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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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1. Topic or concept around which class activities are planned
Theme
Work-based learning
Cephalocaudal principal
Vygotsky
2. Developed the psychoanalytical theory. Anecdotal records - rating scales - checklist
Internship
Objective observations
Synapses
Freud
3. A detailed account of behavior over a particular period of time.
Curriculum
Running record
Accreditation
Rating scales
4. A person who is willing to learn new information and acquire new skills throughout his or her life.
Nanny
Aptitude
Lifelong learner
Moral Development
5. The ability to use clear - distinct speech.
Attire
CDA
Piaget
Articulation
6. Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen - heard - or touched
Anaphylactic Shock
Active Listing Skills
Isolation Room
Object permanence
7. Developing from head to toe
Sexual Abuse
Telegraphic speech
Cephalocaudal principal
Maturation
8. (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale) an evaluation used for learning activities for programs working with children 2 ½ years to 5 years. The subscales learning activity areas are: fine motor; art; music & movement; blocks; sand and water play;
Frequency count
ECERS
raffic pattern
Cover Letter
9. Behaviors in which one can care for themselves in the areas of feeding - dressing - bathing - and toileting
Rating scales
Director Designee
Self-help Skills
Separation anxiety
10. An agency responsible for providing public assistance programs to the populations they serve.
Probational License
Department of Human Services
Code of Ethics
Montessori Schools
11. Before or after school care for children ages five-to-ten-year-old children
Persuade
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
School-age child care
Interview
12. Actions such as spoken words or gestures that influence behavior.
Temporary License
Temperament
Indirect guidance
Direct Guidance
13. How children attain the ability to share and appropriately express their feelings.
Object permanence
Rote
Physical development
Emotional development
14. When someone demonstrates how to appropriately complete a task - action or behavior.
Transitions/Closures
Professional
Model
Active listening
15. 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
Service learning
Expressive language
Routine
16. Sharing resources with others in the same field of study.
Early Childhood
Montessori Schools
Networking
Piaget
17. A degree earned upon completing at least thirty hours beyond a Bachelor's degree.
Cephalocaudal principal
Masters Degree
Frequency count
MECA
18. Used by the teacher to keep track of a variety of children's behaviors also known as frequency chart.
Participation charts
Motor sequence
Proximodistal principle
Self-help Skills
19. Lack of proper diet causing improper development in children
Model
Service learning
Routine
Malnutrition
20. Schools provide children with freedom within limits by a structured approach. Stress the theory that children learn best by being active and doing.
Montessori Schools
Kindergartens
Resume
Objective observations
21. An oath or set of moral principles - determined by a professional organization for its members.
Interpersonal Skills
Code of Ethics
Staff Development
Ignore
22. A person that provides care in the childs home and may receive food and housing in addition to wages
Nanny
Application
Development
Diversity
23. The evaluation of a program that has been evaluated by an external body to meet certain standards of quality.
Accreditation
Aptitude
Communicable Diseases
Running record
24. A tool used to determine mastery over a period of time.
Development
Ongoing assessment
Attachment
Expressive language
25. Communication of one's ideas - desires - or intentions to others - usually through speech - printed words or signing
Expressive language
Licensing Agency
Neglect
Articulation
26. Type of guidance technique that can be used when a child's misbehavior is not harmful.
Developmental milestones
Paraprofessional
Routine
Ignore
27. A learning experience that is spur of the moment - could be teachable moments -unplanned events.
Direct learning experience
Indirect learning experience
Object permanence
Asthma
28. To suggest - remind or assist.
Moral Development
Checklist
Prompt
Immunization
29. A tool used to determine what the children know before instruction begins
Licensing Agency
Initial assessment
Work-based learning
Privacy Law
30. A normal - uncontrollable reaction of your body to something that you feel - see - or experience.
Synapses
Licensing Agency
Reflex
Subjective observation
31. How a child understands language
Language comprehension
Service Staff
Vygotsky
Au pair
32. Actions used by an adult to help children develop self control
Guidance
Preschooler
Checklist
Probational License
33. A position for beginners in a field. It requires limited education and training.
Caregiver
Rating scales
Entry-level Job
Aptitude
34. 'theory of Multiple Intelligence emphasizes that there are different kinds of intelligence used by the human brain - one being Bodily/Kinesthetic intellegence.'
Temporary License
Aptitude
Epilepsy
Gardner
35. Statements of purpose reflecting the end result of curriculum.
Ignore
Freud
Licensure
rogram Goals
36. Skills used to comprehend and repeat What is being said.
Networking
Physical abuse
Sensorimotor stage
Active Listing Skills
37. An observation that records the facts without using your personal opinions.
Objective observations
Piaget
Indirect guidance
Block plan
38. How information moves from one neuron to another
Freud
hild Care Center
Synapses
Frequency count
39. Type of abuse that may involve inappropriate or unwanted touches - or sexual contact
Checklist
hild Care Center
Sexual Abuse
MS Child Care Quality Step Systems
40. Public and private elementary schools enrolled children in half day or full day programs to prepare children for elementary school
Maturation
Early Childhood
Kindergartens
Confidentiality
41. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Preschooler
Diversity
ECERS
Moral Development
42. Diet needs for proper growth and development
Praise
Family child care
Dawdling
Nutrition
43. A job in which a person works for little or no pay while gaining work experience and receiving supervision.
Piaget
Internship
Head Start Programs
Pre-operational stage
44. Diseases that can be spread to other people
Job Shadowing
Redirect
Communicable Diseases
Associate Degree
45. State ones feelings about a problem or behavior without placing blame.
I Messages
Redirect
Indirect learning experience
Active listening
46. How children develop skills such as concentration - and the ability to learn - understand - recognize and reason.
emotional abuse
Sensorimotor stage
Dawdling
ognitive/ intellectual development
47. An injection of antigens given to a person to provide immunity from a certain disease
Immunization
Aptitude
Laboratory Schools
Fine motor
48. To recommend - advise a plan or an action.
Model
Rating scales
Asthma
Suggest
49. Is a stage in human development from birth to 5 years of age.
Early Childhood
Piaget
Interview
Service Staff
50. A worker with an education beyond high school that is trained for a certain field of work.
Paraprofessional
Subjective observation
raffic pattern
Montessori Schools