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To keep staff happy and make sure they don’t burn out, you must find ways to reduce their stress year-round!

Check out five Halloween party themes for preschoolers to ensure that little ones enjoy themselves without feeling overwhelmed!

Let’s take a look at for ways to help you and your staff avoid burnout and fully enjoy your work with children.

Child care centers and daycares must keep sensitive data safe. Let's look at some best practices in child care cybersecurity.

If you’re not on Facebook, you’re missing easy access to relevant information, child care industry updates and timely tips!

Here’s a step-by-step guide to improve your child care center's QRIS rating to significantly influence your reputation and boost enrollment.

Let's look at five ideas for fall-themed bulletin boards in your preschool classrooms to encourage creativity and fun!

Tammie Hogan, chief customer officer of Procare Solutions, shares how Procare is the only true all-in-one solution for child care centers.

Let's look at four fun birthday board ideas that preschool teachers can create to celebrate the special days of little learners!

We answer questions about anecdotal records such as what they are, how they differ from other types of records and tips for using them!

Learn how Procare can take care of many day-to-day burdens for your ECE staff to help improve retention!

Check out five ideas for child care and ECE teachers to make that first day of school memorable and smooth!

Preschool assessments allow you to understand how a child learns best and the optimal ways to support their mental growth.

Let's look at six key elements of an effective daycare routine, as well as three ways to implement and maintain routines!

Consistent routines not only provide a sense of security but also foster independence, emotional stability and cognitive growth.

Monitoring cognitive milestones can provide insights into a child’s mental progress. Let's take a look at milestones for each ECE age group!

ECE expert Beth Cannon shares why you must identify potential leaders and invest in their development so they can grow within your center.

Developmental domains in early childhood provide a framework for observing and fostering a child's development.  Let's explore each domain!

Get weekly, monthly and seasonal preschool theme ideas for your child care center, and learn about thematic units!

Infant routines in daycare create a sense of security and must meet parents' expectations for baby schedules as well.

Learn how your child care center can benefit from a state-approved ECE curriculum, including bettering your chances of securing grants!

Show children how to make self-inflating balloons, experiment with color mixing and absorption and make their own fossils!

Let’s take a look at how to build and maintain a positive culture for ECE staff, including how to recognize and reward efforts!

In this comprehensive checklist, we’ve outlined 100 of the most important daycare supplies you should consider for your center.

Preschool daily schedules help children feel secure and understand. Let's look at examples of preschool schedule ideas!

Check out these daycare lesson planning tips and see weekly lesson plans with themes for 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds and infants!

Let’s answer some questions about emergent literacy and look at ways you can implement this learning into your daycare classrooms!

Developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) help children learn and also help de-stress teachers. Learn more about DAP from Prerna Richards!

Let's look at five tips to teach sight words to preschoolers, including using beginner sight words as well as repetition and consistency.

Let’s take a look at four tried-and-tested tips to help you boost enrollment and grow your daycare business!

This comprehensive guide will walk you through everything you need to know about hosting a memorable preschool graduation!

Let's look at some tips to inspire career growth among your child care center's employees, including how professional development can help!

Coming up with circle time activities for a variety of ages and seasons can be challenging. Here are a few ideas to try our at your center.

Check out some ideas for Fourth of July daycare art projects for preschoolers and toddlers that are simple, safe and fun!

A child care center's curriculum can tell you a lot about a center. Let's take a look at five important questions parents should ask about a child care center's curriculum before you enroll your kids in their program.

Child care apps help families and teachers communicate, but do so much more!. Which features should you look for in a daycare app?

Let's look at summer art activities that emphasize the process rather than the final product for your preschoolers!

Let’s take a look at how to select the best books to read to infants and toddlers in your child care center!

Use these tips to show off your child care center's curriculum to prospective parents and set yourself apart from other providers!

Leaving a child at daycare can be a challenging experience for both a child and parent. Let's look at tips to make dropoffs easier!

Check out these five Father's Day craft ideas for all the age groups in your daycare to create a memorable gift!

Understanding the cost of child care in America is important for both parents and child care providers. Get a state-by-state breakdown here.

Let’s take a look at five preschool open house ideas for your child care center that will highlight your center's program.

Let’s take a look at preschool extracurricular classes for your child care center, including music, dance, gymnastics and other sports!

A child care app helps you communicate with parents, collect tuition and more!

Scaffolding in early childhood education uses successive levels of temporary support to help children learn. Let's look at examples!

Let's dig into the the four main challenges faced by child care centers and explore how Procare can solve each one!

Here are 10 ways to show your appreciation during Teacher Appreciation Week!

Want to boost your child care center's enrollment? Let’s look at some tips for enrolling new families and how Procare can help!

Let’s take a look at five things you can do as early childhood educators to prioritize your mental health!

Let's take a look at the most sought-after child care billing and accounting features center's need to run a healthy business.

Paper-based curriculum, which becomes outdated quickly, is still being used in many ECE programs. Here's what a digital curriculum can do!

Earth Day is coming up! Here are five ways to celebrate in your child care center's classrooms with activities, crafts and singing!

Active supervision includes multiple strategies to ensure that caregivers are fully engaged with children. Let's look at some strategies! 

Check out these tips and activities for how to teach preschoolers about feelings, emotions and self-regulation!

April is Move More Month! Let's take a look at 10 activities that blend fun with fitness to keep young children active!

Let's look at activities you can do in your child care and ECE programs to safely teach kids about the solar eclipse!

Our 2024 child care trends report found that 61% of respondents struggle to hire and retain staff. Let's look at ways to reverse this trend!

We’re giving you a step-by-step guide to creating or choosing the best daycare curriculum for your center.

