Child Care Quality Quiz

What is one indicator of high quality child care programs?

• Strict discipline and punishment

• Warm and caring providers

• Limited materials and equipment

• Unorganized activity areas

What should the child care environment be like?

• Unsafe and disorderly

• Limited materials and equipment

• Messy and disorganized

• Neat and clean

What should child care providers guide children in?

• Teaching social skills

• Ignoring children's needs

• Blaming and criticizing

• Punishing children

What is an essential aspect of providing quality care?

• Criticizing children

• Punishing children

• Ignoring children's individual needs

• Building trusting relationships

What contributes to the overall welfare of the children and their families in a quality child care program?

• Lack of policies and procedures

• No parent involvement

• Limited services

• Clear and concise policies and procedures

What should child care providers have confidence in providing?

• Limited services for children requiring extra support

• Unhealthy outdoor and indoor play opportunities

• No consultation with outside specialists

• Safe and healthy outdoor and indoor play opportunities

What is an important aspect of a quality child care program?

• No respect for parent involvement

• No awareness of each child's stage of development

• Continual child care provider growth and development

• Lack of parent involvement

What should child care providers be respectful of?

• Cultural differences

• Lack of interest in health and nutrition

• No provision of services for children requiring extra support

• No consultation with outside specialists

What should child care providers allow children to do?

• Use concrete materials to enhance their natural curiosity

• No imaginative play opportunities

• No time to play and explore

• Limited play and exploration

What is an important aspect of a quality child care program?

• No awareness of each child's stage of development and interest in health and nutrition

• No consultation with outside specialists for individual child and family needs

• No respect for parent involvement

• Lack of child care provider and parent contract