Class Syllabus: Caring for Children
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Course Syllabus
Caring for Children
If you're a parent or child care professional (or want to become one), if you want to improve your child care skills, this course will teach you how to care for the children in your life with confidence and ease.
You'll learn how to keep children safe, how to create an effective learning environment in your home, how to encourage healthy habits, and how to promote physical activity.
You will discover techniques to help children communicate, solve problems, develop social skills, and build self-esteem.
You’ll also learn quick and easy ways to give yourself time to re-connect and meet your own needs.
Course Requirements
There are no course requirements, but class participation is encouraged.
Course Goals
The goals of this course is to improve your child development knowledge, therefore, your skills when caring for children will increase. You will end this course with the knowledge of what to expect from different ages and stages, which will cut down on stress and you find more joy in your days.
Course Materials
"font-size: 12pt; font-family: ">All reading material is within the course and there is nothing to buy. However, any additional resources students may already have will only enhance the understanding of proper child growth and development.
Grading Policy
This course is designed to help the students better care for children and they will use a journal for many assignments.
Some of the assignments are self-reflective, private and subjective, so students will self-grade their progress and understanding.
I will grade Pass/Fail based on participation and willingness to share ideas with other students.
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