ACD Chapters 22-23 Vocab

a facility in which a staff of adults provides care for children

• in-home care

• play group

• parent cooperative

• child care center

provided to many young children from a caregiver who comes to their home

• head start

• learning center

• in-home care

• play group

takes place in the caregiver’s home

• family child care

• license

• parent cooperative

• play group

a person trained to provide child care

• license

• nanny

• parent cooperative

• head start

a registration with the state that indicates child care providers meet health and safety standards

• license

• accreditation

• learning center

• transition

means that the child care provider has met strict official standards for quality child care

• license

• accreditation

• parent cooperative

• in-home care

an arrangement in which parents take turns caring for one another’s children in their own homes

• parent cooperative

• family child care

• head start

• play group

also known as a co-op, is child care that is provided by the parents of the children in the co-op

• parent cooperative

• in-home care

• play group

• family child care

a program that provides locally run child care facilities designed to help lower-income and disadvantaged children from birth to five years of age

• nanny

• child care center

• head start

• family child care

an area designed for certain types of play and learning

• circle time

• learning center

• transition

• play group