The purposes of this course are to facilitate students’ awareness and knowledge of healthy developmental environment for young children. After the class, students will be able to provide healthy, safe, and developmentally appropriate environment for young children. Course content include health beliefs of early childhood care providers, physiological development and care of young children, health promotion for young children, nutritional requirements for young children, common childhood illnesses and care, infectious diseases and prevention, and safe environment for young children. Skills related to personal hygiene, nutritional food choices and preparation, medication administration, minor trauma management, and emergency handling procedures will be stressed in this course in order to enhance students’ abilities in providing developmentally appropriate and physiologically sound quality care for young children.