Starting a successful after school program offers an important service to working parents and their kids. Here are 6 key steps to starting an after school program.

The 2024 child care industry trends report found that ACH is the most common form of tuition payment among child care centers surveyed.

Celebrate spring with this Procare Early Learning lesson plan for a fun and educational spring-themed activity for your pre-K classrooms!

Late payments can hold your child care business back. Learn how to end late payments and simplify running your business!

With the right approach, integrating technology in preschool classrooms can support learning and development.

A Procare Solutions report found that 44% of child care programs rely on on paper and pencil to run their businesses.

Let's take a look at how phonemic awareness and phonological awareness help develop pre-reading skills in young learners!

Black History Month provides a perfect opportunity to introduce ECE books that celebrate Black heritage. Let's take a look at one such book!

Black History Month provides a perfect opportunity to introduce ECE books that celebrate Black heritage. Let's take a look at one such book!

Black History Month provides a perfect opportunity to introduce ECE books that celebrate Black heritage. Let's take a look at one such book!

Let’s take a look at five ways to help your child care center's staff get the most out of professional development days!

Black History Month provides a perfect opportunity to introduce ECE books that celebrate Black heritage. Let's take a look at one such book!

Check out these three activities that mesh Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate love, with a love of science!

The top 5 Procare Solutions webinars of 2023 covered topics you care about, from streamlining registration to transforming daycares into ECE centers!

Learn the benefits of having a daycare parent handbook for your child care center and 10 items your handbook should include.

The new year is almost here! What are your plans for your child care center in 2023? We have three ways to set goals and propel your business forward.

Child care staffing and explainers on ECE funding topped this year's list of the most popular episodes of the Child Care Business Podcast!

In 2023, Procare Solutions released enhancements that helped child cares grow their businesses and educate young learners.  

Each year, Procare Solutions surveys thousands of child care leaders for a technology report. Here's who won prizes for taking the survey! 

Let’s explore more about process art and effective methods for teaching process art in a preschool setting!

Let’s explore what natural and logical consequences are, when to use them and examples of these consequences for preschoolers!

Running a daycare center can be costly. Let's look at the most common expenses and learn how to navigate these in order to get the most value in return.

With the Procare child care mobile app, you can share pictures and videos with parents, collect tuition, send documents and more!

For World Usability Day, let's get answers from Melissa Skrbic-Huss, director of UI/UX design for Procare Solutions, to four questions!

Here's a quick overview to see if a dependent care flexible-savings account could be a good fit for parents of the kids in your care!

Let’s look at fundraising ideas for your preschool, and we’ll break them down by season of the year and the ages of kids in your school!

Let’s take a look at activities and crafts that teachers can use on the first day of preschool, including lessons for kids ages 3 and 4!

Let's look at how you can incorporate unoccupied play in your child care center's baby rooms to foster their development!

Fall assessments in child cares are essential to helping kids be ready for kindergarten, and they benefit educators, students and parents.

Child care management software can help with billing complexities of divorced or separated parents who both make daycare payments.

A digital curriculum can support ECE teachers while helping children recover from pandemic-related learning delays.

Building family connections at your child care center or preschool contributes to the well-being of children, parents and staff.

Solitary play gives children the freedom to explore their interests without the influence of others. Let's look at how to nurture this play!

As a loss of federal child care funds looms, some states are paying to continue policies and programs created through the relief funds.

Check out this Procare Early Learning lesson plan for a fun and educational fall activity for preschoolers!

Collecting tuition for your child care center can be one of the least pleasant parts of your job. Learn how Procare can solve five tuition challenges for you!

Let's look at how to craft a daycare sick policy, as well as examples of what to include in the policy to keep kids and staff healthy!

Let’s explore how to teach letter recognition in your child care center's preschool rooms, as well as fun activities to make it fun!

Here are 5 tips to help you minimize backlash when you raise child care tuition rates.

Onlooker play helps children observe, learn and build confidence. Let's look at ways to nurture this type of play in your daycare!

Through parallel play, children develop social skills like independence, observational learning, confidence and respect for boundaries.

Check out these tips for providing a nutritious food program to ensure you're meeting nutritional guidelines for child cares.

The associative play stage is when kids truly begin to play together. Let's look at why it's so important as part of your ECE program.

The 2023 Child Care Management Software Industry Trends Report shows that half of child care centers not using software rely on manual processes to track their business operations. 

Let's look at examples of cooperative play, which is children engaging in organized group play with specific roles and rules.

Learn how automation software can save child care centers and daycares up to 80 hours a month!

The six stages of play are how children learn at different ages. Let's look at how to incorporate play activities into your child care center!

Learn how using morning drop-off notes in the Procare child care mobile app can make dropoffs less chaotic!

Check out these child care sensory activities for infants that will stimulate their senses and promote cognitive development. 

Learn how social media can boost you boost child care center's credibility, help parents find you and use reviews to your advantage!

Learn how to make informed decisions about your child care business with these budget forecasting tips.

Small group activities help kids develop skills like cooperation and sharing while socializing and developing their own interests.

Want to grow enrollment at your child care center? Learn how Procare can keep track of families who are interested in your center!

Hiring great staff for your child care is critical to the success of your child care business. Here are five traits to look for when interviewing candidates to find the ones best suited to your daycare!

Whether you’ve run a camp every summer for the last 20 years or this is your first time, these five tips will help you run your best program!

Emergent curriculum is often associated with ECE. We answer five questions about this style of learning in child care centers.

With eDocuments, you can create an electronic signature, format and store documents, all within Procare.

