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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. How children interact with others and the world around them.
Social development
Work-based learning
Asthma
Physical development
2. Full day child care facilities that provide a place for children while parents or guardians are at work or school
Articulation
Subjective observation
hild Care Center
Temperament
3. Is the action involving the small muscles of the hands - as in handwriting - stringing beads - cutting or Legos.
Telegraphic speech
Fine motor
Director
hild Care Center
4. An assessment/observation tool used to determine a childs level of performance.
Routine
Rating scales
Language comprehension
ECERS
5. A evaluation process by which a person meets a potential employer face to face.
Gross motor
Ongoing assessment
Model
Interview
6. 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.
Probational License
Attachment
Direct learning experience
Confidentiality
7. A person who provides support services such as cooking - cleaning - or driving a vehicle - but is not a caregiver.
Service Staff
Physical abuse
Usable Space
Associate Degree
8. A letter of when introducing yourself when sending a resume.
School-age child care
Cover Letter
Montessori Schools
Professional
9. Brain damage leading to periodic seizures
Portfolios
Epilepsy
Initial assessment
Anaphylactic Shock
10. Using outside factors such as room arrangement to promote desirable behavior in children
Parent Cooperatives
Preschooler
Usable Space
Indirect guidance
11. To recommend - advise a plan or an action.
Suggest
Cephalocaudal principal
Interview
Diversity
12. Is the action involving the large muscles of the body - as in walking - running or swimming
Gross motor
Cephalocaudal principal
Flow chart/Web
Routine
13. Extreme allergic reaction
Emotional development
Freud
Anaphylactic Shock
Motor sequence
14. Public and private elementary schools enrolled children in half day or full day programs to prepare children for elementary school
Resume
Early Childhood
Sexual Abuse
Kindergartens
15. How children attain the ability to share and appropriately express their feelings.
Articulation
ECERS
Sexual Abuse
Emotional development
16. The evaluation of a program that has been evaluated by an external body to meet certain standards of quality.
Self-help Skills
Expressive language
Diversity
Accreditation
17. A normal - uncontrollable reaction of your body to something that you feel - see - or experience.
Isolation Room
Reflex
Piaget
Privacy Law
18. A child's apprehension associated with separation from a parent or other caregiver
Articulation
Body Language
Separation anxiety
Confidentiality
19. '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.'
Licensing Agency
Work-based learning
Licensure
Praise
20. Topic or concept around which class activities are planned
Theme
Entrepreneurs
Object permanence
Physical development
21. A natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
Aptitude
Pre-operational stage
Model
Persuade
22. Cravings for nonfood items such as paper - soap - rags and toys
Maturation
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Pica
CDA
23. An oath or set of moral principles - determined by a professional organization for its members.
Code of Ethics
Privacy Law
Initial assessment
Fine motor
24. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behavior also known as participation chart.
Frequency count
Au pair
Budget
Self-help Skills
25. 'The pre-operational stage occurs between ages two and six - during which language - symbolic play - and drawing skills are developed.'
Subjective observation
Pre-operational stage
Ongoing assessment
Freud
26. An agency responsible for providing public assistance programs to the populations they serve.
Department of Human Services
Multiple Intelligences
Subjective observation
emotional abuse
27. A person who provides direct care - supervision - and guidance to children in a child care facility - regardless of title or occupation.
Caregiver
Licensing Agency
Attachment
Service learning
28. Communication of one's ideas - desires - or intentions to others - usually through speech - printed words or signing
Toddler
Initial assessment
Expressive language
Resume
29. Workers who are self-employed or own their own business.
emotional abuse
Routine
Persuade
Entrepreneurs
30. A type of observation centering on a specific event in form of written notes
Communicable Diseases
Asthma
Flow chart/Web
Anecdotal records
31. The way children move through the classroom.
raffic pattern
Asthma
Direct Guidance
Epilepsy
32. Space used by the children - not to include storage - kitchen - teacher areas -
Code of Ethics
Gross motor
rogram Goals
Usable Space
33. Is a stage in human development from birth to 5 years of age.
Freud
Early Childhood
Anecdotal records
Probational License
34. Projected spending plan based on expected income and expenses.
Budget
Attachment
Diabetes
Code of Ethics
35. 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.
Communicable Diseases
Professional
Work-based learning
Nanny
36. Developing from the center outward
Au pair
Early Childhood
NAEYC
Proximodistal principle
37. An experience planned by the teacher with a specific goal in mind.
Direct learning experience
Nutrition
Indirect guidance
Infant
38. Child birth to 12 months
Infant
Objective observations
Mission Statement
Asthma
39. Garments worn by an individual.
Indirect learning experience
Objective observations
Subjective observation
Attire
40. A person from another country who lives with a family and provides child care
Indirect guidance
Au pair
Block plan
Interpersonal Skills
41. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Persuade
Body Language
Adult to Child Ratio
42. A form used to describe ones abilities and qualifications when applying for a job.
Application
Block plan
Diversity
Objective observations
43. A person that provides care in the childs home and may receive food and housing in addition to wages
emotional abuse
Nanny
ITERS
Active listening
44. 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
Theme
Director
Active listening
Anecdotal records
45. Type of guidance technique used to change child's behavior by offering another choice of an activity.
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Entry-level Job
Mission Statement
Redirect
46. Written plan showing specific actions and activities used to meet planned goals
Ongoing assessment
Lesson plan
Articulation
Fine motor
47. Child care is provided in a private home.
Articulation
Telegraphic speech
Family child care
Paraprofessional
48. Theorist believed that experiences in childhood influence your entire life.
Development
Freud
Cephalocaudal principal
Work-based learning
49. 4 stages - studied his children's mental growth - sensorimotor.
Resume
Piaget
Entrepreneurs
Physical development
50. Wasting time or moving slowly for example a child eating very slowly.
Multiple Intelligences
Dawdling
Communicable Diseases
Routine