New! Alphabet Tubs

Give your children the hands-on way to learn their alphabet and phonic sounds! Each tub contains 2-3 items beginning with the letter on the lid. Comes with teaching guide.

(Contains small parts)
Introductory Price Only $30.00!
August Sale Item, Price will rise to $35.00 in September.

Because I Loved You: Understanding a Birthmother's View of Open Adoption

This is the story the adoption industry has been waiting for! Author Patricia Dischler gives us a poignant and moving narrative, notable for its honesty, sharing the full spectrum of the relationships between herself, her son's adoptive parents and her son as he grew up.

$16.95

Note: Large quantity discounts are available for adoption agencies, for more information send request by email.

From Babysitter to Business Owner

From Babysitter to Business Owner offers tried and true strategies for implementing established professional business practices in the home day care environment. Each of the eight complete chapters in this indispensable guide give you insight into an important aspect of fine-tuning the organization and operation of your family child care business.

17.95

Patty Cake Preschool Parent Handbook CD

No time to create your own policies? This CD contains the entire 50 page Patty Cake Preschool Handbook complete with a School Information section, Policies & Procedures section & Contract Issues section. This rewritable CD allows you to insert your business information in order to make it your own. Prompts are given in bold where information should be changed to reflect your practices or information. Easy to use and a must-have for communicating clearly to parents what your business has to offer and to help them understand the rules that govern it and ęto keep you in business for years!

$25

The Patty Cake Kids and the Lost Imagination Cap

Written by Patricia Dischler
Illustrated by Ashley Kircher

Periwinkle, a family child care provider, leads her daycare children on a search for Austin's lost imagination cap. All the other children have found theirs and with creativity and their imaginations they quickly discover all the possibilities to the location of Austin's hat. But poor Austin has no luck until he unlocks the secret - and his imagination - and discovers he held the key all along.

$9.85

Everything you need for your child care business to jump start it's way to success!

Contents: (Total value of over $90!)

• From Babysitter To Business Owner: Getting The Most Out Of Your Home Child Care Business (2005, Redleaf Press) by Patricia Dischler
• 101 Tips and Tricks for the Child Care Professional by Patricia Dischler
• KIDBIZ Teleseminar Coaching Series: Marketing & Interviews Audio CD Presented by Patricia Dischler. Includes handouts and one hour training certificate with Wisconsin Registry Label.
• Patty Cake Preschool Parent Handbook CD. 50-page policies and contract document on rewritable CD with prompts for where to insert your information to make it your own.
• Parent Handbook Binder. Clear cover inserts to display your business information on a 3 ring binder to use for the Parent Handbook and necessary forms.
• Parent Information Folder. Folder with business card inserts to use to contain the information necessary to give parents at the end of an interview as described in From Babysitter to Business Owner.
• Create your own business cards stock. Make your own on your computer!
• Parent Board. A dry erase board to use in communicating with parents as described in From Babysitter to Business Owner.

$65

Ideas to make your job easier, save you money and save you time in your child care business! All the little tricks of the trade you wish you could find out shared in one booklet - based on Patricia's most popular workshop!

$8.00