Here are some tips to help parents prepare for the Fourth of July, from staving off sunburns to keeping kids safe in the water and around fireworks.

Updated for 2023! Here are the best apps for early childhood education, including math and reading apps for daycares and child care centers.

Learn three ways to onboard new child care teachers and employees to improve their job satisfaction and keep them as valued staff!

Early childhood assessments provide vital information about student progress, inform instructional strategies and identify learning gaps!

Check out this preschool lesson plan that's perfect for summer learning!

Let's learn more about three Black leaders in ECE who shaped minds, empowered generations and broke down barriers.

Check out these five ways to teach emotions to preschoolers and help support their emotional development!

Here's how you can make parents feel more comfortable when they drop off their kids at your preschool for the first time.

Let's take a look at the four early childhood age ranges you need to be aware of and appropriate care techniques for each.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Let's look at ways that child care providers can recognize and deal with stress.

Finding time for child care directors and staff to fit in exercise is difficult. Check out this list of five ideas to keep active.

Proper management of child care waitlists is key in staying fully enrolled. Let's look at how software can help!

Let's look at five ways to keep kids active in your child care center when there's bad weather and you're stuck inside!

Looking for preschool exercises for your child care center? Check out this list of five ideas to keep your kids active!

Let's look at 5 toddler exercise activities you can incorporate into your child care center!

Spring is a great time to get your preschool classrooms organized. Check out these tips to spruce things up!

At a time when child care programs should be amping up their enrollments, a shortage of staff is directly linked to most programs being under capacity. 

Let’s look at ways to improve child care staff retention by building a positive work environment!

If your child care center has the capacity to take in more students, spring break is a great opportunity to boost enrollment and revenue.

Let’s discuss when to call a snow day and four ways to prepare your child care center for snow closures.

Diversity in the classroom not only means understanding that each student brings unique experiences to a classroom, but also exploring these differences to enrich learning. Let’s take a look at five ways to emphasize diversity into your child care center’s classrooms.

Let's look at some fun daily schedule ideas for your preschool classrooms!

Let's take a look at five fun and educational sensory play ideas for toddlers in your preschool or child care center.

In 2022, Procare Solutions' five most popular webinars covered topics ranging from attracting and retaining child care staff to how directors can build a healthy work climate. 

Childcare staffing and explainers on government policy affecting ECE topped this year's list of the most popular podcasts from Procare!

From offering an easy-to-use digital curriculum to simplifying staff scheduling, #TeamProcare worked hard in 2022 to bring #childcare providers the tools you need!

As #TeamProcare celebrates our 30th anniversary, we remember that we started by listening to the needs of a #childcare provider, a philosophy that remains at the heart of our mission. 

Is your child care center ready for cold and flu season? We have five tips to help!

The Programs and Insights feature from Procare gives administrators more options to create unique schedules to enroll children into more classes and programs! Plus, you get a clear view of your enrollment, staffing needs and open programs. 

If you’re looking for ways to increase family engagement at your preschool, consider hosting parent teacher conferences!

A well-crafted child care budget can make or break a center. Learn how to craft yours with these tips and operate at maximum efficiency.

If you're a Procare Desktop customer using Procare on a local machine, you may be missing out on all the great features that Procare releases each month!  

By the end of September, more than half of the money available through the employee retention tax credit program will have been applied for.

Simplify your child care center's subsidy process by using subsidy management software.

Procare Solutions can help you consolidate your child care center's statements and billing, and easily process tuition payments!

Today's parents want to fill out documents online. Procare's eDocuments lets your #childcare center create, send, get signatures and store documents in one place!

Procare gives your daycare the necessary tools to help parents feel confident in the care you're providing.

When early childhood education centers communicate well with parents on their child’s activities, families and your center thrive.

Procare helps your early childhood education center easily connect with families through our family engagement app. See how easy it is!

Being in control of your child care center doesn’t mean you need to manually do everything. Let's take a look at how Procare simplifies running your early childhood education program while keeping you in the driver’s seat.

Asking your employees a handful of simple questions will garner the most complete information to determine how engaged they are.

With these 10 questions to ask potential employees, you can learn about each candidate and find a new employee that everyone is excited about.

Procare is the only child care center management software with integrated proprietary payment processing!

School is starting back up again in no time. Do you feel ready? Make sure teachers, parents and even you are up to date and ready to take on this new year.

Save the date for #TeamProcare's second The Business of Child Care Conference! It's virutal and will include sessions featuring important new product enhancements and how to grow your center while advancing children’s learning.

Paying by credit or debit card has become the norm, especially for millennials who make up the majority of today's parents.

No doubt your child care center is all about fun in the sun. Check out this guide to make sure your daycare is ready for summer activities.

Why do child care centers need digital accounting, bookkeeping and payment software? We answer five questions!

Looking for ideas for summer learning in your child care center? Check out this fun and educational beach-bag activity that focuses on physical development and more!

Cognitive development involves how children think, explore and grow. It's vital that your child care center uses a curriculum to nurture it.

A new Colorado law will go into effect in 2023 that will give all 4-year-olds access to 10 hours of preschool a week at no cost to families.

Learn how a fully digital early childhood education curriculum ensures teachers have everything they need at their fingertips.

Let's look at how a strong early childhood education curriculum benefits your students and your child care center!

When it comes to hiring the best employees, two myths abound: that job candidates ONLY care about incentives and benefits, and about the pay they’ll receive. These things matter, but there's more to hiring and retaining the best staff, says Caroline Jens, founder and is CEO of Child Care Biz Help.

It’s time to celebrate with these five fun activities you can do with kids at your child care center to celebrate the changing of the season!

