Child Daycare Programme

Child Day Care career outline

Child care in all its forms can be an incredibly rewarding career choice. It’s a profession that allows you to make a difference in the lives of other human beings at an age where it matters most. You need to have a genuine love for children if you truly want to excel in this career. There are a wide range of opportunities available to you, if you have the right training and knowledge needed for the job. Our Child Day Care programmes are designed to give you just that.

The importance of Child Care in the early years

Early Childhood Development (ECD) refers to the physical, cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional development of a child up to age eight. As a Child Day Care practitioner, you’ll be spending a large amount of time with children at this crucial point in their growth.

These early years are the best time to lay a strong foundation for a child’s future development. Proper health, stimulation and nutrition are of the utmost importance for brain development and child well being. Poor children under the age of 5 often fall behind those who have better access to money and resources to support them at this age. Without access to quality ECD, this gap usually grows before they even start school. This is why your role is so important.

As a Child Day Care practitioner, you have a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact in a child’s life. You could play a key role in building a strong foundation to a bright future for them. The role comes with a lot of responsibility, but the reward of seeing children thrive in life is a priceless one.

Our courses have been designed to help you provide the best possible experience for those under your care, not just while you look after them, but for the rest of the lives as they grow up with the lessons you teach them. 

A few of the modules you will cover during your studies include:

• Growth and Development:
  1. Identify and explain growth and development
  2. Identify and explain the factors affecting growth and development
  3. The domains of development in the context of the whole child

• Learning in the Early Years:
  1. How children develop learning in the early years
  2. How play stimulates early learning
  3. How technology stimulates early learning
  4. How perceptual abilities influenced early learning
  5. How learning styles stimulate early learning

• Inclusion and Special Needs:
  1. Inclusion and special needs as an aspect of inclusion
  2. Definition of inclusion
  3. Barriers to inclusion
  4. Special Needs within the context of inclusive practice
  5. Common problems found in early childhood development
  6. The importance of early identification
  7. The importance of identifying children who are gifted
  8. Organisations that can assist parents and caregivers and provide advice

• Diversity in Early Childhood:
  1. The meaning of diversity in the context of inclusive practice
  2. Reflect on and share personal feelings about living in a diverse society
  3. Plan, draft and administer a questionnaire to share ideas on how people feel about living in a diverse society
  4. How culture, socio-economic conditions, HIV/AIDS and gender effects early childhood development and early learning
  5. The importance of an anti-bias approach in early childhood.

If you would like more information about the programme, or wish to consider studying with us, simply contact us or complete the form on this page to request a call back, and we’ll get in touch with you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.