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Dayhome Action Plan Worksheet

A two-page worksheet that turns a training session into three actions for the month, each with a deadline and an accountability partner — plus space for a three-sentence elevator pitch and a motivation statement. Written for family child care providers who run the whole program themselves.

Format: Printable PDF · US Letter
Pages: 2
Best for: Dayhome providers · agency consultants
Updated: Sept 2026

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Preview of the Dayhome Action Plan Worksheet

What’s inside

Four steps: three actions, a timeline, a pitch and a reminder

Step 1: Choose Three Actions for This MonthExample actions (update your contract, design a flyer, start a waitlist form) and three lines for your own.
Step 2: Timeline & AccountabilityA table with Action, Deadline and Accountability Partner/Reminder columns, with one example row filled in.
Step 3: My Elevator Pitch (optional)Three prompts: who I am, what makes my program special, and what spaces I have available.
Step 4: Motivation BoostTwo sample statements and a space to write your own for tough days.
Reflection and closing tipA short opening note on being both educator and entrepreneur, and a reminder to keep the sheet visible and review it weekly.

How to use it

Four steps to put it to work this week

1
Fill it in the same dayAfter a Learning Lab, a consultant visit or a hard afternoon — not next week.
2
Keep actions small‘Post in one new Facebook group’ gets done. ‘Fix my marketing’ does not.
3
Give each action a deadline and a personUse the Step 2 table: a date, and someone you will tell or a reminder you will set.
4
Pin it up and review weeklyFridge, desk or binder. Tick what happened and adjust what didn’t.

Tips from operators

What centers that use this well do differently

Learned the hard way across 3,000 child care spaces — and from the directors and educators who join our Lunch & Learns and Learning Labs.

One worksheet per month

A dated stack of completed worksheets is professional development evidence for licensing and agency reviews.

Share it with your consultant

If you are agency-affiliated, the plan gives your consultant something concrete to support at the next visit.

Link it to the Learning Lab

Each Learning Lab session ends with an action prompt designed to go straight onto this sheet.

Do it digitally in ChildFriendly Pro

Kiosk sign-in with exact timestamps and provincial attendance exports

Parents check in with a PIN on the room tablet, staff see live ratios, and ChildFriendly Pro generates the monthly attendance record — including provincial subsidy formats — with no reconstruction.