Well, I have made up my mind to stay home with my little dudes. I have been going back and forth for 6 months, but have finally decided that spending time with them is most important for them and for me right now. We are financially not ready to give up my income all together, so I have decided to start a home daycare. I am now caring for 2 small boys my sons’ ages-1 year and 4 years. They are really good little boys and make great friends for my sons. This is how I started my little home daycare:
1- I REALLY thought about whether this was what I wanted before I listed myself available to care for others.
2- I listed Offering Childcare and Offering Babysitting adds on Kijiji.
3- Within a day people were contacting me via Email/ I responded to ALL of the emails and selected the ones that I wanted to meet with.
4- Downloaded some daycare/family contracts and decided on a rate for care
5- I met with families and we interviewed each other; asking and answering questions.
6-GET INSURANCE (through your home insurance)
7- We did a trial day to ensure everything would run smoothly
8- I am keeping ALL of my receipts for tax purposes (including grocery receipts, gas receipts, utility bills, arts’n'crafts receipts, receipts from the dollar store, toy replacement receipts, etc.) and giving receipts to the families for tax purposes.
9- Either get an accountant to help with your taxes or get Turbo Tax Business. This tax program walks you through and is simple to use. Look into depreciation of your personal items as this adds up to a lot of money.
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