CHILD CARE AND CRÈCHE MANAGEMENT
CHILD CARE AND CRÈCHE MANAGEMENT
Need of the Community:
Twentieth century has witnessed women working not only at the home front but also working out for a career. Though the women have become career oriented, the family has been their first priority always. Once a woman leaves her home, her children become her first liability to be looked by other substitutes. Here arises the need of trained people for child care and crèche management. If Work Education in schools could train some students for the same, it would be a great contribution for a balanced and healthy society. These trainees can prove to be excellent substitutes in the absence of the mother. It would also be wonderful experience for students for preparation of their own family life in the future. Crèche is an institute where children between 0-6 years are professionally looked after efficiently in the absence of their mother.
Learning Outcomes: The student will be able to;
1. Develop knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the child from 0-6 years.
2. Develop understanding of the milestones of child’ s physical, mental, social, cognitive, language, motor development.
3. Understand the requirements of an ideal crèche.
4. Inculcate in themselves the skills of child rearing like feeding the child, bathing the child, keeping him clean, playing with the child etc.
5. Understand the nutritional requirements of children. Develop skills in preparing food for them( milk and weaning foods for infants, snacks and simple meals for children).
6. Acquire knowledge of first aid and medical facilities to be given to the children in case of emergencies.
7. Understand the importance of hygiene and sanitation in the crèche.
8. Develop skills in arranging play activities for children of different age groups.
9. Understand the common childhood diseases and their care and management.
10. Develop knowledge of ways of preventing the diseases with special emphasis on immunisation.
11. Educate the children by a play-way technique.
12. Acquire skills of crèche management with customer satisfaction.
13. Have a knowledge of keeping accounts, maintaining budgets( income and expenditure record) for efficient crèche management.
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