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Term Definition
General Terms
child care center A place for care of children for a large portion of their waking day; includes
basic caretaking activities (eating, dressing, resting, and toileting) as well
as playing and learning time
comprehensive A program that is concerned with all types of children’s needs --- physical,
intellectual, social, emotional, creative, and health
traditional nursery The core of early childhood educational theory and practice; program
school designed for children aged two-and-a-half to five years; may be
part-of-a-day or an all-day program