Home daycare business kit
The business side of your home daycare, in one kit.
Enrollment forms, a parent handbook and agreement, a money workbook and a CACFP meal-count aid — so the paperwork stops eating your evenings.
Get the kit — $39Free sign-in sheet — $0+
46 files. Word, PDF and Excel. Digital download, nothing ships. Updates through December 31, 2028, on the same product page, at no extra charge.
The problem
Evenings spent on paperwork, not on the children.
Enrollment forms, daily reports, tuition tracking, meal counts and year-end totals end up in notebooks, scattered files and half-finished spreadsheets.
This kit gathers that business side in one place: forms that match each other, a handbook and agreement that say the same things, and a workbook that carries tuition through to year-end.
What is inside
46 files. Nothing abbreviated, nothing hidden.
- Start Here guideWord and PDF. How to use the kit, including the Google Sheets note.
- Parent Handbook TemplateWord and PDF. Fill in your own policies; delete the guidance boxes before printing.
- Parent Agreement TemplateWord and PDF. Including the state materials receipt line.
- 17 forms, Word and PDF eachEnrollment and Child Information; Emergency Contacts and Authorized Pick-Up; Medication Authorization and Allergy Record; Incident / Accident Report; Daily Sign-In-Out Sheet; Daily Report for Parents; Field Trip and Transportation Permission; Emergency Medical Care Consent; Topical Products Permission; Infant Sleep Records; Emergency Drill Log; Water and Swimming Permission; Transportation Log; Immunization and Health Assessment Tracker; Daily Health-Check Log; Infant Feeding Plan; State Materials Receipt.
- Money Workbook, SAMPLE and BLANKExcel. Start, Setup, Tuition and Payments, Attendance Income, Expenses, Home Hours Log, Rooms, Business Miles, Meals & Snacks Served, Parent Statement, Big Items, Monthly Summary, Year-End Totals.
- CACFP Meal-Count Record AidExcel and PDF. How to use, Week 1–6, Month Totals.
- Yearly Update NoteWord and PDF. Version 1.0.
The free Monday–Friday Sign-In/Out Sheet is a separate free download, not in this kit. Form 06 in the kit adds Saturday, Sunday, and an absent / contact-attempt column.
Formats
Word, PDF and Excel — edit it, print it, track it.
Editable Word files for the forms, handbook and agreement. Print-ready PDFs of the same files. Excel workbooks for money and meal counts. Fill in the bracketed blanks with your own details, delete anything that does not fit your program, and check each section with your state licensing agency before you use it.
Formula protection, stated plainly: in Excel and LibreOffice, formula cells are locked and sheets are protected, with no password — unprotect in one click if you need to change a formula. Google Sheets does not keep that protection on import, so only type in input cells there, never in grey or auto cells. If a formula is overwritten, re-import a fresh copy from your download.
Compared
One form helps once. A kit holds together.
| A typical free form | This kit |
|---|---|
| One form, one job | 17 forms, handbook, agreement, money workbook and CACFP aid together |
| PDF only | Word, PDF and Excel, so you can edit, print and track money in one kit |
| No year-end help | Parent Statement and Year-End Totals built into the workbook |
| Generic wording | Fill in your own policies, rates and state materials receipt |
Who it is for
Providers starting out, and providers tidying up.
Starting out: enrollment, handbook and agreement templates that work together, instead of three documents found in three places.
Already running: tuition, expenses, miles, meals and year-end totals in one workbook, plus a paper CACFP aid that matches the workbook's meal counts.
Pricing
One price. No subscription.
$39
One-time purchase. Updates released through December 31, 2028, delivered through the same Gumroad product page, at no extra charge.
Get the kit — $39Free sign-in sheet — $0+
Questions about the files: [email protected]
Questions
Asked before you ask.
Will anything arrive in the post?
No. Digital download only, delivered by Gumroad immediately after purchase. Print what you need at home or at a print shop.
Do I need Excel?
No. The workbooks open in Excel, LibreOffice, and Google Sheets by import. The Word and PDF files need no spreadsheet at all.
Can I change the handbook and agreement?
Yes. They are Word templates. Fill in the bracketed blanks, delete the guidance boxes before printing, and check each section with your state licensing agency.
Does it cover my state's rules?
Licensing rules vary by state. These are templates, not legal, tax or medical advice. Check your state licensing agency before use, and talk with a qualified professional if you need legal, health or money advice.
What about Google Sheets?
Import the .xlsx files. Sheets does not keep Excel's sheet protection on import, so only type in input cells, never in grey or auto cells.
Not ready for the full kit?
Start with the free Monday–Friday Sign-In/Out Sheet: Free Daily Sign-In-Out Sheet — Little Desk Co.