THEORY
1. Safety and general precautions are important, and they are followed in the section and at the Institute. Significance of trading for a child’s growth. Facilities for recreation, health care, and other Institute extracurricular. The value of keeping a diary with specific information like the name of the doctor, the name of the hospital (if it’s the closest one), the phone numbers of the fire department, police department, hospital, etc.
2. Personal Cleanliness and Hygiene Conditions, Environmental hazard and healthy environment.
3. Concepts developmental traits of children in various age groups. Various initiatives to support the many development areas. Source of the many activity materials. Principles of creating timetables and long- and short-term program planning.
4. Basic nutrition and children’s nutritional requirements. Food preparation and storage. Hygienic feeding and dietary procedures, Well-being of Children.
5. The growth and development principle of children. Play and activities that support healthy development and growth. Elements influencing motor and physical development. Traits of kids with special needs, such as motor and physical impairments.
6. Significance of sensory training and development. The significance and procedure of notion formation. Concepts like as time, number, form, colour, shape, size, sound, rhythm, and living and non-living things are developed. Growth of cognitive skills like problem-solving, reasoning, remembering, and thinking. Elements influencing the development of cognition. Departures from typical cognitive growth.
7. Phases of language acquisition. Improvement of language proficiency. Language and cognition: their significance and relationship. Speech impairments in kids. Preparedness for writing and reading. Pronunciation is crucial in early life. Supports the growth of language.
8. The significance and pattern of social development. How important social play is. Traits of children’s feelings. Common childhood emotions and their developmental significance. Behavioural and emotional issues in kids. Development of abilities for self-reliance. Signs, prevention, and reporting of child abuse.
9. Various teaching techniques, including conversation, practical work, demonstration, and the use of visual aids. Institutional policies and guidelines. Employee behaviour, both desired and unwanted (e.g. cleanliness interacts with parents, children, and staff). Tasks carried out by childcare providers and assistants.
10. Proficiency in either English or the local language, Registration and specialised skills are needed. Visits to various families and preschools are optional.
PRACTICAL
1. Getting to know the Institute. Significance of the tools used in the trade. Kind of work that trainees at the institute do. Types of trade occupations created by trainees. Overview of safety gear, its applications, etc.
2. Recognising items that pose a risk to the environment. Personal Cleanliness and Hygiene Conditions, Environmental risks include things like electrical, mechanical, fire, medicines, chemicals, and sharp or pointed objects. Maintaining a suitable and healthful environment. Preserving the health card. Taking care of kids with infectious disorders. Giving appropriate custodial care. Vaccination in due time.
3. Organising and carrying out the program for children in a day. Maintaining documentation and informing the family of any everyday occurrences.
4. Preparing meals for various age groups. Establishing meal schedules for various age groups. Arranging the timing and presentation of food preparation, storage, and serving. Educating parents on the dietary requirements of their children. Encouraging children to adopt healthy habits.
5. Putting together a suitable play and relaxation schedule. Planning exercises that promote physical growth. Observing children’s motor and physical development. Arranging and planning activities according on children’s interests, requirements, and developmental stage. Determine which kids have specific needs. Preserving health and growth records. Arranging both indoor and outdoor play activities for various developmental stages.
6. Planning targeted activities to foster the development of several senses. Giving kids situations that help them acquire different concepts and categorise their skills. Planning exercises to improve reasoning, memory, and problem-solving skills. Recognising departures from typical cognitive growth. Supplying identified children with suitable compensatory enriched experiences.
7. Engaging in open dialogue with kids. Encouraging children to be curious and to try new things. Locating locally available resources and using them to create improvised tools or devices for cognitive development. Seeing how kids pick up and use words. Promoting conversation among kids while they play and engage in other activities. Choosing suitable tales and skilfully narrating them. Choosing suitable rhymes and teaching expressive reciting. Getting puppets ready and using them. Setting up and running language competitions. Utilising role-playing and imaginative theatre to foster language development. Interacting with kids on their level. Giving babies adequate linguistic responses. Engaging in baby games with kids. Talk smoothly and pronounce words accurately.
8. The capacity to watch how children play. Giving kids the chance to express their feelings through socially acceptable actions like assisting, sharing, and cooperating. Allowing babies enough physical interaction. Taking on children’s behavioural issues. Establishing and keeping in touch with parents about their children’s behaviour.
9. Organising training based on the kind and level of experience required for each worker group and the ways in which they are implemented. Supplying workers with suitable work experiences so they may work with new-borns. Ensuring that the employees use what they have learnt in their daily work. Fostering in the employee a sense of accountability and emotional investment. Determining the differences in the attitudes, abilities, and knowledge of employees and assistants. Seeing how employees interact with co-workers, parents, and children, as well as their routines and etiquette.