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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Developed the psychoanalytical theory. Anecdotal records - rating scales - checklist
Freud
Self-help Skills
Cephalocaudal principal
Sensorimotor stage
2. Space used by the children - not to include storage - kitchen - teacher areas -
hild Care Center
Usable Space
Family child care
Diabetes
3. The manner of thinking - behaving - or reacting characteristic of a specific person
Networking
Anaphylactic Shock
Temperament
Multiple Intelligences
4. The number of adults who must be in the classroom with the children
Application
Adult to Child Ratio
Transitions/Closures
Code of Ethics
5. Is the action involving the large muscles of the body - as in walking - running or swimming
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Gross motor
Running record
Object permanence
6. A five star rating system developed for licensed early childhood facilities.
Gardner
Attire
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Proximodistal principle
7. An experience planned by the teacher with a specific goal in mind.
Direct learning experience
emotional abuse
Networking
Au pair
8. Words arranged in an order that makes sense - and contains almost all nouns and verbs - usually two word phrases.
Telegraphic speech
Communicable Diseases
Paraprofessional
I Messages
9. 'Howard Gardner identifies seven different human intelligences that allow us to engage in learning and help us make sense of the world.'
Multiple Intelligences
Associate Degree
Infant
Confidentiality
10. A letter of when introducing yourself when sending a resume.
Telegraphic speech
Cover Letter
Laboratory Schools
Head Start Programs
11. An oath or set of moral principles - determined by a professional organization for its members.
Head Start Programs
Code of Ethics
Service learning
Caregiver
12. National Association for the Education of Young Children is the professional organization for early childhood education and child care in the United States.
Routine
Sensorimotor stage
NAEYC
Accreditation
13. A detailed account of behavior over a particular period of time.
Entry-level Job
Department of Human Services
Running record
Interpersonal Skills
14. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Preschooler
Sexual Abuse
Licensing Agency
Lifelong learner
15. Using sound to signal the transition from one activity to another
Active Listing Skills
Laboratory Schools
Head Start Programs
Auditory signals
16. Growth that occurs over a period of time
Development
Privacy Law
Active listening
Physical development
17. Moving from one activity to another
Service Staff
Transitions/Closures
Probational License
Gross motor
18. An agency responsible for providing public assistance programs to the populations they serve.
Lifelong learner
Service Staff
Redirect
Department of Human Services
19. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behavior also known as participation chart.
Frequency count
Theme
Checking-in services
Budget
20. Before or after school care for children ages five-to-ten-year-old children
Cephalocaudal principal
Communicable Diseases
Mission Statement
School-age child care
21. A position for beginners in a field. It requires limited education and training.
Articulation
Resume
Entry-level Job
Sensorimotor stage
22. A job in which a person works for little or no pay while gaining work experience and receiving supervision.
hild Care Center
Internship
Theme
Interview
23. A map that outlines major concepts and ideas related to a theme.
Participation charts
Flow chart/Web
Attire
Moral Development
24. The Child Development Associate National Credentialing Program provides performance-based training - assessment and credentialing for participants.
CDA
Montessori Schools
Piaget
Indirect guidance
25. 'the process of memorizing using routine or repetition - often without full attention or comprehension.'
Indirect guidance
Checking-in services
Rote
Professional
26. Wasting time or moving slowly for example a child eating very slowly.
Dawdling
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
rogram Goals
Prompt
27. Allows the child care facility to operate pending the issuance of a regular license.
Application
Prompt
Temporary License
Checklist
28. Workers who are self-employed or own their own business.
Laboratory Schools
Separation anxiety
Paraprofessional
Entrepreneurs
29. A connection between child and caregiver/parent
Probational License
ognitive/ intellectual development
Attachment
Work-based learning
30. Written plan showing specific actions and activities used to meet planned goals
Lesson plan
Checklist
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Direct Guidance
31. Listening - then repeating what was said.
Active listening
Developmental milestones
Au pair
Running record
32. '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.'
Licensure
Synapses
Frequency count
Communicable Diseases
33. An assessment/observation tool used to show mastery of a list of items.
Temperament
Checklist
Frequency count
Direct Guidance
34. Type of abuse affecting a childs self-concept through words or actions
Code of Ethics
Application
emotional abuse
Associate Degree
35. 'argued that when a childs actions have positive results - they will be repeated - continued negative results may end unwanted behavior'
Director Designee
Gross motor
Epilepsy
Skinner
36. Type of guidance technique used to change child's behavior by offering another choice of an activity.
Usable Space
Redirect
Portfolios
Direct Guidance
37. How information moves from one neuron to another
Synapses
Gross motor
Application
Immunization
38. Using outside factors such as room arrangement to promote desirable behavior in children
Cover Letter
Indirect guidance
Development
Diversity
39. Mississippi Early Childhood Association: is the largest state organization for early childhood professionals.
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
raffic pattern
Participation charts
MECA
40. When someone demonstrates how to appropriately complete a task - action or behavior.
Model
Ongoing assessment
Portfolios
Object permanence
41. Schools provide children with freedom within limits by a structured approach. Stress the theory that children learn best by being active and doing.
Object permanence
Temporary License
Montessori Schools
Persuade
42. Statements of purpose reflecting the end result of curriculum.
Telegraphic speech
Model
rogram Goals
Malnutrition
43. 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.
Piaget
Probational License
Cover Letter
Social development
44. Guarantees a child's records may only be released to parent or guardian
Freud
Participation charts
Privacy Law
Pica
45. The way children move through the classroom.
Toddler
Asthma
Temperament
raffic pattern
46. Is a stage in human development from birth to 5 years of age.
Associate Degree
Motor sequence
Early Childhood
Synapses
47. (Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale)an evaluation used for learning activities for programs working with children birth to 2 years. Things that are evaluated are: eye-hand coordination - art - blocks - active physical play - music & movement -
ITERS
Masters Degree
Curriculum
Praise
48. Developed to meet the developmental needs of children from low-income homes. Also dental - medical - and mental health services are provided for children
Objective observations
Malnutrition
Head Start Programs
Adult to Child Ratio
49. Child care programs formed by parents - so they can have more control over the learning environment - the teacher may experience a lack of control
Body Language
Checklist
Regular License
Parent Cooperatives
50. The inability for the body to control the level of sugar in the blood
Theme
Active Listing Skills
Diabetes
Transitions/Closures