This module on owning and operating a day care center is one of 36 in a series on entrepreneurship. The introduction tells the student what topics will be covered and suggests other modules to read in related occupations. Each unit includes student goals, a case study, and a discussion of the unit subject matter. Learning activities are divided…

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on child care services are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of home economics. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home economics,…

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on child care services are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of home economics. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home economics,…

Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of child care students, this instructional package is one of five for the home economics occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology, measurement terms,…

This is the twenty-third in a set of 36 teacher guides to the Entrepreneurship Training Modules and accompanies CE 031 074. Its purpose is to give students some idea of what it is like to own and operate a day care center. Following an overview are general notes on use of the module. Suggested steps for module use contain suggestions on…

These coordinated components focus on the career cluster of child care and guidance, management, and services. The reference book provides information needed by employees. Each chapter begins with competencies to develop and objectives to achieve. Within the text, bold-faced vocabulary terms are defined. Each chapter concludes with a content…

This guide provides a resource for those who would like to start a profitable child care program in their own home or apartment. Chapter 1 of the guide deals with general issues such as examining one's motives for the child care business, assessing one's aptitude as a caregiver, deciding whether to be self-employed or agency affiliated, and…

The curriculum guide is an effort to help teachers plan and implement a course in human services. The program is designed for students in grades 11 and 12 who terminate their education after completion of high school. The course prepares students for entry level skills as child care aides, geriatrics aides, or convalescent aides. The sections are…

This guide is intended to assist teachers responsible for instructing future child care workers. The competency-based course outline provided covers the following topics: planning activities or programs for young children, performing child guidance activities, performing food service activities, performing housekeeping activities, and performing…

This laboratory manual is designed to prepare postsecondary students for working with children in a child care setting. The experiences in each unit are intended to enhance students' knowledge of and skills in working with children. The workbook is organized in six units covering the following topics: perspectives on child development; theories of…

A framework is provided for teacher use in coordinating related classroom instruction, vocational homemaking student career objectives, and planned training station learning experiences. The details were prepared and revised by students of Home Economics Related Occupations 585 at Indiana State University. Child care occupation plans include those…

This curriculum guide provides materials for an eight-unit course in child care for home and community services. The units cover (1) orientation to child care services; (2) health, safety, and sanitation; (3) guidance and discipline; (4) infant care; (5) toddler care; (6) preschool-age care; (7) fostering creativity through play; and (8)…

This student worktext is designed for use by those participating in an advanced child care administration course teaching microcomputer utilization for child care administrators. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: the role of microcomputers in administration of child care programs, development of…

This curriculum guide is designed to create a pre-vocational awareness in the area of child care for students in ninth grade. The program covers both preparation for parenthood and occupational possibilities in this field. The twenty-nine, easy-to-read lessons have been divided into the following six units: (1) child care careers; (2)…

Developed to provide seventh and eighth grade students information about careers in the consumer and homemaking occupational cluster, this booklet may be used to integrate career information with various subject areas. (It is one of several student booklets developed for use in the Ohio Career Orientation Program at grades 7 and 8 to assist…