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Our
students say . . .
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"Everything went well. Our course grades and
certificates came through quickly and I was able to have them for my annual
inspection just before Christmas. The inspector commented on the courses and
one in particular that she knew was a very good course. She seemed impressed
and passed everything with ease. I'm sure I'll be back to you for more courses
later in the year when we decide which ones we'd like to take next. The only
thing I can imagine that would make the process easier is if it weren't
necessary at all! (And we all know the probability of that...besides, it's
good to require continuing ed for anyone in the workplace to keep up on
current skills and information.) Just keep doing what you're doing and we'll
keep up with your catalog that we recently received and have been looking
through."
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"I have had my daycare for 7 years. I just took the
course on Infants in your care and one chapter really got my attention. The
part where I learned how the children can sense my actions and thoughts
towards them by the way I look at them. If I am disappointed in their behavior
or if I am upset cause they will not take a nap, I have the habit [as we all
might] of letting my crankiness show in my eyes/face. Through this course I am
aware of my actions more and even if I might be upset with a child I still
show them loving eyes and a caring facial expression, because I am learning
that it is the child's behavior that made me unhappy ---- not the little child.
I feel more understanding and loving now after doing this particular course."
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"I just completed 2 excellent courses - Managing
Health & Safety and Improving Staff Performance. I got numerous concrete ways
to improve the center operation from each of them. I have already implemented
3 of the ideas and will be incorporating the others in the next few months.
Thanks for providing such meaty and enriching training material. My staff also
enjoy your courses and can complete them "on the job". I look forward to
taking more of your courses in the future." Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
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"Everything went great with ordering and receiving
my Care e-course. I love your courses and plan on taking several of them as I
am working on my CDA. Thanks for making that goal
much more "do-able" with the CDA courses available. With a child care
provider's schedule, your courses are a dream!! Most of them are done in my
PJs! (Too much info? :-) ) Anyway, I am very happy with Care
Courses....thanks! -- Warrenton, VA
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"Thank you for providing such an incredible, easy-to-use
service! As a home child care provider and mother of 4 very active kids, I
appreciate being able to do something on MY time without having to sacrifice a
weekend." -- Aurora, CO
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"I believe these courses to be an excellent opportunity for
people to become well educated in the best care of children. It is most helpful
to be able to study when we have the best study time, not when we may be tired
or not feeling well or scheduled involuntarily." -- Kintnersville, PA
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"This is my second year in the child care business and this
course was just what I needed to evaluate the quality of my program. I have some
very important knowledge about child care that I knew about but not in the way
it was presented to me in this course. Plus, I got to stay in my own house, at
my own kitchen table to take the course. What a blessing! So, I thank all of you
for this beautiful way for child care providers to update their job skills and
receive credit for them." - Providence, Rhode Island
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"I truly enjoy doing these lessons at home! I really learn
much more than hurriedly going through training at the College. Thank you!" -
Rocky Face, Georgia
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"Thank you for supplying me with a great learning tool in the
quest for my CDA." -- Calument City, IL
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"Your courses are not only enjoyable to do, but reasonably
priced! Thanks."– Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
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"Your courses are great! I learned more from your
courses than any of the child care seminars I've been to in the past, and I
don't have to worry about getting up on a Saturday and traveling forty miles to
get hours from child care seminars. Keep up the good work." - Texarkana, Texas
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"I feel as if I have struck gold!!! What a find CARE Courses
is! Thank you!" - Norwood, Massachusetts
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"I would like to send a hug for you in the mail. I have
never felt so good about training courses until taking these that you offer.
You guys who check my work are wonderful. Thank you for the great comments
on how well I did." - Spring, Texas
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"I appreciate you and your courses so much. They are always
enjoyable and of course very educational. If only parents were required to take
your courses the child care provider’s job would be much easier. I mean this in
a nice and loving way! I have cared for children over thirty years, and you
still teach me new things. Thanks for being there when we need you." –
Smithville, Texas
On Learning Centers:
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"I just wanted to take a moment to tell you how wonderful
your courses are and how much I enjoyed doing them. As a CDA candidate I
am required to have 120 clock hours. For five hours of credit I had to
take a day off of work, drive two hours there and two hours back. The last
one I took my car broke down and was stuck two hours away for three days.
I was so discouraged. The day after the car incident my boss handed me one
of your brochures that had just come in the mail. What timing!
At the rate I was going (with courses scheduled about once a month that I could
attend) it would be at least another year before I could file for my CDA.
This all happened the end of April. By doing your courses I can now file
for my CDA in four weeks. (Unfortunately, your courses do not include
multimedia First Aid that I am due to renew!)
But not only did your coursework enable me to get my CDA much sooner - I
thoroughly enjoyed doing it. They were interesting and taught me so m much
more than I usually learn at classes. Plus, I have the workbooks to use
for references. Thank you so much!
P.S. A special thank to Maxine Edwards! Her course was a delight!! I got
into trouble with my family because I could not put it down once I picked it up.
