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The Process of Becoming a Certified In Home Day Care Provider

When you are providing day care for a child whose parents work, you can do it as a free thing or you can become certified. Now for children who are on medicaid, WIC or Family Support, their parents can apply for a portion of that child care payment.

If you are providing child care in your home and would like to be paid, the best thing to do is go through the procedure of becoming certified.

I just recently checked all of this out. What I did was without knowing and understanding the procedure to follow, went about it backwards.

First you go to your local Office of Family Support and ask for the application to become a certified in home child care provider. I was given a 1 800 number to call. They did not ask for any information except my address. A few days later the application packet came in the mail.

This packet is several pages long. It includes a check list of all the things necessary to pass certification. On line you can go to this page for the legal documents detailing the rules and regulations.

For the application see this page http://snurl.com/e6itl

My First Class

Well here it is Thursday night and I am finally getting time to sit at the keyboard and enter my thoughts about my first class.

The first class was about Common Objects, Fun Toys.

Once you think about it, there are many things in your home, that your infant or toddler can play safely with. The skills that can be learned are building gross motor skills, fine motor skills, imagination, etc.

You just have to use common sense and recognize that as each age comes and goes, the child will learn. You just have to be ready to teach and make sure that they are learning the right skills they will need as they grow.

Open-ended materials that can be used as toys or learning objects include different types of plastic bottles, boxes, containers with lids, toilet paper and paper towel rolls. The list is as endless as you have containers, plastic and or metal kitchen tools. Bowls, canisters, coasters, you name it.

Children can learn so many skills with just a little encouragement and time. Different objects teach shape sorting, opening and closing lids, putting like things and like colors together.

I must say it was an eye-opener for me. I learned a great deal from that class. I kind of wish, I had a way of learning all of this, when my children were small.

Now my next class will be Saturday morning. That one will be on For the Love of Money.
To teach you how to budget.

More on that after Saturday

Classes Starting Soon

Well I have confirmation. I will be starting my first class on February 14, 2009.

My first class will be Common Objects, Fun Toys. From what I understand this will be about making playtime fun, by not using bought toys.

I love that idea. It helps to let the baby know what different items are used for, and teaches them what is ok to play with or not.

Something I have caught myself doing the last little while. I have to watch what I say. You know, like if the little one is not learning something or doing something, how you can slip and say, you are lazy, everybody does for you. You know stuff like that.

If there is one thing I know for sure, and should always remember. Babies are soaking up knowledge constantly. And we as parents and caregivers should always., always, say to them how smart they are, teach them to believe in themselves, and always always teach them to succeed.

The right way and the best way is every time baby does something praise them and teach them by your voice and actions, how very proud of them you are. Constantly, teach them to believe and they will succeed.

I have made myself a promise to be on the watch and lookout over my tongue. My beloved grandson will grow up to believe in himself and succeed in his life.

Yes it is we grownups who unintentionally cause the action, reaction in our babies, by our careless words.

Registration

The paperwork to register for the classes I am going to take is in. I have spoken to the people at the Volunteers of America in Baton Rouge. This is the group that provides the classes to help people like me who want to be certified to be a caregiver.

I am registering to take the Orientation Class for a Family Home Provider. There are several interesting classes that pertain to taking care of an infant to toddler ages.
Common Objects, Fun Toys.
Marvelous Music and Movement
Space for Learning and Play
Movin and Groovin with Toddlers
Books and Stories for Infants and Toddlers
Let's Play

Tomorrow, I will send back my registration packet. Each class costs $10. A person has to take 12 clock hours in classes, to be certified. And re certify each year. As each class is usually just 3 hours, and the orientation class is 4 hours, you would end up with 13 clock hours. This will carry over to the next year.

You can take classes until your reach the 120 clock hours to become certified as a CDA.

I will take my first class in February. All classes are on Saturday mornings, so this will not be a problem finding someone to watch the baby while I attend class.

The Schedule is in

Wednesday I got the paperwork in. Rather interesting all the classes you can take. I do not think that I am taking all of the courses listed. I need the 6 hour class, that will certify me to do in home day care of my grandson. I will learn more about all of this on Monday. That is when I will call and reserve my class. I will also send in the registration fees.

Work AT Home Grandmoms

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Monday

Well today I made the call to Volunteers of America located in Baton Rouge, LA.

I explained what I needed and they are sending me the schedule for classes and application to take the certification course. I hope to receive that by Wednesday.

I have been looking around on the net at different sites that are about grandparents who provide childcare for the grandchildren. I have found a few that appear to be based on my subject. Even found the one for Work at Home Grandmothers group on Ning. That seems very interesting. I have applied to join. We shall see

The Certification Process will begin Monday

Grandmothers who work at home, while taking care of their grandchildren. This is the title to my squidoo lens I started two days ago.

Monday I will make the call to the DSS to determine exactly what they need to become certified by the state so that I will be qualified to give child care to my grandson.

This blog is to give all of particulars to the actual certification needed.