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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. Believed interaction with peers and adults help children learn through social and cultural experiences.
Piaget
Networking
Pica
Vygotsky
2. When someone demonstrates how to appropriately complete a task - action or behavior.
Suggest
Curriculum
Model
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
3. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behaviors also known as frequency chart.
Participation charts
Multiple Intelligences
Erikson
Masters Degree
4. Children learn through four stages of development one being sensorimotor.
Rating scales
Participation charts
Piaget
Accreditation
5. A learning experience that is spur of the moment - could be teachable moments -unplanned events.
Gardner
Indirect learning experience
Temporary License
Object permanence
6. A connection between child and caregiver/parent
Motor sequence
Interview
Attachment
Direct learning experience
7. Form of child abuse in which the child may be deprived of proper diet - medical care - shelter and/or clothing
Entrepreneurs
Attachment
Isolation Room
Neglect
8. The ability to use clear - distinct speech.
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Language comprehension
Kindergartens
Articulation
9. Breathing disorder that may cause labored breathing - coughing and wheezing
Asthma
Maslow
Skinner
Direct learning experience
10. Listening - then repeating what was said.
Active listening
Usable Space
Separation anxiety
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
11. A list of characteristics or skills considered normal for children in a certain age group.
Freud
Malnutrition
Developmental milestones
Nutrition
12. Child between infancy and childhood it usually begins between the ages of 1 to 3 years old
Development
Motor sequence
Toddler
Nutrition
13. Expression of approval.
Direct learning experience
Maslow
Praise
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
14. To suggest - remind or assist.
raffic pattern
Prompt
ognitive/ intellectual development
Physical development
15. Child care is provided in a private home.
Epilepsy
Maslow
raffic pattern
Family child care
16. Process of gradually learning to base one's behavior on personal beliefs of right or wrong
Interview
Privacy Law
Moral Development
Job Shadowing
17. Summary of a persons qualification - skills - and job experiences.
Communicable Diseases
Transitions/Closures
Mission Statement
Resume
18. State ones feelings about a problem or behavior without placing blame.
Emotional development
I Messages
Pre-operational stage
Job Shadowing
19. A person who provides support services such as cooking - cleaning - or driving a vehicle - but is not a caregiver.
Skinner
Synapses
Indirect guidance
Service Staff
20. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.
Participation charts
Temporary License
Body Language
Communicable Diseases
21. (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;
MECA
Staff Development
ECERS
Montessori Schools
22. Allows the child care facility to operate pending the issuance of a regular license.
Development
Head Start Programs
Temporary License
Lesson plan
23. Mississippi Early Childhood Association: is the largest state organization for early childhood professionals.
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
MECA
Erikson
Diabetes
24. Diet needs for proper growth and development
Suggest
Motor sequence
Nutrition
Caregiver
25. A evaluation process by which a person meets a potential employer face to face.
Routine
Interview
Application
Multiple Intelligences
26. School program that offers students the opportunity for on-the-job learning.
Work-based learning
Pre-operational stage
Self-help Skills
School-age child care
27. Using sound to signal the transition from one activity to another
Auditory signals
Prompt
Confidentiality
Separation anxiety
28. Five levels. Assumed human nature was good not bad - and we continually need to fulfill needs. Pyramid
Director Designee
Anecdotal records
Maslow
Department of Human Services
29. National Association for the Education of Young Children is the professional organization for early childhood education and child care in the United States.
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Sensorimotor stage
Immunization
NAEYC
30. A degree earned once courses of study has been earned or completed usually at the end of a two year period after high school.
Associate Degree
Ignore
Accreditation
Nutrition
31. Actions such as spoken words or gestures that influence behavior.
Resume
Motor sequence
Direct Guidance
Budget
32. A map that outlines major concepts and ideas related to a theme.
Networking
Flow chart/Web
Motor sequence
Professional
33. Type of guidance technique used to change child's behavior by offering another choice of an activity.
Checking-in services
Rote
Redirect
Ignore
34. 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
ITERS
Routine
Director Designee
Anaphylactic Shock
35. The manner of thinking - behaving - or reacting characteristic of a specific person
hild Care Center
raffic pattern
Temperament
Development
36. Influencing children's thoughts or actions.
Department of Human Services
Preschooler
Persuade
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
37. The way children move through the classroom.
Interview
Direct learning experience
Asthma
raffic pattern
38. The development of a child's cognitive - social - emotional - and physical skills through the sequence of changes.
Model
Maslow
Maturation
Attachment
39. An observation that records the facts without using your personal opinions.
Objective observations
Anecdotal records
rogram Goals
Sexual Abuse
40. An experience planned by the teacher with a specific goal in mind.
Redirect
Masters Degree
Diversity
Direct learning experience
41. Statements of purpose reflecting the end result of curriculum.
Rote
Internship
Telegraphic speech
rogram Goals
42. A natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
Frequency count
Body Language
Attire
Aptitude
43. The Mississippi State Department of Health - responsible for granting licence to operate a child care center
Associate Degree
Parent Cooperatives
Resume
Licensing Agency
44. A job in which a person works for little or no pay while gaining work experience and receiving supervision.
School-age child care
Internship
Asthma
raffic pattern
45. An assessment/observation tool used to show mastery of a list of items.
Subjective observation
Regular License
Checklist
rogram Goals
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.'
ECERS
Caregiver
Montessori Schools
Licensure
47. 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
Suggest
Active Listing Skills
Director
Usable Space
48. A position for beginners in a field. It requires limited education and training.
Entry-level Job
Gardner
Internship
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
49. Space used by the children - not to include storage - kitchen - teacher areas -
Freud
Usable Space
Interpersonal Skills
Motor sequence
50. 'Howard Gardner identifies seven different human intelligences that allow us to engage in learning and help us make sense of the world.'
rogram Goals
Multiple Intelligences
Dawdling
Indirect guidance