Certified Ekasi Child Minder

Certified Ekasi Child Minder
Home Services Beginner

Certified Ekasi Child Minder

Comprehensive childcare training covering safety, developmental activities, nutrition, and professional caregiving for township environments.

Course Description

Comprehensive childcare training covering safety, developmental activities, nutrition, and professional caregiving for township environments.

Learning Outcomes

After completion, students will:
✔ Provide safe, nurturing childcare
✔ Create developmental activities
✔ Prepare nutritious children's meals
✔ Handle emergencies appropriately
✔ Manage small home-based creches

Target Audience

Creche workers and assistants.
Aspiring childminders.
Parents improving childcare skills.
Youth seeking childcare employment.
Home-based daycare starters.

10 Modules
70 Lessons
19h 40m

Understanding cognitive, emotional, physical, and social development from birth to age 6. Recognising typical and atypical developmental milestones.
  • Introduction to Child Development: The First Six Years (45 min)
  • Physical Development Milestones: Birth to Age 2 (60 min)
  • Physical Development Milestones: Ages 2 to 6 Years (55 min)
  • Cognitive Development: Piaget's Theory and Milestones (65 min)
  • Emotional Development: Understanding Feelings and Self-Regulation (60 min)
  • Social Development: Learning to Interact with Others (55 min)
  • Attachment Theory and the Role of Caregivers (55 min)
  • Identifying Developmental Delays and Red Flags (50 min)

Maintaining health standards in childcare, recognising signs of illness, managing common childhood ailments, and basic infection control.
  • Child Health and Hygiene: Foundations of Wellness (50 min)
  • Creating Safe Environments: Indoor Safety for Children (55 min)
  • Outdoor Safety and Playground Safety for Children (50 min)
  • Paediatric First Aid and Emergency Response (65 min)
  • Managing Common Childhood Illnesses in Childcare Settings (55 min)
  • Food Safety and Nutrition for Young Children (50 min)
  • Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation Planning (50 min)
  • Safe Sleep Practices and SIDS Prevention (45 min)

Childproofing environments, supervision standards, safe sleep practices (SIDS prevention), water safety, and road safety for children.
  • Understanding Childhood Accidents: Prevention Principles (45 min)
  • Home and Indoor Safety: Childproofing Your Space (50 min)
  • Outdoor Safety and Playground Safety (50 min)
  • Water Safety and Drowning Prevention (45 min)
  • Poison Prevention and Safe Storage (45 min)
  • Fire Safety and Burn Prevention (45 min)
  • Transportation and Pedestrian Safety (45 min)

CPR for infants and children, choking response, managing fevers, burns, and cuts, and knowing when and how to seek emergency medical help.
  • Emergency Action Principles and Scene Assessment (50 min)
  • CPR for Infants and Children (55 min)
  • Choking Response and Airway Obstruction (45 min)
  • Bleeding, Wound Care, and Bandaging (45 min)
  • Burns, Scalds, and Electrical Injuries (45 min)
  • Fractures, Sprains, and Head Injuries (50 min)
  • Allergic Reactions, Seizures, and Other Medical Emergencies (50 min)

Age-appropriate nutrition, introducing solid foods, managing allergies, preparing healthy meals and snacks, and recognising malnutrition signs.
  • Introduction to Child Nutrition: Building Blocks of Healthy Growth (50 min)
  • Introducing Solid Foods: A Guide for Infants 6-12 Months (55 min)
  • Feeding Toddlers: Navigating Picky Eating and Food Neophobia (50 min)
  • Nutrition for Preschoolers: Building Healthy Habits (50 min)
  • Managing Food Allergies and Special Dietary Needs in Childcare (55 min)
  • Meal Planning and Food Preparation for Childcare (50 min)
  • Healthy Eating Habits and Body Positivity for Young Children (45 min)

Age-appropriate activities that develop language, motor skills, and creativity. Understanding the role of unstructured play in child development.
  • The Power of Play: Why Play Matters for Child Development (50 min)
  • Creating a Play-Rich Environment for Learning (50 min)
  • Language and Literacy Development Through Play (55 min)
  • Cognitive Development: Math and Science Through Play (55 min)
  • Social-Emotional Learning Through Play (55 min)
  • Creative Arts: Music, Movement, and Art for Young Children (50 min)
  • Outdoor and Nature-Based Learning for Young Children (50 min)

Age-appropriate discipline approaches, setting consistent boundaries, managing tantrums, and working with parents on consistent guidance strategies.
  • Understanding Children's Behaviour: What It Means and Why It Happens (55 min)
  • Positive Guidance Strategies: Prevention Before Intervention (55 min)
  • Setting Limits and Using Natural and Logical Consequences (50 min)
  • Managing Tantrums and Meltdowns: A Guide for Child Minders (50 min)
  • Teaching Social Skills and Conflict Resolution (55 min)
  • Building Positive Relationships with Families for Consistent Guidance (45 min)
  • Responding to Challenging Behaviour: De-escalation Techniques (50 min)

Registering and operating a compliant small childcare facility, setting daily routines, fees and contracts, and communicating effectively with parents.
  • Getting Started: Licensing, Registration, and Legal Requirements (60 min)
  • Setting Your Rates and Managing Finances (55 min)
  • Marketing Your Home Childcare Business (50 min)
  • Daily Operations and Record Keeping (50 min)
  • Staffing - Hiring Helpers and Managing Employees (45 min)
  • Health, Safety, and Emergency Preparedness for Your Business (50 min)
  • Growing Your Business - Professional Development and Long-Term Success (45 min)

This module equips learners with essential research skills including research design, data collection methods (qualitative and quantitative), data analysis techniques, survey development, interviewing skills, ethical considerations in research, and how to apply research findings to improve workplace practices and decision-making.
  • Introduction to Research Methods in Childcare (50 min)
  • Conducting Observations - The Foundation of Child Research (55 min)
  • Gathering Information from Parents and Families (50 min)
  • Using Developmental Screening Tools (50 min)
  • Finding and Evaluating Reliable Child Development Information (50 min)
  • Using Research to Improve Your Childcare Practice (50 min)
  • Ethical Considerations in Childcare Research (45 min)

This module develops critical soft skills essential for workplace success: integrated thinking (connecting ideas across disciplines), logical reasoning and problem-solving, effective verbal and written communication, active listening, emotional intelligence, negotiation techniques, mediation skills, conflict resolution strategies, de-escalation techniques, building consensus, handling difficult conversations, and fostering a collaborative workplace culture.
  • Foundations of Integrated Thinking (60 min)
  • Logical Reasoning and Problem-Solving (75 min)
  • Effective Workplace Communication (65 min)
  • Emotional Intelligence and Conflict Resolution (70 min)
  • Building Consensus and Collaborative Culture (60 min)

Additional Resources

Certified Ekasi Child Minder Study Guide (Document)
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Certification Exam

A final exam for the Certified Ekasi Child Minder

Passing Score: 70%
Time Limit: 60 minutes
Attempts Allowed: 3
Camera Required: Yes

To earn your certificate, you must complete all course materials and pass the final exam with a score of 70% or higher.

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80 hours content
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Duration 80 hours
Skill Level Beginner
Learning Method Self Study
Category Home Services
Modules 10
Total Lessons 70
Last Updated May 2026
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