Babysitting Course

Lesson 1 • Communicating with Parents and Guardians

Teaches pre-job interviews, information gathering, and ongoing updates. Effective communication reduces risk and builds long-term client relationships.

Lesson 2 • Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

Covers duty of care, mandatory reporting, and consent basics. Grounds students in the ethical framework governing childcare work.

Lesson 3 • Building a Professional Profile

Guides students in creating references, a resume, and a client agreement. Connects professionalism to trust-building with families.

Lesson 1 • Preschool and Early School-Age Children

Addresses cognitive leaps, social play, and rule-following in ages three to seven. Students connect developmental knowledge to activity planning.

Lesson 2 • Infant Development and Care Basics

Covers milestones from birth to 12 months and corresponding care needs. Provides the developmental lens used in all subsequent age-group sections.

Lesson 3 • Toddler Development Ages One to Three

Examines rapid language, motor, and emotional growth in toddlers. Students learn to support autonomy while maintaining safety.

Lesson 1 • Active Supervision Techniques

Defines active vs. passive supervision and teaches positioning strategies. Students practise maintaining sight lines while managing multiple children.

Lesson 2 • Water, Fire, and Environmental Hazards

Addresses drowning prevention, fire escape planning, and weather emergencies. Students create actionable safety plans for high-risk scenarios.

Lesson 3 • Home Safety Assessment

Teaches a room-by-room hazard checklist approach. Connects environmental awareness to proactive accident prevention.

Lesson 1 • Medication Administration Basics

Addresses when and how to administer prescribed medications with parental authorisation. Establishes documentation and liability awareness.

Lesson 2 • Common Injuries and Illness Response

Covers cuts, burns, allergic reactions, fever, and seizures. Students learn triage logic to determine when home care suffices vs. emergency care.

Lesson 3 • Choking Response by Age Group

Teaches back blows, abdominal thrusts, and finger sweeps by age. Directly applies developmental knowledge to life-threatening scenarios.

Lesson 4 • Paediatric CPR Fundamentals

Introduces infant and child CPR sequences and compression ratios. Provides the life-saving foundation for all emergency response sections.

Lesson 1 • Infant Feeding Essentials

Covers bottle preparation, breastmilk handling, and introducing solids. Builds on infant development knowledge to ensure safe feeding practices.

Lesson 2 • Food Allergy and Intolerance Management

Teaches identification, avoidance, and emergency response for food allergies. Reinforces medication administration skills from Chapter 4.

Lesson 3 • Mealtime Routines and Behaviour

Establishes structured mealtime environments that reduce conflict and encourage healthy habits. Applies behaviour management principles introduced later in Chapter 6.

Lesson 1 • Positive Reinforcement Techniques

Covers specific praise, reward systems, and natural consequences. Students practise language that builds intrinsic motivation in children.

Lesson 2 • Understanding the Root of Behaviour

Explains how unmet needs, developmental stage, and environment drive behaviour. Shifts student mindset from reactive to proactive guidance.

Lesson 3 • Boundaries, Rules, and Consistency

Teaches how to establish and enforce house rules consistently without overstepping parental authority. Reinforces the professional role defined in Chapter 1.

Lesson 4 • Proactive Behaviour Prevention Strategies

Teaches routines, transitions, and environmental setup to prevent problems before they start. Directly reduces the frequency of discipline situations.

Lesson 1 • Safe Sleep Practices for Infants

Covers back-to-sleep positioning, safe crib environments, and SIDS risk reduction. Directly applies safety principles from Chapter 3.

Lesson 2 • Sleep Science and Age-Based Needs

Explains sleep cycles, total sleep requirements, and nap schedules by age. Provides the scientific foundation for all bedtime management strategies.

Lesson 3 • Handling Bedtime Resistance and Night Waking

Provides scripts and strategies for stalling, fear of the dark, and night waking. Applies de-escalation skills from Chapter 6 to nighttime scenarios.

Lesson 1 • Planning a Full Babysitting Session

Integrates all prior skills into a structured session plan covering meals, activities, and bedtime. Students practise creating and adapting plans in real scenarios.

Lesson 2 • Play-Based Learning Principles

Explains how play drives cognitive, social, and physical development. Grounds all activity planning in developmental theory from Chapter 2.

Lesson 3 • Outdoor and Physical Activity Safety

Covers safe outdoor play supervision, sun protection, and physical activity guidelines. Reinforces hazard assessment skills from Chapter 3.

Lesson 4 • Screen Time Guidelines and Digital Engagement

Addresses recommended screen limits, content quality, and co-viewing strategies. Connects to behaviour guidance by establishing clear media boundaries.