Course series

Exploring Childcare

Building the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to create safe, healthy, responsive, and supportive early learning environments.
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Program Description

The Exploring Childcare learning program introduces participants to the foundational knowledge and professional practices needed to support children’s health, safety, well-being, and development in early learning and childcare environments. Through learning focused on Classroom Behaviours, Safe Mealtimes, and Sanitary Practices, participants explore responsive behaviour guidance, active supervision, health and safety responsibilities, sanitation, infection prevention, and reflective professional practice.

By the end of the program, participants will be better prepared to create safe, supportive, and responsive environments while approaching their responsibilities with confidence, awareness, and professionalism. Participants will learn how intentional practices, effective teamwork, and responsive interactions contribute to positive outcomes for children and high-quality childcare.

What Participants Will Gain

Participants will develop foundational knowledge in:
  • Responsive and relationship-based behaviour guidance
  • Children’s behaviour, self-regulation, and emotional development
  • Observe, Plan, Act, and Reflect (OPAR) professional practice
  • Active supervision, head counts, positioning, transitions, and teamwork
  • Health and safety responsibilities and incident documentation
  • Professional communication with families
  • Cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting, and infection prevention
  • Hand hygiene, food safety, PPE, diapering, toileting, and illness prevention

Learning program contents