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Texas Child Care Licensing
Texas Child Care Licensing 101 Are you looking to open your own child care center, but not quite sure where to start? Before you start buying toys, and bringing in customers, you need to get a license. Proper licensing of your center ensures your operation...
Daycare Toys
Toys Every Child Care Center Needs Toys are an essential part of any child care center. You don’t need to buy the latest gadgets for kids in your classroom to have fun. In fact, the more simple the toys, the more opportunities your kids have to be imaginative...
Vanco Acquires Smartcare
Vanco, a leading provider of technology and payment solutions for the education, faith-based and nonprofit sectors, announced today that it has acquired Smartcare, a growing provider of management software for child care centers. View the full press release here.
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Texas Child Care Licensing
Texas Child Care Licensing 101 Are you looking to open your own child care center, but not quite sure where to start? Before you start buying toys, and bringing in customers, you need to get a license. Proper licensing of your center ensures your operation...

Daycare Toys
Toys Every Child Care Center Needs Toys are an essential part of any child care center. You don’t need to buy the latest gadgets for kids in your classroom to have fun. In fact, the more simple the toys, the more opportunities your kids have to be imaginative...

Vanco Acquires Smartcare
Vanco, a leading provider of technology and payment solutions for the education, faith-based and nonprofit sectors, announced today that it has acquired Smartcare, a growing provider of management software for child care centers. View the full press release here.

Daycare Business Plan
How to Create a Daycare Business Plan High-quality child care services are in high demand right now. Opening up a daycare is a great way to test your entrepreneurial skills and serve local families in the process. But just like any other venture, you need to have a...

Why Childcare Centers Lose Revenue – and How to Fix it
Managing a childcare business is a unique role that means you have a lot on your plate. You know that staying on top of your parent payments is crucial, but it can fall to the wayside as you focus on the day to day tasks that keep you busy. For this reason, many...

Possible New Policies in Childcare
We’re experts at building software, not politics. So, we can’t prognosticate about the likelihood that any of these changes is enacted or whether they should be. But, if changes in government programs could happen, we thought it was worthwhile to understand what...

The Ultimate Guide for Childcare Businesses: Accepting Electronic Payments
It’s not uncommon for many childcare businesses to accept only checks and cash. With so many childcare-specific problems to solve on a daily basis, it’s incredibly easy to procrastinate on the bigger picture items. While some centers have progressed a bit and might...

Safety Checklist For Daycares
Parents and guardians expect daycare providers to make child safety a top priority. It takes more than having a basic first aid kit for the occasional bump and bruise to keep an entire classroom of children safe during the day. Our child care health and safety...

Separation Anxiety in Child Care
Tips For Teachers On Easing Your Preschooler’s Separation Anxiety You know the phrase “distance makes the heart grow fonder”? It obviously didn’t factor in preschoolers with separation anxiety. For young children, distance from their parents at the start of a...

8 Daycare Advertising Tips
Child care marketing and your daycare business It’s a little difficult running a daycare center without children to take care of. Child care marketing can be frustrating and time-consuming, but it’s an important part of managing a business. It can’t be arts and...
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