Parents / Children
The Child Development Parent Education Program of Continuing Ed offers a unique experience for parents and their children, newborn to age 5.
Class Descriptions
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Newborn to 12 Months
Adults learn sensitive and responsive parenting skills to foster their infants' physical, emotional, social and cognitive growth by interacting with the infant in a creative learning environment. Adults share and learn from their children, the instructor and each other.
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12 to 23 Months/Walking - Talking
Adults learn how to create a safe, nurturing environment in which to maximize the enjoyment of their child's unique and developing personality. Focus on active exploration of how toddlers learn and develop through play.
Prerequisite: Child must be 12 months and walking.
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24 to 36 Months/Discovering Me
Adults and children learn together how to make the transition from babyhood to childhood. Focus on the language-learning, play fantasy and exploration that are part of overall development and become the groundwork for intellectual growth in the two-year old.
Prerequisite: Child must be 24 months.
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3 to 5 Years/Preschool Experience
Course focus is on building skills that strengthen families and prepare the preschool child for kindergarten. Parents develop family communication and problem solving skills while expanding their knowledge of the preschooler's social, emotional, physical, cognitive and language development. The child participates in age appropriate activities in a preschool environment.
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Outdoor Classroom
Introduction for the parent/caregiver to the practical application of positive parenting techniques in the outdoor classroom. Children and adults develop an appreciation of nature through ecological awareness. The class meets weekly at different outdoor sites throughout the San Diego area.
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Child Development 5 Volunteer
Develop skills as an elementary school parent volunteer through practical experience and classroom instruction. Child's growth and development - intellectual, emotional, social and physical - and positive ways of working with preschool and elementary school age children are emphasized.