infant early childhood education courses

Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

When providers know the risks of unsafe sleep, as well as other factors that increase or decrease the likelihood of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, they are bette...

Credencial CDA para infantes y niños pequeños con revisión de portafolio

12 CEUs

La Credencial CDA para Infantes y Niños Pequeños con Revisión de Portafolio es una formación en línea autodirigida de 120 horas para educadores de la prime...

Renovación CDA para infantes y niños pequeños

4.5 CEUs

Emprende un viaje para nutrir las mentes más jóvenes con nuestro dinámico curso de Renovación CDA para infantes y niños pequeños, meticulosamente diseñad...

CDA Credencial para Infantes y Niños Pequeños

12 CEUs

El CDA Infant/Toddler Credential es una capacitación en línea autodirigida de 120 horas, diseñada para educadores que trabajan con niños desde el nacimien...

45 Hour Infant and Toddler Methods and Materials

Are you passionate about caring for the youngest members of our community? ChildCareEds 45-Hour Infant and Toddler Curriculum Course is your essential gateway t...

Pediatric In-Person First Aid & CPR/AED Adult, Child, Infant

Be the Everyday Hero: First Aid & CPR Certification for Caregivers ChildCareEd is committed to ensuring the #safety and well-being of infants and adults throug...

Pediatric Blended First Aid & CPR/AED Adult, Child, Infant

Be the Everyday Hero: First Aid & CPR Blended Certification for Caregivers ChildCareEd is committed to ensuring the #safety and well-being of infants and adult...

Risk Reduction: Infants and Toddlers in Family Child Care

Infants and Toddlers in Family Child Care pose some unique challenges to health and safety. Cribs, crawling babies, mobile toddlers, stairs, furniture, and list...

Positive Attention: Interactions & Supervision for Infants & Toddlers

This course is designed for child care providers dedicated to creating safe, nurturing environments that support the developmental needs of young children. Part...

Positive Attention: Interactions and Supervision of Infants and Toddlers: For Workforce Solutions

This course is designed for child care providers dedicated to creating safe, nurturing environments that support the developmental needs of young children. Part...

CDA Infants/Toddlers: Smart Nutrition & Feeding

0.3 CEUs

This course satisfies the following area(s) of the CDA: Subject Area 1: Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment Nutrition plays a vital role in the dev...

Early Learning with Infants and Toddlers

0.3 CEUs

Working with infants and #toddlers requires a deep understanding of their individualized needs and appropriate #developmental-milestones. When caregivers use a ...

Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

0.2 CEUs

*This course is a Nevada specific course. This course is only approved in Nevada.* Understanding the safest way to care for infants is an essential part of care...

Plan de estudios de 45 horas para bebés y niños pequeños

4.5 CEUs

¿Te apasiona cuidar a los miembros más pequeños de nuestra comunidad? El curso ChildCareEds 45-Hour Infant and Toddler Curriculum Course es tu puerta de entr...

CDA Paquete puente: Infante/niño pequeño

3 CEUs

El CDA Bridge Bundle: Infant/Toddler es una capacitación en línea autodirigida para proveedores de cuidado infantil de Maryland que ya poseen una certificac...

Mixed-Age Grouping Tips +2
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Mixed-Age Grouping Tips

This tip sheet explains the benefits and challenges of mixed-age grouping in early childhood settings and shares practical ideas for planning curriculum, creating positive social environments, and ... Read more
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Free CDA Sample Exam Questions
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Free CDA Sample Exam Questions

This quick-access CDA resource links to official sample exam question sets for center-based infant and toddler, preschool, birth to five, and family child care pathways. It is a helpful starting po... Read more
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Teacher Appreciation Week Activities for Children
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Teacher Appreciation Week Activities for Children

Celebrate the amazing teachers in your classroom with these fun and meaningful Teacher Appreciation Week activities for children. This resource includes easy, hands-on ideas for infants through sch... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Observation, Documentation, and Reflection
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Observation, Documentation, and Reflection

This guide explains how observation, documentation, and reflection help child care providers get to know infants and toddlers better, support learning, share progress with families, and make inform... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Infant Sleep Position and SIDS Questions and Answers
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Infant Sleep Position and SIDS Questions and Answers

This question-and-answer guide explains safe sleep practices that help reduce the risk of SIDS, including placing babies on their backs to sleep, using a firm sleep surface, and keeping soft items ... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Maryland Staff Requirements
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Maryland Staff Requirements

This guide outlines Maryland child care center staff qualifications for aides, assistant school-age teachers, infant-toddler teachers, preschool teachers, and school-age teachers. It covers minimum... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Creating Nurturing Spaces for Infants and Toddlers
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Creating Nurturing Spaces for Infants and Toddlers

This resource explains how thoughtful environments support infants’ and toddlers’ safety, relationships, learning, and individual needs. It helps child care providers create spaces that are hea... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Infant Meal Guidelines for Child Care Providers
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Infant Meal Guidelines for Child Care Providers

This quick-reference resource explains CACFP infant meal patterns for birth through 11 months. It helps providers understand what to serve at meals and snacks and when infants may be developmentall... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
The Eight CDA Subject Areas
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The Eight CDA Subject Areas

Learn about the eight CDA® subject areas for Preschool, Infant-Toddler, Family Child Care, and Home Visitor settings. This resource gives candidates a helpful overview of the professional knowledg... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Safe Sleep for Babies: A Simple Guide for Caregivers
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Safe Sleep for Babies: A Simple Guide for Caregivers

