Professional Learning Designed for Home Child Care Providers
Practical webinars, workshops, seminars and resources for licensed and independent home child care providers across Canada.
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Built for Every Home Child Care Provider
Whether you operate under an agency or run your own independent program, the Learning Hub has resources and workshops tailored to your unique context.
Licensed Home Child Care Providers
Operating under a licensed agency? The Learning Hub supports your professional development requirements with workshops and resources that align with regulated standards, documentation practices, and curriculum frameworks used across Canada.
Independent Home Child Care Providers
Running your own home-based program? You'll find practical tools, planning templates, and professional development opportunities designed to help you build a high-quality, organized, and confident practice — on your own terms.
The HOME Framework
A practical learning framework built around four essential areas of strong, successful home child care practice. Every workshop and resource is connected to one or more parts of the HOME Framework.
H — Home Environment
Create safe, welcoming and organized home child care spaces that support play, independence, development and the needs of mixed-age groups.
O — Organization & Operations
Strengthen daily routines, documentation, administration, policies and business practices so you can operate your program with greater confidence.
M — Meaningful Learning
Plan intentional, play-based experiences, adapt activities for different ages and use observation to support children's learning and development.
E — Engaged Relationships
Build respectful relationships with children and families, communicate professionally, support positive behaviour and protect your wellbeing as a provider.
Professional Development for Home Child Care Providers
Access practical, online workshops created for licensed and independent home child care providers across Canada. Most workshops are self-paced, with selected live online sessions offered throughout the year.
Mixed-Age Programming Made Simple
Learn how to plan meaningful experiences for children of different ages, adapt activities for multiple developmental levels and organize manageable weekly programming.
Starting and Setting Up a Home Child Care Program
Learn how to choose the ages and number of children you will serve, organize your environment, select materials, create routines and prepare to welcome your first family.
Documentation Made Manageable
Discover practical ways to observe children, document meaningful learning and maintain clear records without creating unnecessary work.
Confident Conversations with Families
Develop practical strategies for communicating clearly, setting professional boundaries and managing challenging conversations with families.
Live online workshops will be clearly marked with a scheduled date, time and registration link.
Why Home Child Care–Specific Training Matters
Generic early childhood training is designed for centres. This is designed for you — the provider working in your own home, on your own schedule, with your own mixed-age group.
Built for Your Reality
Every workshop reflects the real context of home child care — small groups, mixed ages, limited prep time, and the unique challenges of working where you live.
No Fluff, Just Tools
Training that respects your time. You'll leave every session with something you can use the very next day — not just theory.
Grow Your Professional Confidence
Feel proud of the professional you are. Build the knowledge and credentials that reflect the quality of your practice.
You're Not Alone
Connect with other home child care providers across Canada who understand your work — because they're doing it too.
Your Resource Hub
Printable worksheets, planning templates, checklists, and provider tools — ready to use today.
Observation & Documentation Templates
Ready-to-use forms for capturing meaningful observations and tracking children's learning over time.
PreviewDaily Planning Sheets
Weekly and daily planning templates designed for mixed-age home child care groups.
PreviewParent Communication Checklists
Professional communication tools including intake forms, daily reports, and family engagement resources.
PreviewProfessional Portfolio Builder
Step-by-step templates to help you build a professional portfolio that reflects your skills and experience.
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20+ Years in Early Childhood Education · Licensed Home Child Care Agency Founder & Director · Home Visitor
Safia Ali
Early Childhood Educator, Home Visitor & Child Care Agency Director
Safia Ali is an Early Childhood Educator, home visitor and child care agency director with more than 20 years of experience in the early learning and home child care field. She created Home Child Care Learning Hub to provide licensed and independent home child care providers across Canada with practical training, professional guidance and ready-to-use resources.
Safia's teaching approach is supportive, realistic and based on the everyday experiences of home child care providers. Her goal is to help providers feel more confident, organized and prepared to create quality programs where children can learn, grow and thrive.
Upcoming Professional Development
All workshops are offered online and designed to fit into your busy schedule.
Documentation & Observation Essentials
Practical observation and documentation strategies for home child care providers.
Planning for Mixed-Age Groups
Engaging, developmentally appropriate planning for diverse age groups in your home program.
Building Your Professional Portfolio
Develop a portfolio that showcases your skills and supports your professional growth.
Confident Conversations with Families
Communication strategies for building strong, professional relationships with the families in your care.
What Providers Are Saying
Real feedback from home child care providers across Canada.
"The documentation workshop completely changed how I approach observations. I finally feel like I know what I'm doing — and the templates save me so much time every week."
Sarah M.
Ontario
"I've been doing home child care for six years and this is the first professional development that actually felt like it was made for me. Not for a centre — for my home program."
Priya K.
British Columbia
"The planning templates are a game changer. I used to spend hours on paperwork every Sunday. Now it takes me 20 minutes and I actually enjoy the planning process."
Danielle R.
Alberta
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