20 hours in the following areas:

 

10 hours in child development

1 hour in language development

1 hour in positive guidance

4 hours in curriculum development

3 hours in safety

1 hour in health/nutrition

[6 hours in teacher/child interaction - these hours overlap with guidance, curriculum, language development, and child growth and development]

Topics covered in this course:

1. Typical physical growth patterns of young children
2. The four phases of motor development
3. Typical motor skill levels for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds
4. The importance of optimum motor development during the preschool years
5. Ways to facilitate young children's optimum motor development
6. What cognitive development means
7. Typical cognitive abilities of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds
8. Ways to help young children learn various concepts
9. Typical language development levels of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds
10. Ways to facilitate children's language development
11. The role of play in children's learning
12. Creative ways to enrich children's play experiences to facilitate cognitive development
13. Typical emotional development characteristics of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds
14. How temperament influences children's behavior
15. Ways to meet children's emotional needs
16. Ways to help fearful children
17. Sources of children's frustration
18. Ways to minimize frustration in children's environment
19. Strategies to help children deal with frustration
20. How choices help children learn responsibility
21. Typical social development levels of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds
22. Pro-social behaviors that preschoolers need to learn
23. Strategies for helping children understand other people's feelings
24. Strategies for helping children learn pro-social skills
25. Strategies for helping children be successful in social interactions
26. Ways to protect young children's health and meet their nutritional needs
27. Ways to help ensure young children's safety