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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person who is willing to learn new information and acquire new skills throughout his or her life.
Gardner
Social development
Persuade
Lifelong learner
2. A child's apprehension associated with separation from a parent or other caregiver
Separation anxiety
Transitions/Closures
Checklist
CDA
3. To suggest - remind or assist.
Prompt
Service Staff
Ongoing assessment
Lesson plan
4. How children interact with others and the world around them.
Social development
Kindergartens
Job Shadowing
Cephalocaudal principal
5. An assessment/observation tool used to determine a childs level of performance.
Service Staff
Nanny
hild Care Center
Rating scales
6. Is the action involving the large muscles of the body - as in walking - running or swimming
Gross motor
Director Designee
Gardner
Infant
7. A position for beginners in a field. It requires limited education and training.
Pre-operational stage
Telegraphic speech
Entry-level Job
Active Listing Skills
8. Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen - heard - or touched
Initial assessment
Aptitude
Application
Object permanence
9. The Mississippi State Department of Health - responsible for granting licence to operate a child care center
Usable Space
Networking
Attire
Licensing Agency
10. A normal - uncontrollable reaction of your body to something that you feel - see - or experience.
Body Language
Self-help Skills
Reflex
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
11. Type of guidance technique used to change child's behavior by offering another choice of an activity.
Block plan
Physical abuse
Redirect
Direct learning experience
12. Common traits/skills that helps you relate to others.
Language comprehension
Indirect learning experience
Licensure
Interpersonal Skills
13. State ones feelings about a problem or behavior without placing blame.
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
I Messages
Family child care
Freud
14. Public and private elementary schools enrolled children in half day or full day programs to prepare children for elementary school
Internship
Privacy Law
Kindergartens
Nutrition
15. Actions used by an adult to help children develop self control
Lifelong learner
Guidance
Maturation
Department of Human Services
16. An experience planned by the teacher with a specific goal in mind.
Active listening
Direct learning experience
Cover Letter
Immunization
17. Growth of body to include height - weight -coordination and balance
Gross motor
Skinner
Expressive language
Physical development
18. '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
MECA
Preschooler
Separation anxiety
19. 'Howard Gardner identifies seven different human intelligences that allow us to engage in learning and help us make sense of the world.'
Self-help Skills
Multiple Intelligences
Director Designee
Curriculum
20. How children attain the ability to share and appropriately express their feelings.
Self-help Skills
Lifelong learner
Lesson plan
Emotional development
21. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.
Body Language
Auditory signals
Licensing Agency
Au pair
22. Theorist believed that experiences in childhood influence your entire life.
Freud
Model
Networking
Service learning
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.
CDA
Transitions/Closures
Sexual Abuse
Professional
24. Type of abuse affecting a childs self-concept through words or actions
emotional abuse
Code of Ethics
Transitions/Closures
Moral Development
25. Developed the psychoanalytical theory. Anecdotal records - rating scales - checklist
Rating scales
Developmental milestones
Freud
Aptitude
26. A letter of when introducing yourself when sending a resume.
Cover Letter
Nanny
Synapses
Reflex
27. A person who provides support services such as cooking - cleaning - or driving a vehicle - but is not a caregiver.
Physical abuse
Service Staff
Portfolios
Expressive language
28. Child care is provided in a private home.
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Family child care
Diversity
Sensorimotor stage
29. Children learn through four stages of development one being sensorimotor.
Rating scales
Piaget
Isolation Room
Ignore
30. 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.
Service learning
Probational License
Participation charts
ECERS
31. (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;
Model
ECERS
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Head Start Programs
32. A form used to describe ones abilities and qualifications when applying for a job.
Licensing Agency
Ongoing assessment
CDA
Application
33. A statement that gives the purpose of the organization.
Mission Statement
Accreditation
Anecdotal records
Direct Guidance
34. A tool used to determine what the children know before instruction begins
Communicable Diseases
Initial assessment
Au pair
Portfolios
35. Summary of a persons qualification - skills - and job experiences.
Resume
Direct Guidance
Anecdotal records
Internship
36. Developed to meet the developmental needs of children from low-income homes. Also dental - medical - and mental health services are provided for children
Model
Head Start Programs
Developmental milestones
Portfolios
37. Type of abuse that may involve inappropriate or unwanted touches - or sexual contact
Sexual Abuse
Montessori Schools
Department of Human Services
Usable Space
38. Observing someone in his or her job.
Job Shadowing
Suggest
Toddler
Communicable Diseases
39. Full day child care facilities that provide a place for children while parents or guardians are at work or school
Licensing Agency
Participation charts
Social development
hild Care Center
40. Special room or space to seperate children who become sick or show signs of a communicable disease
Work-based learning
Temporary License
Isolation Room
Piaget
41. An observation that records the facts without using your personal opinions.
Objective observations
Caregiver
Diversity
Temperament
42. The Child Development Associate National Credentialing Program provides performance-based training - assessment and credentialing for participants.
Gardner
CDA
Professional
Associate Degree
43. 'The pre-operational stage occurs between ages two and six - during which language - symbolic play - and drawing skills are developed.'
rogram Goals
Pre-operational stage
School-age child care
Director Designee
44. Schools provide children with freedom within limits by a structured approach. Stress the theory that children learn best by being active and doing.
Interview
Emotional development
Code of Ethics
Montessori Schools
45. Issued when all conditions and requirements for licensure have been met. The licensure period may not last more than a year.
Regular License
I Messages
Cephalocaudal principal
Pica
46. An assessment/observation tool used to show mastery of a list of items.
Moral Development
Portfolios
Checklist
Synapses
47. Child birth to 12 months
Infant
Department of Human Services
Praise
Proximodistal principle
48. Activities done on a daily basis such tolieting - eating - and dressing.
Service learning
Service Staff
Routine
Isolation Room
49. A learning experience that is spur of the moment - could be teachable moments -unplanned events.
Separation anxiety
Indirect learning experience
Work-based learning
Language comprehension
50. Topic or concept around which class activities are planned
Auditory signals
Kindergartens
Theme
Cephalocaudal principal