HD 422 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Maria Montessori, Child Care, Grade Retention
3 Oct 2017
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Chapter 1: overview of early care and education and program administration. Brief history: day nurseries (1850s), concerned with sanitation and physical health, for working mothers mainly of the lower class, nursery schools (early 1900s), england 3 & 4-year-old poor children, us (1923), 3 & 4-year-old middle and upper income. It was felt that children benefit from peers and play. Group care decreased emotional stress and increased exploration. Factors influencing early childhood programs: demographics: poverty/single parenthood/maternal employment, child abuse, child health concerns, families in need of support, early childhood initiatives. Health care concerns: lack of prenatal care. Inadequate nutrition: not fully immunized, unsafe, stress producing environments. Infant child care: birth- 3 years, need more quality care, most expensive child care, higher costs: adult/child ratio (1 caregiver/ 3 or 4 infants, some believe care center takes over family responsibilities and children have attachment problems.
