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:: How I Turned Life Lessons & Mistakes Into an Online Business

 

Note from Crystal: I asked Joy if she’d share her story with you all, because I thought it was great example of how you can creatively take your life lessons, mistakes, and experience and turn it into a product and/or online business. Starting a preschool might not be the right idea for you, but I’m guessing you have other life lessons and experience that you could turn into a marketable product.

Guest post from Joy of StartAPreschool.com

I can’t believe it’s been 5 years — 5 years! — since I started my preschool. Some days, I can’t remember a time I didn’t have my preschool. Other times, it seems like just yesterday that I was having my first day.

But really, I’m truly humbled any time I think of our little home preschool. Especially when I remember that just 5 years ago, I had no clue how to start a preschool. Seriously!

I was a single mom, newly divorced, with 3 kids. And I was just weeks away from being broke. I thought my only option was to go to work and put my kids in daycare, or start a daycare of my own. As you can imagine, I was a nervous wreck.

Finally, this idea came to me: “Why don’t you START a preschool instead?”

I couldn’t believe it. Was it really that obvious? All I had to do was the opposite of everything I disliked about the idea of starting my own daycare.

I wouldn’t have to change diapers. Instead, I’d only teach 3 to 5-year-olds. I wouldn’t work all day long. Instead, I’d only teach for a few hours each day. Best of all, I’d be able to teach and play with my kids… and I’d get paid to do it!

Starting My Own Preschool

But within several weeks I made a lot of mistakes. Wasted a lot of time. And spent a lot of money. Why, you ask?

Because I had no “manual” to follow. No “checklist” to mark off. No one to hold my hand and tell me what to do. I had to figure it all out myself. And I learned (a lot) about what to do, when to do it, and how to do it.

And that’s when I committed that no other woman would have to struggle as much as I did trying to figure out how to start a preschool. So, I vowed that I would teach women how to start a preschool.

This quickly grew into my driving force and my mission in life. I wanted every woman to know about this great option!

So while I was busy running my own preschool at home, I launched my website and set to work writing down all my thoughts, tips, and processes. I asked myself over and over, “What did you need to know when you started your preschool?” and “What mistakes did you do that you’ll never do again?”

I found that writing down my thoughts took quite a long time (after all, editing is rough!) so I started creating training videos instead. I found it easier to just sit in front of a camera and talk for 30 minutes. Before I knew it, I had 10 hours of video coaching. Then, I watched the videos and wrote our business workbook, adding in anything I had forgotten in the videos.

After that, I asked myself, “What did I wish I had back then that would have made starting a preschool so much easier?” That’s when I created our curriculum, forms, licensing guidelines, marketing strategies, and website templates — because I knew those materials would save them so much heartache in the end.

Ultimately, I wanted to make sure that they had everything they needed to make sure their preschool was a big success.

Just like I learned what not to do as I started my preschool, I also learned what not to do when I started my online business. I learned that, more than anything, your family comes first. And I had to be careful not to let my online training business take over what precious family time I had left. There were days, weeks, and even some months when I had to “tone down” the amount of training I could provide, because I needed to devote more time to my family.

Though it’s been 5 years, every day I am just as thankful for the opportunity to stay home with my kids, teach preschool, and teach other women.

For the past 5 years, Joy Anderson has been on a mission to teach other women how to start their own preschools. As a single mother to 3 children, she discovered how she could start a preschool and also provide for her 3 children while only teaching a few hours each day. She currently owns two successful preschools and also helps women create a supplemental or full-time income through starting their own preschool businesses through her training materials at StartAPreschool.com

   

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:: Free Drink at Starbucks — New My Starbucks Rewards members

Join Starbucks Rewards and register a Starbucks gift card by September 22, 2013 and you’ll receive a free Starbucks drink.

This offer is valid for new accounts only. There is a limit of one per person.

Thanks, The Freebie Blogger!

   

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:: Arts & Crafts Homes magazine for $6.99 per year

Right now, you can use coupon code MONEYSAVING to subscribe to Arts & Crafts Homes magazine for just $6.99 per year.

You can order up to 3 years at this price!

