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2. Fast Facts: Child care (4) - National Center for Education ...

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   In 2019, approximately 59 percent of children age 5 and younger and not enrolled in kindergarten were in at least one weekly nonparental care arrangement, as reported by their parents. Among children in a weekly nonparental care arrangement, 62 percent were attending a day care center, preschool, or prekindergarten (center-based care), 38 ...

3. NCES Blog | What Do Parents Look for When Choosing an Early ...

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   The short answer to this question is reliability. However, new 2019 data from the National Household Education Surveys (NHES) program indicate that parents typically consider many factors when choosing care arrangements for their young children. The Early Childhood Program Participation: 2019 survey found that 59 percent of children age 5 and ...

4. Early Child Care in Single-Parent and Two-Parent Families: 2019

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   FIGURE 1. Child care in 2019: Percentage of children in at least one type of weekly child care, and among those in care, percentage in multiple types of weekly child care, by family structure. Percent. 26 58 65 In multiple types of care (among children in weekly child care) In weekly child care 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 17 Two-parent ...

5. Child care - Wikipedia

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   Childcare, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks of age to 18 years. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child (ren), childcare typically refers to the care provided by caregivers that are not the child's parents.

6. Play as Place: A Safe Space for Young Children to Learn ... - ed

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   Piaget describes “assimilation” as the process by which the child transforms the world to meet his or her personal needs (Piaget, 1962). The child identifies and transforms their imaginative world of play to meet their need for security and balance reality with imagination. For example, preschoolers will often find everyday objects to meet ...

7. Early Learning: About - U.S. Department of Education

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   Connect. Early Learning at ED. To improve the educational and social emotional outcomes for young children from birth through 3rd grade, the Department administers programs and promotes initiatives that increase access to high-quality early learning programs, improve the early learning workforce, and build state capacity to support high-quality ...