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Open learning improves career prospects and earnings

Study at home learning to become a Child Daycare Manager.

If you want a career as a Child Daycare Manager, our supported distance learning Child Daycare Management course provides the necessary knowledge, skills and qualification without disrupting your current lifestyle.

The DCA Home Learning Child Daycare Management course provides training in the core skills needed to embark on a rewarding career as a Child Daycare Manager. The DCA supported self-study Child Daycare Management course is specially designed, allowing you to learn the skills of Child Daycare Management through flexible and cost-effective home study at your own time and pace.

With the DCA Home Learning Child Daycare Management course, a specialist course advisor, online support resources and student services team are available to help you throughout the course. What's more, because the course is so comprehensive, no prior knowledge or skills are required. The DCA Child Daycare Management course provides an entry level diploma as proof of your competence and skills.

If you'd like to earn more money and enjoy working as a Child Daycare Manager, the DCA home study course is the ideal distance learning training course for you.

Working with Young Children
• Social changes and child care
• Physical development in the first two years of life
• Social and emotional development in the first two years
• Physical, intellectual and emotional development in two-year-olds
• Physical, intellectual and emotional development in three-year-olds
• Understanding four- and five-year-olds

Guiding Children
• Setting and enforcing rules
• Building guidance skills
• Techniques for effective guidance
• Handling daily routines such as eating, napping, dressing and undressing
• Causes of and reactions to tension
• Creating a safe and healthy environment
• Arranging space
• Selecting toys and equipment
• Safety rules and guidelines
• Planning nutritious meals and snacks
• Health concerns and procedures to follow

Learning Experiences for Children
• Techniques for guiding art experiences
• Storytelling and reading aloud
• Socio-dramatic play and puppetry
• Pre-writing and early writing
• Planning science activities
• Social studies experiences
• Food, music and movement experiences
• Planning good field trips

The Importance of Planning
• Written curriculum planning
• Parent involvement
• Infant and toddler care and guidelines
• Special needs children
• Job hunting
• Preparing for an interview
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