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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. National Association for the Education of Young Children is the professional organization for early childhood education and child care in the United States.
Application
NAEYC
Infant
Rote
2. The ability to use clear - distinct speech.
Direct Guidance
I Messages
MECA
Articulation
3. A degree earned upon completing at least thirty hours beyond a Bachelor's degree.
Masters Degree
Vygotsky
Physical abuse
raffic pattern
4. A type of observation centering on a specific event in form of written notes
Anecdotal records
Montessori Schools
Maturation
Fine motor
5. The manner of thinking - behaving - or reacting characteristic of a specific person
Parent Cooperatives
Expressive language
Temperament
Department of Human Services
6. Developing from the center outward
Job Shadowing
Physical abuse
Proximodistal principle
Professional
7. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behavior also known as participation chart.
Piaget
Motor sequence
Adult to Child Ratio
Frequency count
8. Activities done on a daily basis such tolieting - eating - and dressing.
Routine
Synapses
Cephalocaudal principal
Model
9. 'The pre-operational stage occurs between ages two and six - during which language - symbolic play - and drawing skills are developed.'
Diabetes
Pre-operational stage
Auditory signals
Malnutrition
10. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.
Physical development
Self-help Skills
Body Language
Routine
11. Full day child care facilities that provide a place for children while parents or guardians are at work or school
Checklist
Infant
hild Care Center
Isolation Room
12. Diseases that can be spread to other people
Communicable Diseases
Expressive language
Sexual Abuse
Active listening
13. Statements of purpose reflecting the end result of curriculum.
rogram Goals
Maturation
Entry-level Job
Montessori Schools
14. 'the process of memorizing using routine or repetition - often without full attention or comprehension.'
Rote
Transitions/Closures
Redirect
Epilepsy
15. 'Howard Gardner identifies seven different human intelligences that allow us to engage in learning and help us make sense of the world.'
Privacy Law
CDA
Multiple Intelligences
Family child care
16. Space used by the children - not to include storage - kitchen - teacher areas -
CDA
Object permanence
Usable Space
Probational License
17. Brain damage leading to periodic seizures
Attire
Synapses
Epilepsy
Temperament
18. Listening - then repeating what was said.
Physical abuse
Active listening
Multiple Intelligences
Lesson plan
19. A degree earned once courses of study has been earned or completed usually at the end of a two year period after high school.
raffic pattern
Piaget
Associate Degree
Direct Guidance
20. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behaviors also known as frequency chart.
Participation charts
Masters Degree
Curriculum
Vygotsky
21. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.
Developmental milestones
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Active listening
Entrepreneurs
22. Skills used to comprehend and repeat What is being said.
Active Listing Skills
School-age child care
Auditory signals
Development
23. An oath or set of moral principles - determined by a professional organization for its members.
Freud
Adult to Child Ratio
Code of Ethics
Indirect learning experience
24. The evaluation of a program that has been evaluated by an external body to meet certain standards of quality.
Anaphylactic Shock
Maturation
Professional
Accreditation
25. Training required for designated employees by MSDH annually to maintain licensure
Active listening
Social development
Gardner
Staff Development
26. An assessment/observation tool used to show mastery of a list of items.
Rating scales
Usable Space
Checklist
Toddler
27. Believed interaction with peers and adults help children learn through social and cultural experiences.
Persuade
Networking
ECERS
Vygotsky
28. Type of guidance technique that can be used when a child's misbehavior is not harmful.
Ignore
Freud
Isolation Room
Entry-level Job
29. Moving from one activity to another
Code of Ethics
Transitions/Closures
ECERS
Skinner
30. A normal - uncontrollable reaction of your body to something that you feel - see - or experience.
Mission Statement
Reflex
Confidentiality
Malnutrition
31. 'theory of Multiple Intelligence emphasizes that there are different kinds of intelligence used by the human brain - one being Bodily/Kinesthetic intellegence.'
Gardner
Piaget
NAEYC
Interview
32. Is the action involving the large muscles of the body - as in walking - running or swimming
Toddler
Gross motor
Family child care
CDA
33. Schools provide children with freedom within limits by a structured approach. Stress the theory that children learn best by being active and doing.
Rating scales
Rote
Gardner
Montessori Schools
34. Developed the psychoanalytical theory. Anecdotal records - rating scales - checklist
Freud
Confidentiality
Temporary License
Praise
35. Using outside factors such as room arrangement to promote desirable behavior in children
Indirect guidance
Prompt
Temporary License
Department of Human Services
36. Theorist believed that experiences in childhood influence your entire life.
Service Staff
Privacy Law
Synapses
Freud
37. How children attain the ability to share and appropriately express their feelings.
Social development
Lesson plan
Indirect learning experience
Emotional development
38. Most visible type of abuse such as bites - burns - bruises - broken bones or other unexplainable non-accidental injuries
Physical abuse
Praise
Objective observations
Flow chart/Web
39. State ones feelings about a problem or behavior without placing blame.
Infant
I Messages
Code of Ethics
School-age child care
40. Influencing children's thoughts or actions.
Networking
Application
NAEYC
Persuade
41. School program that offers students the opportunity for on-the-job learning.
I Messages
Montessori Schools
Head Start Programs
Work-based learning
42. Child between infancy and childhood it usually begins between the ages of 1 to 3 years old
Paraprofessional
School-age child care
Lifelong learner
Toddler
43. Special room or space to seperate children who become sick or show signs of a communicable disease
Checking-in services
Associate Degree
Ongoing assessment
Isolation Room
44. Developing from head to toe
Masters Degree
Montessori Schools
Maturation
Cephalocaudal principal
45. 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.
emotional abuse
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Laboratory Schools
Probational License
46. Is the action involving the small muscles of the hands - as in handwriting - stringing beads - cutting or Legos.
Staff Development
Fine motor
emotional abuse
Application
47. Wasting time or moving slowly for example a child eating very slowly.
Physical abuse
Professional
Dawdling
Emotional development
48. A child's apprehension associated with separation from a parent or other caregiver
Kindergartens
Regular License
Separation anxiety
Probational License
49. How children develop skills such as concentration - and the ability to learn - understand - recognize and reason.
Auditory signals
ognitive/ intellectual development
Maturation
Networking
50. Public and private elementary schools enrolled children in half day or full day programs to prepare children for elementary school
Application
Kindergartens
Prompt
Motor sequence