PCD Objective 2.01

An example of a publicly sponsored program is

• Head Start
• child care provided by an employer
• a franchise center
• a parent cooperative

In her first schools, Montessori stressed

• color recognition
• cognitive development
• nutrition, cleanliness, manners and sensory training
• social development

The primary reason Head Start was created 

• provide child care so parent can work
• improve the health of preschool children
• improve academic skills of children
• help overcome the effects of poverty

The program is typically offered in someone's home and offer small group sizes

• Head start

• Child Care Centers

• Montessori

• Family Child Care Homes

These programs do no always have to be licensed

• Parent Cooperatives

• School-Age Care

• Head Start

• Family Child Care Homes

The emphasis in this program is self education and independance

• Kindergarten
• Child Care Centers
• School-Age care
• Montessori

This program is located on a post-secondary, college campus or in a high school. They focus on training future teachers.

• Parent Cooperatives
• Laboratory Schools
• Family Child Care Homes
• Head Start

A single dad works in an office complex downtown. He takes his special needs preschooler to the childcare room provided by his company, so he can easily check on him as often as needed during the day. What type of childcare is this?

• Employer-sponsored childcare
• Family childcare
• Stay-at-home parent
• University-sponsored/laboratory school

Jan takes her son to child care where she does not have to pay a fee, her son receives medical services, and she obtains advice from social services workers about feeding and other parenting responsibilities. What type of child care is this?

• Family child care
• Head Start
• Montessori
• Preschool

Mary has to be at work early in the morning and works late most afternoons. Which factor that influences child care selection is this?

• Cost of child care
• Hours of operation
• Location
• Rating