About Arts & Crafts Homes magazine: Our mission is to offer expert advice and perspective for those building, renovating, or furnishing a home in the Arts and Crafts spirit. Offering hundreds of resources, we showcase the work not only of past masters, but also of those whose livelihoods are made in creating well-crafted homes, furnishings, and works of art today. Each issue is a portfolio of the best work in new construction, restoration, and interpretive design, presented through intelligent writing and beautiful photographs.

This offer expires on  09/16/13 11:59 PM EST.

(Note: The link in this post is my referral link. Read my disclosure policy here.)

   

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:: Educational Deals & Freebies Round-up

Here are some of the best educational deals and freebies available right now from Katie who writes at Cincinnati Cents:

Snap Circuits Jr. Set for $20.18: Amazon has their Snap Circuits Jr. Set on sale for $20.18. This set contains over 30 snap-together parts that enable children to create more than 100 different projects such as a burglar alarm, a doorbell, and more. An illustrated manual is included with the kit and is also available online.

Melissa & Doug Decorate-Your-Own Race Car Set for $5.36: Purchase a Melissa & Doug Decorate-Your-Own Race Car Set for just $5.36. This set includes a wooden car, wheels, paint, a paintbrush, glue, and stickers.

Free Kindle e-Books for Kids: There are several free Kindle e-Books for kids available for download, including The Mystery of Smugglers Cove, The Secret Garden, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women, The Wind in the Willows, and the Tales of Big and Little.

Klutz Lego Crazy Action Contraptions Kit for $13.47 Shipped: Purchase the Klutz Lego Crazy Action Contraptions Kit for just $7.98. This set comes with over 100 Lego bricks that can be used to construct 16 different Lego contraptions with everything from a speedster to squeeze claw grabber. There is a fee of $5.49 for shipping which brings your total up to $13.47 – a savings of almost $9 from the Klutz website.

Zoobooks Magazine Subscription for $10: Groupon is currently offering customers a one-year subscription to Zoobooks, Zoobies, or Zootles Magazine for $10. You can also purchase a 2-year subscription to any of the above magazines for just $19.

Free Corduroy Educational Pack: Homeschool Creations has a free Corduroy Educational Pack available for download. This pack includes such skills as tracing, graphing, identifying shapes, sorting, a book report, and more.

Crayola Washable Kid’s Paint for $6.71: Amazon has their Crayola Washable Kid’s Paint (6 ct.) on sale for $6.71. This washable multi-purpose paint is ideal for posters, banners, and craft projects. Plus, if you have little fingers that are painting, you can also pick up a set of Melissa & Doug Jumbo Paintbrushes (4 ct.) for $6.37. The easy-grip handles on these paintbrushes offer more efficient handling and brush control for younger children.

Melissa & Doug Caterpillar Gear Toy for $9.31: Purchase the Melissa & Doug Caterpillar Gear Toy for $9.31. This toy features six interchangeable gears in six bright colors; sturdy, colorful pegs to make it easy to place and spin gears; solid-wood gear board that features painted caterpillar feet; and a red gear that features a smiling caterpillar face. This toy promotes color recognition, hand/eye coordination, and fine motor skills.

Free Candy Preschool Pack: Download a free Candy Preschool Pack from 1+1+1=1. This pack includes such skills as graphing, patterns, sorting, shapes, tracing, and more.

Classic Nursery Tales 10-Book Set for $19.99 Shipped: Groupon has their Classic Nursery Tales 10-Book Set on sale for $19.99. These books are 40 pages each and contain 15 stories and/or nursery rhymes per book. The following titles are included in this set – Baa Baa Black Sheep, Humpty Dumpty, Incy Wincy Spider, Jack and Jill, Little Bo-Peep, Little Jack Horner, Little Miss Muffet, Old King Cole, Three Little Kittens, and Wee Willie Winkie. As an added bonus, this set includes free shipping.

Alex String-A-Farm Set for $11.34: Amazon has their Alex String-A-Farm Set on sale for $11.34. This set includes 12 wooden beads, a wooden needle, cotton lace, and a stopper, and is ideal for improving fine motor skills and manual dexterity.

Free Butterfly Educational Unit: Download a free Butterfly Educational Unit from 2 Teaching Mommies. This unit includes such skills as identifying butterfly parts, patterns, graphing, sorting, spelling, and more.

