| A | B |
|---|
| center-based care | Caring for the child in a center outside of the home |
| home-based care | Caring for a child in the home |
| employer-sponsored | A center located on or near the job site for employees’ children |
| Preschool | A half day program for children ages 3-5 |
| Head Start | A program funded by the federal government and designed to prepare children to start school; provides locally run child care to lower-income and disadvantaged children from birth to five years old |
| nanny | A person trained to provide child care and lives with the family or comes to the home daily |
| university -sponsored/laboratory school | A child care program on a university campus or at a high school where students work and observe as part of their class work |
| Smart Start | North Carolina's nationally recognized and award-winning early childhood initiative designed to ensure that young children enter school healthy and ready to succeed |
| Montessori | A group program that encourages young children to learn independently through the use of highly specialized materials |
