Chapter 1

1. Schools located on a postsecondary or college campus with a primary purpose of training future teachers and serving as a study group for research.
6. State-sponsored early childhood education programs that are designed for three- and four-year-old children and provide a high-quality, literary-rich environment. The goal is to enable every child with skills needed to succeed in school.
7. Preschools, usually serving children from 3 to 5 years old, that are typically formed and run by parents.
9. Standards set to ensure that uniform and safe practices are followed.
11. A comprehensive child development program developed by the federal government to strengthen the academic skills; provides a variety of medical and social services to promote healthy development for children in lowincome families, and designed mainly for four- and five-year-olds.
14. Based on self-education in multiage groups. Schools provide children freedom within limits by a rather structured approach, and a fixed method in which materials are presented.
15. Operated for charitable purposes, often sponsored by an agency.
16. Certification that an early childhood program has met a set of professional standards.

2. Tools that are agreed upon by state boards of education with the assistance of educators in the field.
3. Established standards to assess and acknowledge program quality.
4. Children who lack a regular, fixed, or nighttime residence.
5. A state-provided certificate granting permission to operate an early childhood center or a family child care home.
8. Full-day child care facilities that focus on basic nutritional, social, emotional, intellectual, and physical needs for children from birth to five years of age. May be operated by for-profit owners or corporation non-profit agencies.
10. Privately owned businesses in local communities that rely on parent fees to operate.
12. Services that hire workers who call the home to check whether the child has arrived safely.
13. Programs often sponsored by schools, houses of worship, or child care centers that provide care for children before and/or after school. They are designed for children of working families.