We have St. Patrick's Day-themed activities you can do with kids in your child care center. Whether you're looking for outdoorsy excursions or cute crafts, we've got you covered!

Handwriting is a skill that translates beyond what goes on paper. Children who learn to write at a young age achieve higher reading and spelling scores, and learn fine-motor skills. We have four tips to share with you for teaching this valuable skill in your child care center, starting in your infant room!

provided a foundation of professionalism for educators that continues to guide and motivate child care advocates today.

Fannie C. Williams spent most of her career in education at New Orleans public schools. There, her achievements included founding nursery school and Kindergarten classes in the early years of the Depression — the first for Black children in the city. 

Dr. Edmund Gordon's list accomplishments is long. It includes his work in founding the Head Start program, which he undertook in 1956 when President Lyndon B. Johnson commissioned him to help design the Head Start program.

The new partnership between Procare and IntelliKid Systems, a customer relationship management company, means centers now can access a system to help attract and register new families, as well as tools to help with recruiting staff. It’s a way to maximize enrollment opportunities based on current availability for centers using both platforms. 

Let’s take a look at nine ways to promote literacy in your child care center, from babies to school-age kids!

Child care centers are reeling as many teachers and other staff fall ill to COVID-19. Owners and directors are scrambling to keep the doors open and stay within student-to-staff ratios, all while ensuring a high quality of care. Let’s look at a few tools offered by Procare Solutions that can help!

The new year is here! What are your plans for your child care center in 2022? We have three ways to set goals and propel your business forward in a meaningful way.

Let’s look at five tips to make your child care center more efficient so you can get more done, stress less and enjoy the business you've built!

From marketing your child care business to slowing the revolving door of staff turnover, we wrap up our top five webinars of the year!

An accurate financial forecast will help you stick to your budget. When you understand how much money is coming in, you can better regulate how much money goes out, allowing you to manage your business. Let’s take a look at four steps to incorporate forecasting into your child care center’s budget!

Due to recent price hikes of everything from food to rent, increasing the tuition at your child care center may be something you must consider. We have four tips to help you share the news of increased fees with your families.

Ready to start your own child care business? One of the first things you need to decide is whether you'll open a franchise location or an independent center. We have four questions to help you choose which best suits you and your goals!

The emergence of Omicron, coronavirus variant could mean changes to your child care center's mask policy. Here are three things you should NOT do when sharing rule changes with the families you serve.

Every employee wants to feel valued. One of the easiest ways to make them feel this way is to give them a holiday gift! We have seven ideas for gifts that show how much you appreciate your child care center staff.

Here's a quick overview to see if a dependent care flexible-savings account could be a good fit for parents of the kids in your care!

The Build Back Better plan being considered by Congress includes $390 billion to cut child care costs for many families and provide free preschool for all children in America.  Let’s take a look at how it could affect your child care center, if implemented.

Let's take a look at six programs to consider if you're ready to open your own child care business!

Considering buying software for your child care center?. Let's take a look at seven questions you should ask during a demo.

If you’re looking for some fresh turkey-themed crafts for your preschoolers, check out these five gobbly good ideas that each promote a different learning objective!

Audra Wilson-Russell, a certified public accountant, answers questions about how the employee retention tax credit can be used for child care center owners.

Election Day is coming up in many places, which means it’s a great time to focus on the concepts of voting and encourage children to be curious about what is happening in their communities and country. Here are five election-themed activities for your child care center that also would be great for a before and after care program in schools!

Finding ways for parents to participate in your center is important, but working to truly connect with them is just as vital. Creating a strong connection is essential to the success of your child care business. Let’s explore five ways to build real, business-boosting relationships with your customers!

Using QR codes and/or GPS technology gives you a completely touch-free check-in and check-out process for your child care center. Let’s take a look at how Procare's contactless technology benefits both your families and your staff while reducing the time you spend on administrative tasks.

Employees at your child care center will come and go, but the systems you put in place stay and will lead to your success. Let's look at some tips shared by industry expert Andrea Dickerson in this Procare webinar recap!

Is your child care center ready for cold and flu season? We have five tips to help!

We'll walk you through everything you need to know about child care staff evaluation: what it’s for, why it’s important and what you’ll need to include. And we'll give you a free evaluation template!

Parent participation in child care centers and schools leads to higher academic success, improved child behavior and it pays off in the success of your business. Let's take a look at five ways to get more parents involved.

Paula Polito navigated the loss of her house and severe damage to her daycare during Hurricane Katrina and now she's weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. Her resilient spirit, business acumen and focus on culture have helped her business survive. Learn more about her story in this Procare podcast recap!

Registration is coming up for before and after school programs at your district! Let’s take a look at the relationship between parent engagement and the success of after school programs, and at some ways to encourage parent engagement.

Tours of your child care center are the first impression parents get of your business. Let’s take a look at five tips to improve your tours, connect with parents on a deeper level and grow enrollment.

Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins in one month. Options are more affordable this year than in in the past, and COVID-19 stimulus money is available to help you fund health care offerings for your child care center staff.

The coronavirus pandemic has spurred many women to leave the workforce to care for their children. Let's take a look at what that means for families and for your child care center.

Check out these eight ideas to celebrate fall in your preschool classrooms, from leaf mazes to nature-themed treasure hunts.

Setting boundaries and implementing strategies to maximize your income are vital to growing your business, says Kris Murray, president of the Child Care Success Company. Let’s take a look at her four-step process to help you become a more productive leader in any early childhood education environment.

Evelyn Knight came so close to bankruptcy that she had an eviction notice on the door of her child care center. Now she owns multiple centers and coaches other centers on how to improve their businesses. Check out this podcast recap, in which she talks about the importance of time management and how coaching works.

