Keeping Your Family Daycare Clean and Healthy

Keeping Your Family Daycare Clean and Healthy
By Christine Groth

One of the number one reasons that a daycare is successful is because its clean. When you enter the daycare not only does it look clean and organized, but it also smells clean. I hate to say it, but your nose is your best weapon against defense. If you think it smells bad, then it will certainly leave a lasting impression on the parent who comes to visit your daycare center.

So Im here to give you some pointers on how you can keep your daycare clean and sweet smelling. It will cause you to do some elbow work but it will be well worth it in the long run. Increased enrollment, increased positive word of mouth equals money.

1.Clean and sanitize daily. Each day you should be making a solution of 1 tbsp. bleach per gallon of water; this will be used to wipe down all hard surfaces that contract germs. Examples would include: door handles, kitchen tables, toys shelves, kitchen counters, bathroom areas, bathroom toilet lids. All toys that are mouthed by children should be sanitized each day, and toys that are played with and have hard services should be wiped down once a week.

2.All carpets in your daycare should be steam cleaned every 3 months.

3.Use air fresheners when its too cold out side to open windows, but when its warm be sure to keep your windows open and circulate the fresh air.

4.Wash sleeping bags, sheets, pillows, once a week in a soap and bleach solution.

5.Sanitize your diaper pail each week, and make sure you get those nasty diapers out of your daycare A.S.A.P. in the outside trash. If might mean going out to the trash 2-3 times per day, but its worth it to get that stuff out of the house.

6.Make sure you clean up right after lunch. Children will often drop food on the floor and if you have a parent who visits you for an appointment you certainly would not want to leave the impression of food lying around.

The six steps above are a good place to start, there are of course many other items to clean and for too many of us cleaning seems to be endless but its necessary in everyday life and especially business.

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The Daycare Queen, Christine G. Groth, is the creator of The Guide to Instant Daycare Profits. To learn more about this step-by-step program and to sign-up for her FREE How to Start a Daycare tips and articles, visit http://www.startingadaycaretips.com

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