1. TYPES of CHILD CARE
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2. TYPES OF CHILD CARE:
Home-Based Care: In-home care from a caregiver who come to their home
Center-Based Care: Several adults care for one or more groups of children they accept
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3. CHILD CARE CENTERS
DESCRIPTION: Primary purpose is to provide a safe environment for children
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4. CHILD CARE CENTERS ADVANTAGES: Care for basic needs of the child
DISADVANTAGES:
May be crowded and commercialized
Most only have business hours Monday-Friday
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5. Preschool
DESCRIPTION: Primary purpose is to provide educational services
3 to 5 years
Usually scheduled for 2 ½ hours in morning or afternoon
Informal play and/or emphasis on the whole child
Organized to provide for age-appropriate growth and development physically, emotionally, and socially
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6. Preschool ADVANTAGES: DISADVANTAGES: LOCAL PROGRAMS:
Provide extra stimulation and experiences and social skills prior to formal education
DISADVANTAGES:
Inconvenient unless parents can work out transportation as well as child care the rest of the day
LOCAL PROGRAMS:
Sometimes managed by religious organizations or owned by private organizations.
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7. FAMILY CHILD CARE DESCRIPTION:
Child care within a family residence that provides care for 4 or more children but no more than 6, except for school age.
ADVANTAGES:
Homelike, low ratios (1-7 including own children), lower cost
DISADVANTAGES:
Not structured, they can go about their daily jobs, and not have total thought to your child. Difficult to enforce licensing and credentials of caregiver.
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8. HEAD START DESCRIPTION:
Federal child care program that helps children from low-income families enter kindergarten at a higher level.
ADVANTAGES:
Meals, shots, health care, professional staff, gov. funded, transportation, counseling provided.
Activities focus on building self-esteem and helping children and families work together to solve problems.
Programs have a strong educational component.
DISADVANTAGES:
Children may have emotional problems
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9. MONTESSORI SCHOOLS DESCRIPTION:
Learn by doing and on their own by playing with Montessori toys. Use concrete objects and 5 senses
ADVANTAGES:
Skill-based, teaches self motivation and basic life skills
DISADVANTAGES:
Low teacher interaction, high noise
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10. UNIVERSTIY SPONSORED/ LABORATORY SCHOOLS
DESCRIPTION:
#1 goal is to teach student teachers, not the child
ADVANTAGES:
Ratios low, curriculum checked by a professional
DISADVANTAGES:
It is a lab to train students, not teach the child
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11. EMPLOYER SPONSORED CHILD CARE
DESCRIPTION:
Parents can work near child and drop in during the day
ADVANTAGES:
Promotes families, sick child care provided, parent has less sick days
DISADVANTAGES:
Child has a longer ride
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12. A public-private initiative
North Carolina's nationally recognized and award-winning early childhood initiative designed to ensure that young children enter school healthy and ready to succeed.
A public-private initiative
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13. SMART START
ADVANTAGES: improves the quality of child care, make child care more affordable and accessible, provide access to health services and offer family support.
DISAVANTAGES: Limited Enrollment
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14. NANNY/AU-PAIR DESCRIPTION: ADVANTAGES: Great demand for services
A nanny provides care in a child’s home. An au pair is a person from a foreign country who lives with a family and performs task similar to a nanny.
ADVANTAGES:
Great demand for services
DISADVANTAGES :
Cost
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15. STAY-AT-HOME PARENT Advantages- Child is in familiar surrounding
Stability of single-care giver over time
Disadvantages- Less income with one parent working
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16. Factors in choosing child care
adult-child ratio: Number of adults per number of children
cleanliness of facility: Cleanliness rating by Health Department or visual inspection
costs of child care: Total cost for one or multiple children and additional fees
discipline methods used: Age-appropriate strategies used to modify children’s behavior; time-out, rewards, loss of privileges, sets limits, but does not use harsh punishment
equipment and supplies: Items needed to use with the children to run a center or keep a child
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17. hours of operation: Days of the week facility is open and start and stop times
location of facility: Where a child care building is placed in a certain area
personal qualities of caregivers: Characteristics that are valued in someone who cares for children--- caring, patience, gentle demeanor, fairness, consistency and understanding stages of child development
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18. program activities: That promote the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of child
training and education of staff: Staff development and learning programs for workers in a center
transportation provided:Some programs pick up and deliver back home the children who attend their facility
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