Utah State Child Care Regulations Child Care Ratios

Utah Child Care Ratios StaffChildren Group Size Ages months months years old years old years old years old and over

Helps to memorize  4x2=8  7x2=14  12 x2=24  15 x2=30  20 x2= (35) ( This one doesn’t work.)

 The 2-year-old ratio is _____ staff to ___ children.  1 and 7  The 5-year-old ratio is ___ staff to ___ children.  1 and 20  The 3-year-old ratio is ___ staff to ___children.  1 and 12  The 6-month-old ratio is ___ staff to ___ children.  1 and 4  The 15-month-old ratio is ___ staff to ___ children.  1 and 4  The 4-year-old ratio is ___ staff to ___ children.  1 and 15

 The largest group size for months is ___. 8888  The largest group size for months is ____. 8888  The largest group size for 2-year-olds is __.  12  The largest group size for 3-year-olds is __.  24  The largest group size for 4-year-olds is ___.  30  The largest group size for 5-year-olds is ___.  35

 How many teachers are needed for nineteen 2-year- olds? 2222  How many teachers are needed for thirty 5-year-olds? 2222  How many teachers are needed for twenty-four 3-year- olds? 2222  How many teachers are needed for fifteen 2-year-olds? 3333

 How many teachers are needed for thirteen 3-year-olds? 2222  How many teachers are needed for twelve 3-year-olds? 1111  How many teachers are needed for thirty 4-year-olds? 2222  How many teachers are needed for twenty-one 5-year- olds? 2222

 How many teachers are needed for fifteen 4-year-olds? 2222  How many teachers are needed for fifteen 3-year-olds? 1111  How many teachers are needed for fifteen 5-year-olds? 1111

 How many rooms are needed for twenty-four 11-month or 20-month- olds? 3333  How many rooms are needed for twenty-four 2-year-olds? 2222  How many rooms are needed for twenty-four 3-year-olds? 1111  How many rooms are needed for twenty-four 4-year-olds? 1111  How many rooms are needed for twenty-four 5-year- olds? 1111

 Fourteen 11-month-olds need ____ staff and ___rooms.  4 and 2  Twenty 2-year-olds need ___ staff and ___rooms.  3 and 2  Four 3-month-olds need ___staff and ___rooms.  1 and 1  Five 20-month-olds need __staff and ___rooms.  2 and 1

 Twelve 3-year-olds need ___ staff and ___rooms.  1 and 1  Seven 2-year-olds need __ staff and ___ rooms.  1 and 1  Fifteen 4-year-olds need ___staff and ___rooms.  1 and 1  Twenty 5-year-olds need ___staff and ___rooms.  1 and 1

Next Step  Practice and memorize!!!