Identify the difference between teacher-/child-directed activities.
Discover the key distinctions between teacher-directed and child-directed activities in early childhood education and child care centers. Learn the appropriate practices for identifying and demonstrating these differences to enhance children's learning experiences.Trainings incorporating this outcome
Age group
Proficiency Level
120 hours courses
12 CEUsRelated Outcomes
- Identify appropriate practices for teacher- and child-directed activities.
- Identify and understand the requirements of Child Care Subsidy (POC), Child and Adult Food Program, MSDE Child Care Credential, Tiered Reimbursement, and the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund
- Demonstrate an understanding of teacher vs. child directed activities.
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development.
- Identify examples of appropriate activities for different ages.
- Identify different types of risk management common in child care.
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development
- Identify different learning styles and how to differentiate instruction to meet a child's needs.
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development.
- Identify the different types of portfolios used in child care programs, and the appropriate portfolio components for each type.
- Identify factors that may influence learning for a child in the family child care environment.
- Identify parenting styles and the influence those styles have on child development
- Identify different types of barriers for mixed ages with disabilities and ways to adapt curriculum to fit their needs.
- Identify strategies in promoting sound health and safety principles for in child care.
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