The easiest way to open your own private kindergarten is to buy

But if you still want to do it yourself, we offer you step-by-step instructions from an expert from the “Little Country” company

According to statistics, the majority of entrepreneurs who decide to start their own business by opening a private kindergarten are young parents who are aware of what a “queue” for a kindergarten is and quite possibly have already encountered the concept of a shortage of places in municipal kindergartens. They know firsthand that parents are willing or forced to pay to attend kindergarten. And if there are people willing to pay, then why not let them pay you?

But before you open your own kindergarten, you need to find evidence of its demand in your area or city.

First you need to count the number of residents in the area and find out their structure. For example, if the majority of the population is elderly, you are unlikely to be able to fill your garden with kids. It’s another matter when you open a private kindergarten in a new area, in which there is no state kindergarten nearby and where mostly young families live, who will provide you with preschool-aged children.

• You can request information about district statistics at the passport office. And if we are talking about new microdistricts, developers can provide this statistics, since they have data on apartment buyers.

In other areas of the city, a private kindergarten may be in demand for several reasons. One of them is the notorious queues at municipal preschool institutions.

• It is easy to find out about the existence of “queues” in the city administration, namely in the education department.

However, if there are several public kindergartens in the area you have chosen and their occupancy rates leave much to be desired, the private kindergarten you opened is unlikely to be very popular with parents. Be that as it may, in terms of the cost of a child’s stay in kindergarten, a private institution will always lose to a public institution.

But in contrast to this disadvantage, the sphere of private preschool education is gaining an increasingly significant advantage every year. The fact is that now more and more parents do not a priori consider a municipal kindergarten, but immediately look for a private kindergarten for their child. This category of parents has an average or above average income and places certain demands on a private kindergarten in terms of living conditions, quality of food, education and organization of leisure time.

However, so far in our country there are still more parents who send their children to private kindergartens not because they made this choice consciously, having weighed all the pros and cons, but because for some reason they cannot arrange your child to the state garden.

• Enrolling your child in a state kindergarten is also not easy for “outsiders”. The problem is especially acute in Moscow and the Moscow region, where without registration or having a “Muscovite Social Card” it is almost impossible to send a child to a municipal kindergarten. Those who have come in large numbers have no choice but to send their child to a private kindergarten.

Don't forget to also analyze the area based on other indicators. For example, find out if there are other private gardens in the area and how many there are? Will you be able to compete with them on price or terms and additional services?

The primary expense item, which will significantly reduce your starting capital, is the renovation of the premises.

• On average, a small kindergarten designed for one group can accommodate 100 sq.m.

Repairing a premises of 100 square meters and bringing it into compliance with the standards of regulatory authorities will require 600-700 thousand rubles (including payment for repair work and the purchase of building materials).

The second point of investment costs will be equipping the premises with everything necessary - from furniture and household appliances to bed linen and dishes. Having opened at least 50 kindergartens, we set for ourselves the minimum amount of equipment costs - 600 thousand rubles. This figure is documented. For example, a refrigerator can be purchased for 15 thousand rubles at M-video, where you can also buy a four-burner electric stove for 8 thousand rubles, etc.

• You need to understand that opening a kindergarten in the center of Moscow and in one of the residential areas of Ryazan requires completely different amounts of investment.

Is it possible to take out a loan to open a kindergarten?

Of course, it is preferable to open a kindergarten business with your own funds. But I also know those who took money on credit to start their kindergarten. Their experience suggests that you can work successfully and even develop, keeping part of the profit for yourself while paying off the loan.

Moreover, the very specifics of the private kindergarten business make it possible to qualify for benefits at the loan rate. There are a number of offers that significantly help in obtaining start-up capital to start this business.

For example, there is an interesting offer from the Our Future social entrepreneurship support fund, which offers a loan at 6%. Or you can apply for a small business competition as an entrepreneur who has opened a business in the social sector, and qualify for a subsidy from the state to reimburse the funds spent on starting a kindergarten. At the same time, if you work without a license for educational activities, you can be reimbursed up to 1.5 million rubles, and with a license - up to 10 million rubles, but the amount you receive should be no more than 60% of the funds spent on opening. In this way, you can compensate for most of the investments in opening a kindergarten.

In addition, in the process of work, you can also reduce your costs with the help of the state. For example, by submitting an application to receive subventions that will be paid to you from the municipal budget for the maintenance of one child per month.

• For example, in Moscow 2.5 thousand rubles are paid for one child, in Krasnodar - 9 thousand rubles, and in the Moscow region - 12 thousand rubles.

However, it is possible to take advantage of such subventions only with a state license.

And this is not all the available support programs for entrepreneurs who have decided to devote themselves to preschool education and the business of a private kindergarten. Knowing all the possible programs and knowing how to use them, you can not only return your investment as quickly as possible, but also earn good money by performing part of its functions for the state.

