Head Start Basics
This Federal program promotes school readiness for children from low-income families through education, health, nutrition, and family engagement services.
What is Head Start
Running, jumping, and climbing are examples of these skills.
What is gross motor skills?
These individuals are a child's first and most important teachers.
Who are parents or caregivers?
At least this percentage of enrolled children should be eligible for special education services.
What is 10 percent?
Head Start Provides screenings for vision with the assistance of this program
What is the Lions
These may require special meal accommodations.
What are food allergies?
Children from birth to age 3 are served by this program.
Early Head Start?
The ability to share, cooperate, and build relationships falls under this area of development.
What is social-emotional development?
What is family partnership planning?
Programs collaborate with this federal law's service system to support eligible children with disabilities.
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act? IDEA
When a child is too ill to participate in program activities, with an acute change in behavior, and a fever of or above 101.
What is health policy on sending child home?
This meal component must be served at breakfast everyday.
What is milk?
Staff who suspect child maltreatment are legally required to be this.
What are mandated reporters?
This practice involves modifying instruction and environments to meet the needs of all learners.
What is individualization?
Family partnership goals should be developed using this approach, emphazing family strengths and priorities.
What is a strengths-based approach?
The document outlines specialized services and supports for preschool-aged children with disabilties.
What is an IEP ( Individualized Education Program)
This practice of one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of germs.
What is handwashing?
CACFP stands for this.
What is Child and Adult Care Food Program?
This document must be updated at least once every five years and drives program design decisions.
What is the community assessment?
This framework outlines expectations for children's development and learning from birth to age 5.
What is the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework?
Families should participate in decision-making through committees, councils, and this required leadership group.
What is the Policy Council?
For infants and toddlers receiving early intervention services, this document guides support planning.
What is IFSP ( Individualized Family Service Plan)?
Children must never be left without this type of supervision.
Competent supervision
Children must be offered all required meal components under this serving style.
What is family-style dining?
These individuals are a child's first and most important teachers.
Who are parents and caregivers?
Teachers use this process to gather information about children's progress over time.
What is ongoing assessment?
Communication with families should be respectful, culturally responsive and ________________.
What is on-going?
Head Start collaborates with local education and early intervention agencies to coordinate__________.
What are services?
These must be conducted regularly so everyone so everyone knows how to respond during emergencies.
What are emergency evacuation or fire drills?
Bacteria grow fastest in this temperature range.
What is the Danger Zone (40 F - 140 F) ?
These should be cleaned and sanitized between preparing raw and ready-to-eat-foods.
What are cutting boards, knives and utensils?
This center supports literacy through books, storytelling, and print-rich materials.
What is the library or reading center?
Families should be encouraged to do these activities for different developmental domains at home?
What are school to homes?
What is written consent?
New York State requires child care providers to complete this many hours of training every two years
What is 30 hours
This food tool is used to verify food temperatures.
What is a food thermometer?
This Federal Agency oversees Head Start programs Nation wide.
What is the Administration for Children and Families? ( ACF)
This strategy helps children know what to expect throughout the day.
What is a consistent routine?
Helping families build a calm-down area in their home can help children practice this skill.
What is self-regulation?
These screenings identify possible concerns with a child's development.
Staff-child ratios vary based primarily on children's this.
What is age?
True or False: Wearing gloves eliminates the need to wash hands.
What is False?
What is kindergarten?
Teaching this skill to parents can help them regulate self or their child.
What is breathing exercises.
Teachers may adapt materials, activities, or environment to meet children's individual ________.
What are needs.
A daily classroom routine that promotes oral health, independence, and healthy habits?
What is supervised toothbrushing?
This can happen when raw meat juices touch ready-to-eat foods.
What is cross-contamination?