The emergence and spread of coronavirus variants means we must continue to acknowledge that schools and child care centers don't look or feel the same as pre-pandemic. Let’s take a look at how you can help your families with a checklist that covers everything from basic school supplies and hygiene products.

Thinking of enrolling your little one in a preschool program, either later this year or next school year? Let’s take a look at some questions to consider as you make this decision!

Finding staff, dealing with parents' work schedules and collecting tuition are three key challenges faced by schools in their before care and after care programs. Two leaders in OST programs give their advice on navigating these challenges.

Grandparents Day is Sunday! Planning crafts and activities with the kids in your care to honor their grandparents will make them happy and their grandparents will be delighted to get a thoughtful, handmade gift. Let’s look at some ways to incorporate this holiday into your child care center’s day!

The results of effective staff management include happier employees, offering better services and making your child care business more profitable. Let’s take a look at some tips to manage your team!

School choice is a complex topic that seeps into the child care industry. Let’s take a closer look at what it is, including where it's available, why the movement is picking up steam, the different types of school choice options and how it could impact your child care business.

Audra Wilson-Russell, an accountant who specializes in helping child care providers, shares tips on creating and tracking cash flow projections, using accounting technology and implementing strategies to increase net profit.

Let’s take a look at the 10 most important skills that child care centers, preschools and early learning programs need to run a high-quality program and why these skills are critical for program success. 

It's not the best message to tell parents that you did the bare minimum of what is legally required for background-checking your staff; a better message is that you did all that is required, and then explain the extra steps you took. Here's how to run the most thorough checks you can on applicants and current employees at your child care center.

Knowing when your employee is ready to take on more responsibility is the key to determining whether he or she should be promoted. Let's take a look at five signs that could show an employee at your child care center could ready for a new role!

Tony D’Agostino, founder and chief executive officer of Inspire! Care 360, gave several tips for keeping current employees happy and finding new staff that will fit into the culture of your child care center in a Procare-sponsored webinar.

Curriculum has a direct impact on enrollment and staffing. And if teachers are struggling to effectively implement the curriculum you've chosen for your child care center, it may be time to take a close look at ways you can train and support your staff.

Planning ahead to set up your classroom to facilitate kids’ curiosity, exploration and play will help you stay organized, encourage independence and make the most of the educational opportunities at your child care center. Check out these six tips on how you can develop your classroom design and organization for intentional education.

If you’re still relying on clunky methods to organize your camps — such as spreadsheets, stacks of handwritten forms that you must enter into your system and paper sign-in and sign-out sheets — now is a good time to assess how software could help. By putting time-saving features in place now, you’ll have can properly test them and train your staff, perhaps at camps you hold over winter and spring breaks, before summer camp kicks off!

Opening a daycare inside your church is a big commitment, both in time and financial investment. Here are some things for you to consider.

Over the summer, many child care centers relaxed their rules on wearing masks. But the Delta variant has as thrown a wrench into many plans to return to normalcy. Here are some tips for letting families know about changes to your policies on masks.

Procare Solutions has been researching and issuing regular industry trend reports to glean new information and insights into how child care centers across the country are beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out our July data now!

Lisa Henkel of ChildcareCRM outlined the three key milestones in the child care enrollment process: your initial response after a parent inquires for care, completing a tour with a prospective family and registering children or adding them to your center’s waitlist. Check out her tips on turning prospective clients into enrolled families!

Access to reliable, affordable and quality child care makes a meaningful difference in the lives of working moms and dads. Let's take a look at how to choose a great child care provider.

Jared Hall, founder and CEO of IntelliKids Systems, shares some tips to create a strategic approach to branding to drive enrollment at your child care center.

At Procare Solution’s The Business of Child Care Conference on July 21, keynote speaker Dr. Aditi Nerurkar shared some strategies to help deal with stress, burnout and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

The Business of Child Care virtual conference was a packed half day of 36 sessions designed to help our Procare family get the most value from Procare software, as well as learn the latest strategies and tools to run their child care business more efficiently.

Building a successful daycare business takes more than passion — you'll also need a business plan. Let’s take a look at five steps you can take to create a plan to get your child care center off the ground.

The summer Olympics are here! And students at Big Blue Marble Academy child care centers have been learning about the games, and the countries participating, all summer.

Organizational culture is how and why your child care center does what it does. Here are seven steps to help you build the culture that will make your business successful.

When changing rules on whether masks are required in your child care center, it's important to keep your families informed. We share five tips you can use to effectively share such changes about mask requirements with your customers.

Automated software can save child care providers between roughly 60 and 80 hours a month. Learn how in this recap of a webinar by industry expert Monique Reynolds.

Venmo fees are rising. It may be time to think about switching to Tuition Express, the easiest and safest child care billing software – it's cost effective and helps you manage your business.

We've compiled a list of 12 questions to ask a daycare provider before you enroll your kids to make sure it's the right fit for your family.

Early childhood education is a career field that has seen, and will continue to see, tremendous growth. We have some tips to consider for those considering this career path.

Check out this list of child care activities to keep kids happy and busy inside when it's too hot to play outside.

Procare’s Parent Engagement app serves parents by keeping them informed of what their kids are doing, and helps child care centers run more efficiently.

Preparing ahead of time gives you valuable insight into how best to handle an emergency. To help do that, Procare has created a downloadable child care emergency contact template that you can use at your center.

Text messaging, push notifications and social media are the way to go if you want to communicate with millennials.

Health Check Extra allows health screening questions answered by child center employees to be imported directly into Procare Desktop software.

