Setting up daycare

Day care centre (DCC) means the ______ in which care is provided at any one time for ten or more children unrelated to the grantee.

• premises

• location

• area

• centre

Infants means birth to 1 year, older toddler 2-3v yrs and preschooler

• from 3 years

• from 4 years

• from 5 years

in types of daycare centre-based care may also be ______ child or daycare centres, nursery school or preschools.

• labelled

• tagged

• printed

______ issues recommendentions relating to the organization and structure of daycare centres, particularly those that provide care for infants and toddlers

• NAEYC

• Taleem Idara o Agahi

Recommending ratios for staff to chid are: no more than 4 infants each caregiver and no more than ______ infants per one group of children in centre-based care

• eight

• ten

• six

• seven

Advantages of centre-based care are: trained and supervised, more resources and equipment, care is still available if staff member is absent and

• centres are more likely to be licensed & subject to state regulation

• preschool are more likely to be licensed & subject to state law

• daycare are more likely to be registered & subject to state regulation

A greater likelihood of exposure to communicable illnesses and larger groups of children may mean less individual attention for the child is

• disadvantage of centre-based care

• advantage of centre-based care

_______ childcare providers offer care for children in the provider's home. Regulations usually require providers to meet minimum health, safety and _______ standards

• Family, nutrition

• Personal, nutrition

• Family, development

________ often make this childcare choice because they prefer their children to stay in a more home-like environment.

• Parents

• Caregivers

• Teachers

• Facilitators

The ______ Academy of Paediatrics recommends that family childcare providers should have ____ children or fewer per one adult caregiver, including the caregiver's own children.

• American, 6

• European, 6

• American, 8

• European, 4