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I love seeing what everyone is doing and sharing ideas!
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I don't have any of my DCF as friends on my personal facebook, but they have all "liked" my business page.Comment
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Yes this is correct. They can't see your personal page if they "like" your business page. The only way they can see your personal page is if they are your friend (or if your privacy settings are low).Comment
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I think I've "liked" everyone's pages. What a great group of providers! I wish places like these were available when I was searching for daycare for my niece and nephew so many years ago!
Please come and "like" my page, if you do I promise to use it more! Lol.
I actually don't update my business page a lot, I also have a private Facebook group for current clients that I post on daily. I mainly use the business page for advertising.Comment
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I have a question for those of you who have both personal and business FB pages. Obviously the business page is meant to be joined or liked but what do you do when parents and relatives of the child then request your personal page?
I never had a problem before because most clients didnt use the net but now I have reluctantly accepted some on my personal page because I didn't know what to say and didn't want to offend them. I tried speaking with 1 a couple times about new pics I was going to add and such but she ignores my messages yet is posting/updating her page at the same time. So I wonder why she added me if she doesnt want to communicate. There are no kids pics or daycare info on my personal page that's what the daycare page is for. She did "like" the page but never says anything about the pics or even likes a pic of her own kids. It just seems odd to me.Comment
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A little slow on the uptake here, but here's mine. It hasn't got much on it yet--I'm not really a facebook user, but got convinced by this forum that it was a worthwhile way to advertise. I keep trying to remind myself to post stuff there.
I really communicate with my families through a private blog and daily emails. They are quite in-depth, and I find it difficult to post little bits on facebook; what I put there always feels superficial. Also, I'm not posting the kids' faces, for privacy, so it limits what I post.
But my parents are all younger than I am, and of course they use facebook all the time! So I felt I ought to have a presence there.
Am off to check out everyone else's for inspiration.Comment
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Wow! I love everyone's FB pages & "liked" them all
You all have fantastic set-ups. My question is this, does anyone not have a room or rooms set up specifically for daycare? My rooms on the first floor are all utilized by the DCK and my family. So my living room looks like a living room with toys set-up during the work week, same goes for my sitting room. In my dining room, I have a kid-sized table for the DCK and then our furniture. I've never really questioned my set-up until I saw these fantastic kid-friendly rooms.
My oldest daughter just moved out and my other daughter is planning on moving within 18 months. I could at that time convert the entire second floor of my home into daycare rooms. I imagine for tax purposes this would be a wise move. Does anyone operate their business on a floor other than the main living floor?Comment
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Nope, not allowed to, fire hazard.
We moved all the first floor living room stuff to the upstairs bonus room and that's our family room. Our living room is dedicated to our preschool, painted and decorated for the preschoolers, but we did put in a loveseat and two small chairs. If we have friends over for dinner, we use those and pull in extra chairs from the dining room. It's not ideal, but it was the best option I had.Comment
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Good point! Since we do not have a fire escape leading off the second floor it wouldn't work here either.
But moving our living space to the vacant rooms on the second floor would work. Thanks for the idea. I agree it's not ideal but you can only work with what you have
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I use my basement. In my state I can use my basement without 2 exits if I'm a level A provider (up to 6 kids), I'm a level B (up to 12 kids) so we had to put in an egress. It was a great investment though. The basement is so much brighter and doesn't seem like a basement now!Comment
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My program is integrated into my home. We have a "library," which doubles as the "nap room" during the week. A kitchen, where the kids eat and play (kitchen set is there, magnets, sensory-type stuff). A "sunroom," which is our living room/family room/mudroom/playroom...everything. It's pretty small, too. A few carefully selected toys beautifully displayed and baskets of books and our nature table and the kids cubbies are all in there, our main living space. Then we have a room off our kitchen which I might have set up as a playroom, but being Reggio-inspired, I chose to set it up as a studio. (It was an attached "shed" until I began doing family child care and finished it.) I've seen studio space done beautifully in an armoire in a dining room, too, though--doesn't need to be a room.Wow! I love everyone's FB pages & "liked" them all You all have fantastic set-ups. My question is this, does anyone not have a room or rooms set up specifically for daycare? My rooms on the first floor are all utilized by the DCK and my family. So my living room looks like a living room with toys set-up during the work week, same goes for my sitting room. In my dining room, I have a kid-sized table for the DCK and then our furniture. I've never really questioned my set-up until I saw these fantastic kid-friendly rooms.
I like it this way, because I think one of the advantages of family child care is that it is not just home-like, but an actual home.Comment
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I hesitated posting my FB page as I was trying to preserve at least some anonymity and privacy. But with FB, web site, and craigslist ad, I guess it doesn't matter too much anymore.
It's fairly new and doesn't have much yet. Likes and feedback appreciated.
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