Create Your Own Daycare Project

This project gives student's the opportunity to get creative and display their knowledge on different types of play and daycare structures to create their own personalized daycare. I use this project in my Child Development course during the Ages 1-3 unit.

What's Included?

1. Child Care, Early Education & The Importance of Play Google Slideshow (27 slides)

• Covers the following topics:
• Different types of daycare centers
• How to tell if a child is doing well in daycare
• The benefits of play on all areas of development
• The importance of play
• Different types of play

2. Create Your Own Daycare Center Rubric

• The rubric includes specifications on:
• permanent structures
• non-permanent structures
• learning centers (that are based on the different types of play)
• class rules

3. Student example

Before starting this project, I like to introduce good and bad examples of day care, by watching Daddy Day Care and using these video notes!