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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. 4 stages - studied his children's mental growth - sensorimotor.
Guidance
Immunization
Paraprofessional
Piaget
2. Using outside factors such as room arrangement to promote desirable behavior in children
Department of Human Services
Entrepreneurs
Lesson plan
Indirect guidance
3. A five star rating system developed for licensed early childhood facilities.
Service learning
Interview
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Direct Guidance
4. Diet needs for proper growth and development
Nutrition
Physical abuse
Piaget
Rating scales
5. Theorist believed that experiences in childhood influence your entire life.
ITERS
Freud
Nanny
Erikson
6. A connection between child and caregiver/parent
Subjective observation
Maslow
Attachment
Skinner
7. Is a stage in human development from birth to 5 years of age.
ECERS
Pre-operational stage
Telegraphic speech
Early Childhood
8. A normal - uncontrollable reaction of your body to something that you feel - see - or experience.
Au pair
Networking
Reflex
Synapses
9. A person from another country who lives with a family and provides child care
Director Designee
Active listening
Probational License
Au pair
10. Summary of a persons qualification - skills - and job experiences.
Vygotsky
Resume
raffic pattern
Portfolios
11. A person that provides care in the childs home and may receive food and housing in addition to wages
Nanny
Prompt
Attire
Dawdling
12. Sharing resources with others in the same field of study.
Developmental milestones
Nutrition
Networking
Redirect
13. A person who is willing to learn new information and acquire new skills throughout his or her life.
Lifelong learner
Emotional development
Toddler
Participation charts
14. Process of gradually learning to base one's behavior on personal beliefs of right or wrong
Usable Space
Service learning
Moral Development
Physical development
15. 'argued that when a childs actions have positive results - they will be repeated - continued negative results may end unwanted behavior'
Sexual Abuse
Temperament
Skinner
Department of Human Services
16. Activities done on a daily basis such tolieting - eating - and dressing.
Routine
Pica
Redirect
Telegraphic speech
17. Are located at secondary or postsecondary institutions - used to train future teachers.
Development
Probational License
School-age child care
Laboratory Schools
18. 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
Director
Budget
Director Designee
Parent Cooperatives
19. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Rating scales
Preschooler
Nutrition
Ignore
20. Differences among others.
Developmental milestones
Ignore
Diversity
Early Childhood
21. How a child understands language
Flow chart/Web
Language comprehension
Regular License
Expressive language
22. Using sound to signal the transition from one activity to another
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Indirect learning experience
Auditory signals
Development
23. A job in which a person works for little or no pay while gaining work experience and receiving supervision.
Director
Frequency count
Internship
Model
24. Is the action involving the small muscles of the hands - as in handwriting - stringing beads - cutting or Legos.
Persuade
Theme
Prompt
Fine motor
25. Communication of one's ideas - desires - or intentions to others - usually through speech - printed words or signing
Masters Degree
Pre-operational stage
Expressive language
Curriculum
26. Before or after school care for children ages five-to-ten-year-old children
School-age child care
Maturation
Model
Development
27. Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen - heard - or touched
Adult to Child Ratio
Privacy Law
Object permanence
Kindergartens
28. Child care is provided in a private home.
Cover Letter
Service learning
Family child care
Physical development
29. State ones feelings about a problem or behavior without placing blame.
I Messages
Moral Development
Sensorimotor stage
Proximodistal principle
30. An assessment/observation tool used to show mastery of a list of items.
Indirect learning experience
Checklist
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
Temperament
31. Type of abuse affecting a childs self-concept through words or actions
Fine motor
emotional abuse
Maturation
Cover Letter
32. Lack of proper diet causing improper development in children
I Messages
Emotional development
Malnutrition
Subjective observation
33. Training required for designated employees by MSDH annually to maintain licensure
Lifelong learner
Cover Letter
Staff Development
Objective observations
34. A map that outlines major concepts and ideas related to a theme.
Flow chart/Web
Cover Letter
Nutrition
Attire
35. Developed the psychoanalytical theory. Anecdotal records - rating scales - checklist
Checking-in services
Piaget
Freud
Auditory signals
36. Developing from the center outward
emotional abuse
Infant
Erikson
Proximodistal principle
37. A type of observation centering on a specific event in form of written notes
Sensorimotor stage
Isolation Room
Motor sequence
Anecdotal records
38. A worker with an education beyond high school that is trained for a certain field of work.
Paraprofessional
Vygotsky
Maturation
Piaget
39. A detailed account of behavior over a particular period of time.
Cephalocaudal principal
Associate Degree
Running record
Freud
40. Influencing children's thoughts or actions.
Expressive language
Persuade
Networking
Immunization
41. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.
Work-based learning
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Entry-level Job
Skinner
42. A tool used to determine what the children know before instruction begins
Multiple Intelligences
Lesson plan
Freud
Initial assessment
43. The written plan giving an overall view - vital to planning a balanced curriculum.
Auditory signals
Block plan
Rote
Piaget
44. A person who provides direct care - supervision - and guidance to children in a child care facility - regardless of title or occupation.
Caregiver
Pica
Piaget
ITERS
45. Observing someone in his or her job.
Job Shadowing
Confidentiality
Reflex
Toddler
46. A learning experience that is spur of the moment - could be teachable moments -unplanned events.
Nutrition
Indirect learning experience
Job Shadowing
Indirect guidance
47. A natural talent or potential for learning a skill.
Aptitude
Mission Statement
Asthma
Object permanence
48. Moving from one activity to another
Attire
Skinner
Internship
Transitions/Closures
49. 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.
Adult to Child Ratio
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Professional
Ignore
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
Temperament
Self-help Skills
Infant
Parent Cooperatives