Part B When you work in an organization, you will need to read and interpret workplace documents. You should be familiar with the common terms used in your profession. Use online research or refer to a relevant dictionary to find the meanings of these ten words that relate to a profession in child care.

Accreditation

Child Care Resource and Referral

Drop-in Child Care

Free Play

Developmental Milestone

Licensing Inspection

Manipulative Toys

Set-aside Funding

Waiver

Wrap-around Child Care Programs

Accreditation in child care refers to the process through which a child care program receives validation as an authentic professional child care center.

Child Care Resource and Referral

Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) is a service that provides the nexus between parents, child care providers, community leaders, and policymakers about everything related to child care.

Drop-In Child Care

This refers to a care arrangement for children that allows the provision of care that is provided while parents and or guardians carry out in activities that are not employment-related, and where the parents are on the premises or otherwise easily accessible.

Free Play

When children are allowed to voluntarily intiate activities in an unstructured, manner it is referred to as free play. It allows children to stretch their imaginations while navigating and experiencing the world around them.

Free play is simply allows children to play spontaneously without limited restraints. It helps to bolster their ntural curiosity, love of discovery, and enthusiasm.

Developmental Milestone

Children acquire certain skills and abilities as they age. For every age, there are certain skills which each child must have acquired. These skills are grouped together and called developmental milestones and they are categorized according to age. By the age of 11 months for instance, an infant:

Licensing Inspection

This happens when the department of social services visits Child care facilities in order to validate their licenses and also check that they are compliant with the rules and policies of the inspecting authority.

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