Every successful daycare starts with a clear vision! During Week 1, we’ll explore your business goals, define your daycare vision, and create a personalized roadmap to help you move from dreaming about opening a daycare to taking real action.

Understand the licensing process and what it takes to prepare your home daycare for operation. We’ll cover how to research your state’s requirements, organize important documentation, and use a home-readiness checklist to plan your next steps.

Learn how to establish tuition rates, calculate operating expenses, and build a financial foundation for your daycare. You’ll work through a tuition pricing worksheet and explore how to set realistic revenue goals.

Create clear policies, parent agreements, and essential daycare documentation. We’ll discuss ways to protect your business, establish expectations, and build a professional paperwork system.

Build confidence managing parent relationships, tuition payments, and professional boundaries. Learn strategies for communicating expectations, handling difficult conversations, and maintaining consistent policies.