This lesson focuses on appropriate business practices for family child care. Emphasis is on marketing, setting fees, contracts with parents, record keeping, finances, and program planning. (2 hours)

Lesson objectives

    • Develop polices and agreements.
    • List ways to market a family child care business and design a flyer advertising the business.
    • Identify a record-keeping system that will work for the business, what records are important to have on file, and how to keep records updated.
    • Discover what to include in a budget.