Jason Russell, a former Secret Service agent and founder of Secure Education Consultants, describes the importance of having a plan in place for a crisis at your child care center and ways you can manage a negative situation.

Child care centers must comply with licensing rules and other regulations, from child-to-teacher ratios to food requirements.

For more than 20 years, Beth Cannon has trained owners of early education centers on running their businesses And what’s key on the minds of those owners these days is finding, and keeping, great staff.

We focus on some of the pitfalls that you should avoid when opening a daycare business.

Learn not only how to identify trauma in a child, but how best to navigate an incident to ensure everyone in your child care center is in a safe place.

Looking for out-of-the-box child care activities? Look no further! Our list of fun educational activities will help you make learning fun.

Nervous about the first day of daycare? We've got you! In this article, we'll give you 10 tips to help ease your child's transition into daycare and make sure their first day goes as well as it possibly can.

Read our 10 tips for dealing with quarantine fatigue. Procare wants to make sure you know how to handle this fatigue and prioritize self care. Learn more.

If you’ve ever told yourself you’d get more done if only there were “more hours in the day,” this webinar is for you.

Now that the Biden administration has brought the American Families Plan up for signature, it’s time to learn what that means for child care providers.

Your child care website is one of the most important assets you have as a child care provider. Here's what to include!

Learn to promote self-regulation for child development today. Our tips and activities will help you develop a self-regulation program for children in your care.

The importance of hygiene in child care: Learn best practices around hand washing, food sanitation and more for your daycare.

Are you looking for child care success tools to help your business grow? Our tips provide resources for you to help improve your center. Learn more today.

Learn how to implement stress management in child care centers. Our helpful tips will help you alleviate stress for administrators, teachers and children.

Health screenings for child care: How to schedule screenings, what to screen for and how to keep children and teachers safe in child care. Learn more today.

Optimized registration forms not only help you gather child information more effectively, they can become a foundational tool for staff at your center.

Child Care Marketing: Increase revenue in your center using these easy-to-implement marketing tactics.

Looking for daycare business ideas? Procare has a full list of unique ideas to help you start or grow your daycare business today.

Daycare daily report sheets help you build stronger connections with the families you serve. Get our daily report template and tips today.

Daycare vs. preschool: Do you know the difference? Discover the characteristics of each and find out what makes them different in this guide.

Join us for The Business of Child Care Conference on July 21, 2021.

Learn strategies to raise child care rates by effectively communicating your value.

Providing the best child care starts with your staff. Come learn how to evaluate your staff and craft comprehensive evaluation forms. Download a free template today!

In this article, we share 10 marketing tips to help you attract parents and other caretakers and grow your business.

We look at the importance of play and why you should make time in your child care schedule for kids to create, imagine and interact with each other.

In this post, we outline eight ways you can recognize child care providers on National Provider Appreciate Day.

Are you wondering what to expect by owning a daycare? Learn about costs, requirements, regulations and more in our out guide to owning a daycare.

One of the best ways to help more children and grow your center is through a strong marketing effort. Come learn about our approach and use it to grow your business.

Trying to put together the best child care portfolio for your students? Learn how to do it right and keep both parents and students engaged and happy.

Classroom management strategies and techniques can help toddlers and preschoolers learn more effectively.

Looking to open a child care business in New Jersey? This New Jersey child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

Trying to put together emergency forms for your child care center? Come learn what needs to be included and use our free template as a guide!

Looking to open a child care business in Michigan? Procare’s Michigan child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

If you’re looking for ways to get involved in the Week of the Young Child, here are some ideas in line with NAEYC’s daily themes.

Looking to open a child care business in Virginia? Procare’s Virginia child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

Alleviate worry and grow your child care center with successful risk management. Identify and solve common sources of risk and make your center a clear choice for parents.

Looking to open a child care business in Georgia? Procare’s Georgia child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

Keep reading to learn about five available financial aid options available to child care businesses and how to decide which is best for you.

Looking to start a child care business in New York? Procare’s New York child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

How do you leave your mark on the world through child care? Establish a vision with your own child care philosophy. Learn why this is so important.

Marketing your child care center doesn't have to be expensive - these 10 tips are great, low-cost ways to promote your business.

Looking to start a child care business in Colorado? Procare’s Colorado child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

Times are changing, but child care remains a priority need in 2021. Come learn how to fill this need and answer the question, “How do I start a daycare center?”

Looking to start a child care business in North Carolina? Procare’s North Carolina child care licensing guide will give you the information you need to get started.

Parents want to guarantee their child's safety at child care. Here's a handy safety checklist for use at daycares and preschools.

Looking to start a child care business in Pennsylvania? Procare’s Pennsylvania child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

Looking to start a child care business in Illinois? Procare’s Illinois child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

Learn how you can make the most of your daycare enrollment forms. We’ll show you the best way collect data about children and their families, supply parents with the most current information about your center, and ensure a smooth transition into the child care environment.

What a year. Learn how 2020 impacted the child care industry with stats, trends, and insights from Procare. Let’s take one look back before heading into 2021.

For children, parents and even staff, high-quality child care can lead to lifelong benefits. Read on to learn more.

Child care is evolving and changing with the world around it. What challenges can be expected? How can you move forward? Let’s look to the future together.

Structure your daycare fees in a manner that works for everyone involved. Visit Procare today to learn how to be transparent, consistent and profitable.

Security measures are an essential requirement for daycare centers. Find out which of these are the most important and will ensure safety.

Running a daycare center can be costly. Let's look at the most common expenses and learn how to navigate these in order to get the most value in return.

Create an atmosphere that children and staff will both love. With these day care center decoration ideas you’ll be able to do just that.

