Unit 4

Planning A Healthy & Safe Learning Environment

Ask any parent and you'll know: the most important aspect of a child care center or family child care home is safety. Parents quite rightly expect that children will be safe in your care. Playing outdoors and eating snack or lunch: these are the highlights of many young children's day. What can you do to keep your young charges eating well, developing strongly, and sleeping soundly? And many rules and guides are in place to help you ensure children's safety and well-being. In this unit, we'll talk about all that.

Remember that keeping children safe and healthy helps you stay healthy too!

This unit includes one long video (about an hour and 10 minutes). Click on the picture at left to launch the video. It should open automatically. Make sure your sound is unmuted. You may stop and start the video or replay it as much as you like.

After you have watched the video, complete each of the six activities.

After you have watched both videos, complete each of the six activities.