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From the lens Daycare School Online.

  • Heather426 Oct 27, 2011 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    wonderful, wonderful!
  • TapIn2U May 28, 2011 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Thank you for sharing. This would really help many parents out there. Sundae ;-)
  • rwoman May 5, 2011 @ 8:19 pm | delete
    So many great resources! Thanks for sharing.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith May 4, 2011 @ 4:27 am | delete
    Thumbs up!
  • Glenn619 Dec 23, 2010 @ 1:53 am | delete
    i like the lens thnks for sharing so much good job.
    you can check out my lens which speaks about online schools offering such training
    http://www.squidoo.com/online-vocational-education
  • kinderdagverblijf Mar 16, 2010 @ 9:47 am | delete
    Hi, I'm just getting together my ow lens in http://www.squido.com/kinderdagverblijf.nl about daycare in the Netherlands and was looking for likeminded people :)
  • gods_grace_notes Feb 18, 2010 @ 9:05 am | delete
    I LOVE this lens! I was the unofficial daycare mom for most of my daughter's young life. The memories of time spent with my child are priceless, and I applaud every mom who decides to take on the task of raising their own children. Caring for other people's children during the process makes your life even sweeter!!!
  • CoolFoto Nov 1, 2009 @ 8:44 am | delete
    I was blessed to be able to be a stay at home mom with my 2 sons. That time was some of the best in my life.
  • 24websurf Jul 22, 2009 @ 11:14 am | delete
    What a wonderful lens! I, too, remember the heartbreak of leaving my son in daycare centers. This was a very nice layout and most informative! 5*s and a big Congratulations!
  • Superwife Jul 7, 2009 @ 6:34 am | delete
    great work! I have to favorite this lens, I know I'll be back :) 5*
  • mbgphoto Jul 5, 2009 @ 10:27 pm | delete
    You have done a wonderful job on your daycare lens! Really good resource lens. 5*
  • LizMac60 Jul 2, 2009 @ 6:54 pm | delete
    Lovely to hear how you found a solution to your daycare problem and provided good care for others too.
  • Joan4 Jun 26, 2009 @ 5:45 pm | delete
    This is great! Super lens! Lensrolling to two of my favorites - Thumbuddy Review and Ding Dong School!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Jun 20, 2009 @ 2:00 pm | delete
    I especially love your first line, that this is for stay at home moms AND day care providers. There are people who want these people at war with each other and you provide a bridge Good for you. 5* and lensrolled to all my parenting lenses.
  • a_willow Jun 13, 2009 @ 11:12 am | delete
    You are one of April 2009 graduates! Come by and answer few questions to show the way to those who will follow! Wish you many, many more great lenses!
  • genglo Jun 13, 2009 @ 10:07 am | delete
    Wonderful lens! Welcome to The Mommy Mall group!
  • MarinaKuperman Jun 12, 2009 @ 1:34 pm | delete
    what a touching story! i love a success story of a mom being taken by her child's love to start a at home business. It's a great idea! great lens:)
    Fav'd, fived, fanned you:)
  • LisaBond1 Jun 12, 2009 @ 4:38 am | delete
    Great lens..thank you for sharing it with us all!! rated 5
  • Sojourn Jun 9, 2009 @ 6:54 pm | delete
    Such a great story! I could completely relate to not wanting to hand your child over to daycare. I remember going back to work after my first child was born and I cried the whole way from daycare to the office. It felt so gut-wrenchingly wrong. I also knew, though, I couldn't last as a stay at home mom. I'm just not that patient. So I had my husband stay home while I worked. Best deal I ever made. :) Great lens!
  • Laura45 Jun 2, 2009 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    Thanks for all the useful information and your creativeness. 5 stars for sure! Congratulations on winning the April New Squid contest!
  • GrowWear Jun 1, 2009 @ 3:00 pm | delete
    Congratulations on winning 1st place in Fresh Squid Contest for April 2009! Just saw a_willows Tweet about it. Kudos
  • a_willow Jun 1, 2009 @ 2:46 pm | delete
    Guess what? This lens won 1st place in Fresh Squid Contest for April 2009! :) Congratulations! Badge will arrive by mail in few days!
  • May 31, 2009 @ 8:41 pm | delete
    Your Lens is Written with Knowledge and Passion * * 5 * * !