On Feb. 24, the Federal Reserve experienced a disruption in payment services that execute millions of financial transactions. Here’s what you need to know.

Retention is essential. Families and staff alike need to stay around in order for your center to grow. Learn how to create the best environment to enable this.

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Interviews go both ways. This guide offers a number of standard and open-ended questions to as parents about their child and preferences.

Competitive pricing can lay the groundwork for a successful child care business. Learn how much to charge for child care with this helpful guide from Procare.

Technology continues to accelerate and impact the world around us. Come learn what child care technology your center needs for 2021.

The health of our children is more important than ever. Learn what child care nutrition standards are in place for and how to incorporate them.

Discover the top 25 questions parents ask prospective daycare and child care centers, and our tips for being ready to give an impressive response.

SEO plays a big role in helping prospective customers find your center. Keep reading to learn how you can leverage SEO to grow your daycare business.

Learn 6 ways to market your child care center without breaking your bank including social media marketing and creating an interactive attractive website.

Contactless check-in adds a valuable layer of safety and can help increase enrollment numbers in your child care center today. Learn more.

Find differences between the April 2020 and January 2021 small business Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

The CACFP Emergency Operational Cost Reimbursement Program is intended to help child care businesses recoup operating costs incurred during the pandemic.

Learn what a great child care center looks like to both kids and parents alike and how this can impact your business.

A well-crafted child care budget can make or break a center. Learn how to craft yours with these tips and operate at maximum efficiency.

If learning isn’t fun, child engagement will decline and your center may be impacted. Making learning fun is essential and these steps will help make this a reality.

Child care forms can be frustrating. Maximize the impact of yours with these tips from Procare.

With 2020 in the rearview window, the child care industry is continuing to recover. Here are predictions for 2021.

There are many factors at play in child care that influence child development. Even the design of your child care center plays a part. Learn more today.

Discover five steps to help child care businesses set up business automation software at their centers. Read more in our latest blog post.

The majority of child care businesses surveyed expect their business to grow in 2021. Close to 70 percent indicated they saw their business growing in 2021.

There’s help on the way for child care businesses struggling with the challenges presented by COVID-19.

Learn about some of the key emerging threats in today’s child care environment and ways to de-escalate the situation when it becomes heated.

Developing a curriculum for students will keep your students and center on track. In this guide, we will cover definitions, planning, and more. Let’s get started.

2020 challenged the child care industry in ways we never imagined. Faced with an unprecedented pandemic, we had to act quickly. Read ahead for 2021 outlook.

Save our checklist and get your child care business finances ready for the new year. Find time tips and tricks to help manage your child care finances.

As a child care educator, you work with children of many ages and from many different backgrounds. Discover 10 traits of an amazing early childhood educator.

Looking to start a child care business in California? Procare’s child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

Child care is diverse and full of options. Understand what types of child care exist and which is best suited for you.

Knowing which child care positions need to be filled is key for a well-run center. Learn more about these positions and what role they play so you are set for success.

Looking to start a child care business in Florida? Procare’s Florida child care licensing guide will give you the most important information so you can get started.

Looking to start a child care business in Texas? Procare’s Texas daycare licensing guide will give you the most important information.

Easily share lesson plans with parents through a robust child care app.

Find the right balance between staff and children for your child care center. Learn how to implement the ideal staff-to-child ratio and the benefits this brings.

Transparency is an essential value of any reputable child care program. Come learn why it’s so important and what tools exist for its implementation.

Hybrid schooling is on the rise and it is important to know how it affects you. Come read and find out how it will impact you and child care moving forward.

In this handy guide, we provide tips your child care business can use to safeguard your organization.

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Incorporate health questions into your contactless check-in process to support the safety of your center.

Increasing child care enrollment is essential for having a successful program. Come discover best practices and helpful tools that will help you accomplish this.

Communication with parents is vital for maintaining and growing your child care center. Check out these 10 strategies to create the best experience possible.

Boosting Enrollment When Your ECE Program Needs it Most: Webinar Recap

Parents have many considerations when choosing the best child care solution. Find out what they’re looking for and adapt with Procare.

Virtual learning has brought forth its own set of challenges, chief among them, student engagement. Ensure your students are engaged by following these strategies.

Webinar recap: Discover practical guidance for how child care businesses can implement strong financial processes to support their missions.

Business continuity is the ability to stay operational or quickly resume operations when disaster strikes. Learn how to prepare your child care center for any emergency.

Curious what enrichment programs are and how they benefit children? Procare has you covered. Click to find out and get the answers you need.

Ensure you bring in the best staff possible with Procare’s Child Care Hiring Guide.

Here are five benefits we’re seeing to child care centers when they use online registration to support their enrollment process.

Educators need to adopt new tactics to stimulate and support parent engagement in schools, and build successful partnerships that drive student success.

Prepare, Prevent, Protect: Security and Safety in Early Childhood Facilities, by Jason Russell – Webinar Recap

Are you interested in becoming an after school program manager? We’ve put together this resource with advice on how to do it.

To help you set up your program for success, we’ve put together a list of 10 COVID-safe activities that provide great learning and development opportunities.

Read the full Procare Child Care Industry Trend Report for a more complete look at how child care centers are recovering from COVID-19.

Find out how to become a child care center director, one of the many career advancement opportunities available for dedicated child care professionals.

Improving culture in your child care center isn’t something that happens overnight. Learn how to institute a culture of care in your child care center.

Discover 6 parent communications challenges and how the right app can solve them. Procare offers the perfect solution for parent communication issues.

We put together a list of some of our favorite SEL resources to help educators, child care and out-of-school time (OST) program administrators. Read more today.

