A child care worker teaches and cares for children while parents are away by organizing educational activities like games, reading, arts and crafts, and meals. They ensure children's development by teaching language, math, science, music and dance through storytelling, books, sensory play, and counting. To become a child care worker requires training, either through vocational school or a college degree in early childhood education, obtaining licenses and clear background checks, and work can take place in homes, businesses, or churches for an average salary of $9.76 per hour.