The basics of child care are the cornerstone in optimizing quality experiences for children. Welcome to Child Care focuses on a provider's role in a center setting that includes understanding the importance of professional ethics, play and a safe, structured environment.
Module 1: Professionalism and You
This 2-hour module will allow Child Care Center and preschool staff to understand the importance of personal and professional ethics in a child care business.
Module 2: Creating Spaces for Learning
This 2-hour module focuses on appropriate toys and materials that support the development of children birth to 3. Additionally, providers will gain an understanding of the connection between open-ended play activities and the development of social and problem-solving skills.
Module 3: Understanding Early Learning
The focus of this 2-hour module is child development and providing learning experiences for young children age birth to 5. Additionally, providers will gain strategies to implement art and music experiences in the environment.
Module 4: Reducing Health Risks
This 2-hour module covers information about how to prevent the spread of germs and disease in a child care environment. Additionally, providers will identify risk and prevention methods of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Module 5: Supporting Healthy Living in Young Children
This 2-hour module introduces providers to developmentally appropriate practices when serving meals to young children. Additionally, they will identify the role of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), as well as the importance of outdoor play experiences
Module 6: Guiding Young Children
This 2-hour module will focus on understanding the difference between being a passive babysitter and an active, assertive child care professional. Additionally, providers will learn key characteristics that contribute to professionalism.