⏳ Forecasting Enrollment - Let’s Make it Easy!

Today’s Issue: We Love Summer; Better Enrollment Tools; Share Your Funny Stories; = 3/4 cup of coffee.

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Oh, the Summer Solstice: Who doesn’t love long days? The summer solstice (June 20th) marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Why does this matter? It really doesn’t, but it does. It’s a marker for human calendars and agriculture. It indicated the time to plant or harvest crops. It also helped predict annual cycles and organize social and religious festivals around the rhythm of nature. Monuments like Stonehenge and Peru’s Machu Picchu were built in alignment with the Sun’s solstice position. For me, it’s an ongoing argument with my kids…why they still have to go to bed on time, even though it’s still light out…..😮‍💨

✏️ How to Manage Childcare Enrollment with Better Forecasting

If you’ve ever found yourself scrambling to fill spots or caught off guard by a sudden dip in enrollment, you’re not alone. 😔 All childcare centers face enrollment fluctuations through the year (summer solstice aside) — whether it’s due to classroom transitions, new families starting, or unexpected withdrawals. It’s possible, with a little proactive forecasting, to adequately get ahead of the curve and plan staffing, budgets, and marketing strategies more effectively.

The key is to track and anticipate enrollment changes by monitoring student graduation, start, and withdrawal dates. The reason why this is so challenging to solve is because the information compounds month to month - meaning each future month is dependent on the preceding month’s accuracy. One mistake, omission, or error and the entire analysis is flawed. When you have a clear picture of what’s coming, you can make smarter operational decisions.

👑 Pro Tip: We created a step-by-step process for how to build out a manual tracking sheet in Excel.

👉📋👉📋👉 Check out our Blog Post on how to build out the sheet HERE!!!

We Want to Hear From You!!!

Our readers are the BEST!!!! We had a couple readers write posts that hit the spot! ⦁ But you know what’s even better? Funny stories. We would love for you to share a funny story (or two) that we can share with our readers. Hey, your life is not ordinary, and it’s important to share!

❣️👉 Click here to share your AWESOME STORIES!🛫 

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🗓️ On this Day in History: 1987 is no ordinary year. Lionel Messi, considered the GOAT in soccer (o si prefieren…futbol) was born to take over the world of soccer! ⚽️

✨ Turn Your Logo into 3D?: These are fun tools. Turn a 2D logo into a 3D logo.

😎 That’s cool: A nonprofit platform for kids to create digital stories and animations. Let the creativity flow….

🤰🏾 Wait For Me!: Little tykes always follow MOM!

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