(a) The school-age child care program must establish an organized, informal and nonscholastic program of activities appropriate to the age, needs and interests of the children, including children with disabilities.

(b) Children must be provided with a program of self-initiated, group-initiated and staff-initiated activities which are intellectually stimulating, and foster self-reliance and social responsibility.

(c) A written daily schedule of program activities and routines which offers reasonable regularity in routines, including snack and meal periods, quiet activities and active play, and activities which provide children with opportunities for learning and self-expression is required.

(d) Children must receive instruction, consistent with their age, needs and circumstances, in techniques and procedures which will enable them to protect themselves from abuse and maltreatment.

(e) The program must make a sufficient quantity and variety of materials and play equipment available to the children. Such materials and equipment must be appropriate to the ages of the children and their developmental levels and interests, including children with developmental delays or disabilities, and promote the children's cognitive, educational, social, cultural, physical, emotional, language and recreational development.