Program Quality
Families
Health and Safety
Curriculum Models
100

LICENSCED OR REGISTERED?

Provides care to 7-12 children 13 or younger for at least 2 hours, but less than 24 hours, for 3+ days a week in the primary caregiver's home

What is a licensed program?

100

The family that a child is born into

What is family of origin?

100

Parasite commonly spread in childcare centers via hair

What is lice?

100

Federally funded program for low-income families to enhance health, well-being, and early learning and development

What is Head Start?

200

LICENSED OR REGISTERED?

Provides care for up to 6 unrelated children during school hours and 6 additional after school hours for at least 4 hours a day, 3+ days a week in the primary caregiver's home

What is a registered program?

200

Emails, newsletters, notes home, etc

What is one-way communication?

200
Activity that must be completed before eating/handling food, after diapering a child, and more

What is hand washing?

200

Childcare curriculum founded in China in the 1980s with an emphasis on extensive, uninterrupted, and unguided true play.

What is Anji Play?

300

QRIS that revolves around 10 standards of care including assessment, staff competencies, families, and the physical environment. This system allows you to maintain accreditation for 5 years

What is NAEYC?

300

A full, equal, and equitable relationships among families and educators that promotes the children's learning and development

What is family engagement?

300

Temperature that warrants a child being sent home

What is 101 degrees?

300

Core Components:

- Trained teachers

- Multiage classroom

- Child-directed work

- Uninterrupted work periods

- Specialized materials

What is Montessori?

400

QRIS that lets programs sit in one of four tiers of accreditation. This program includes the following key components: standards criteria, accountability, support, consumer education, and financial incentives.

What is Texas Rising Star?

400

When a family feels included, valued, and seen in a program and participates in a variety of ways.

What is a family partnership?

400

Length of time a child must be symptom-free without medication to return to school

What is 24 hours?

400

Gives children a chance to participate in an in-depth investigation of a real-world topic of their choice. This takes place in three stages: planning, developing, concluding.

What is the Project Approach?

500

QRIS that revolves around a self study to guide the accreditation process. The program uses four categories for standards: administration, professional development, family engagement, and program health and safety.

What is Early Learning Leaders?

500

Views the family as a valuable source of knowledge and experience

What is the Funds of Knowledge approach?

500

Type of toy that cannot be used in schools

What are shooting toys?

500

Dr. Quong's least favorite curriculum model

What is Frog Street?

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