Step-by-step instruction

A private kindergarten can be opened as an individual entrepreneur, it can be registered as an LLC, and you can also choose the form of a preschool educational institution (preschool educational institution) or an autonomous non-profit organization. The time for its registration will also depend on the choice of the organizational and legal form of your future kindergarten. For example, if it takes you two to three weeks to register an individual entrepreneur or LLC, then registering a preschool educational institution or autonomous non-profit organization will take 2 times longer.

• Registration of a preschool educational institution with the Ministry of Justice will take about two months.

However, these temporary delays will not affect the opening date of the kindergarten in any way. You can register your kindergarten in parallel with other things, for example, enter into a lease agreement for an individual and start making repairs to the premises. Once registered, the contract can be renewed.

The choice of registration form will primarily affect the taxation system and the nuances of accounting. By choosing an individual entrepreneur, you can purchase a patent for a period of 1 to 12 months. The patent system is suitable for kindergartens in a small space and with a minimum number of staff. If you open an LLC, then according to the “simplified” method you will pay 6% of income. Preschool educational institutions and autonomous non-profit organizations have their own taxation and accounting features.

How to select employees for a kindergarten?

Hiring staff for a kindergarten is a separate conversation, which should also be approached wisely. Firstly, it is the staff, i.e. teachers and nannies work both with your direct clients - children, and with their parents, who directly pay the money. Secondly, the quality and quantity of employees will influence the economic model of the kindergarten: the larger the staffing table, the greater the wages.

The number of staff directly depends on the size of the kindergarten you are opening - the more children go to your kindergarten, the more staff they will require.

• For one group of 20 children, the minimum list of staff is two teachers, one nanny and one cook.

It is taken into account that this entire small staff replaces both teachers of other specialties and a nurse. For example, one of the teachers may be a “musician” and conduct educational activities with children, another may be an “artist”, teaching children how to express themselves through drawings. This approach to staff formation can significantly reduce the cost of personal wages. The same nanny can combine her direct duties with the job descriptions of a nurse, of course, provided that she has the necessary qualifications...

Speaking of qualifications. Inspection bodies put forward their requirements for the staff of a private kindergarten. Moreover, these requirements are the same for both private kindergartens and municipal ones. So when selecting teachers, cooks and nurses, you will have to pay attention to whether they have a medical book and a certificate from a psychiatrist. In addition, special attention is paid to educators - they must have a pedagogical education and undergo advanced training every three years. A complete list of requirements for kindergarten staff can be found when submitting documents for permission to carry out child care and supervision activities to Rospotrebnadzor or when applying for a license for educational activities from the Ministry of Education.

Many entrepreneurs who decide to open their own private kindergarten often have a problem finding suitable premises. The fact is that any room will not do. When it comes to children, the state carefully ensures that they are in conditions that comply with the standards. If the premises do not meet the full list of requirements, you are unlikely to be able to obtain permission from Rospotrebnadzor, fire safety and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

All standards that the premises must meet are specified in the fire safety rules and SanPin, which should be studied in detail before starting to search for premises. These documents contain special requirements for the width of doorways and the length of corridors for evacuation routes for children, and for ventilation and natural lighting. They spell out everything that needs to be known and taken into account when creating a kindergarten - right down to the number of rooms that the kindergarten should consist of and their purpose. Of particular importance for Rospotrebnadzor will be the square footage of each room, for example, the same locker room or bathroom, depending on the number of children for which the kindergarten is designed. Another thing is the equipment of the rooms: for example, for one group of children in the bathroom there should be four children's toilets and sinks, one shower, and one sink for adults. In addition, a separate bathroom must be allocated for employees.

There are many such little things, but they all need to be known and taken into account.

At the same time, the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other regulatory authorities differ depending on whether the premises are residential or non-residential. And all thanks to the fact that today it is possible to open a private kindergarten both in separate non-residential premises, outbuildings and on the first floors of residential buildings, and in ordinary residential apartments, i.e. There is plenty to choose from.

• The Ministry of Emergency Situations does not inspect residential premises and does not issue conclusions for kindergartens.

That is why, despite the apparent difficulties and problems with the selection of premises, an entrepreneur is only required to know the rules and mandatory norms and a scrupulous approach to the search.

Another issue that concerns the premises is related to payment of its rent.

Rent eats up a significant portion of income and affects both the net profit received and the cost of the final product. Of course, a kindergarten can operate at any rental rate - from 1 rub./sq.m. to 1000 rub./sq.m. But when drawing up an economic model, you need to understand that the higher the rental rate, the more expensive the cost of visiting will be. And if there are competitors nearby, the “issue price” will be important for parents.

Of course, you need to approach the assessment of the premises individually. Firstly, look at how well it fits the norms and requirements. Secondly, if the premises require significant investments in repairs, then a high rental rate will only increase the size of the investment and initially set a high price bar for the final product, and this is inappropriate.

