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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
Curriculum
Best Practices Training Life Skills Introductions

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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
Curriculum
Background Information
4-H CYS Partnership Youth Development and the
4-H CYS Babysitting Curriculum Promoting Life
Skills Colorado Experience
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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
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Review of Curriculum
Goals Familiarize participants with
responsibilities of babysitting Provide
participants with necessary knowledge Teach
participants skills required Help participants
develop confidence to handle situations Help
participants develop a positive attitude toward
child behavior
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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
Curriculum

• Character Concepts
• Trustworthiness
• Honesty
• Reliability
• Loyalty

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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
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• Character Concepts
• Respect
• Golden Rule
• Tolerance and Acceptance
• Nonviolence
• Courtesy

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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
Curriculum

• Character Concepts
• Responsibility
• Duty
• Accountability
• Pursue Excellence
• Self-Control

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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
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• Character Concepts
• Fairness
• Justice
• Openness

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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
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• Character Concepts
• Caring
• Concern for Others
• Charity

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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
Curriculum

• Character Concepts
• Citizenship
• Do Your Share
• Respect Authority and the Law

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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
Curriculum
Lesson 1 Curriculum Introduction
Course Requirements Responsibilities Skills ?Bab
ysitters Quiz ?Babysitter Questionnaire
?Babysitters Magic Bag ?Joys of
Babysitting ?Use Your Senses ?What I
Need to Know to be a Babysitter ?Parent Surveys
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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
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Lesson 2 Safety
Fire Safety Personal Safety Home Safety and
Security ?Guest Speaker ?Babysitters
Report ?Safety Posters ?Role Play Safety
Situations
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Lesson 3 First Aid and CPR
Basic First Aid Information Choking CPR ?Guest
Speaker ?Poison Look-Alike test ?Boo
Boo Bunnies ?First Aid Kit ?Emergency
scenarios 1-800-222-1222
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Lesson 4 Child Development
Ages and Stages Behavior Discipline ?Ages and
Stages Puzzles ?Facing Physical Challenges
?Remembering Being Little ?Seven Principles of
Discipline ?Role Play Discipline
Scenarios ?Mock Shaken Baby Syndrome ?Diapering

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Lesson 5 Nutrition
Food Safety Food Selection ?Hand Washing ?Food
Choices for Children and recipes
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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
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Lesson 6 Entertaining Children
Toys, Games, Activities Selection Safety ?Child
Entertainment Cards ?Reading Childrens
Books ?Fingerplay ?Musical
Instruments ?Walking Outdoors ?Toy Show
and Tell
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Lesson 7 The Business of Babysitting
Money Issues Promotion Relationships ?Guest
Speaker ?Babysitting Dos and Donts
?Promoting Yourself
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Lesson 8 Graduation
Demonstrations of Knowledge Community
service Recognition ? Parent/Babysitter Role
Play ? Safety Situations Role Play ?
Babysitters Magic Bags ?
Babysitters Quiz ? Operation Child Care
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Presentation of Certificates and ID Cards
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Resources
Due to the changing nature of most Internet
sites, main websites links and search terms are
provided instead of complete links.
www.redcross.org/services/hss/courses/ -
Babysitting Training Course - On-line,
downloadable materials Brevis www.brevis.com -
Glitterbug materials Consumer Product Safety
Commission www.cpsc.gov - The Super Sitter
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4-H/Army Child Youth Services Babysitting
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Resources
Nasco www.enasco.com Anatomically correct,
multicultural baby dolls, food models National
4-H Cooperative Curriculum System,
Inc. www.n4hccs.org National Dairy
Council 1-800-939-0002 to locate local Dairy
Council Office - food models, comparison cards,
nutrition information
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Resources
Poison Help Centers 1-800-222-1222 - Stickers,
magnets, educational and emergency
information Strauch, B. (2003) The Primal Teen.
New York Doubleday. University of Illinois
Extension www.urbanext.uiuc.edu Business of
Babysitting
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Resources
U.S. Fire Administration www.usfa.fema.gov Look
at the Publications and Kids sections - Ask
your local fire department for educational
publications Websites - www.4husa.org -
www.national4-hheadquarters.gov -
www.n4hccs.org - www.charactercounts.org -
www.gocybercamp.org - http//pa4h.cas.psu.ed