A clear, supportive safe-sleep guide for families and caregivers that explains how to reduce sleep-related risks and create a safer sleep environment. Great as a trusted handout for infant rooms an... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Starting Solid Foods in Child Care: Tips for ECE Providers
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Starting Solid Foods in Child Care: Tips for ECE Providers

A practical, easy-to-follow tip sheet for early educators introducing solid foods safely in child care settings. In early care and education settings, introduce solid foods when infants show develo... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Talk, Read & Sing: Infant & Toddler Tips
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Talk, Read & Sing: Infant & Toddler Tips

Talking with babies and toddlers is a brain building activity! Every time you talk to a baby and have a high-quality back-and-forth interaction, new connections in that baby’s brain are made. The... Read more
Free
License: CC0/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Washington’s Birthday Activities
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Washington’s Birthday Activities

Washington’s Birthday Activities (All Ages) is a classroom-friendly resource that helps children explore leadership, fairness, helping others, and community responsibility through simple crafts, ... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities

Classroom-friendly collection of meaningful ways to honor Dr. King through kindness, fairness, inclusion, and service. With three age-appropriate activities each for infants, toddlers, preschoolers... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Holy Thursday Activities for Kids
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Holy Thursday Activities for Kids

Gentle, classroom-friendly ideas centered on service, kindness, gratitude, and caring for others. With easy activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children like helper jobs,... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Mahavir Jayanti Activity Ideas for Kids
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Mahavir Jayanti Activity Ideas for Kids

Peaceful, kid-friendly ways to celebrate values like kindness, compassion, self-control, and caring for all living things. With simple activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Christmas-Season Activities
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Christmas-Season Activities

Bring cozy holiday fun to your classroom with hands-on crafts, jingling sensory play, silly movement games, winter STEM challenges. With simple adaptations for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and ... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Hanukkah Activities Kids Will Love!  All Ages
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Hanukkah Activities Kids Will Love! All Ages

Bring the Festival of Lights into your classroom with fun! Children can explore sparkling “light” sensory play, create simple menorah-inspired crafts, spin and count with dreidel games, and sha... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Thanksgiving Activities
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Thanksgiving Activities

Thanksgiving Activities for Kids (All Ages) is a flexible, inclusive set of classroom ideas for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children. The resource includes gratitude-themed craf... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Universal Children’s Day Activities
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Universal Children’s Day Activities

Celebrate children’s well-being, belonging, and voice through age-appropriate activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children. It includes connection routines, choice-maki... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
All Families Belong: National Adoption Month Activities
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All Families Belong: National Adoption Month Activities

This resource is designed to help child care providers and teachers celebrate family diversity with respect and care. It includes age-appropriate activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Activities for Kids
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Activities for Kids

For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, kids can take part honoring Indigenous communities through nature-based learning, respectful storytime, community-building circles, simple gardening experiences, and ... Read more
Free
License: CCBY
Columbus Day Activities for All Ages
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Columbus Day Activities for All Ages

Columbus Day activities for all ages is a flexible set of classroom ideas focused on maps, navigation, curiosity, and respectful learning. Children from infants to school-age can explore land-and-w... Read more
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License: CCBY
World Teachers’ Day Activities
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World Teachers’ Day Activities

There are meaningful ways children can celebrate teachers using crafts, gratitude notes, classroom helper roles, and group appreciation moments that work from infants to school-age. Includes easy a... Read more
Free
License: CCBY

All-in-One 24-Hour Training for Texas Child Care Providers

Career Program

How to Keep Your Texas Child Care Certification Current and Strengthen Your Expertise? Are you ready to meet your annual training requirement, explore fresh ...

$97.00

All-in-One 24-Hour Training for Texas Infant & Toddler Providers

Career Program

How to Complete Your Annual Training as a Texas Infant & Toddler Provider? Do you work with infants and toddlers in Texas, want to stay compliant with li...

$97.00

All-in-One 30-Hour Training for Texas Child Care Center Directors

Career Program

How to Maintain Your Certification and Lead Successfully as a Texas Child Care Center Director? Are you managing a licensed child care center, committed to p...

$118.00

D.C. Child Care Preservice Training: 30-Day Compliance Bundle

Career Program

How do you meet D.C.'s 30-day pre-employment training requirement for child care providers? Get started with our D.C. Child Care Preservice Training: 30-Day ...

$55.00

Maryland Infant/Toddler Teacher Career Program

Career Program

What Do I Need to Do to Become an Infant/Toddler Teacher in Maryland? Do you love working with babies, have experience caring for little ones, and want to nu...

$800.00

Michigan Infant/Toddler Lead Caregiver Career Program

Career Program

How to Become an Infant/Toddler Lead Caregiver in a Michigan Child Care Center? Do you have a nurturing heart, hands-on experience with babies and toddlers, ...

$800.00

Nevada Infant/Toddler Child Care Provider 24-Hour Annual Training Bundle

Career Program

How to Meet Your Annual Training Requirement as an Infant/Toddler Child Care Provider in Nevada? Do you care for infants and toddlers, want to strengthen you...

$185.00

North Dakota Child Care Staff 13-Hour Annual Training Bundle (Version 2)

Career Program

How to Refresh Your Required Training as a North Dakota Child Care Staff Member? Have you already completed last year’s training bundle, need new conte...

$100.00
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