From Babysitter to Business Owner: Getting the Most Out of Your Home Child Care Business

by Patricia Dischler

Book Overview

Family childcare homes provide care for hundreds of thousands of children every day. From Babysitter to Business Owner offers tried-and-true strategies for implementing established professional... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929610688
• ISBN13: 9781929610686
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Redleaf Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Must have addition to your library

Informative, clear, and concise. Whether you're a total newbie, or a veteran to the family day care arena, you will find something useful to take away from this read.

From Babysitter to Business Owner: Getting the Most Out of Your Home Child Care Business

This book is a must read for all family child care providers. I read it cover to cover in a day and a half. It provides new and seasoned providers with practical information and suggestions to apply to their business. The author encourages providers to take a good look at the care and services they provide and shows them how to become successful professional business owners. It will be a resource I use for years to come.

The ideal introduction and "how to" guidebook for setting up and maintaining a profitable child care

From Babysitter To Business Owner: Getting The Most Out Of Your Home Child Care Business by Patricia Dischler (operator of Patty Cake Preschool., Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin for fifteen years) is the ideal introduction and "how to" guidebook for setting up and maintaining a profitable child care service. Aspiring home day care operators will learn how to select new clients and retain valued continuing clients, how to develop and utilize a parent handbook, how to select an appropriate and manageable curriculum for their young charges, how to create work spaces in the home, and how to set long-term personal, professional, and business goals for their entrepreneurial child care, home-based business. The informative and thoroughly "reader friendly" text is enhanced with inspirational sidebars, lists of suggested resources, and a "3 Things You Can Do Today" checklist. If you are considering a home-based childcare business, then give a careful reading to Patricia Dishcler's From Babysitter To Business Owner.