Kids Can Make Money Too! Shows how to earn, save and manage money, open & use a checking account, start a small business, set goals, recognize success, make money while you sleep, get paid twice, avoid expensive mistakes, have fun without spending money. Encourages kids to avoid costly, addictive habits. When it's time to buy a car, go to college or own a home, the money will be there! Survive tomorrow's economic chaos with simple skills and successful thinking. |
| How To Open Up A Daycare
 | Kristen Middleton | A comprehensive handbook detailing the steps needed to open up your own successful home daycare business. Topics covered include:The benefits and challenges of opening a daycare, avoiding failure, licensing and planning, how to thoroughly prepare your home for the inspections, forms, contracts, policies, handbook preparation, supplying your daycare inexpensively, planning your days with the children, curriculum examples, working with the children, generating business, advertising, managing your business, tax information, goals, expectations, form examples, and much much more! |
| Working at Home While the Kids Are There, Too
 | Loriann Hoff Oberlin | Entrepreneur Loriann Oberlin shows readers how to successfully combine having a career and children through home-based employment. This book is a smart approach to business that allows a person to work while handling the duties of caring for the children. Through humor, advice and encouragement, Working at Home While the Kids are There, Too covers choosing a successful career, keeping the kids stimulated while getting the work done, and setting up budgets and space with limited resources. |
| Start Your Own Child-Care Service
 | Jacquelyn Lynn | Get Paid to Care for Kids! Do you enjoy working with children? Would you like to help lighten the load on busy moms and dads? With more and more parents needing help to care for their children, the market for child-care services is exploding. Whether you want to start a family-style child-care center in your home, a large center at a commercial site or a niche business like child transportation, this guide can help you get started. Business experts and successful child-care service owners offer valuable information on: Legal and insurance concerns Facility location and setup considerations Security issues How to establish and revise rates Hour and policy considerations Records to obtain from parents Sample forms, updated resources and step-by-step instructions will get you on the road to success. |
| What I Like About Me!
 | Allia Zobel Nolan | The kids in What I Like About Me! are as different as night and day. And, guess what? They love it. Some adore the fact that their braces dazzle and gleam, others feel distinguished when they wear their glasses. Still others wouldn't trade their big feet for a lifetime of free video games. A mylar mirror embedded in the last page let kids take a look at themselves and decide what they like best about themselves. |
| Better Than A Lemonade Stand: Small Business Ideas For Kids (Kid's Books by Kids Series)
 | Daryl Bernstein | Suggests a variety of small business ideas, including being a birthday party planner, dog walker, and photographer. |