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Early Childhood Business Made Easy
Early Childhood Business Made Easy: Preschool, Childcare & Play Cafe Success Strategies
Transform your preschool, childcare center, or play cafe from chaotic overwhelm into a profitable, time-freedom business. Host Kelley Peake, former KinderCare executive and owner of multiple seven-figure early childhood businesses, shares proven strategies for enrollment growth, team management, marketing that works, and operational systems that actually stick.
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Episodes
- Early Childhood Business Made Easy
205: Gratitude and Retention: Keep Your Team Through the Holidays
Send us Fan Mail Teacher retention during holidays comes down to something most owners skip: a plan. A pizza party and a card in the break room feel kind, but…
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204: Your Time+Freedom Holiday Plan: Actually Enjoy This Season
Send us Fan Mail You tell yourself this year will be different, and then the holidays arrive and you're still the backup plan for every staffing question and…
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203: Year-End Financial Planning: Make Your Money Moves Now
Send us Fan Mail You tell yourself you'll deal with your numbers once things calm down, and then December arrives and you're staring at a full year of…
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202: Q4 Operations Prep: Set Yourself Up for Success
Send us Fan Mail Every October, you tell yourself this quarter will be different, and every December, you're still buried in the same scramble. This episode…
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201: Holiday Program Profits: Plan Now For November And December
Send us Fan Mail You've got a good feeling about November and December, more families in the building, more energy, more requests for “extra” days. But when…
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200: October Enrollment Strategy: Fill Winter and Spring Spots Now
Send us Fan Mail ★ MILESTONE EPISODE ★ Two hundred episodes. The families who will fill your winter and spring spots are not waiting until January to look…
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199: Fall Team Momentum: Keep Energy High Through the Holidays
Send us Fan Mail Fall fatigue does not arrive because your team is the wrong team. It arrives because sustained excellence is demanding, and no amount of…
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197: September Revenue Reality Check: Are You Profitable?
Send us Fan Mail Fall busy and fall profitable are not the same thing. The most common answer early childhood operators give about their September finances is…
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198: From Surviving to Thriving: Your Q4 Profit Strategy
Send us Fan Mail Q4 is not the end of your year. It is the beginning of your next one. The early childhood operators who arrive in January with financial…
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196: First Week of Fall: Your Operations Checklist
Send us Fan Mail The first week of school sets every family's emotional expectations, every team member's confidence, and every system's credibility for the…
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195: Back-to-School Parent Communication That Builds Confidence
Send us Fan Mail Every fall, the same pattern repeats. Enrollment closes, and then silence, until the week before school starts, when your inbox floods with…
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194: Last-Minute Fall Marketing That Actually Works
Send us Fan Mail Late August open spots are not a sign that something went wrong with your marketing. They are a normal part of the enrollment cycle, and the…
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193: Hire and Onboard Your Fall Team Like a Pro
Send us Fan Mail Last-minute fall hiring does not have to mean last-minute decisions. The early childhood operators who build strong fall teams are not the…
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192: Plan Your Fall With a CEO Vision, Not Operator Panic
Send us Fan Mail Every fall, early childhood business owners experience one of two things. The first is a September filled with decisions that should have been…
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191: Price Your Fall Programs for Profit, Not Just to Compete
Send us Fan Mail The average profit margin for early childhood businesses in the United States is 1-4 percent. The operators who know their true cost per child…
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190: The 6-Week Back-to-School Operations Countdown
Send us Fan Mail A chaotic first week of fall is not a September problem. It is a July problem. The operators who launch fall with confidence are not the ones…
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189: Back-to-School Services That Boost Your Bottom Line
Send us Fan Mail Back-to-school season is the biggest revenue opportunity of the early childhood business year, and most operators under-monetize it. Filling…
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188: July Marketing Mission: Fill Those Fall Spots
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we reveal why July—not August—is the key to filling your fall enrollment and how to…
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187: Mid-Year Team Check-In: Keep Your Best People
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we discuss one of the most powerful ways to protect your team, your culture, and…
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186: Why Your "Why" Matters More Than Ever in Summer
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we explore why reconnecting with your purpose may be the most important leadership…
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185: Mid-Year Money Moves: Summer Cash Flow Strategy
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we tackle one of the biggest financial stressors early childhood owners face—summer…
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184: Your Summer Operations Survival Guide
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we break down how to navigate summer operations without the stress, confusion, and…
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183: Create Magical Moments That Sell Themselves
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we explore the hidden gap that keeps many incredible early childhood programs from…
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182: End of School Year Marketing: Capture Those Summer Families
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we reveal why so many summer families disappear in the fall—and how to turn seasonal…
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181: Summer Staffing Without the Stress
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we tackle one of the biggest seasonal challenges early childhood leaders face—summer…
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180: The Summer Profit Strategy Nobody's Teaching You
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we uncover why so many summer programs work hard without making real profit—and how…
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179: May Money Check-In: Are You On Track for Your Best Year?
