Part of a series of materials for Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees, this manual focuses on nutrition. When trainees successfully complete this curriculum, they are considered able to meet a number of objectives concerning nutrition. These objectives include abilities to (1) plan balanced meals for preschool children; (2) provide children…

The Child Development Associate (CDA) trainee who completes this training module will be prepared to establish and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment and to advance the physical and intellectual competencies of preschool children. Contents of the unit emphasize the teacher's responsibility for health care and safety in the preschool,…

Accomplishment of the objectives in this training module for Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees will aid trainees in advancing children's physical and intellectual competencies, building children's positive self-concepts and individual strengths, and promoting positive functioning of children and adults in group settings. The contents of…

Guidelines for setting up art, music and play activities for preschool children are presented in this Child Development Associate (CDA) trainee's manual. Chapters I through V discuss play in the preschool, and indoor and outdoor play environments. Chapters VI through X point out the teacher's role in art, discuss two approaches to art programs in…

Upon completion of this learning unit on children with special needs, Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees should be able to advance children's physical and intellectual competencies, build children's positive self-concepts and individual strengths, promote positive functioning of children and adults in group settings, bring about…

This document presents a trainer's guide to accompany a multi-volume set of curriculum materials designed for educating Child Development Associates. The training is geared toward development of identified competencies which require practice in order that proficiency be acquired. Many learning activities have been designed to fulfill that training…

Learning activities enabling Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees to facilitate children's development of language and communication skills are provided in this CDA training module. Contents of the module focus on the function of language arts in the preschool, the development of language and communication skills, and the teacher's role in…

Upon completion of this learning unit on parent/teacher/community relationships, Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees will be better able to (1) promote positive functioning of children and adults in a group, (2) bring about coordination of home and center practices, and (3) carry out related, supplemental responsibilities. Information is…

One of a series of curriculum materials developed for training Child Development Associates, this set of training materials focuses upon program planning skills. After successfully completing this area of the curriculum, trainees should be able to perform in several ways, including the following: (1) develop awareness of the scope of the 13…

Guidance techniques for use with children are discussed in this set of training materials, part of an overall curriculum for Child Development Associate trainees. Topics presented include the following: (1) principles of human behavior according to such theories as psychoanalysis, humanistic psychology, and social learning theory; (2) common…

The total development of the child is described in this set of training materials, one of a series developed to train Child Development Associates. The multiple factors and principles which affect physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development are presented. Successful completion of this curriculum will enable the trainee to perform in…

One hundred and twenty-four learning activities designed to give Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees many opportunities to practice and demonstrate knowledge of child development and related skills are provided in this training module. Section One of the module consists of 21 general learning activities that enable the trainee to develop…