Childcare
True or False: Childcare centers can't tailor their program and curriculum as long as they meet licensing guidelines
False
What is Pre-K?
Prepares four-year-old children fro Kindergarten to develop school readiness skills such as academic and social skills.
What is a Nanny?
A person who cares for a child in their own home
What is Kindergarten?
For 5-year-old children to gain socialization as well as academics. Is mandatory in TN.
What type of Childcare is the Nest?
Laboratory School Program or Employer-Sponsored Child Care
What department licenses childcare centers in Tennessee?
Department of Human Services or Department of Education
What is Early Intervention Services?
Educational services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays and their families.
What is Sick Child Care?
A child care program that offers temporary care for mildly ill children while they recover from illness.
What is Faith-based Programs?
Programs supported and operated by a religious organization such as a church or synagogue.
What is School-Age Before and After Care?
Programs that provide care for children ages 5-12 before and after school.
What is Family Child Care Home?
Provide care for at least five but not more than seven unrelated children. Up to 5 additional children related to the primary caregiver may also receive care in family child care homes.
What is an Au Pair?
A person from another country who cares for a child in their own home.
What is Mother’s Day Out?
Programs, often housed in a church that provide care for children (usually older infants through age 5) the purpose is to give parents a break.
What is childcare?
A child care center is a program for 13 or more children that provides both care and education for children.
What is Head Start?
Developed by the federal government in 1965 to promote school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by supporting their development in a comprehensive way.
Programs developed by companies to provide employees with child care that is located at or near the worksite.
What is Parent Co-operative?
A parent cooperative preschool is organized by a group of families with similar philosophies who hire a trained teacher to provide their children with a quality preschool experience.
What is Drop-in child care?
Provides care for 15 or more children not to exceed 14 hours per week and for not more than 7 hours per day for any individual child during regular working hours, Monday - Friday 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
What is a Laboratory School Program?
A program located at a secondary (high school) or post-secondary (college) campus and used to train future teachers. May also be used for research.
What is a Montessori School?
Self-directed activities are designed to increase a child's independence and development.
What is Early Head Start?
Early Head Start is a federally funded community-based program for low-income families with pregnant women, infants, and toddlers up to age 3. EHS programs provide intensive comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and to pregnant women and their families.