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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. Developed the psychoanalytical theory. Anecdotal records - rating scales - checklist
Freud
Regular License
Diversity
ECERS
2. Influencing children's thoughts or actions.
Licensing Agency
Interpersonal Skills
Persuade
Nanny
3. Special room or space to seperate children who become sick or show signs of a communicable disease
Attire
Isolation Room
Work-based learning
Direct Guidance
4. Activities done on a daily basis such tolieting - eating - and dressing.
Skinner
Developmental milestones
Routine
Fine motor
5. A list of characteristics or skills considered normal for children in a certain age group.
Indirect guidance
Developmental milestones
Erikson
Rating scales
6. Wasting time or moving slowly for example a child eating very slowly.
Sensorimotor stage
Praise
Work-based learning
Dawdling
7. Garments worn by an individual.
Attire
Attachment
Parent Cooperatives
Resume
8. Is the action involving the large muscles of the body - as in walking - running or swimming
Gross motor
NAEYC
Entry-level Job
Flow chart/Web
9. 'The first stage of Piaget's theory lasts from birth to age two and is centered on the infant primarily learning through the senses.'
raffic pattern
Maslow
Sensorimotor stage
Articulation
10. A person who provides direct care - supervision - and guidance to children in a child care facility - regardless of title or occupation.
Attachment
Privacy Law
Caregiver
Freud
11. A normal - uncontrollable reaction of your body to something that you feel - see - or experience.
Pica
Reflex
Entrepreneurs
Aptitude
12. Diseases that can be spread to other people
Interview
Communicable Diseases
Running record
Diversity
13. (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;
Subjective observation
CDA
ECERS
Piaget
14. To suggest - remind or assist.
Laboratory Schools
Prompt
Vygotsky
Curriculum
15. School program that offers students the opportunity for on-the-job learning.
Skinner
Application
Routine
Work-based learning
16. Statements of purpose reflecting the end result of curriculum.
rogram Goals
Pica
ognitive/ intellectual development
Family child care
17. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behavior also known as participation chart.
Nanny
Head Start Programs
Developmental milestones
Frequency count
18. Type of guidance technique used to change child's behavior by offering another choice of an activity.
Redirect
Director Designee
Expressive language
Pica
19. Lack of proper diet causing improper development in children
Auditory signals
Temperament
Malnutrition
Checking-in services
20. Topic or concept around which class activities are planned
Isolation Room
Block plan
Attachment
Theme
21. Form of child abuse in which the child may be deprived of proper diet - medical care - shelter and/or clothing
Temporary License
Lifelong learner
Transitions/Closures
Neglect
22. Projected spending plan based on expected income and expenses.
Attachment
Head Start Programs
Budget
Model
23. A five star rating system developed for licensed early childhood facilities.
Bachelor's Degree
Piaget
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Objective observations
24. National Association for the Education of Young Children is the professional organization for early childhood education and child care in the United States.
NAEYC
Paraprofessional
Running record
Telegraphic speech
25. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.
Social development
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Paraprofessional
Freud
26. A letter of when introducing yourself when sending a resume.
Cover Letter
Sexual Abuse
Suggest
Nanny
27. An assessment/observation tool used to determine a childs level of performance.
Routine
Motor sequence
Gross motor
Rating scales
28. A tool used to determine what the children know before instruction begins
Initial assessment
raffic pattern
Probational License
Pre-operational stage
29. Child birth to 12 months
Infant
Freud
Social development
Attire
30. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.
Ongoing assessment
Telegraphic speech
Lifelong learner
Body Language
31. A person that provides care in the childs home and may receive food and housing in addition to wages
Nanny
Telegraphic speech
Entry-level Job
Skinner
32. Behaviors in which one can care for themselves in the areas of feeding - dressing - bathing - and toileting
Mission Statement
Caregiver
Self-help Skills
Motor sequence
33. Space used by the children - not to include storage - kitchen - teacher areas -
Usable Space
Piaget
Checklist
Auditory signals
34. 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.
Cephalocaudal principal
Malnutrition
Piaget
Probational License
35. Growth that occurs over a period of time
Separation anxiety
Development
Staff Development
Internship
36. A natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
Family child care
Attire
Aptitude
Department of Human Services
37. Most visible type of abuse such as bites - burns - bruises - broken bones or other unexplainable non-accidental injuries
Subjective observation
Multiple Intelligences
Physical abuse
MECA
38. Keeping sensitive personal information of others private.
Developmental milestones
Confidentiality
Asthma
Skinner
39. Cravings for nonfood items such as paper - soap - rags and toys
Pica
Ignore
Entry-level Job
Diversity
40. Using outside factors such as room arrangement to promote desirable behavior in children
Developmental milestones
Indirect guidance
Direct Guidance
Entry-level Job
41. A statement that gives the purpose of the organization.
Diabetes
School-age child care
Body Language
Mission Statement
42. A detailed account of behavior over a particular period of time.
Accreditation
Networking
Parent Cooperatives
Running record
43. Workers who are self-employed or own their own business.
Entrepreneurs
Checking-in services
Associate Degree
Expressive language
44. Growth of body to include height - weight -coordination and balance
Checklist
Multiple Intelligences
Physical development
MECA
45. Developing from the center outward
Toddler
Proximodistal principle
Checking-in services
Job Shadowing
46. A degree earned once courses of study has been earned or completed usually at the end of a two year period after high school.
Resume
Associate Degree
Pica
Attire
47. The inability for the body to control the level of sugar in the blood
Associate Degree
ognitive/ intellectual development
Diabetes
Ignore
48. 'The pre-operational stage occurs between ages two and six - during which language - symbolic play - and drawing skills are developed.'
Pre-operational stage
Cephalocaudal principal
Interpersonal Skills
Model
49. Actions such as spoken words or gestures that influence behavior.
Mission Statement
Entry-level Job
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Direct Guidance
50. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Professional
Preschooler
Freud
Director