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we walk through the mid-year financial check-in every early childhood owner…
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178: SOPs That Actually Get Used: The Template You Need
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we break down why most SOPs fail—and how to create ones your team will actually use…
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177: Spring Enrollment Push: Fill Your Summer and Fall Spots Now
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we break down why spring enrollment always feels like a scramble—and how to turn it…
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176: EPISODE #176: Social Media That Actually Converts: The 60/30/10 Rule
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we reveal why your social media isn’t converting and how to fix it with a simple…
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175: Spring Hiring Season: How to Attract A+ Team Members
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we break down why panic hiring leads to poor fits—and how to consistently attract A+…
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174: The CEO Mindset Shift That Changes Everything
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of the Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we explore the mindset shift that transforms you from overwhelmed operator to…
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173: Budget Like a CEO: The Simplified Process That Works | Preschool Budgeting Guide 2026
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we simplify budgeting for early childhood businesses—and show you how to gain real…
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172: Simplify, Systematize, Organize - The Operations Breakthrough
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we uncover why so many early childhood businesses feel chaotic—and how simple…
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171: Exceed Expectations: How to Monetize Happiness in Your EC Business
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we explore why great service alone isn’t enough to stand out—and how intentional…
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170: The A.C.E. Inquiry System: Never Lose Another Lead
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we expose the silent revenue leak costing early childhood programs thousands—and how…
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169: The Leadership Lift: Replace Your Assistant Director with This Instead
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we unpack why hiring an Assistant Director or Manager often creates more…
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168: From Breaking Even to Profitable: The Profit Margin Breakthrough
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we challenge one of the most damaging myths in the early childhood industry—that…
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167: Know Your Numbers: The Financial Wake-Up Call Every EC Owner Needs
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we tackle the financial blind spot that keeps so many early childhood owners…
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166: The 90-Day CEO Action Plan That Actually Works
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we break down why staying busy doesn’t always mean your business is growing—and how…
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165: The Sweet Spot: Which Services Should You Keep, Cut, or Create?
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we tackle why offering more programs doesn’t always lead to more profit—and how to…
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164: Stop Wasting Time on Marketing That Doesn't Work
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we break down why so much early childhood marketing feels exhausting—and why…
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163: The Team Culture Secret Every EC Leader Needs to Know This Year
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we uncover the real reason so many early childhood programs stay stuck on the hiring…
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162: Your 2026 Vision: Why You Need More Than Goals This Year
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we’re rethinking what it really means to plan for the year ahead in a…
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161: Resourceful & Resilient: Making Every Dollar Count in an ECE Business
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we’re diving into what it really takes to build financial stability in a…
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160: Supporting the Parent Journey: Building Stronger Connections Between Families and Early Childhood Programs
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we’re exploring how to transform parent communication from overwhelming and reactive…
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159: Balancing Time and Freedom: Designing a Lifestyle That Empowers Early Childhood Educators
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we’re diving into what true balance looks like for early childhood educators and…
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158: Purposeful Profits: Building a Freedom-Centered Early Childhood Business
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we explore what it really takes to build a profitable early childhood business that…
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157: Policy Power: Transforming Parent Partnerships Through Clear Guidelines
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we dig into how clear policies and communication systems transform parent…
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156: Happiness in Action: Strategies for Thriving Early Childhood Programs
Send us Fan Mail 💡 In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we break down what it truly means to build happiness into the operational core of…
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155: Navigating Together: Empowering Parents in Early Childhood Experiences
Send us Fan Mail 💡 In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we explore why even the most well-intentioned parent communication can sometimes miss…
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154: The Purposeful Profit Blueprint: Leading Your Early Childhood Business to Thrive
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Early Childhood Business Made Easy, we dive into the missing link between passion and profit in the childcare industry…
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153: The Dollar Stretch: Smart Spending Strategies for Childcare Pros
Send us Fan Mail Feeling like there’s never enough left over—even when your classrooms are full? You’re not alone. With most childcare businesses operating on…
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152: Unlocking Communication: SOPs That Bridge Gaps Between Parents and Educators
Send us Fan Mail Tired of repeating yourself to parents—or fixing miscommunications that could’ve been avoided? You’re not alone. 💡 In this episode, discover…
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151: Nurturing Futures: Crafting Meaningful Experiences for Kids
Send us Fan Mail ✨ Growth in your early childhood business isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing what matters most. In this episode, discover how to create…
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150: The Parent Partnership: Nurturing Bonds in Early Childhood Business
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Struggling with parent partnerships? You’re not alone—and the solution is simpler than you think. 💡 In this episode, discover how to build…
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149: Unlock the Hidden Leaders: The Secret to Building a Team That Thrives With You
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ What if the strongest leader in your business is already on your team—just waiting to be uncovered? In this episode, discover how to spot…
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148: Stop the Hidden Costs Draining Your Business: 3 Profitable Pathways That Put You Back in Control
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Ever feel like no matter how hard you work, the money just doesn’t stretch far enough? The problem isn’t always revenue—it’s the hidden…
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147: The Profit Playground: How to Stop Relying on Tuition and Build a Business That Lasts
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Relying on tuition alone? That’s why your early childhood business feels financially fragile. In this episode, discover how to build your…
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146: Lead Smarter, Not Harder: Say Goodbye to Micromanaging for Good
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Feeling drained from constant reminders—or worse, just doing everything yourself? The real issue isn’t effort—it’s culture. 💡 In this…