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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. Expression of approval.
Caregiver
Praise
Indirect guidance
Skinner
2. Allows the child care facility to operate pending the issuance of a regular license.
Service Staff
Moral Development
Temporary License
Development
3. Most visible type of abuse such as bites - burns - bruises - broken bones or other unexplainable non-accidental injuries
Diversity
Physical abuse
Mission Statement
MECA
4. Five levels. Assumed human nature was good not bad - and we continually need to fulfill needs. Pyramid
Persuade
Object permanence
Fine motor
Maslow
5. An oath or set of moral principles - determined by a professional organization for its members.
CDA
Code of Ethics
Praise
Neglect
6. 'Howard Gardner identifies seven different human intelligences that allow us to engage in learning and help us make sense of the world.'
Lifelong learner
Multiple Intelligences
Self-help Skills
Adult to Child Ratio
7. A detailed account of behavior over a particular period of time.
Emotional development
Model
Separation anxiety
Running record
8. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.
Usable Space
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Multiple Intelligences
Cover Letter
9. The Mississippi State Department of Health - responsible for granting licence to operate a child care center
Licensing Agency
School-age child care
Diversity
Piaget
10. School program that offers students the opportunity for on-the-job learning.
Toddler
Work-based learning
Moral Development
Bachelor's Degree
11. Children learn through four stages of development one being sensorimotor.
Immunization
Piaget
Emotional development
Subjective observation
12. The written plan giving an overall view - vital to planning a balanced curriculum.
Direct Guidance
Ongoing assessment
Developmental milestones
Block plan
13. 'Permission granted by an agency of government to an individual to engage in a given profession or occupation - once an applicant has met qualifications standards.'
Reflex
Licensure
Preschooler
Nanny
14. Workers who are self-employed or own their own business.
Infant
Entrepreneurs
Active listening
Bachelor's Degree
15. Recording your opinions rather than facts as to why you believe a behavior is occurring.
Subjective observation
Developmental milestones
Anecdotal records
Nutrition
16. Schools provide children with freedom within limits by a structured approach. Stress the theory that children learn best by being active and doing.
Montessori Schools
Temporary License
Participation charts
Physical development
17. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Bachelor's Degree
Preschooler
Montessori Schools
Developmental milestones
18. Developed to meet the developmental needs of children from low-income homes. Also dental - medical - and mental health services are provided for children
Pica
Head Start Programs
Cephalocaudal principal
Articulation
19. A person that provides care in the childs home and may receive food and housing in addition to wages
Family child care
Dawdling
Nanny
Proximodistal principle
20. A degree earned upon completing at least thirty hours beyond a Bachelor's degree.
Masters Degree
Neglect
Toddler
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
21. A license issued at the licensing agencies discretion where violations may endanger the health or safety of the children - but only when such violations may be corrected within a specified period. Period of time may be no longer than six months.
Kindergartens
Code of Ethics
Ongoing assessment
Probational License
22. When someone demonstrates how to appropriately complete a task - action or behavior.
Suggest
School-age child care
Model
raffic pattern
23. How children interact with others and the world around them.
Pica
Job Shadowing
Social development
emotional abuse
24. A tool used to determine what the children know before instruction begins
Piaget
Initial assessment
Budget
Adult to Child Ratio
25. An injection of antigens given to a person to provide immunity from a certain disease
Immunization
Dawdling
Application
Pre-operational stage
26. A learning experience that is spur of the moment - could be teachable moments -unplanned events.
Early Childhood
Indirect learning experience
Parent Cooperatives
Cover Letter
27. The inability for the body to control the level of sugar in the blood
Skinner
Diabetes
Moral Development
School-age child care
28. A tool used to determine mastery over a period of time.
Licensure
Subjective observation
Ongoing assessment
Redirect
29. An experience planned by the teacher with a specific goal in mind.
Direct learning experience
Entrepreneurs
Anecdotal records
Work-based learning
30. The way children move through the classroom.
Physical abuse
Fine motor
Self-help Skills
raffic pattern
31. A list of characteristics or skills considered normal for children in a certain age group.
Developmental milestones
Infant
Usable Space
Physical abuse
32. A natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
Direct learning experience
Aptitude
Direct Guidance
Portfolios
33. Is the action involving the small muscles of the hands - as in handwriting - stringing beads - cutting or Legos.
Diabetes
Active listening
Running record
Fine motor
34. Child birth to 12 months
Object permanence
Infant
Active listening
Emotional development
35. 'The pre-operational stage occurs between ages two and six - during which language - symbolic play - and drawing skills are developed.'
Theme
Kindergartens
Entrepreneurs
Pre-operational stage
36. Allow children to go to their homes after school and receive calls from caregivers to be sure there are no problems
Checking-in services
Separation anxiety
ognitive/ intellectual development
Licensure
37. Developed the psychoanalytical theory. Anecdotal records - rating scales - checklist
Curriculum
Frequency count
Adult to Child Ratio
Freud
38. A type of observation centering on a specific event in form of written notes
Praise
Temperament
Self-help Skills
Anecdotal records
39. (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale) an evaluation used for learning activities for programs working with children 2 ½ years to 5 years. The subscales learning activity areas are: fine motor; art; music & movement; blocks; sand and water play;
Nutrition
Early Childhood
Budget
ECERS
40. A person who is willing to learn new information and acquire new skills throughout his or her life.
Entrepreneurs
Lifelong learner
Moral Development
Gardner
41. The evaluation of a program that has been evaluated by an external body to meet certain standards of quality.
Accreditation
Active Listing Skills
Kindergartens
Service learning
42. A degree earned once courses of study has been earned or completed usually at the end of a two year period after high school.
Guidance
Prompt
Associate Degree
Professional
43. The Child Development Associate National Credentialing Program provides performance-based training - assessment and credentialing for participants.
Family child care
Vygotsky
CDA
Entrepreneurs
44. National Association for the Education of Young Children is the professional organization for early childhood education and child care in the United States.
Synapses
NAEYC
Regular License
Social development
45. Extreme allergic reaction
Interpersonal Skills
Director
Sensorimotor stage
Anaphylactic Shock
46. The development of a child's cognitive - social - emotional - and physical skills through the sequence of changes.
MECA
Skinner
Licensure
Maturation
47. Issued when all conditions and requirements for licensure have been met. The licensure period may not last more than a year.
Communicable Diseases
Guidance
Regular License
Motor sequence
48. How information moves from one neuron to another
Auditory signals
Synapses
Work-based learning
Praise
49. Type of abuse that may involve inappropriate or unwanted touches - or sexual contact
Skinner
Social development
Frequency count
Sexual Abuse
50. Mississippi Early Childhood Association: is the largest state organization for early childhood professionals.
Transitions/Closures
Director
MECA
Development
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