SHOPPING, SUPPLIES, AND RESOURCES
Just about anything you could need for your child care can be found online. Besides the convenience of shopping from the comfort of your home, you may be able to find some great bargains.
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Catalogs |
Many companies have online catalogs. These sites are general suppliers and carry a wide variety of products including furniture, office supplies, decorations, toys, teacher aids and materials.
| Abc Teacher's Outlet |
| Classroom Direct.com |
| Discount School Supply |
| JL Hammett |
| Lakeshore Learning Materials |
| Tuffware.com |
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Toys |
From major suppliers and franchises to small mom and pop operations, there are manytoy stores online. Some sites specialize in educational toys, infant toys, folk toys and more. I have tried to include just a small sampling.
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Curriculum |
Although many providers and daycare centers are now utilizing child-centered curriculum planning or planning themes on their own, there is another alternative. There are sites that offer ready-made curriculum packets and programs. Here are some of the more popular ones.
| Arts and Crafts Curriculum |
| Creative Pre-K |
| Cuddle House Academy |
| Early Start |
| Finger Play's with Miss Lori - 14 interactive finger plays |
| Funshine Express |
| The J.E.M. Site (Jen's Educational Music) |
| KidSparks! |
| Little Things |
| Mother Goose Time |
| Tricycle Time |
| Wiggles and Tunes - Music Curriculum |
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Arts and Crafts |
If you are in search of a specific craft material or hard to find kit, you may wish to start you search at these craft sites.
| Crafts Galore |
| Daycarecrafts.com |
| Kid's Art Store |
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Services |
Family daycare providers and center administrators can find a variety of services available on the internet.
| Child Care Only - Start a Day Care Facility |
| Daycare Hotline - Resources for starting and operating a daycare program. |
| 4THEKIDS.NET - Business and tax advice |
| EPrintableCalendars - Create Your Own Free Printable Calendar |
| Family Daycare Marketing - Marketing Resources |
| HankyKids.com - Journals that a parent can use to keep track of their child's day |
| The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System© |
| Kidz First -A start-up kit for setting up and maintaining a successful home preschool/daycare operation |
| Nelson & Riley - Accounting and tax services |
| ProviderWatch - delinquent account reporting, contract review |
| Vine Street Financial - Acquisitions, expansion and refinancing services |
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Software |
It wasn't so long ago that daycare providers, directors and administrators spent much of their time literally buried in a mountain of paper work. Now many tasks are simplified with software programs. Some of the tasks performed by the following products include: billing, enrollment records, client database, accounts receivable, and waiting lists.
| Childcare Management |
| Childcare for Windows |
| Childcare Sage™ |
| ChildWatch |
| Daycare Information Systems Plus+ |
| Day Care Software |
| Daycare Web |
| Family Data & Accounting |
| Kidscare for Windows |
| ProCare Software |
Books
BayShore Books LLC
tlsbooks.com
My House Playhouse Stories
Posters
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