However, even in Moscow, with the average market rental price of 1000 rubles per sq.m., only one of the kindergartens in our network pays rent at this rate. The majority finds more reasonable prices from 250 to 400 rubles/sq.m. This is the so-called social rental, when developers rent out large areas for kindergartens on the first floors of their housing complexes or individual multi-storey buildings. The presence of such tenants from the social sector is a definite plus for developers, so they are willing to reduce rental costs.

You can also find cheaper premises by taking advantage of help from the state. In some regions, there are special programs for preferential rental of municipal premises for representatives of the private sector of preschool education or social entrepreneurship. Therefore, it is worth exploring all possible options, calculating the economic model and identifying the optimal rental rate for yourself.

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Is it profitable to open

When opening a kindergarten, you need to decide how many children it will be designed for - 20, 100 or 200 kids. Your income and, accordingly, your benefits will depend on the number of small clients.

For example, you can open one kindergarten for 100 children, or you can open five small kindergartens designed for a group of 15-20 children. In both the first and second cases, you will end up with 100 children. It would seem that the profit in both options should be the same, but in reality this is not entirely true.

Firstly, by opening five kindergartens at once instead of one, you will spend 20-30% more money. Secondly, such an important indicator as the rate of profit per child will also differ.

• If a kindergarten for 100 children earns 1 million rubles per month, the rate of profit per child will be 10 thousand rubles.

The larger the kindergarten and the more children go to it, the lower the rate of profit per child will be. This ratio is due to the fact that when opening a kindergarten for 100 children, you will be forced to rent premises many times more, hire several times more teachers, pay them salaries, and more funds will be spent on operating expenses.

• Upon receipt of a license for educational activities, staff wage costs can be reduced by 10%.

A kindergarten for 20 children, located in a four-room apartment on the ground floor of a residential building, will have a completely different rate of profit. Rent in this case will cost a priori two times cheaper than in any non-residential premises. It will only be necessary to work to bring it into compliance with SanPiN standards.

“When a home kindergarten opened in our area, not only me, but many other mothers breathed a sigh of relief,” says Svetlana, mother of three-year-old Alina. – I was forced to go to work when my daughter was two years old; a retired neighbor volunteered to “look after” her for a small fee. Of course, I had no complaints about her - the child was supervised and fed, but my heart sank from the fact that Alina spent almost the entire day watching cartoons, communicated little with her peers, and did not attend developmental classes. Now she just chirps about what plants she and her teacher are growing on the windowsill, in what games Alina turns out to be more agile than other children, or what thematic activity she remembers more than the others.”

Why do we need a home kindergarten?

Almost all parents submit applications to place their child on the waiting list at a preschool educational institution immediately after receiving his birth certificate. Some mothers, especially concerned that their child will not get a place in a particular institution, reach an agreement with the director long before the baby is born, the cost of the issue sometimes reaching up to six months of payment for a private kindergarten. But, despite these measures, queues for municipal kindergartens today are as long as in Soviet times for an apartment or a car.

What to do if a place in a preschool educational institution should appear only by the child’s fourth birthday, but the mother’s maternity leave is paid only until her child is one and a half years old? In such a situation, child care centers or home kindergartens come to the rescue. Sometimes home kindergartens are founded by enthusiastic parents to collectively solve the problem of organizing leisure time for their beloved child. Often united mothers act as educators for children in turns. A striking example of this is the story of Irina Vyazemskaya, who not long ago opened a kindergarten (more correctly, it should be called a children's leisure center) at her home.

The idea of ​​creating a home leisure center came to Irina not as a kind of business idea, but rather as a salvation. Irina is a teacher by training, a single mother raising a 2-year-old son. “I, like many mothers, was faced with the problem of placing a child in a state kindergarten,” says Ira. – Paid maternity leave was coming to an end, but there was no talk of going back to work: I had no one to leave Mishenka with, my mother herself worked 5 days a week. In order to find at least a little free time and devote it to work, I came up with the following scheme. Having agreed with my friends who have children the same age as Misha, I invited them to take turns looking after our children, for example, today from 10 am to 1 pm all the children play at Olya’s house, tomorrow at Masha’s, and the day after tomorrow at mine. Gradually, I became so involved in the work of a teacher (my pedagogical education came in handy) that I decided to set up a mini-leisure center for children.”

Irina converted one of the rooms in her apartment into a playroom, purchased educational children's aids, and prepared play activities for children. The first visitors to such a play center were the children of the same friends, but Irina was no longer looking after them for free. Now there are 5 guys in the group in the first half of the day and 3 in the second.

Recently, this type of home kindergarten, created by amateurs, has been replaced by commercial ones. This kindergarten is distinguished by the level of training of teachers and the presence of a unique offer. This could be teaching children according to a popular developmental methodology (many creative centers work according to the Maria Montessori method, the Glen Doman system, they teach reading using Zaitsev's cubes or the Cecile Lupan method), the presence of a special menu for children eating a special diet.

