Caring for children from 6 weeks to 24 months is a unique and deeply important responsibility. In this stage of rapid growth and discovery, infants and toddlers rely on caregivers for their safety, health, and emotional security, while also beginning to explore their world through movement, play, and interaction. This course provides the essential safety, health, hygiene, and classroom organization skills you need to support children through these earliest and most formative years.

You’ll learn critical safety practices for both infants and toddlers, including safe sleep guidelines, hazard prevention, and age-appropriate supervision strategies. The course also covers health and hygiene routines such as diapering, early toileting readiness, bottle and feeding safety, mealtime practices, handwashing, and illness prevention to ensure the well-being of both children and staff.

In addition, you’ll explore organization strategies to create environments that meet the developmental needs of two distinct stages—infants who require calm, predictable spaces and toddlers who need safe opportunities for movement and exploration. You’ll learn how to design flexible classroom layouts, arrange materials for accessibility, establish consistent routines, and adapt transitions to fit the needs of mixed-age groups.

By the end of this course, you’ll have the skills, confidence, and knowledge to create a safe, healthy, and well-organized environment that supports physical growth, cognitive development, emotional security, and social interaction—helping children thrive during their first two years of life.