Melissa & Doug My Own Mailbox Set for $14.04: Purchase a Melissa & Doug My Own Mailbox Set for $14.04. This set includes a wooden mailbox with working door and flag, 2 reusable write-and-draw postcards, reusable ruled letter with envelope, letter and number stickers, 3 wipe-clean crayons, and a pencil.

Nancy B’s Science Club MoonScope for $37.09: Amazon has their Educational Insights Nancy B’s Science Club MoonScope Set on sale for $37.09. This set typically retails for $49.99 and includes 18x and 90x magnifications, 4 mm and 20 mm all-glass eyepieces, a finder scope, a moon filter, a tripod with built-in red LED light to read journal and moon map in the dark, and a 22-page journal full of activities.

Free Pre-Writing Practice Printables: Download a free set of Pre-Writing Practice Printables from 3 Dinosaurs. There are 14 pages included in this set, and they are ideal for writing practice as well as working with scissors.

Educational Insights GeoSafari Jr. Talking Microscope for $23.99: Amazon has their Educational Insights GeoSafari Jr. Talking Microscope on sale for $23.99. This microscope typically retails for $39.99 and features a dial that children can turn to listen to fun facts about the 12 prepared slides of common insects that are included in the kit. Children are also challenged to remember what they have learned in an electronic quiz game.

Katie is a wife and homeschooling mother of four who writes at Cincinnati Cents about saving money and having fun as a family without breaking the bank. She enjoys sharing new recipes, ideas for frugal family fun, and tips for spending less at the grocery store.

  

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:: New printable coupons: M&M’s, Scrubbing Bubbles, Shout, Kotex, Pledge, plus more!

Here are some new printable coupons available today:

B2G1 free M&M’S Brand Chocolate Candies
$1.00 off any TWO (2) Welch’s 100% Juices
$1.00 off one 6oz Bag of PlumSweets
$1.00 off ONE PLUMSMART OR PLUMSMART Light
$1.00 off One Pouch of Sunsweet Prunes 9 oz
$3.00 off JENNIE-O OVEN READY™ Turkey Breast
$0.50 off Scrubbing Bubbles Foaming Cleaner
$1.50 off 2 SB Fresh Brush Starter Kit
$0.75 off any TWO Shout Color Catcher Products
$1.50 off on any Pledge FloorCare Product
$1.00 off 2 SB Bath Cleaning Products
$0.75 off any Windex Touch-Up Cleaner Product
$0.50 off any SB Vanish Continuous Clean Drop-Ins
$1.50 off any 2 SB Toilet Cleaning Gel products
$1.50 off TWO Pledge Furniture Care Products
$2.00 off any TWO KOTEX Natural Balance Products
$0.75 off any TWO Shout Products
$2.00 off any TWO packages of U by KOTEX Products
$0.50 off SB All Purpose Cleaner with fantastik

(Note: The links in this post are my referral links. Read my disclosure policy here.)

  

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:: Free ebook: Healthy Breakfast Made Simple

:: New printable toy coupons: Little People, Laugh & Learn, Imaginext, plus more

There are a number of new printable toy coupons available this morning:

$5.00 off Little People Animal Sounds Farm
$5.00 off Discover ‘n Grow™ Kick & Play Piano Gym
$10.00 off Laugh & Learn™ Stride-to-Ride Puppy
$5.00 off Little People Happy Sounds Home
$10.00 off Laugh and Learn™ Puppy and Pals Table
$3.00 off any Giggle Gang purchase
$5.00 off Brilliant Basics™ Corn Popper
$5.00 off Laugh & Learn™ Singin’ Storytime Puppy
$10.00 off Laugh & Learn™ Crawl Around™ Car
$5.00 off Laugh & Learn™ Smart Screen Laptop
$5.00 off Imaginext Rescue City Center

(Note: The links in this post are my referral links. Read my disclosure policy here.)

  

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:: Join the 5-Week Living & Active Fitness Challenge

Clare from Peak 313 is hosting a 5-Week Living & Active Fitness Challenge that begins today.

If you could use some extra fitness motivation or accountability, I encourage you to head on over and check it out. The first post is up today here.

   

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