Not everybody is cut out for childcare. We don’t mean to make it sound like ours is the hardest job out there… but it is pretty darn challenging! Before you enrol in Certificate 3 in childcare, ask yourself whether you’re cut out for this type of work. It takes a specific set of qualities and [...]
Picture it: you’re eager to get into the childcare industry. You have the perfect temperament to work with young children. You’re passionate about kids, and the idea of shaping young lives excites you. There’s just one major thought in your mind: you can’t fathom how you’re going to fit studying childcare into your already-busy life! [...]
Did you know that a young child has an attention span of between 8-10 minutes? In an early childcare setting, one of the most important aspects we must remember is how children think and learn. For childcare educators, that means developing activities and routines that work around these shorter attention spans. Here at Southern Solutions, [...]
Every aspect of child’s development is important, and as a child grows, it’s critical to address each part of the development. One of the many aspects you will focus on when you study childcare is a child’ development of their fine motor skills. In addition to parents, child care educators play significant roles in the [...]
The fireworks have been lit, and the New Year has been welcomed. Now it’s time to get back into the thick of things and start anew! With the new year, there will certainly be new faces who will be part of your child care class. Given how young they are, kids at first might [...]
Last week, we blogged about how to read the body language, behaviours, and non-verbal hints that babies use to communicate. This week, we’re talking about understanding toddlers. Toddlers are much more capable of understanding human speech than babies, with older toddlers being able to form full sentences and with vocabularies of up to 900 words. [...]