Most often, a home kindergarten is a two- or three-room apartment that meets all the requirements of young visitors. There are: a games room, a bedroom, a kitchen, where the guys eat at a large common table, just like at home. In home kindergartens there are also specially equipped sports corners with a Swedish wall, a horizontal bar, and large gymnastic balls. If a kindergarten is located in a private house, then, as a rule, it has its own walking area.

The composition of the group usually ranges from three to ten people. The teachers promise to find an individual approach to each of them, which will help to maximize the development of the child’s innate talents.

You have decided to open a home kindergarten, weigh all the pros and cons!

This form of child employment, such as home kindergarten, is still new in our country; it is not as widespread as, for example, in the USA, but it already has its supporters. As you know, demand creates supply, and this gives confidence that home gardens will take root well in our soil.

Opening a home kindergarten itself is a great idea not only for parents who dream of a permanent income “without leaving home,” but also for private entrepreneurs planning to try themselves in a new field of business.

What advantages will you get by opening a home kindergarten:

1. Your own child is under supervision, you have the opportunity to choose teachers and a good company of children for him, you will be sure that he receives quality nutrition.
2. This is a popular and profitable activity with relatively low costs and low risks.
3. You will have the opportunity to prove yourself as a private entrepreneur, director, manager, educator, learn time management, and therefore grow professionally.
4. Formally, in order to open a home kindergarten, or rather a child care center, you only need a work permit and the conclusion of contracts with parents.

Home kindergarten is an excellent alternative to public and private kindergartens, but this matter also has its own nuances that should be thought through in advance. Eg:

1. lack of your own playground. Most often, children are either indoors or taken for a walk in the nearest park or square;
2. provided you rent the premises (if you don’t own an apartment that can be converted), the very next day a crowd of disgruntled neighbors may appear on your doorstep, complaining about the noise. However, if you are a sociable person, then solve this problem in no time;
3. you cannot suddenly get sick or go on vacation for a long time. The issue of your replacement should be resolved in advance.

Organizing the upbringing and leisure of children is not an easy task, requiring the investment of considerable effort and imagination. Therefore, it will be especially pleasant when your initiative is fully realized and benefits not only you, but also your little visitors. Good luck!

You can learn how to prepare for the opening from the following article. Alisa Ivannikova

Parents of children attending preschool are aware that every holiday is necessarily accompanied by children's crafts for kindergarten. Maybe to some this task will seem like a waste of time. But for most, this is still an entertaining and creative process, as well as an opportunity to spend time with the child with interest.

It is important to keep natural materials in stock in accordance with the season, and then any task for the production of work will not be taken by surprise.

Reserves of natural material

When traveling to the sea, you can collect small stones and shells. When walking in nature, stock up on beautiful leaves, pine cones and twigs. You can plant decorative pumpkins in your summer cottage - this is a good raw material for products that can be stored for a long time.

You can store the leaves in a book. It is better to keep the cones in the oven and pour boiling water over them, thereby destroying all the bugs. It’s also better not to throw away toilet paper or paper towel cartons, and save plastic bottles with caps. Make room for these items by placing everything neatly in a box.

Crafts for kindergarten are something that a child must prepare with his own hands. The degree of difficulty is determined based on the age category.

With skillful direction, the child will be able to create an applique, a drawing, or mold a plasticine product on his own. Using natural materials in the form of leaves and cones.

The do-it-yourself craft ideas for kindergarten below will tell you how best to use non-standard tools, for example, pasta or plastic dishes.

Plastic bottles can already be classified as standard materials; the possibilities for working with them are endless. Use matches, napkins, and sushi chopsticks, they are all great tools.

Products in the autumn version can be executed as compositions or as independent works. Perky hedgehogs, old forest men or alien creatures in a flying saucer - all this can be done with children's hands using raw materials given by nature.

Winter style products

In winter, we have associations of New Year holidays, and we also don’t forget about Defenders of the Fatherland Day.

On February 23, military-themed products will be relevant. You can make greeting cards. Excellent products are made from fabric, but parents must take part in the creation, as cutting is necessary.

The body is made of fabric, and the corners at the bottom should be stitched, this is necessary for stability. Next, fill the bag with padding polyester and tighten the thread.

All that remains is to create the face. The nose can be made from a beige bead. You can use ready-made eyes or create an applique. Embroider the eyelashes and make antennae from threads tied into a bun. Add tone with blush or lipstick.

We make the hands from fleece or cloth and glue them on. As an option, attach one handle to the cap. The ideas are endless, you can complement the work with shoulder straps.

Works in autumn style

Products in autumn style are distinguished by the fact that materials given by nature are used for production. Leaves, cones and acorns of these raw materials are in abundance in the fall, which is perfect for crafts for a kindergarten plot.

As a rule, work competitions are held in the autumn. The child can create the applique on his own with a little help from his parents.

For products made from vegetables and fruits, a knife is used, so work must be carried out strictly under supervision. Paints are often used in kindergartens. But you can also replace them with material, for example, autumn leaves will serve as stamps for creating a forest.

Note!

You can tell the kids how much their help is needed for the birds and make a feeder together.

