Unit 1: The Childcare Professional

The period of life from birth to nine years of age.

• Prekindergarten
• Early Childhood
• Family Child Care Home
• Entrepreneur

a person who starts their own business

• Entrepreneur
• Au Pair
• Accredited
• Custodial Care

Child care that is provided in a private home.

• Au Pair
• Montessori Approach
• School-Age Child Care Programs
• Family Child Care Home

A national credential that requires postsecondary courses in child care education and a minimum number of hours of child care experience. To be eligible for this credential, a person must be eighteen years of age and have a high school diploma.

• Entrepreneur
• Montessori Approach
• Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential
• Universal pre-kindergarten (UPK)

A program developed by the federal government to strengthen the academic skills of children from low-income homes, and designed mainly for four- and five-year-olds.

• Montessori Approach
• Head Start
• Prekindergarten
• Custodial Care

The full range of early childhood programs including schools based programs for three and four year old, preschool, child care, head start and home.

• Prekindergarten
• Head Start
• Family Child Care Home
• Entrepreneur

A guiding set of moral principles

• Au Pair
• Montessori Approach
• Ethics
• Head Start

A person from a foreign country who lives with a family and provides child care in exchange for room, board, and transportation

• School-Age Child Care Programs
• Custodial Care
• Entrepreneur
• Au Pair

Schools provide children freedom within limits by a rather structured approach, and a fixed method in which materials are presented.

• Entrepreneur
• Montessori Approach
• Family Child Care Home
• Head Start

Child care programs that are formed and run by parents who wish to take part in their children's preschool experience.

• Parent Cooperatives
• Universal pre-kindergarten (UPK)
• Prekindergarten
• Family Child Care Home