    I also Voted for it in the Fresh Squid Contest for May.
    Good Job and Much Success !
  • ElizabethJeanAllen May 28, 2009 @ 7:54 pm | delete
    Welcome to The Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
    Lizzy
  • stargazer00 May 26, 2009 @ 9:32 pm | delete
    You are such a blessing to the children in your care! It is a very important job that should be taken seriously as you obviously do. My husband and I opted to work opposite shifts so our kids wouldn't be in day care. It was hard but I'm glad we did it. I couldn't stand the thought of someone else raising my babies!
  • Webcodes May 25, 2009 @ 8:01 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens 5*. I remember dropping my son for preschool as well...and his screaming.. it just tears your heart out as a parent.
  • EverythingMouse May 25, 2009 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    Another excellent lens.
  • Donnette May 25, 2009 @ 11:28 am | delete
    Beautiful lens... thank you for sharing.. 5 stars and lensrolling to http://www.squidoo.com/Free-homeschooling-ebooks
  • poutine May 25, 2009 @ 10:11 am | delete
    Great lens and I just voted for it in the fresh squid contest.

    Poutine
  • Tobbie May 25, 2009 @ 5:23 am | delete
    Great lens from one Fresh squid winner to the next. 5 Stars!
  • SherryHolderHunt May 24, 2009 @ 11:49 pm | delete
    Wonderful, wonderful lens! I stayed home with my son, we just put my office in one of the bedrooms. A year before he started kindergarten, I let him go a couple of times a week to a church pre-school so he could play with other children. Wouldn't take anything for those early years with him. 5*s & rolled to my EZ Doodle lens.
  • Ramkitten May 24, 2009 @ 8:32 pm | delete
    Thank you for visiting my "hiker mistakes" lens, and here I am to return the visit. I don't have children, but I definitely admire your passion for being a stay-at-home parent and really think you've presented your reasons well, along with some great ideas for starting your own daycare AND what to do with the children once they're there.
  • sittonbull May 24, 2009 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    Congratulations for making the proactive decision, backed by your passion for your child's best interests, and starting your own day care business. There is nothing more important than our children and I can only imagine your satisfaction and confidence now vs before. Great lens that tells it like it is that gets 5s, a fan, a fav and a LR to my Inspiration lens plus a visit to the FSC to vote. Thanks for your visit and comments to my lenses.
  • jfield May 24, 2009 @ 8:36 am | delete
    Love this lens when I visited awhile back. So glad you're entered into the Fresh Squid Contest! Best of luck:)
  • yesido May 23, 2009 @ 5:09 pm | delete
    Great lens, see you at Fresh Squid Contest thanks for 5*ing my A Miracle Tree
  • lefty78 May 23, 2009 @ 4:43 pm | delete
    Great lens! Thanks for visiting mine!
  • NicheReaper May 23, 2009 @ 2:28 pm | delete
    Hey great lens! Gets my vote for the Fresh Squid contest. Love the 'Lead by Example' section. I've got two sons and yep... they are madder than me and far smarter! ;)
  • mukunda22 May 18, 2009 @ 9:04 pm | delete
    Great lens--wonderfully made!! Please make more!!! rated 5 and faved!! If you have your own day care, you probably don't have much time for anything else!!
  • JaguarJulie May 18, 2009 @ 10:32 am | delete
    Such a lovely and engaging lens -- you must get busy now and create a few more as you have such a great style. ;)
  • sunita May 15, 2009 @ 8:59 am | delete
    You have provided real picture of day care center.It is really stressful to leave young child there.Your lens is inspiring.
    Preschool Activities For Kids
  • sunita May 15, 2009 @ 8:59 am | delete
    You have provided real picture of day care center.It is really stressful to leave young child there.Your lens is inspiring.
    Preschool Activities For Kids
  • tdove May 13, 2009 @ 2:38 pm | delete
    Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory!
  • crystal May 12, 2009 @ 1:20 pm | delete
    what kind of classes do you have to take????????
  • ideadesigns May 6, 2009 @ 5:18 pm | delete
    Great and beautiful site! 5 stars!
  • jfield May 6, 2009 @ 9:58 am | delete
    Wonderful lens w/fantastic pictures! Congrats to you on taking the initiative to start your own daycare center. Anyone interested in starting their own now has a wonderful source of information. Well done!
  • Light-in-me May 5, 2009 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    A very nice lens, great job !! 5*s . Thank's for stopping by, very nice to meet you.
    I am going to go look into voting for you, I have never done it before.
    Take care,
    Robin
  • GreenEcoBean May 5, 2009 @ 8:04 am | delete
    This is a very nice lens. At first I thought it was about an online daycare haha. I was confused for a second, lol.
  • CDT May 5, 2009 @ 3:32 am | delete
    I spent a few years working in a kindergarten in the UK. This is a wonderful lens, full of good, common sense advice.