This not only promotes creativity, but also fosters a sense of caring for animals.

In winter, the death rate of birds is very high, because due to frost it is difficult for them to survive, so care will be taken when creating the feeder.

For the feeder you need: wood, a box and plastic bottles. Wooden feeders are distinguished by their durability. But not everyone can handle this material. Cardboard is easy to use, but it will not stand up in wet weather.

In this case, the cardboard feeder can be periodically updated, and the baby will like its decoration. Plastic is the most unpretentious material. Easy to work with and will withstand rain. The work uses a breadboard knife, so the process is carried out under the guidance of adults.

Note!

Street layouts

You can create situations that convey the meaning of reality; such a game will help you master traffic on the road and study signs. Street markings can be painted on cardboard and houses can be built from boxes. Decorate the cityscape with greenery and, most importantly, make road signs and traffic lights.

Road signs can be printed from the Internet. A stand for the sign can be made from a plastic bottle cap and a sushi stick, and fastened with plasticine.

Houses can be easily created from cardboard boxes or glued together from cardboard and painted on the facade. Trees are created from cardboard or natural materials.

If you finely chop green threads and sprinkle them on cardboard, previously coated with glue, you will get grass. It is easy to create soil using grain glued to the surface.

Note!

One side has a background color, and the other has three traffic light colors. Glue a thread between the halves and the circle is easily glued so that you can rotate it to the hole on one side or the other.

Craft from bottles

Wall panels, plot compositions and toys can be made using various techniques. It's very easy to make crafts from plastic bottles for kindergarten.

You can make a baby penguin. To do this, you will need two plastic bottles, with the bottom cut to the required size. And the part is placed one inside the other. For convenience, several cuts can be made in the inner part.

Using acrylic paints we paint the toy. We make a pompom from threads to decorate the hat.

The scarf is made from braid or fleece; it will successfully hide the junction of the bottles. To make the scarf stable, you can place it on glue or double-sided tape. For the wings and paws, colored paper is used.

Photos of crafts for kindergarten

* The calculations use average data for Russia

We previously wrote about how to organize a private kindergarten, which can become a fairly profitable, albeit troublesome, small business. At the same time, we considered the option of opening a kindergarten at home, which did not require large investments. Quite a lot of time has passed since the article was written, and only now have the sanitary standards and rules by which such children's groups should work been approved. In this material we will look at the new format of “home” kindergarten in more detail.

Although the government is trying to eliminate queues for municipal kindergartens and has even achieved some success in this direction (in several Russian regions, according to official reports, it has already been possible to eliminate queues for kindergartens), nevertheless, the problem of a lack of places for children remains relevant for most mothers. This is due to the increase in the birth rate and the desire of many women to return to work as soon as possible after maternity leave (in most cases for financial reasons). And someone, even if there are no problems with placing a child in a municipal kindergarten, would like to provide their child with better care and more attention from teachers, which is not very possible in groups with a number of children of 25 or more. For this reason, despite the improvement (at least declared by the authorities) of the situation with state kindergartens, private kindergartens do not lose their relevance.

When opening a kindergarten, the following two factors must be taken into account: private kindergartens are attended mainly by children of primary preschool age - from 9 months to 3 years. Parents prefer to transfer older children to a municipal kindergarten, since the children are already more adapted, their immunity is quite strong, and the cost of a child’s stay in a municipal kindergarten is, of course, much lower than in a private one.

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Until recently, opening a private kindergarten in compliance with all formalities was very difficult and expensive. Therefore, many parents who were thinking about creating such a mini-business looked for workarounds: registering their garden as an early development center or looking for clients among friends and acquaintances, recruiting small groups right at home and without formalizing it. Since this year the situation has changed somewhat. Now such preschool groups can be fully legalized and even receive financial support from regional sources, like ordinary municipal kindergartens (the corresponding resolution can be found on the Rossiyskaya Gazeta website). There is, however, one condition - for this you will have to obtain a license to conduct such activities.

This kindergarten accepts children under the age of eight. Moreover, it is not at all necessary that they be the same age. At least according to the law. However, in practice, it is still desirable that the children in your group are approximately the same age. In this case, it will be easier for educators to organize activities for children, fewer expenses will be required for purchasing toys, and it will be easier to provide food for children.

Both an ordinary apartment and a private house can be used as a room for a mini-garden. Even a room with stove heating and without a centralized sewage system is suitable for setting up a kindergarten. However, in the first case, it is necessary to install the stove in such a way that children cannot get to it. If you own a suitable premises or, moreover, if you are going to purchase an apartment or house specifically for a kindergarten, you should consult in advance with your regional office of Rospotrebnadzor whether it meets the established requirements.