(My bowling team was not thrilled either - I brought it on league night and had
to be constantly reminded that it was my turn to bowl!) - Barnegat, New Jersey
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"This course was very interesting. I have learned a lot about
the different centers. I will be adding more to my block center. My children
really like to build with blocks, but I never knew it was such a important area.
thanks for all the great ideas." - Glencoe, Minnesota
On Stress and Day Care:
- "This course was absolutely wonderful. Once I started I
could not put it down!." - Cuero, Texas
On Conflict Resolution in Child Care:
- "Your course, Conflict Resolution in Child Care is
extraordinary! [It] offers very fine ideas for enhancing the preschool
environment, has a thought-provoking chapter on values, and gives excellent
information for communication and negotiating skills. This course helps me at
home as well as school!" – Minot, Maine
What children say about activities from Conflict Resolution in
Child Care:
- "Hey, this is cool! Oh, Man! Hey, can we do this again? It
was a blast of fun. We like it! Yes, we would like to play it again. The most
fun was when we kept ball on the blanket. We worked as a team." – Greenville,
Texas
On Active or
Hyperactive?:
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"I really enjoyed this course -- it was very in-depth and
informative." - Thiensville, WI
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"This is an awesome course!! I feel like I have
benefited immensely. Thank you!! - Kerrville, Texas
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"Thank you so much for providing your wonderful self-study
courses for childcare providers. I have taken five of your courses in the
past year and have found them well written, complete and concise. The
format is very well organized and easy to follow - the self checks help to
review areas that I needed to go over again and the assignments were very
helpful to then use the content in my classes. The last course I
took was Active or Hyperactive? The textbook, Living with the Active Alert Child
was such a helpful resource and combined with the additional information in the
course booklet - I gained invaluable insight into some of the children's
behavior and temperaments that I have taught. This book and course will be
such a useful tool to refer to and use with parents or staff when we have an
active alert child enrolled in our preschool - It has definitely helped me
understand these children better so that I can meet their needs better.
Thank you for this course." - Madison, WI
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"This course defined my daughter to a tee! She has
always been so difficult to handle and my mom calls her "spoiled." It was
so good to read this course and keep saying, "Yes, that is my kid!" Thank you
for offering such a wonderfully helpful course." - Dallas, Texas
On After School Programs:
- "I wanted you to know that I did full time group child care
for six years - 12 to 15 children. Now this past year I am only doing
before and after school care. The After School Program course I just finished is
by far the most valuable information I've ever read. This course
completely exceeded my expectations. All aspects of this course are
so complete and thorough. I wish all providers and parents could have the
opportunity to research this information. I cannot say enough about the insight
and advice offered in this booklet. I thought I 'knew it all', perhaps after
having read this information I do! Just kidding. Thank you for the
enjoyment and education I received." - Eagan, Minnesota
On Preschoolers in Child Care and Managing Health and Safety
in Child Care:
- "Just a note to say how well presented both of these courses
were! Well organized, and good use of many good examples to strengthen the
points. Hours of credit in management are hardest to come by. Please
consider developing more in that area. Most workshops given on weekends
are in early childhood education and child development. I recommend your courses
to my friends in our town who have daycare in their homes." - Sonora, Texas
On Infants and Child Care:
- "This course is wonderful.
I learned and retained more with this course than all the other companys'
courses put together. With this course I did it on my own time not at the
end of the day when I am tired. I can spend my weekends with my family not doing
something I do five days a week eleven hours a day. Finally, I can go back
and reread from my book whenever I want to. - Edina, Minnesota
- "I love the fact that the courses can be taken in my home and
at my off time, for we have little ones up to 12 hours a day, 5 days a week.
Most school courses are during the days or early evening, so by the time we
close (which is 6:00 PM) we would have no time for our own families or dinner -
let alone getting ready for the next day." - Kenosha, Wisconsin
- "An informative and "fun" study. My large family day
care has 10 children (3 infants). I learned a great deal - Thanks."
- Jefferson, Massachusetts
On Discipline in Child Care:
- "I have been in the field of child development and early
childhood education for over 10 years. This course was one of the most
positive I've come across. I will highly recommend it to colleagues and
plan to share strategies with parents of my young students. Thank you for
such a positive approach to an often difficult subject." - Scituate,
Massachusetts
- "Discipline in Child Care is SUPER! SUPER! It is
very well organized, and the articles are excellent. Caregiver Attitudes
and Language offers much important information for communication with children.
Topics on Patience or Understanding and Responsive or Restrictive Language were
very enlightening to me. I have become more aware of what I say. I
feel that I am making my children's environment more positive. I am also
better able to handle problems with more understanding, confidence and with much
less stress." - Minot, Maine
- "This is the best course on discipline that I have seen in 20
years!! I found it to be easy to read thorough and complete." - Scituate,
Massachusetts
- "I would like to thank you for this course. In taking
it I have really learned to think before I speak. The words said say the
same, but really do make a difference if you don't use certain words. I've
really noticed a difference in the day care already. Thanks again!" -
Yukon, Oklahoma
On Art of Child Care:
- "This is by far the best course I have taken in my field. I
have been in child development since 1987 when I was a student at Penn State.
As a junior I developed a love of child development. I actually graduated in
anthropology but went into the childcare field. This course is
cutting-edge. It is truly the art of child care. It encompasses my
firm beliefs in how children should be interacted with. I applaud you for
this wonderful study!" - Houston, Texas
- "I just thought I would let you know that I enjoyed this
course very much. It has given me and the children great pleasure.
I have made great changes in my daycare using the different activity centers.
The children love it and I thank you." - Sugarland, Texas
- "I have done child care for 25 years but I still learned so
much and really enjoyed this study course." - Houston, Texas
On Sun Safety:
- "The course on Sun Safety was wonderful
packed full of information I needed to brush up on. It was excellent!
and the prompt service you give is wonderful I just love your courses, My
daycare is open long hours and they let me do my clock hours on my own time
no running in the evenings or giving up my Sat. when I need to get things
done and rest up. Thank you so much for all you do for daycare providers."
On Toddlers and Child Care:
- "I want to let you know that I really enjoyed the course
Toddlers in Child Care. It was very informative and I enjoyed learning at
my own pace." - Brockton, Massachusetts
On Caring for Children in
Your Home:
- "I am amazed how fun, easy and informative your course was.
I didn't need to hire a babysitter either!" - Plum City, Wisconsin
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