Kindergarten Assistant
Overview
This course prepares you to take charge of a kindergarten classroom or work as a nursery assistant. Over 60 hours of theoretical and practical training, delivered at CIS branches across Lebanon and online, you will learn how to plan and run early childhood activities, manage a classroom of young children, and support their social, emotional, and cognitive growth. The Arabic name of this course, “مساعدة حاضنة أطفال,” translates to kindergarten or childcare assistant, reflecting its focus on both classroom teaching and nursery care.
The course combines child development theory with hands on classroom practice, including creative and contemporary teaching methods, curriculum planning, child assessment, and health and safety procedures for young children. By the end of the course, you will be equipped to manage a kindergarten classroom or nursery setting with confidence.
What You Will Learn
- Apply early childhood education theories and developmentally appropriate practice in the classroom
- Set up and manage a kindergarten classroom, including layout, visuals, and learning centers
- Design and lead play based and inquiry based learning activities
- Plan curriculum and lessons across the aesthetic, cognitive, language, physical, and social domains
- Create assessment rubrics and feedback tools for young children
- Support children’s emotional and social development, including confidence, self-control, and communication skills
- Recognize early language and speech development issues in young children
- Apply hygiene, fire safety, and nutrition procedures appropriate for a kindergarten or nursery setting
Course Curriculum
| Module | What you cover |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Early Childhood Education | Professionalism, developmentally appropriate practice, and the history and theoretical models of early education |
| Classroom Management | Setting rules, using visuals, child-centered approaches, balancing passive and active activities, and reward systems |
| Creative Classroom Display and Decoration | Arranging furniture, charts and pictures, seating layout, classroom library, play area, and digital area |
| Creative and Contemporary Learning Methods | Play based learning techniques (singing, color mixing, role play, sensory activities) and inquiry based learning |
| Story Telling and Teaching Aids | Sharing books with preschoolers, rhyme and repetition, story telling with puppets, accessories, and picture clues |
| Curriculum Development and Lesson Planning | Planning small group and whole group activities, the comprehensive curriculum domains, and lesson planning steps |
| Child Assessment and Rubrics Creation | Designing holistic and analytic rubrics, defining criteria, writing kid friendly remarks, and self-assessment tools |
| Building Emotional and Social Competence | Building confidence, emotional stability, self-control, communication, sharing, and calming strategies |
| Brain Developing Activities | Executive function activities, empathy building, memory training, creative thinking through art, and logical reasoning games |
| Language and Speech Development | Components of language, creating a language rich environment, and recognizing language delay and speech-sound problems |
| Communication with Parents | Building trust, effective communication strategies, and hosting parent discussions |
| Hygiene Maintenance and Fire Safety | Hygiene procedures, hand washing practices, identifying fire hazards, and evacuation safety talks with children |
| Children’s Food Allergies and Nutrition | Emergency care plans for allergies, anaphylaxis management, and age appropriate nutrition and meal planning |
| Special Education Cases Management | Assessment criteria, instructional strategies, developmental milestones, and managing intellectual, physical, and behavioral needs |
Who This Course Is For
- Prospective kindergarten teachers and nursery or childcare assistants
- Practicing teachers who want practical, hands on early childhood education skills
Target audiences
- Prospective kindergarten teachers and nursery or childcare assistants
- Practicing teachers seeking practical early childhood education skills
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