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Early Childhood Education Vocab

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1. A degree earned after successfully completing a four year course of study at a university.

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2. An oath or set of moral principles - determined by a professional organization for its members.






3. Lack of proper diet causing improper development in children






4. Observing someone in his or her job.






5. 'theory of Multiple Intelligence emphasizes that there are different kinds of intelligence used by the human brain - one being Bodily/Kinesthetic intellegence.'






6. A job in which a person works for little or no pay while gaining work experience and receiving supervision.






7. How children attain the ability to share and appropriately express their feelings.






8. School program in which students volunteer in their community.






9. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behavior also known as participation chart.






10. Training required for designated employees by MSDH annually to maintain licensure






11. How children develop skills such as concentration - and the ability to learn - understand - recognize and reason.






12. An agency responsible for providing public assistance programs to the populations they serve.






13. Full day child care facilities that provide a place for children while parents or guardians are at work or school






14. Communication of one's ideas - desires - or intentions to others - usually through speech - printed words or signing






15. (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 -






16. The development of a child's cognitive - social - emotional - and physical skills through the sequence of changes.






17. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.






18. Is a stage in human development from birth to 5 years of age.






19. How information moves from one neuron to another






20. A degree earned once courses of study has been earned or completed usually at the end of a two year period after high school.






21. An injection of antigens given to a person to provide immunity from a certain disease






22. Workers who are self-employed or own their own business.






23. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behaviors also known as frequency chart.






24. Wasting time or moving slowly for example a child eating very slowly.






25. Moving from one activity to another






26. Skills used to comprehend and repeat What is being said.






27. 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






28. Diseases that can be spread to other people






29. Child between infancy and childhood it usually begins between the ages of 1 to 3 years old






30. Words arranged in an order that makes sense - and contains almost all nouns and verbs - usually two word phrases.






31. Behaviors in which one can care for themselves in the areas of feeding - dressing - bathing - and toileting






32. 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.






33. Keeping sensitive personal information of others private.






34. An assessment/observation tool used to show mastery of a list of items.






35. Child birth to 12 months






36. Written plan showing specific actions and activities used to meet planned goals






37. A learning experience that is spur of the moment - could be teachable moments -unplanned events.






38. A person from another country who lives with a family and provides child care






39. Order of new movements - which depends on brain and nerve development.






40. Public and private elementary schools enrolled children in half day or full day programs to prepare children for elementary school






41. The manner of thinking - behaving - or reacting characteristic of a specific person






42. An assessment/observation tool used to determine a childs level of performance.






43. 'the process of memorizing using routine or repetition - often without full attention or comprehension.'






44. Child care programs formed by parents - so they can have more control over the learning environment - the teacher may experience a lack of control






45. The inability for the body to control the level of sugar in the blood






46. Developed to meet the developmental needs of children from low-income homes. Also dental - medical - and mental health services are provided for children






47. Space used by the children - not to include storage - kitchen - teacher areas -






48. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.






49. A position for beginners in a field. It requires limited education and training.






50. Brain damage leading to periodic seizures