are offered from time to time - either as 'open' courses or can be run in-house for small groups. Content can be tailored to meet customer needs.
Activities for young children
A practical course covering basic play activities. Sessions will include making dough, mixing paint, using junk, collage, rhythms, rhymes, music and storytelling.
Activities for Toddlers
Entertaining toddlers at home and at Parent and Toddler group with activities that are easy for you to provide and are fun for your toddler.
Caring for babies
Help with the joys and drawbacks of caring for a new baby. All the things you never thought you needed to know – until...!
Child Development
Theories behind child development and a closer look at physical, cognitive and emotional development. Including language and behavioural development.
Early Maths and Science
Encouraging maths and science skills, measuring, size, time, estimating, observation and providing the works to accompany the experiences.
Child Protection
An overview of child protection issues, signs and symptoms of abuse, protecting children from abuse and dealing with the child and family.
Choosing Toys
A must for parents, carers, grand-parents and relatives. How to choose the toys that will be educational and fun from the huge choice available.
Creative Activities for Toddlers
Creative thinking is a very high level skill so why do we try to limit this in our young children? This course provides some practical ways we can develop creative skills.
Curriculum Planning
Planning your curriculum, short, medium and long term planning. Ideas to meet the stages of development of the children in your care.
Effective Communication
Non-verbal and verbal communication, assertiveness skills, saying “No”, communicating with children and adults will all be covered in this course.
Festivals and Celebrations
Ideas for celebrating festivals and special occasions for all children and families. What festivals mean and how we celebrate them.
Manipulative Play
This session will enable child care workers to learn more about the ways in which multi-cultural play can be included in everyday activities.
Children’s Behaviour
How adults influence children’s behaviour. Praising the good and techniques for dealing with unacceptable behaviour.
Planning Experiences for young children
A longer course including activities to extend children’s learning. Themes, interest tables, layout, language development and communication skills.
Taming your Toddler
Ideas for living in peace with “ terrible two’s”, managing behaviour in shops, with relatives and at home, calming techniques and communication skills.
Working with a management committee
Roles and responsibilities of the management committee and how staff and committee can work together to effectively manage the play provision.
Observation and record-keeping
The basic course includes a range of observation methods that are easy and practical to use within an early years setting as well as ways of keeping records