The air temperature in the room should be maintained at 21 - 24 degrees Celsius. At the same time, it needs to be ventilated regularly. It is best to create an hourly ventilation schedule, during which children need to be transferred to another room so that they do not catch a cold (we are, of course, talking about the cold season). It is also necessary to ensure daily wet cleaning. In an apartment or private house of a small area, it is quite possible to do it yourself without hiring a cleaner. There are no special requirements for the renovation of premises. The main thing is that this repair, at a minimum, exists (it is unlikely that any parent will send their child to poor conditions) and does not make cleaning difficult. If the walls in the rooms are covered with wallpaper, then it is highly desirable that they be washable, since both the walls and ceilings also need to be washed regularly. In the toilet and bathroom, it is best to tile the floors and walls with ceramic tiles. It is recommended to lay the floor in the hallway (where children change shoes and take off their street clothes) with ceramic granite. When choosing tiles, give preference to materials with a rough, non-slip surface.

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There are also no strict requirements for the layout of the premises. Of course, it is desirable that all rooms - a playroom, a bedroom, a dining room (if any) should be separate rooms, but with a small area you can combine a playroom and a bedroom. As in a regular kindergarten, each child should have his own separate bed. To save space in a home children's group, you can use compact cribs - sliding or 2-3 tiers. Please note: bunk beds should not be located on top of each other, but in the form of steps, so that the child does not fall from the top tier. You will also need other children's furniture - chairs and tables.

You can buy inexpensive furniture at stores like Ikea. For example, a table and two chairs made of natural wood will cost 1000-1500 rubles. In the case of a short-stay group, you can do without beds. With this format, you can do without quiet time and lunches, so this kindergarten is closer to the children's early development center. In addition to the minimum set of furniture (tables and chairs will still be required - for breakfast and for activities with children), you will need to purchase racks and boxes for storing toys, as well as the toys themselves.

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The standards also specify certain requirements for the latter: they must be made of safe materials and so that they can be washed every day and disinfected from time to time. Toys made of plastic and rubber meet these requirements. And also combined with textile materials so that they can be washed. It is better to avoid purchasing soft toys. A typical set of toys for a kindergarten includes: construction sets with plastic parts (wooden ones, although they look more attractive, are not suitable for hygienic reasons - the wood will quickly warp from frequent contact with water and, especially, detergents), plastisol dolls, plastic animal figurines, a PVC play house, various toys for children (pyramids, labyrinths, etc.). In addition to standard toys and play sets, it is also worth purchasing toys for children's learning. These include, for example, puppet theaters (toys that are put on the hands), puzzles (the main thing is that they do not contain small parts if they are intended for children under 3–4 years old), game and sports complexes (if the space is limited, you can get by with a standard Swedish wall), etc. Please note: in a home kindergarten it is strictly forbidden to keep any pets - from fish to hamsters. So you will have to get acquainted with living nature through paintings and while walking on the street.

The number of children in such a group is calculated based on the area of ​​the room that is used as a playroom: at least 2 square meters must be allocated for one child. meters. The issue of hygiene deserves special attention. As in municipal kindergartens, each child in the home group should also have his own personal potty. Older children can use one toilet, but in this case it is necessary to provide for each of them to have their own seat - a toilet seat. Also, each child needs to have their own towels (separate for the face, hands and feet) and bed linen, which need to be changed regularly.

Home daycare hours may vary. Thus, the law provides for a short-term stay regime (up to five hours a day), which is suitable for very young children, a shortened day (8 - 10 hours), a full day (10.5 - 12 hours), as in a regular kindergarten, and, finally, , extended day (13 – 14 hours).

The most difficult thing is to provide food for your students. In theory, you can prepare it yourself, but be sure to comply with all the necessary requirements, of which there are a lot. It is much easier to order ready-made food from a nearby municipal kindergarten, school or cafe. The menu deserves special attention. As in state children's institutions, in home kindergartens there must be fresh food every day (feeding children with what is left from yesterday is strictly prohibited), and the dishes must be varied (the same dishes cannot be repeated in the children's diet twice and two days in a row).

If you are going to work according to the law and expect to receive subsidies from the state, then you will need to obtain an educational license. In the case of an individual entrepreneur, you can do without licensing if you plan to carry out such activities yourself. If you intend to involve other teachers in your work, you will have to obtain the appropriate permits.

The number of staff for a “full-scale” kindergarten is quite large. Both teachers and nannies, cooks, a nurse, sometimes a speech therapist and psychologist, cleaners, security guards, and janitors work here. A home kindergarten can get by with a much smaller staff. If you are registered as an individual entrepreneur, then you can enter into contracts with teachers who also work as individual entrepreneurs to provide services for conducting classes with children. In any case, no matter what the number of your staff, all your employees must have medical records, undergo regular medical examinations, receive the necessary vaccinations and have permission to work with children.

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A step-by-step action plan on how to open a private kindergarten.

If you know anyone with small children or you yourself are a young parent, then you probably know how difficult it is to place your child in a good kindergarten that is conveniently located in relation to your home or place of work.

The lack of kindergartens forces parents to enroll their baby in the group immediately after his birth, often paying bribes so that this place is not taken away by someone else.