    A well deserved 5*!

    I shall rush over and vote for it in the Fresh Squid Contest :)
  • ChineseKitesforKids May 2, 2009 @ 3:50 pm | in reply to ChefGreen | delete
    Thanks babe! It's coming along. I want to be a Fresh Squid so badly. I want a badge on my profile soooo bad I can taste the squid in my mouth...LOL

    Thanks for stopping by you're a great friend!
  • ChefGreen May 2, 2009 @ 11:32 am | delete
    I love the page Lesley!! So much great info!! :o)
    Congrats!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen May 2, 2009 @ 6:05 am | delete
    "Lead by Example." Too bad more people don't realize the value in that.
    Great lens
    Lizzy
  • a_willow May 2, 2009 @ 1:11 am | delete
    This lens entered Fresh Squid Contest for May as one of featured lenses on Fresh Squid group in April! Come by and vote!
  • jpetals May 1, 2009 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    Great lens with an amazing amount of information!! Before I started earning online I tried my own home daycare. I could not find any resource like this.. gosh I wish I would have. It would have saved me lots of searching. Another great site for children to learn to speak (or for late talkers like my oldest son) is starfall dot com . I'm not associated but think it could be something you would use. My is a very late talker and the site really engages him without being completely annoying to me. lol

    It does take a special person to offer care from their home. Although I truly enjoyed spending time with the children, it was the "other stuff" that I didn't do well with. For instance, if the family situation wasn't ideal, I was sometimes in the middle of personal issues. I had a one month grace period in which I would release those families for such a reason as "not a good fit". Parents were always understanding because they want someone that is 100% into their child. 5 star
  • mistyblue75605 Apr 29, 2009 @ 11:00 pm | delete
    VERY WELL DONE!! 2 THUMBS UP AND 5*'S
  • a_willow Apr 29, 2009 @ 3:58 pm | delete
    Excellent lens! And helpful! Welcome to Fresh Squid group! Good to have you with us!
  • tdove Apr 29, 2009 @ 12:03 pm | delete
    Great lens with very useful content, and lots of it. 5* and thanks for checking out my lens!
  • KimGiancaterino Apr 28, 2009 @ 9:35 pm | delete
    My niece is expecting her second child and has started a daycare in her home so she can be a full-time mom. I love lenses with this type of passion behind them. Squid Angel Blessings to you!
  • GrowWear Apr 28, 2009 @ 8:32 pm | delete
    Your passion comes across very well here. Very impressive presentation.
  • kiwisoutback Apr 27, 2009 @ 11:26 am | delete
    It's really important to have your kids stay home with YOU.. I personally (and I'm sure everyone else has noticed, too) that daycare raised kids can sometimes act out a bit more. They need their true Moms! Great work on this topic.
  • Sarunas Apr 27, 2009 @ 7:17 am | delete
    Wonderful lens.
    I gave you 5 stars.
    Keep it up. :)
  • alteredkat Apr 25, 2009 @ 4:16 pm | delete
    Very informative and complete lens! Well done! I was blessed to be able to stay home and raise my 2 and thought (briefly) about taking in children as I saw there was a demand with other neighbours returning to work but at the same time I knew it wasn't for me and that wouldn't be fair to the children, caring for my own vs others is very different.

    Thank you for visiting my scrabble tile pendant lens...I appreciate your comments! 5*
  • drifter0658 Apr 25, 2009 @ 4:00 pm | delete
    Excellent stuff here......makes me want to open a daycare at home, but who will babysit me?

