EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Lesson 29: Different types of Early Childhood Care Centers

Schools for disadvantaged children

The disadvantaged child has special need which is not found in groups of other children. For these type of children a center should provide many opportunities to widen the child’s horizons to assist him to express himself orally. Notable among such preschools are the

Head start programme

It was designed for the disadvantaged children of America in 1964 by the education opportunity act to assist community financing centers, for children of limited opportunities. It was designed to improve the children’s health, help their emotional and social development by encouraging self confidence, self respect and dignity, spontaneity and self discipline, to improve the mental processes and skills and to improve their language competency.

• Balwadi
• Anganwadi