School tracking systems in early child care settings play an important role in supporting the healthy development of children during the first five years of life.

We’ve put together this guide on how to prepare your program for reopening. We’ll highlight the most important steps you can take when reopening your program.

Starting a career as a child care provider can provide tremendous personal fulfillment. Find out if becoming a certified child care provider is right for you.

There has never been a better time to digitize your child care center. Child care digitization is the adoption of digital technology to support daily processes.

What is payroll software and what are the benefits to digital payroll? Learn the 4 reasons payroll software is essential for child care centers today.

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Educating kids at home has led many parents in our Procare community to ask the question: “What can I do to raise a smarter child?”

Wearing masks and social distancing has become a part of regular life. Here's what centers and programs are doing to keep children and staff safe.

In today’s climate, many before and after school programs are pivoting to virtual experiences or a hybrid online/in-person model.

When it comes to daycare, Luke said a parent engagement app is a must-have for him and his family. Read the story behind how an app made a significant impact on this parent's life.

We’ve put together this classroom safety checklist that schools and child care centers can leverage when reopening during COVID-19. Find the checklist here.

Need help updating your child care worker resume to meet the changing demands of the industry in 2020? We can help.

At Procare, we source the most up-to-date State and Montessori standards and pre-load them into our platforms to simplify lesson planning and milestone tracking.

We’ve put together a back-to-school checklist that parents can use to help prepare their kids for a return to in-person classes during COVID-19.

Whether you’re entering the workforce for the first time or returning to work after a furlough, being a child care worker this year is going to look different.

Research shows that sensory play in the early years of child development helps build neural pathways needed for more complex learning tasks.

Learn how parent engagement can support your child care center reopening with new infection prevention guidelines.

Leadership is one of the most important skills for child care directors and administrators. Learn how to lead a child care team through change.

Life Without Child Care: Lessons from the COVID-19 Child Care Crisis

Three Challenges Facing Outside School Time (OST) Programs and How Technology Can Address Them: Infographic

Child care businesses continue to grapple with the challenges of serving the needs of their communities while keeping children and staff safe.

Searching for the best child care payment portal that can help you manage invoices, billing and payment processing for your child care business? Look no further.

Open door policies are now a thing of the past. Discover the 7 best practices for child care pick-up and drop-off during coronavirus.

Keeping a business-focused mindset is critical to a child care provider’s success, particularly in times like these.

We explore the relationship between parent engagement and the success of after school programs. Find tips and advice to further encourage parent engagement.

Daycare centers are now being asked to reopen their doors and achieve rapid compliance with state public health and CDC guidelines. Here's what to expect.

As child care centers reopen, there is a need to implement protective measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. Learn how to navigate your reopening.

With parents returning to work, child care programs are scrambling to organize staffing requirements to meet the demand for child care. Learn more today.

Before and after school programs can now use GPS technology and QR codes for safer sign-in/out. Learn how Procare can help your after school program today.

Webinar recap: Keys to Enrollment Recovery. Discover the three keys to enrollment success, which focus on the lead process. Read more today.

This guide contains our best advice for marketing your daycare reopening after an extended closure.

Understanding the cost of child care in America is important for both parents and child care providers. Get a state-by-state breakdown here.

Procare Adds New App-based Parent Engagement Solution to Procare Select. Benefits include: Communicating and engaging with parents by sharing daily activities.

Discover how a child care management software can help you increase your teachers’ wages while keeping child care affordable today.

An overview of some of the key business metrics and strategies centers can use to see more success in your child care business.

Learning how to best support children and their families through the Covid-19 transition is key to helping them navigate it successfully. Read more.

It is important for centers to leverage strategies that allow for fewer in-person, close-contact interactions. Learn how to implement software to do this today.

If you’re interested in starting your own in-home daycare business, this is the guide for you. We’ve created a step-by-step roadmap to help you.

With the onset of COVID-19, the need for child care centers to connect with families has never been higher. Build stronger connections with parents today.

In-home daycare costs can vary significantly from state to state, from county to county, and even on a per facility basis. Learn what in-home care costs near you.

If you’re planning to start an in-home daycare center, you will need to create an in-home daycare contract. Learn how to write your contract in our post today.

Trying to decide whether Procare Online vs. Procare Desktop is right for you? We've created this resource to answer that question.

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How do you best protect your children and employees while safeguarding your business? We’ve compiled common sense tips from around the industry to help.

Learn the story of Cayla Rush, Owner and Director of Precious Angels Child Care Center in Sioux Falls, SD, and how she is a walking example of adaptability.

What happens if you are following all the recommendations of local health departments and the CDC, and you have a staff member or child test positive for the virus?

How to keep children and staff safe from COVID-19 when your child care center reopens this year. Read our tips for respecting personal space today.

Limiting the amount of physical contact in schools and child care centers can be challenging. Leverage technology such as QR codes to mitigate germ transfer.

Webinar Recap: Day Zero | Revive, Reopen and Rebuild: A Focus on Enrollment Post COVID-19. Learn more today.

Robyn Chrysler’s proclivity to care for others is a character trait that has been with her since she was a young child. Read her story today.

Learn more about Tiffany Harper and her child care center in Kansas City. Read about how she kept her doors open to essential personnel during the pandemic.

These six steps can help you ensure your child care center’s financial stability as you plan your reopening following closures during COVID-19.

We’ve created interactive guides for each of our main products. All you have to do is click on the link to the product you want to learn more about.

Webinar recap: Financial experts agree that keeping as much cash on hand as possible is one of the most important things you can do. Learn how to do that today.

Discover questions around the PPP loan program: when to open, what will enrollments be like, how to manage employee furloughs and more.