This class meets the requirements established by Washington State to qualify for home-based instruction. It will give students the groundwork needed on which to build a successful homeschooling program. The course will include learning style, teaching style, resources, curriculums, organizing a school at home and a working knowledge of the law regarding homeschooling. A practical study of infant and toddler care. Includes health, nutrition, safety, developmental issues, curriculum, staffing, and nurturing language, social skills and physical development.
Students identify stages of development and behavior in young children.
Students will participate weekly in the preschool as teaching parents, conduct the business of the cooperative, do organizational work and attend monthly, evening lectures. These courses comprise the second year of a three year experience for students. These are open enrollment, variable credit classes. Designed for students who are preparing to be teachers in day care centers, private preschools, Head Start teachers, and early childhood education. Includes competencies for preschool teachers in thirteen different functional areas.