After Bussey Family Day Care: Case Study

After Bussey Family Day Care (BFDC) being in business for over 22 years, the children’s ability to learn as expand in the daycare industry. Throughout the years, BFDC has been involved with a lot of companies that helps to promote developmental learning skills for every child. Therefore, new products for enhancing a child’s language and literacy, critical thinking skills, and use of technology has come apart of their future endeavors for their education. Lakeshore and Kaplan Early Learning Company are two companies that help implement the learning dedication that BFDC creates for every child through their material.

Strategy Related Diversification

BFDC is opted to pursue a strategy of related diversification with Kaplan and Lakeshore. Both

With materials for infants, toddlers, and before/after school children. They help BFDC children reach developmental milestones and achieve educational goals while still focusing on a child having fun.

Kaplan is a family business that provide developmentally appropriate products to BFDC families and are a total solution for early childhood educators. They offer everything from cribs to curricula for a preschool classroom as well as family engagement materials for the classroom. They also offer dozens of professional development presenters, partnerships for online learning for the children and employees, and a full-service playground installation

Also, determining the best technology solutions needed for the children for the enhancement of the children’s learning and development through everyday learning opportunities.

The changes to these strategies may include if a child may have an allergic reaction to milk products or peanut butter. BFDC will have to implement a non-milk or soy organic for the child safety. BFDC will also have to substitute then peanut butter and add a meat for the child to eat. Menus are prepared monthly with nutritious, “MyPlate” based on the USDA guidelines, in mind. “MyPlate is part of a larger communication initiative based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to help consumers make a better food choices” (https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/MyPlate

Other changes that will be affected to change is the monthly lesson plans. A child may need a different daily schedule because of their physical conditions. That child will not be single out, but allowed different options if needed. A single parent might need later hours for a week or month because of employment changes. That child will then be put on a different schedule with more hours added. BFDC helps their clients to find answers and ways that are needed during their times of