All this suggests that owning a kindergarten can become a good private business, and yet, not all entrepreneurs want open a private kindergarten and are in no hurry to invest in these projects.

And there are reasons for this, because although owning a preschool can be a lucrative business, opening one comes with many serious challenges.

Capital investments – 500,000 rubles.
Payback period – 1–2 years.

Advantages of opening a private kindergarten

Before moving on to the difficulties associated with this type of business, I would like to say about a number of advantages that a person who decides to open his own private kindergarten will receive:

• With the right approach, this type of business does not require large investments.
  In addition, there are a number of factors on which you can save money without damaging your wallet.
• There are not many private kindergartens in our country, so if you create good conditions for children and do not inflate prices, you can build a profitable business.
• There are still too few public gardens in each city to cover the needs of the population.
• State preschool institutions do not always meet the requirements of parents, so you can stand out from them.
• Opening a private kindergarten does not require you to have any special knowledge or skills.
  Pedagogical or medical education is an additional trump card, not a prerequisite.

Who needs to open a private kindergarten?

This type of business is for women, such as, for example, opening a beauty salon or florist shop.

Men prefer simpler types of entrepreneurial activity. And this is good, because it automatically reduces the number of your competitors.

And yet, even among the fair sex, there are those who simply should definitely open their own private kindergarten:

1. Young mothers with small children.

   You will be able to combine raising a child with earning money. You will not have to give your child into the wrong hands, but will get the opportunity to surround him with your care and attention every day.

2. Women who have a medical education in pediatrics or a diploma as a kindergarten teacher.

   This way you can save on the salary of either a teacher or a doctor, without whom opening a kindergarten is simply impossible.

3. People who have their own private house with a good garden plot.

   In this case, you can open a kindergarten right at home, meeting all sanitary and fire conditions, and significantly saving on renting suitable premises.

   You can, of course, try to open an establishment right in your apartment, but this will be much more difficult.

Difficulties associated with opening a private kindergarten

Of course, any type of business is associated with certain difficulties that will have to be overcome in the course of work, but opening a private kindergarten has unique difficulties that frighten those who are thinking about this type of entrepreneurial business:

1. Large initial investment that is disproportionate to future earnings.
2. The need to negotiate with many government inspection bodies: sanitation station, fire service, red tape associated with obtaining a license, etc.
3. Problems with lending in modern times of crisis, especially when it comes to such risky money-back guarantees as a new business.

   This means that you need to have your own solid start-up capital, which is hardly possible given the average income level of our citizens.

Solving the difficulties associated with opening a private kindergarten

And yet there are no hopeless situations. Each of the above difficulties is completely solvable.

1. If you sit down and at least roughly calculate how much money you need to open a private kindergarten, you get a truly frightening amount: about half a million rubles.

   But the expected earnings are much more modest, so you will be able to return the initial investment no earlier than in a few years, and only with the right approach to business.

   To reduce the amount of initial investment, you need to understand where you can save:

   • on food for children (your kindergarten may work part-time or you can even agree with parents to give their children trays of food from home);
   • as a medical professional (hire a part-time doctor to come a couple of times a week or sign a contract with a medical service);
   • indoors (by opening a kindergarten at home), etc.
2. Dealing with government services means experiencing all the delights of the bureaucracy and corruption that flourishes in our country. There are three ways to avoid all this:
   • having among your friends or relatives a lawyer with connections who will save you from the need to run around the offices of officials and organize everything himself in the best possible way;
   • working illegally, but in this case you will not be able to recruit a large group of children, hire staff to help, or openly advertise your establishment, although this option is not bad as a way to earn money;
   • By calling the establishment you opened not a kindergarten, but a development center, then you will not have to obtain a license, comply with the requirements of government services regarding the premises, etc.
3. Today, banks are very reluctant to provide loans for starting a new business.

   Finding investors who would want to invest in such a risky business that does not promise much profit, like a kindergarten, will also not be easy.

   If you do not have enough personal funds to open a kindergarten, then you can look for like-minded people, for example, young mothers who do not trust public kindergartens, but do not want to isolate their child from communication with peers.

Step-by-step instructions for opening a private kindergarten

In order to open your own kindergarten according to the state model (several groups, three meals a day, a full complement of staff) you will need a lot of money, which you are unlikely to ever get back.

The financial condition of even parents with an average income does not allow them to pay huge sums for their children’s preschool education.

This step-by-step instruction will show you how to open a small private kindergarten (2 groups of 10 people: 2–4 years old, 4–6 years old), which does not require huge investments, having done everything according to the law, so as not to be afraid of the tax authorities and be able to register the institution’s staff officially. The establishment will not be open in its own apartment, but in rented premises.

Registration of an enterprise and obtaining state certification

If you want to open a kindergarten, then first you will have to study the Federal Law “On Education” in order to understand what can and cannot be done.

An educational organization is a non-profit institution, so it must be registered with the Ministry of Justice. The period is 30 days (sometimes more).

