School-Age Care: Learning by Design
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This course provides information about the unique needs of school-age children and the type of environment that engages the whole child and best fosters learning. Participants will examine how to encourage exploration, uncover interests, and support peer relationships. Strategies that extend learning from the school day as well as encourage children to unwind, relax, be themselves, and socialize will be explored. Specific activities that support literacy and math learning, and physical development are presented. This is a 5-hour course worth 0.5 CEUs. This course can be utilized to meet the training requirements to earn or renew your Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. Course content is aligned with the CDA Subject Area 3: Supporting children's social and emotional development.
- School-age
- After-care
- Learning environment
- Peer relationships
- Self-esteem
- Literacy and mathmatical learning
- Physical development
- Daily schedule
- Levels of Quality
- Safety
- Homework
- Reading
- Writing
- Games
Approved for 0.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in all 50 states.
This course is approved for CEUs in every state. It is also approved for state training hours in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia.
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