Class 1

School age care is care of children 6 - 12.

• Recreation programs
• Home child care
• Sibling care/self care
• Licensed school-age care.

Recreation programs allows for part-time participation, it is cheaper than licensed care, located in the community, often focus on skill development.

• - Non-institutional environment: home like and relaxed
• - Cheaper
• - Flexibility for hours of care providedChildren to be more independent in decision making

• - Children are often referred as Latchkey Kids.
• - Family don’t have access to other types of care, or
• - Parents feel that the children involved are mature enough to be trusted with this type of care arrangement

• - A variety of activities available for both individual and group participation
• - Program meets the minimum standard for health, safety and adult/child ratio etc.
• - Before and after school care can be provided