If you already have suitable premises, then you will be spared the problem of what legal address your kindergarten will have. Otherwise, you will have to consult with lawyers about what kind of legal address you can use, perhaps even your home address will do.

After you register your non-profit organization, pay all mandatory fees, you should register it with the tax service and the State Statistics Service. The state inspector must confirm that the premises you have chosen meets all standards, issue you a document that you have passed certification and can start working.

What else needs to be done when registering a private kindergarten:

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  It is worth immediately setting a condition for parents to pay for their children’s stay in a private kindergarten by bank transfer. This will save you from having to install a cash register at your place.
• Choose a tax system.
  You have the right to a simplified preferential tax system.

You should not deal with the registration procedure for a private kindergarten yourself if you do not have relevant experience. It’s better not to waste money and hire a good lawyer who will take care of all the nuances and speed up the launch of your business.

It’s difficult to say how much all of the above costs, but get ready for the fact that you will need at least 30,000 rubles.

Room

This is perhaps one of the most difficult and important tasks that faces a person who wants to open a private kindergarten.

Give up the idea of ​​organizing a preschool in your apartment legally, since such premises do not meet fire and sanitary standards.

It is better to use the following options:

1. Rent or buy a private house.
   It should have a sufficient area (at least 150–200 sq. m.), 4–5 large rooms + kitchen/dining room and a good garden plot where you can make a children's playground for outdoor games.
2. Rent premises of an old kindergarten.
   Here, of course, repairs will have to be made, but the building will have all the necessary infrastructure, because it was built to work with children.
3. Rent part of the premises from a children's non-profit organization, for example, the former House of Pioneers, Youth Palace, etc.

If you do not have your own private house in order to open a private kindergarten there, then get ready to pay from 400 rubles for rent of one square meter. This amount may be higher if you want to open your establishment closer to the center or the rental price of one square meter in your city is too high.

Staff

For a private kindergarten for two groups, you will definitely need the following staff:

If you want to provide your children with three meals a day, you will also have to hire a cook, but it is better not to take on such obligations, but to agree with the parents that they will give the kids food in trays with them, and you will only heat it up at lunch.

They can have breakfast and dinner at home. And afternoon snacks can be organized as simple as possible: tea/packaged juice, cookies, ready-made curds, yoghurts, fruits.

In addition, part-time employees will have to be hired who will come to the children’s classes 2-3 times a week:

You can reduce this expense item by concluding a contract with a private medical service that you will call them only in case of an emergency.
If you can take on one of the above duties as a private kindergarten staff, you are already saving one of the rates.

Construction of a private kindergarten

You'll need a lot of different things, but a basic shopping list looks like this:

	Quantity	Salary (rub)	Total (RUB)
		Total:	RUB 250,000
Cribs	20	15 000	30 000
Tables and chairs	40	1000	40 000
Carpets	5	2000	10 000
Toys for boys and girls of different ages	20	500	10 000
Bed sheets	40	1000	40 000
Arrangement of a gymnasium		30 000	30 000
Music center, TV, DVD, washing machine, laptop, printer		50 000	50 000
Additional expenses		40 000	40 000

Get ready for the fact that the additional costs of opening a private kindergarten may be much higher than indicated in the table.

Stages of opening a private kindergarten

Stage	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.
Registering a business and obtaining certification	+
Renting premises and repairing them		+
Purchase of necessary equipment, furniture, etc.			+
Purchase of toys, equipment and other things				+
Recruitment					+
Advertising			+	+	+
Opening of a kindergarten						+

It takes about six months for the kindergarten to start working.

Cost table for opening a private kindergarten

Expense item	Amount (in rub.)
Total:	500,000 – 600,000 rub.
Enterprise registration	30 000 – 40 000
Premises rental (150–200 sq. m.)	60,000 – 80,000 (per month)
Room renovation	50 000 – 100 000
Arrangement of a kindergarten	250 000
Salary to employees	44,000 - 50,000 (per month)
Advertising	10 000
Additional expenses	50 000

And this does not include taxes and other unplanned expenses.

to open a private kindergarten.

How much can you earn by opening a private kindergarten?

It is quite difficult to talk about how much you can earn per month. It all depends on whether your private kindergarten will operate full day or only half a day. In addition, a lot depends on the popularity of the preschool educational institution.

Agree, it’s stupid to inflate prices if no one is in a hurry to make an appointment with you.

The average cost of attending a private kindergarten for one child is 10,000 rubles.
If you have 20 kids, then your monthly income is 200,000 rubles.

Not too much to begin with, but once you make your establishment popular, you can raise prices and expand, making, for example, 3-4 groups rather than 2.

As you can see, in order to to open a private kindergarten, you need decent funds, and the payback of such a project is a long process. You can significantly reduce expenses if you open a garden at home, but in this case you should prepare for the fact that your income will be even less, and you won’t end up with problems with the tax authorities if they decide to audit you.

And yet, semi-legal, apartment-based, private kindergartens operate successfully. Choose for yourself exactly what to do.

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