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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. Listening - then repeating what was said.
Communicable Diseases
Active listening
Masters Degree
Active Listing Skills
2. Topic or concept around which class activities are planned
Portfolios
Theme
Cover Letter
Family child care
3. The way children move through the classroom.
Subjective observation
Caregiver
Montessori Schools
raffic pattern
4. Activities done on a daily basis such tolieting - eating - and dressing.
Interview
Routine
Rote
Dawdling
5. Statements of purpose reflecting the end result of curriculum.
Articulation
rogram Goals
Emotional development
Ongoing assessment
6. Child care is provided in a private home.
Immunization
ognitive/ intellectual development
Physical abuse
Family child care
7. (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;
ECERS
Nutrition
Neglect
Accreditation
8. When someone demonstrates how to appropriately complete a task - action or behavior.
Department of Human Services
Resume
Model
Preschooler
9. A collection that has examples of your best work.
Immunization
Infant
Portfolios
ognitive/ intellectual development
10. To recommend - advise a plan or an action.
Code of Ethics
Malnutrition
Transitions/Closures
Suggest
11. Behaviors in which one can care for themselves in the areas of feeding - dressing - bathing - and toileting
Laboratory Schools
Physical abuse
Self-help Skills
Indirect learning experience
12. A person that provides care in the childs home and may receive food and housing in addition to wages
Running record
Malnutrition
Prompt
Nanny
13. Is the action involving the small muscles of the hands - as in handwriting - stringing beads - cutting or Legos.
Entry-level Job
Job Shadowing
Fine motor
Persuade
14. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Developmental milestones
Preschooler
Dawdling
Emotional development
15. A person who provides support services such as cooking - cleaning - or driving a vehicle - but is not a caregiver.
Running record
Service Staff
Objective observations
ITERS
16. A natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
Attire
Aptitude
Piaget
Maturation
17. Any individual - designated by the operator - who has met minimum state requirements and who has on-site responsibility for the operation of a childcare facility. This person may or may not be the operator
Director
Temperament
ognitive/ intellectual development
Articulation
18. Observing someone in his or her job.
Paraprofessional
Toddler
Regular License
Job Shadowing
19. Wasting time or moving slowly for example a child eating very slowly.
Dawdling
Direct learning experience
Resume
Director Designee
20. A person who is willing to learn new information and acquire new skills throughout his or her life.
Lifelong learner
Family child care
Cover Letter
Frequency count
21. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behavior also known as participation chart.
Pre-operational stage
Isolation Room
Routine
Frequency count
22. 'The pre-operational stage occurs between ages two and six - during which language - symbolic play - and drawing skills are developed.'
Pre-operational stage
Malnutrition
Nutrition
Frequency count
23. Theorist believed that experiences in childhood influence your entire life.
Diabetes
Paraprofessional
Rating scales
Freud
24. Recording your opinions rather than facts as to why you believe a behavior is occurring.
Developmental milestones
Subjective observation
Licensing Agency
Lifelong learner
25. A detailed account of behavior over a particular period of time.
Running record
Sexual Abuse
Ignore
Erikson
26. Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen - heard - or touched
Piaget
Licensure
Curriculum
Object permanence
27. Space used by the children - not to include storage - kitchen - teacher areas -
Guidance
Suggest
Usable Space
Transitions/Closures
28. A map that outlines major concepts and ideas related to a theme.
Au pair
Flow chart/Web
School-age child care
Development
29. An oath or set of moral principles - determined by a professional organization for its members.
Code of Ethics
Aptitude
emotional abuse
Motor sequence
30. Type of abuse affecting a childs self-concept through words or actions
emotional abuse
Associate Degree
Erikson
Indirect guidance
31. How children attain the ability to share and appropriately express their feelings.
Staff Development
Emotional development
Kindergartens
Lifelong learner
32. Process of gradually learning to base one's behavior on personal beliefs of right or wrong
Skinner
Moral Development
I Messages
Early Childhood
33. 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.
Montessori Schools
Associate Degree
Freud
Professional
34. Type of abuse that may involve inappropriate or unwanted touches - or sexual contact
Sexual Abuse
Malnutrition
Routine
Aptitude
35. School program that offers students the opportunity for on-the-job learning.
Direct learning experience
Expressive language
Participation charts
Work-based learning
36. A type of observation centering on a specific event in form of written notes
Anecdotal records
Development
Director
Objective observations
37. A form used to describe ones abilities and qualifications when applying for a job.
Motor sequence
Auditory signals
Application
Pica
38. 4 stages - studied his children's mental growth - sensorimotor.
Pica
Licensing Agency
Piaget
Prompt
39. 'the process of memorizing using routine or repetition - often without full attention or comprehension.'
Running record
Objective observations
Service Staff
Rote
40. 'Howard Gardner identifies seven different human intelligences that allow us to engage in learning and help us make sense of the world.'
Accreditation
Multiple Intelligences
Physical development
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
41. Public and private elementary schools enrolled children in half day or full day programs to prepare children for elementary school
Moral Development
Kindergartens
Sensorimotor stage
Language comprehension
42. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.
Direct Guidance
Articulation
Body Language
Direct learning experience
43. Collection of concepts - experiences and materials designed to meet developmental needs for a group of children
Director Designee
Infant
Isolation Room
Curriculum
44. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behaviors also known as frequency chart.
Piaget
Malnutrition
hild Care Center
Participation charts
45. An experience planned by the teacher with a specific goal in mind.
Internship
Entry-level Job
Piaget
Direct learning experience
46. Child care programs formed by parents - so they can have more control over the learning environment - the teacher may experience a lack of control
Physical development
Parent Cooperatives
Accreditation
Entrepreneurs
47. Cravings for nonfood items such as paper - soap - rags and toys
Pica
Reflex
Language comprehension
Maturation
48. Differences among others.
Service Staff
Diversity
Nutrition
Diabetes
49. The manner of thinking - behaving - or reacting characteristic of a specific person
Temperament
Guidance
Flow chart/Web
Dawdling
50. To suggest - remind or assist.
Cephalocaudal principal
ITERS
Prompt
hild Care Center