Could you use more breathing room in your childcare business finances? In this second installment of our three-part series, we focus on childcare budget margin — the financial cushion every early learning owner needs. Below are five practical ways to free up money and give yourself more room to breathe. Read on for the full playbook. How to Build Childcare read more.

Are you overwhelmed by the demands of running your Early Childhood Education business? In this three-part series on the Honest Buck Accounting blog, we share practical guidance for creating more childcare work schedule margin — the breathing room every owner needs to lead well. Below are five actionable ways to build that margin, starting today. Read on for the full read more.

Cold, flu, and virus season is here. Proactive measures keep the children at your program — and your staff — as healthy as possible. Still, a sick child at daycare is inevitable sooner or later, and every childcare provider needs a clear plan for handling it. In this article, you’ll learn when to send a child home, when it’s okay read more.

Separation anxiety is a normal part of child development. It can show up at any age in the early years, but it peaks most often between one and three. Hard as it is on everyone involved, separation anxiety at daycare is a phase you and the families you serve can move through together. In this guide, we share eight practical read more.

If you’re searching for a smarter way to run your Early Childhood Education business, Kangarootime childcare software deserves a serious look. For years, we recommended Procare as the gold standard of center management tools. Recently, however, we’ve been impressed with what Kangarootime brings to the table. Read on for a full breakdown of how it works, who it’s for, and read more.

At Honest Buck Accounting, we have a saying about the financial health of your business: “You can manage what you measure.” The opposite is equally true. Childcare owners who don’t track the right child care KPI metrics can’t tell how their business is really performing — or where to improve. In the following guide, we define Key Performance Indicators and read more.

Whether you are launching your Early Childhood Education business or running a well-established center, attracting new families can be a challenge. Fortunately, free childcare marketing is more powerful than most owners realize. In this article, we cover three easy ways to market your childcare business online without spending a dime. Read on for the full playbook. Why Free Childcare Marketing read more.

Your daycare parent newsletter is one of the most powerful communication tools you have. Whether you send it weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly — in print or by email — it’s a direct line into every family you serve. In this article, we walk through ten things every strong daycare parent newsletter should include. Read on for the full playbook. 10 read more.