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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How children develop skills such as concentration - and the ability to learn - understand - recognize and reason.
Erikson
Telegraphic speech
Separation anxiety
ognitive/ intellectual development
2. Projected spending plan based on expected income and expenses.
Networking
Routine
Budget
Masters Degree
3. A form used to describe ones abilities and qualifications when applying for a job.
NAEYC
Application
Articulation
Nutrition
4. The number of adults who must be in the classroom with the children
Director Designee
Caregiver
Adult to Child Ratio
Kindergartens
5. Believed interaction with peers and adults help children learn through social and cultural experiences.
Vygotsky
Physical development
Lesson plan
Initial assessment
6. Any person designated to act as the director - having all responsibility and authority of a director - during the directors short-term absence and shall not retain sole director authority for more than 24 total hours during a calendar week.-at least
Physical abuse
Networking
Director Designee
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
7. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Running record
Nanny
Freud
8. Behaviors in which one can care for themselves in the areas of feeding - dressing - bathing - and toileting
Pica
Confidentiality
Self-help Skills
Maslow
9. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behaviors also known as frequency chart.
Participation charts
Accreditation
Active Listing Skills
Adult to Child Ratio
10. A connection between child and caregiver/parent
Director
Attachment
Portfolios
Proximodistal principle
11. A type of observation centering on a specific event in form of written notes
Entry-level Job
Regular License
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Anecdotal records
12. A person who provides support services such as cooking - cleaning - or driving a vehicle - but is not a caregiver.
Cephalocaudal principal
Service Staff
Active listening
Nanny
13. 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
Ongoing assessment
MECA
Pica
14. Wasting time or moving slowly for example a child eating very slowly.
Professional
Probational License
Dawdling
Anaphylactic Shock
15. How a child understands language
Separation anxiety
Language comprehension
Emotional development
Licensing Agency
16. Most visible type of abuse such as bites - burns - bruises - broken bones or other unexplainable non-accidental injuries
Physical abuse
Theme
Transitions/Closures
Dawdling
17. A collection that has examples of your best work.
Portfolios
Skinner
Malnutrition
Proximodistal principle
18. Recording your opinions rather than facts as to why you believe a behavior is occurring.
Active Listing Skills
Aptitude
Subjective observation
Theme
19. The written plan giving an overall view - vital to planning a balanced curriculum.
Block plan
Synapses
Motor sequence
Immunization
20. Theorist believed that experiences in childhood influence your entire life.
Freud
Infant
Mission Statement
Aptitude
21. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.
Parent Cooperatives
Body Language
Physical development
Physical abuse
22. Moving from one activity to another
Budget
Initial assessment
Transitions/Closures
Probational License
23. A person with a position that requires at least a degree from a four-year college or technical school in a particular area of study.
Malnutrition
emotional abuse
Professional
Auditory signals
24. Common traits/skills that helps you relate to others.
Interpersonal Skills
Initial assessment
Service learning
Bachelor's Degree
25. Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen - heard - or touched
Object permanence
Entry-level Job
Head Start Programs
Checking-in services
26. Allow children to go to their homes after school and receive calls from caregivers to be sure there are no problems
Professional
Checking-in services
Resume
Family child care
27. Actions such as spoken words or gestures that influence behavior.
Frequency count
Interpersonal Skills
Direct Guidance
Probational License
28. Allows the child care facility to operate pending the issuance of a regular license.
Mission Statement
Vygotsky
Physical abuse
Temporary License
29. Growth of body to include height - weight -coordination and balance
Physical development
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Attachment
Interview
30. Skills used to comprehend and repeat What is being said.
Ignore
Active Listing Skills
Expressive language
Self-help Skills
31. School program in which students volunteer in their community.
Sensorimotor stage
Service learning
Separation anxiety
Aptitude
32. Public and private elementary schools enrolled children in half day or full day programs to prepare children for elementary school
Parent Cooperatives
Prompt
Sensorimotor stage
Kindergartens
33. A detailed account of behavior over a particular period of time.
Ignore
Developmental milestones
Frequency count
Running record
34. Mississippi Early Childhood Association: is the largest state organization for early childhood professionals.
Gross motor
Initial assessment
Maslow
MECA
35. Children learn through four stages of development one being sensorimotor.
Physical development
Temporary License
Entrepreneurs
Piaget
36. Child birth to 12 months
Separation anxiety
Masters Degree
Infant
Objective observations
37. Garments worn by an individual.
Proximodistal principle
Gardner
Routine
Attire
38. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Preschooler
Language comprehension
Erikson
Regular License
39. A natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
Synapses
Anaphylactic Shock
Aptitude
Self-help Skills
40. Type of abuse affecting a childs self-concept through words or actions
Erikson
emotional abuse
Laboratory Schools
Fine motor
41. How children interact with others and the world around them.
Telegraphic speech
Social development
Neglect
Sensorimotor stage
42. A statement that gives the purpose of the organization.
Direct Guidance
Montessori Schools
MECA
Mission Statement
43. An experience planned by the teacher with a specific goal in mind.
Gross motor
Running record
Prompt
Direct learning experience
44. Child care programs formed by parents - so they can have more control over the learning environment - the teacher may experience a lack of control
Anecdotal records
Parent Cooperatives
Internship
Nutrition
45. To suggest - remind or assist.
MECA
hild Care Center
Portfolios
Prompt
46. When someone demonstrates how to appropriately complete a task - action or behavior.
Auditory signals
Parent Cooperatives
Model
Theme
47. Communication of one's ideas - desires - or intentions to others - usually through speech - printed words or signing
Director
Body Language
Expressive language
Freud
48. School program that offers students the opportunity for on-the-job learning.
Work-based learning
Staff Development
Isolation Room
Attire
49. Process of gradually learning to base one's behavior on personal beliefs of right or wrong
Object permanence
Maturation
Head Start Programs
Moral Development
50. Training required for designated employees by MSDH annually to maintain licensure
Active Listing Skills
Interview
Staff Development
Attachment