Early Childhood (chapter 2)

Dental, medical, and mental health services are provided for children.

• Child Care Centers

• kindergartens

• Montessori Schools

• Head Start Programs

Children interact with materials that are self-correcting and require little adult guidance.

• High School Child Care Programs

• Laboratory Schools

• Montessori Schools

• Parent Cooperatives

States may require licensing or certification by a community agency.

• Family Child Care Home

• Kindergartens

• Child Care Centers

• School-age Programs

May focus on providing custodial care while parents or guardians are at work or school.

• High School Child Care Programs

• Child Care Centers

• Laboratory Schools

• Family Child Care Homes

Press the theory that children learn best by being active.

• Head Start Programs

• Parent Cooperatives

• Montessori Schools

• School-age Programs

Provide vocational training for future child care professionals.

• High School Child Care Programs

• Kindergartens

• Laboratory Schools

• School-age Programs

Exist to provide training for future teachers and to serve as a study group for research.

• Child Care Centers

• High School Child Care Programs

• Montessori Schools

• Laboratory Schools

Allow secondary students to work with the preschool children of high school students, faculty, and community members.

• Kindergartens

• High School Child Care Programs

• Parent Cooperatives

• Laboratory Schools

Are part of many school systems today and require children to be at least four years old.

• Kindergartens

• Child Care Centers

• Family Child Care Home

• Parent Cooperatives

Enrolled children spend about half the day in creative activities.

• Head Start Programs

• Child Care Centers

• Kindergartens

• Montessori Schools