    Thanks for the visits, and as far as having a t.v. in my brain...lol...the reception is a bit fuzzy at times.

    Thanks!
  • AdriennePetersen Apr 25, 2009 @ 10:57 am | delete
    Great lens with lots of helpful information on beginning a day care! 5 stars !
  • aj2008 Apr 25, 2009 @ 2:07 am | delete
    Thank you for sharing. I agree with Evelyn's comment. Here in the UK there is so much pressure on parents to work and mothers who choose to stay at home with their children are not allowed to transfer their unused tax allowances to their husbands, which is a real bug bear of mine.

    This is an excellent lens for many reasons but I will pick out two: it is very well laid out and present AND you write from the heart. Blessings to you.
  • strato Apr 24, 2009 @ 2:10 pm | delete
    "Be simple and pure as a child and the kingdom of heaven ( also a sweet life, thinking not a difficult situation as a problem ) belongs to you".
    Lesley very "sweet" update! Congratulation! http://ezinearticles.com/?id=2231922
  • jmm123 Apr 22, 2009 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    Great lens and good use of images. Also, great information for people looking for more information about starting a day care center.
  • EagleScoutMom Apr 22, 2009 @ 5:39 pm | delete
    Great lens ! I ran my own home daycare for 13 years - just couldn't bear to give my precious baby to a center. This is really good info for anyone considering the business. 5*****
  • groovyoldlady Apr 22, 2009 @ 12:20 pm | delete
    Great lens...I never thought of starting a daycare as going hand-in-hand with homeschooling. But looking back, I ran a small daycare until my eldest was in second grade - and we were homeschooling. This could be a great option for mom's who feel like they "have" to work, but who want to stay home and teach/love/raise their own children!
  • x3xsolxdierx3x Apr 20, 2009 @ 5:55 am | delete
    This is an interesting and useful lens.......not just a lens......but a 'resource'......thoroughly enjoyed it :) 5 stars
  • Margaret_Schaut Apr 19, 2009 @ 10:37 pm | delete
    I'm so pleased that women are thinking this way- the little ones need their moms and raising your children is such an important thing to do. These are terrific and thoughtful suggestions, and I really really hope it starts a conversation about everything important among young moms. Blessing and a fiver!
  • Evelyn_Saenz Apr 19, 2009 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    I know just how you feel about leaving your child in a daycare. I don't know who is behind all this promotion of getting more and more babies into daycare, separating mothers from their children. We need to be promoting ways to make money at home so that children and mothers can be together. The government is so wrong on this issue. Thank you for speaking out.
  • poutine Apr 18, 2009 @ 5:17 pm | delete
    Just lensrolled this lens to:'

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  • poutine Apr 18, 2009 @ 5:15 pm | delete
    I do understand how you felt leaving your child in the hands of
    someone who "didn't" really care for them.

    I did it also with my first son for about 2 l/2 years and that was it.
    When I had my second son, I stayed home with both and never
    made a better decision in my life.

    Great lens with excellent advice and very well designed.

    A big 5
  • social-media-optimizations Apr 16, 2009 @ 11:00 pm | delete
    Great Lens, nice info ! keep it up :)
  • strato Apr 16, 2009 @ 9:20 pm | delete
    Even if I am not a woman, I think that this lens is very practical for both genders. I am impressed from the love you have for children your description in the introduction and your courage to stay home with your kids and create income. All the stars to you!
  • ChineseKitesforKids Apr 16, 2009 @ 7:00 pm | in reply to LaurieKristensen | delete
    Thanks so much for letting me know Laurie! You're the best!
  • LaurieKristensen Apr 16, 2009 @ 6:47 pm | delete
    I love your lens, but as I tried to tell you on Facebook, when you click through to your Weebly web page, the links to the PRODUCT you are promoting are not working, as of this writing! I hope you see this! Otherwise, your lens is Great, 5 stars! ~ Laurie, Zero Limits
  • rauspitz Apr 16, 2009 @ 6:31 pm | delete
    Very nice lens! A lot of good information for people who need to deal with a day care situation. Excellent work, an easy 5 stars.

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