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Child daycare worker resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a child daycare worker resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in child daycare worker-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the child daycare worker position.

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List the right project manager skills

Many resumes are filtered out by hiring software before a human eye ever sees them. A robust Skills section can let recruiters (and bots) know you have the skills to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some child daycare worker interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a child daycare worker resume:

  • Kids
  • Diaper Changes
  • Child Care
  • CPR
  • Infant Room
  • Developmental Problems
  • Open Communication
  • Social Development
  • ABC
  • Front Desk
  • Clean Environment
  • Nutritious Meals
  • Potty Training
  • Healthy Environment
  • Rest Periods
  • Store Toys
  • Explore Interests

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the child daycare worker.

How to write child daycare worker experience bullet points

Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:

  • Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
  • Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
  • Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.

Here are great bullet points from child daycare worker resumes:

Work history example #1

Baby Sitter

Starting Point for Child Care and Early Education

  • Prepared food Potty trained Taught ABC's and number counting Exercised Dropped off and picked up children to and from school
  • Researched, designed and launched a corporate wide branding initiative targeting the integration of a strategic message across all communication channels.
  • Informed youth participants how to develop a babysitting business.
  • included CPR & First Aid refresher courses 2013)
  • Certified babysitter through the YMCA, multiple families with multiple children, children ranged from one year to seven years of age

Work history example #2

Child Daycare Worker

Kids 'R' Kids International

  • Increased experience working a wide range of age groups including infants, toddlers, and school aged children.
  • Interacted with children to encourage communication and exploration.
  • Completed Medication Distribution Training and obtained First Aid and CPR certification.
  • Completed timely and accurate documentation and supported the social and emotional development of infants and toddlers.
  • Incorporated NAEYC's classroom and professional standards into everyday practice.

Work history example #3

Child Care Associate

Wendy's

  • Feed, diaper, and interact with infants and toddlers.
  • Encouraged fun outdoor adventures and created infant and toddler indoor activities to promote age appropriate development.
  • Involved in hiring and training of new PCA's as well as a resource for fellow PCA's.
  • Provided childcare for children and infants while parents focused on their health goals.
  • Supplied communication assisting effectively and works well with young adults.

Work history example #4

Child Daycare Worker

YMCA

  • Received AHA Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED card; valid till 06/2017.
  • Looked after children while parents worked out, basic first aid and cpr certified, creative and quick thinking,
  • Certified babysitter through the YMCA, multiple families with multiple children, children ranged from one year to seven years of age
  • Directed various classrooms with the ages ranging from infant to school-age children.
  • Assisted with toileting and toilet training for toddlers and changing diapers.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.

If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

High School Diploma

2008 - 2008

High School Diploma

2014 - 2014

Highlight your child daycare worker certifications on your resume

Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your child daycare worker resume:

  1. First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
  2. Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED

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