Chapter Two

3. A school that teaches religious dogma.
5. A federally funded comprehensive program for low-income infants, toddlers, and pregnant women.
7. Child care that begins in the morning and goes through the day, often arranged for the hours that parents work.
10. A place for care of children for a large portion of their waking day; includes basic caregiving activities of eating, dressing, resting, and toiling, as well as playing and learning time.
11. Keeping children back one year or allowing children to repeat one year in school.
12. The practice of placing children of several levels, generally one year apart, into the same classroom. Also referred to as family grouping, heterogeneous groups, multiage grouping, vertical grouping, and ungraded classes.

1. A school or class for children 4-6 years old; in the US, it is the first year of formal, public school.
2. Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale for assessment of quality of early learning programs in home care settings.
4. Care for children in a small, homelike setting; usually six or fewer children in a family residence.
6. The first federally funded, large-scale, comprehensive program for low-income children who are 3, 4, & 5 years old.
8. Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale for evaluating quality in early learning settings serving children 2+ through 5 years of age.
9. Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale for evaluating quality in early learning settings designed for children from birth to 2+ years of age.