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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Order of new movements - which depends on brain and nerve development.
Attachment
Physical development
Motor sequence
hild Care Center
2. Training required for designated employees by MSDH annually to maintain licensure
Work-based learning
ECERS
Staff Development
Frequency count
3. A list of characteristics or skills considered normal for children in a certain age group.
CDA
Active listening
Developmental milestones
Work-based learning
4. Workers who are self-employed or own their own business.
Flow chart/Web
Entrepreneurs
Portfolios
Usable Space
5. 'theory of Multiple Intelligence emphasizes that there are different kinds of intelligence used by the human brain - one being Bodily/Kinesthetic intellegence.'
Director
Paraprofessional
Cover Letter
Gardner
6. Communication of one's ideas - desires - or intentions to others - usually through speech - printed words or signing
Associate Degree
Proximodistal principle
Expressive language
emotional abuse
7. Behaviors in which one can care for themselves in the areas of feeding - dressing - bathing - and toileting
rogram Goals
Self-help Skills
Separation anxiety
Active listening
8. Type of abuse affecting a childs self-concept through words or actions
Reflex
emotional abuse
Model
CDA
9. A natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
Professional
Aptitude
Separation anxiety
Job Shadowing
10. 'the process of memorizing using routine or repetition - often without full attention or comprehension.'
Immunization
Rote
Isolation Room
Temperament
11. An injection of antigens given to a person to provide immunity from a certain disease
Director
Immunization
Anecdotal records
Pica
12. A learning experience that is spur of the moment - could be teachable moments -unplanned events.
Multiple Intelligences
Prompt
Indirect learning experience
Gardner
13. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.
Maturation
Preschooler
Frequency count
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
14. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behaviors also known as frequency chart.
Physical abuse
Diversity
Participation charts
Motor sequence
15. The Child Development Associate National Credentialing Program provides performance-based training - assessment and credentialing for participants.
CDA
Entrepreneurs
Immunization
Paraprofessional
16. A normal - uncontrollable reaction of your body to something that you feel - see - or experience.
Direct learning experience
Portfolios
School-age child care
Reflex
17. Diseases that can be spread to other people
Licensure
Licensing Agency
I Messages
Communicable Diseases
18. Issued when all conditions and requirements for licensure have been met. The licensure period may not last more than a year.
Family child care
Paraprofessional
Licensure
Regular License
19. School program that offers students the opportunity for on-the-job learning.
Work-based learning
Expressive language
Staff Development
Mission Statement
20. Theorist believed that experiences in childhood influence your entire life.
Persuade
Synapses
Director Designee
Freud
21. Space used by the children - not to include storage - kitchen - teacher areas -
Usable Space
Freud
Interpersonal Skills
Director Designee
22. 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
Multiple Intelligences
NAEYC
Neglect
Director Designee
23. Developed to meet the developmental needs of children from low-income homes. Also dental - medical - and mental health services are provided for children
Isolation Room
Head Start Programs
Object permanence
Parent Cooperatives
24. How a child understands language
Language comprehension
Department of Human Services
Theme
MECA
25. Statements of purpose reflecting the end result of curriculum.
Participation charts
Vygotsky
Rating scales
rogram Goals
26. Collection of concepts - experiences and materials designed to meet developmental needs for a group of children
Telegraphic speech
Gardner
Curriculum
Mission Statement
27. Child care is provided in a private home.
Pre-operational stage
Participation charts
Piaget
Family child care
28. (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 -
Language comprehension
Budget
MECA
ITERS
29. Is the action involving the large muscles of the body - as in walking - running or swimming
Gross motor
Job Shadowing
Mission Statement
Telegraphic speech
30. The written plan giving an overall view - vital to planning a balanced curriculum.
Block plan
Sensorimotor stage
Anecdotal records
Freud
31. Expression of approval.
Praise
Ignore
Job Shadowing
Diversity
32. How children develop skills such as concentration - and the ability to learn - understand - recognize and reason.
ognitive/ intellectual development
Direct Guidance
Telegraphic speech
Entrepreneurs
33. A position for beginners in a field. It requires limited education and training.
Entry-level Job
Proximodistal principle
Licensing Agency
Attachment
34. Type of guidance technique used to change child's behavior by offering another choice of an activity.
Freud
Redirect
Director Designee
Vygotsky
35. A person that provides care in the childs home and may receive food and housing in addition to wages
Nanny
Checklist
Development
Diversity
36. Schools provide children with freedom within limits by a structured approach. Stress the theory that children learn best by being active and doing.
Physical abuse
Preschooler
Code of Ethics
Montessori Schools
37. A evaluation process by which a person meets a potential employer face to face.
Interview
Multiple Intelligences
Separation anxiety
Epilepsy
38. Is a stage in human development from birth to 5 years of age.
Early Childhood
Usable Space
Direct Guidance
Reflex
39. The ability to use clear - distinct speech.
Articulation
Physical development
Prompt
ITERS
40. Child between infancy and childhood it usually begins between the ages of 1 to 3 years old
raffic pattern
Toddler
Rote
Fine motor
41. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behavior also known as participation chart.
Frequency count
Reflex
Maturation
Service learning
42. Developing from head to toe
Cephalocaudal principal
Service learning
Interpersonal Skills
Nutrition
43. Type of guidance technique that can be used when a child's misbehavior is not harmful.
NAEYC
Ignore
Work-based learning
Entrepreneurs
44. How information moves from one neuron to another
Job Shadowing
Synapses
Gardner
Frequency count
45. Activities done on a daily basis such tolieting - eating - and dressing.
Rote
Lifelong learner
Entrepreneurs
Routine
46. A type of observation centering on a specific event in form of written notes
Diabetes
Initial assessment
Anecdotal records
Interview
47. Using outside factors such as room arrangement to promote desirable behavior in children
Rating scales
Indirect guidance
Infant
Accreditation
48. A tool used to determine mastery over a period of time.
Ongoing assessment
Indirect guidance
Checking-in services
Objective observations
49. To recommend - advise a plan or an action.
Regular License
Emotional development
Professional
Suggest
50. Child care programs formed by parents - so they can have more control over the learning environment - the teacher may experience a lack of control
Parent Cooperatives
Model
Bachelor's Degree
Redirect