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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. Expression of approval.
Praise
Freud
Developmental milestones
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
2. Children learn through four stages of development one being sensorimotor.
Transitions/Closures
Diversity
Lesson plan
Piaget
3. A degree earned upon completing at least thirty hours beyond a Bachelor's degree.
Body Language
Confidentiality
Masters Degree
Active Listing Skills
4. How a child understands language
Language comprehension
Adult to Child Ratio
Communicable Diseases
Skinner
5. Guarantees a child's records may only be released to parent or guardian
Flow chart/Web
Privacy Law
Aptitude
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
6. Public and private elementary schools enrolled children in half day or full day programs to prepare children for elementary school
Frequency count
Gross motor
Kindergartens
Cover Letter
7. A evaluation process by which a person meets a potential employer face to face.
Curriculum
Indirect guidance
NAEYC
Interview
8. Is the action involving the large muscles of the body - as in walking - running or swimming
Communicable Diseases
Staff Development
Expressive language
Gross motor
9. Listening - then repeating what was said.
Entrepreneurs
Suggest
Budget
Active listening
10. A person who is willing to learn new information and acquire new skills throughout his or her life.
Lesson plan
Work-based learning
Erikson
Lifelong learner
11. Breathing disorder that may cause labored breathing - coughing and wheezing
Probational License
Regular License
Asthma
Service learning
12. Type of abuse affecting a childs self-concept through words or actions
Attire
emotional abuse
ognitive/ intellectual development
Initial assessment
13. A connection between child and caregiver/parent
Mission Statement
rogram Goals
Licensure
Attachment
14. Sharing resources with others in the same field of study.
Networking
Development
Freud
Aptitude
15. Skills used to comprehend and repeat What is being said.
Active Listing Skills
Laboratory Schools
ECERS
Parent Cooperatives
16. The way children move through the classroom.
Staff Development
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Attire
raffic pattern
17. Cravings for nonfood items such as paper - soap - rags and toys
Family child care
Director Designee
CDA
Pica
18. To suggest - remind or assist.
School-age child care
Licensing Agency
Prompt
Block plan
19. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Head Start Programs
MECA
Initial assessment
20. Form of child abuse in which the child may be deprived of proper diet - medical care - shelter and/or clothing
Neglect
Professional
ECERS
MECA
21. A position for beginners in a field. It requires limited education and training.
Entry-level Job
Isolation Room
Cover Letter
rogram Goals
22. A child's apprehension associated with separation from a parent or other caregiver
Caregiver
Separation anxiety
MECA
Kindergartens
23. Special room or space to seperate children who become sick or show signs of a communicable disease
Separation anxiety
Budget
Social development
Isolation Room
24. 'argued that when a childs actions have positive results - they will be repeated - continued negative results may end unwanted behavior'
Work-based learning
Theme
Skinner
Infant
25. Behaviors in which one can care for themselves in the areas of feeding - dressing - bathing - and toileting
Separation anxiety
Language comprehension
Kindergartens
Self-help Skills
26. The ability to use clear - distinct speech.
Freud
Articulation
Theme
Lesson plan
27. How children attain the ability to share and appropriately express their feelings.
Ignore
Developmental milestones
Emotional development
Montessori Schools
28. A five star rating system developed for licensed early childhood facilities.
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Piaget
Piaget
Curriculum
29. Collection of concepts - experiences and materials designed to meet developmental needs for a group of children
Curriculum
Application
Usable Space
Associate Degree
30. Observing someone in his or her job.
Language comprehension
Entry-level Job
Job Shadowing
Routine
31. Process of gradually learning to base one's behavior on personal beliefs of right or wrong
Family child care
emotional abuse
Moral Development
Piaget
32. Using sound to signal the transition from one activity to another
Accreditation
Auditory signals
School-age child care
Developmental milestones
33. Theorist believed that experiences in childhood influence your entire life.
Routine
Freud
Asthma
Caregiver
34. An agency responsible for providing public assistance programs to the populations they serve.
Department of Human Services
Rote
Subjective observation
Communicable Diseases
35. A job in which a person works for little or no pay while gaining work experience and receiving supervision.
Mission Statement
Sexual Abuse
Portfolios
Internship
36. Mississippi Early Childhood Association: is the largest state organization for early childhood professionals.
Director Designee
Curriculum
MECA
Kindergartens
37. A collection that has examples of your best work.
Immunization
Portfolios
NAEYC
ECERS
38. A person who provides direct care - supervision - and guidance to children in a child care facility - regardless of title or occupation.
Caregiver
Cephalocaudal principal
Checklist
Development
39. A worker with an education beyond high school that is trained for a certain field of work.
Asthma
Emotional development
Paraprofessional
Motor sequence
40. Extreme allergic reaction
Anaphylactic Shock
Associate Degree
Interpersonal Skills
Attire
41. Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen - heard - or touched
ognitive/ intellectual development
Aptitude
Lifelong learner
Object permanence
42. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Accreditation
Nutrition
Preschooler
Toddler
43. Child birth to 12 months
Epilepsy
Model
Kindergartens
Infant
44. An observation that records the facts without using your personal opinions.
Synapses
Sexual Abuse
Gross motor
Objective observations
45. Are located at secondary or postsecondary institutions - used to train future teachers.
Attire
Maturation
Laboratory Schools
Montessori Schools
46. '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.'
Multiple Intelligences
Internship
Au pair
Licensure
47. Through psychosocial development personality goes through eight stages one being trust vs. mistrust
Pre-operational stage
Flow chart/Web
Freud
Erikson
48. Wasting time or moving slowly for example a child eating very slowly.
Dawdling
Body Language
hild Care Center
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
49. A form used to describe ones abilities and qualifications when applying for a job.
Usable Space
Frequency count
Application
Social development
50. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behavior also known as participation chart.
Frequency count
Preschooler
Auditory signals
Active listening