Introduction to Family Childcare (EDU-114)

The course introduces the foundational principles, strategies, and best practices for planning and implementing meaningful, developmentally appropriate learning experiences while managing a professional and sustainable family child care setting. Emphasis is placed on addressing the unique challenges of mixed-age group care, supporting diverse developmental needs, building positive family and community partnerships, maintaining professionalism, integrating sound business practices, and promoting self-care for providers to sustain long-term success. Upon completion, students should be able to design, adapt, and implement inclusive activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children while effectively managing a sustainable family child care business with a focus on professionalism, self-care, and strong family-community collaboration.