Nine Ways You Can Build a Loving Day Care: Nine suggestions for making your home a more loving and supportive place for your day care children.

Raising Your Own Children Together With Your Day Care Children:. I chose to become a family child care provider to be with my own children and still earn the extra income our family needed. There have been times when my own children did not appreciate sharing their mommy, at times, this made being a provider difficult. This article has some good suggestions, some I have tried others I will try.

The above two articles are from CCNI. This is a site I recommend greatly to all providers.

SHOULD I BE A FAMILY DAY CARE PROVIDER? This article can help you decide if child care is really for you

Suggestions for Learning Centers: Recently I converted my garage into the "daycare room" this is a luxury some providers do not have. Having a huge room for child care makes it easier to set up the learning centers suggested in this article. If it is not possible to set aside an entire room for your child care children, try to find a way to set up different corners of your house with these learning centers. It takes a little creativity, but it is possible.

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