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Do you love being around children, teaching them how to do all manner of things? If you do then you can earn a fairly good income from this passion. There are many avenues to cash in on this passion. The only problem is which one to choose. Better yet you could operate more than one business and have multiple streams of income.

List all your talents and skills. It could be in the arts, crafts, sport or educational fields. What talent do you have that could be turned into a viable course for young children? Pottery, Cricket coaching, Computer classes are some ideas.

Once you have decided on what the course is going to be about, you need to plan it. You will need to purchase the necessary equipment and books to plan it thoroughly. Try to compile a year-long course. This has the obvious benefit of not having to be constantly looking for a new group of clients all the time - not for a year at least - once you are fully booked.

Whilst developing the course try to think of ways that you can make your business unique and set yourself apart from the competition. An excellent idea is to provide parents with the option of having a video made of their child learning that particular skill.

Now that your course is developed and all set to go you can begin to get the word out. Make a list of all the schools or daycare centers in your area ( This would depend on what age group you are targeting) Then approach the principle and sell him or her on the course first. Then get a list of all the parents contact details. Either call them up directly or mail them a sales letter or flyer detailing your service. You could also put up posters in the school foyer and place pamphlets on the reception counter as well.

Here are some ideas of successful kiddies coach businesses:

KIDDIE COMPUTER COACH.
Computers are an integral part of our lives and the sooner a child becomes computer literate the better. You can get cheap computers from a number of outlets. Go to any major search engine and type in the words low cost computer and you will get thousands of websites. Here are a few that you can look into:
www.lowcostcomputer.com
www.geeks.com

KIDDIES EXERCISE CLASSES.
There are quite a few programs out there that do this already, but the market is far from saturated. Look around on Amazon.com for some good exercise programs for kids.

CASH IN ON YOUR CREATIVITY WITH ARTS & CRAFTS.
Children can be kept happily occupied for hours making all sorts of arts and crafts. If you are a creative sort of person this could be just the thing for you. Much of the material needed is cheaply and easily available. You will need the basics such as glue, scissors, crayons, paper, paints etc. in addition to what the specific project requires. For more ideas than you will possibly have time to use, visit these sites:
www.allcrafts.net
www.amazingmoms.com/htm/kidsart.htm
www.crayola.com
www.kinderart.com This site has FREE online art lesson plans and art education. Perfect for starting your own art course!

OUTDOOR SPORT COACHING.
Today kids are becoming increasingly inactive. They are spending more time indoors playing TV and computer games and watching TV. Parents are keen to get their children involved in active outdoor sport. Here is where you come in. you could coach kids in any sport that you, yourself are proficient in. Karate, soccer, tennis and cricket are always popular. You can buy what you the equipment you need from wholesale sport warehouses. For some training ideas take a look at the following resources:
www.activevideos.com/kidsonly.htm
www.fitnessbeginnings.com

A few tips to help you succeed:
Teach in groups of 2-10 kids at a time. If you take too many kids you will not be able to give them your undivided attention and the quality of the coaching session will diminish.
Each coaching session l should last about 30 minutes. If you coach around 100 students at $35 per month, you get be earning around R3 500 extra per month!

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