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Type of childcare
100

According to NAEYC, one trained adult should not care for more than 10 children with a maximum class size of 20.

What is a preschool classroom?

100

A security fob required to enter a facility, requiring fenced-in playgrounds, rounded corners in hallways.

What are safety measures?

100

Child care programs integrate children and the elderly in an early childhood and adult care facility.

What is intergenerational?

200

According to NAEYC, one trained adult should not care for more than 4 children with a maximum class size of 8

What is infant classroom?

200

Accounts for nearly 30% of a family's income.

What is child care?

200

Child care is conducted in specially designed and constructed centers, churches, YMCAs and YWCAs, and other such facilities.

What is center-based?

300

According to NAEYC, the ratio in my classroom is 1:12 with a cap of 24 students. 

What is kindergarten?

300

Center-based programs that have positive impacts on young children’s development provide some combination of the following features:

  • highly-skilled staff,
  • small class sizes and high adult-to-child ratios,
  • a language-rich environment,
  • age-appropriate curricula and stimulating materials in a safe physical setting,
  • warm, responsive interactions between staff and children

What is a quality early childhood center?

300

To meet the needs of working parents, some employers provide child care at the work site and/or subsidize the cost of employee child care.

What is Employer-sponsored?

400

According to NAEYC, the ratio in my classroom is 1:6 with no more than 12 children. 

What is toddler classroom?

400

A classroom assessment tool designed to measure the quality of group programs for infants and toddlers (birth to age 3) by collecting data through classroom observations and a staff interview. The assessment is a 43-item rating scale organized into seven environmental subscales.

What is an Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS)?

400

Public schools, center-based programs, community and faith-based agencies, and individuals all offer programs that extend the school day with tutoring, special activities, and a safe space.

What is before and after school care?
500

According to NAEYC, the ratio in my classroom is 1:15 with a maximum number of 30. 

What is a school age classroom?

500

Getting to know each child's development levels and using scaffolding techniques. Asking questions that will get the child thinking. Providing activities that the child finds interesting. 

What is a challenging environment?

500

Some child care centers are run by corporations, businesses, or individual proprietors for the purpose of making a profit; these programs often emphasize an educational component.

What is proprietary?