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Download my FREE Interview Guide to hire quality staff for your program.
Trouble finding the right teachers? Reduce turnover with my 12-page Interview Guide with Questions and Job Position Descriptions designed for child care hiring! Click the button to get instant access!

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Grab my FREE Daily Schedules for Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers!
Download 3 PDF schedules designed for each age; Infants, Toddler, and Preschoolers. A Canva link is provided to edit the schedules for your program. It’s absolutely free and only takes 5 seconds!

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Download my FREE Family Screening Guide to select the families right for you.
Download this guide to help you carefully accept the right families and avoid the high-maintenance ones. Includes 13 questions and a Family Information Card for easy follow-up after the tour.

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If you don’t know where to start, this 12 step guide to starting your own center or in-home daycare is perfect for you! Click the button to get instant access and download. It’s super easy and absolutely free!

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Daycare Termination Letter

Sometimes a family is simply not a good fit for your program. Use this template to kindly and professionally notify parents that you can no longer provide them care.

Do you have a challenging child and have difficulty managing their behavior? Children act out for many different reasons. Use this form to discover the patterns and situations that lead to the problem behavior and help detour future challenges.

Parent Tour Information Card

Have visiting parents fill out this information card to allow you to follow up with them after a tour! Parents will give their name, address, email, phone, and their child’s info.

Parent Testimonial Card

When a parent tells you that they are happy with your school, hand them this card and ask them to write down their comments. Ask if you can use their feedback as a review on your website and in your marketing.

Woot Woot Wagon Flyer

Surprise your teachers by having the WOOT! WOOT! Wagon roll through on occasion filled with snacks, chips, candy, and goodies! Post this flyer on the cart or wagon and decorate with streamers & balloons! They’ll love it!

New Parent Welcome Letter

Use this Microsoft Word template to create a welcome letter or email to send to new parents. This letter reminds them of what onboarding steps they need to take along with the supplies they need to bring for their child’s first day.

Preschool Graduation Outline

Use this ceremony outline as a guide when planning your preschool or kindergarten graduation. Includes pledges, songs, and poems for the children to learn.

Playground Safety Guide

Give this playground safety guide to your teachers and staff to keep those little ones safe! This guide covers outside times, potty, supervision, cell phones, hydration, playground rules, and injuries.

Toddler Lesson Plan Template

Use this template to create weekly lesson plans for your toddler classrooms. Includes sections for Story Time, Music & Movement, Art or Sensory Play, & Group Activity. I also include and example week with links.

Bite Report

This form is normally for sale, but I’m offering it as a freebie for now. Use this form to notify a parent that their child has been bitten. It has a place to give all the details concerning the incident and your plan of action.

Parent Appreciation Donut Flyer

We all know about Teacher Appreciation Week, but consider honoring your parents too. Use this flyer to offer free donuts to your parents and show them a little love and appreciation.

Teacher Gift Tags

Use these adorable gift tags to give your child's teacher a special treat for Teacher Appreciation Week or anytime you just want to say "Thanks!" Includes 1 PDF non-editable download containing 9 teacher gift tags to attach to any goody bag or treat.

Communicable Disease Chart

Use this chart as a guidelines for illnesses. Learn what it is, how it’s spread, prevention, when a child can return, and how to treat each illness.

Exposure To Communicable Disease Notification Form

Use this editable daycare form to notify a parent of a contagious illness that their child was exposed to.

Fire, Tornado, & Emergency Documentation Form

Use this Fire/Tornado/Emergency Preparedness Documentation Form to document monthly fire drills, smoke detector checks, tornado drills, and lock downs. Keep this documentation on file for your records.

Payment & Late Fee Policy

Be clear and concise when creating a payment policy. This is an example policy we use for our daycare center. This will help if you’re new to the child care industry.

Daycare Rate Increase Letter

It is absolutely ok and necessary to increase your daycare or preschool tuition rates from time to time. Edit this template and give this letter to your parents when it’s time to increase your tuition rates.

Summer Daily Schedule

Download this summer schedule designed specifically for older children ages 4 and up. It can however be tweaked for other ages. Included is non-editable PDF file and a Word Document with link that will take you to a Canva template if you wish to edit the schedule.

Weather Watch Chart

Use this chart to determine if it’s safe for your children to play outside. Consider the temperature, wind chill, heat index, and air quality when making the decision of whether you should play outdoors.

Getting To Know You Teacher Form

It’s important to get to know your teachers. Have your staff fill out this form upon hiring so that you know all their favs! This will come in handy throughout the year when you want to give them little gifts. You can also use this with the Secret Pal staff bonding activity.

Secret Pal Activity for Staff Bonding

Offer your teachers to participate in the Secret Pal activity to build staff relationships. Teachers secretly give each other gifts throughout the week, making everyone feel special and creating a great team atmosphere. Use with the Getting To Know You form.