There are many settings that a child could be cared for, such as: creches, day nursery, after-school clubs, preschools, child-minders, schools, parent and toddler groups and many more.
This settings can be statutory, voluntary, private or independent settings.
Day nurseries takes care and educates children from age 3 moths to 5 years, they are mostly private settings. Such settings are open all week, they can be half or full day nurseries, anything that can match the need of working parents. the adult to children ratio it usually goes from 1:3 to 1:8, depending if the person is qualified.
Preschools are usually registered with the local authorities, the people that run them are volunteers committees most of the time, they can provide morning or afternoon sessions, they do not provide …show more content…
Caring for children with ages from
2-5 years and because they work only on school term time makes them different from the day nurseries. Child-minders are professional care takers that use their home to take care of other families children with ages between 0-8 years of age, up to 6 children depending on their age, and they are consider child-minders if they do so for more then 2 hours a day and get payed for it. They are registered with the local authorities and follow certain rules, the advantage of this setting is that children can enjoy real-life learning experiences, by walks in the parks and libraries or preparing their own meals and so on. For families this setting is convenient in case they have more then one child so they can leave in the care of the child-minder more siblings of different ages, they can offer services as pickup and drop-off and support during the holidays or after-school, as well as help with homework, some of them are very flexible even offering overnight care in case of an
This settings can be statutory, voluntary, private or independent settings.
Day nurseries takes care and educates children from age 3 moths to 5 years, they are mostly private settings. Such settings are open all week, they can be half or full day nurseries, anything that can match the need of working parents. the adult to children ratio it usually goes from 1:3 to 1:8, depending if the person is qualified.
Preschools are usually registered with the local authorities, the people that run them are volunteers committees most of the time, they can provide morning or afternoon sessions, they do not provide …show more content…
Caring for children with ages from
2-5 years and because they work only on school term time makes them different from the day nurseries. Child-minders are professional care takers that use their home to take care of other families children with ages between 0-8 years of age, up to 6 children depending on their age, and they are consider child-minders if they do so for more then 2 hours a day and get payed for it. They are registered with the local authorities and follow certain rules, the advantage of this setting is that children can enjoy real-life learning experiences, by walks in the parks and libraries or preparing their own meals and so on. For families this setting is convenient in case they have more then one child so they can leave in the care of the child-minder more siblings of different ages, they can offer services as pickup and drop-off and support during the holidays or after-school, as well as help with homework, some of them are very flexible even offering overnight care in case of an