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Early Childhood Education Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How children interact with others and the world around them.
Interpersonal Skills
Guidance
Social development
Accreditation
2. Using outside factors such as room arrangement to promote desirable behavior in children
MECA
Indirect guidance
Reflex
Object permanence
3. Actions used by an adult to help children develop self control
Guidance
Maslow
CDA
Au pair
4. Believed interaction with peers and adults help children learn through social and cultural experiences.
Sensorimotor stage
Expressive language
Vygotsky
Motor sequence
5. Developed to meet the developmental needs of children from low-income homes. Also dental - medical - and mental health services are provided for children
Expressive language
Running record
Body Language
Head Start Programs
6. A detailed account of behavior over a particular period of time.
Associate Degree
Running record
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Job Shadowing
7. 'The pre-operational stage occurs between ages two and six - during which language - symbolic play - and drawing skills are developed.'
Pre-operational stage
NAEYC
Ignore
Subjective observation
8. 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.
Fine motor
Rating scales
Preschooler
Probational License
9. Keeping sensitive personal information of others private.
ECERS
Confidentiality
Work-based learning
Mission Statement
10. A person who provides support services such as cooking - cleaning - or driving a vehicle - but is not a caregiver.
Resume
Service Staff
Physical abuse
Diabetes
11. How information moves from one neuron to another
Associate Degree
Attachment
Synapses
Mission Statement
12. Nonverbal actions expressed usually unconsciously by an individual including but not limited to facial expressions or gestures.
Curriculum
Kindergartens
Piaget
Body Language
13. Developing from head to toe
Flow chart/Web
Preschooler
Cephalocaudal principal
Au pair
14. A degree earned upon completing at least thirty hours beyond a Bachelor's degree.
Diversity
Masters Degree
Networking
Proximodistal principle
15. Type of abuse affecting a childs self-concept through words or actions
Privacy Law
Guidance
rogram Goals
emotional abuse
16. Before or after school care for children ages five-to-ten-year-old children
School-age child care
Usable Space
Physical abuse
Maslow
17. A learning experience that is spur of the moment - could be teachable moments -unplanned events.
ognitive/ intellectual development
Pre-operational stage
Indirect learning experience
Curriculum
18. (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;
Direct learning experience
I Messages
Rote
ECERS
19. Summary of a persons qualification - skills - and job experiences.
Paraprofessional
Model
Dawdling
Resume
20. Allows the child care facility to operate pending the issuance of a regular license.
Redirect
Synapses
Temporary License
Prompt
21. Diseases that can be spread to other people
Freud
Director Designee
Communicable Diseases
Usable Space
22. How children develop skills such as concentration - and the ability to learn - understand - recognize and reason.
Networking
Application
ognitive/ intellectual development
Motor sequence
23. How a child understands language
Language comprehension
Code of Ethics
Articulation
hild Care Center
24. Cravings for nonfood items such as paper - soap - rags and toys
Pica
Attachment
Ignore
Mission Statement
25. A letter of when introducing yourself when sending a resume.
rogram Goals
Rating scales
Cover Letter
CDA
26. A worker with an education beyond high school that is trained for a certain field of work.
Paraprofessional
Running record
Code of Ethics
I Messages
27. Child between the ages of 3 and 5 years old
Attachment
Preschooler
Dawdling
Kindergartens
28. Actions such as spoken words or gestures that influence behavior.
Infant
Direct Guidance
Routine
Block plan
29. Full day child care facilities that provide a place for children while parents or guardians are at work or school
Department of Human Services
Kindergartens
Gross motor
hild Care Center
30. Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen - heard - or touched
Object permanence
Physical abuse
Entry-level Job
Asthma
31. A person who provides direct care - supervision - and guidance to children in a child care facility - regardless of title or occupation.
Body Language
Ignore
Redirect
Caregiver
32. The ability to use clear - distinct speech.
Lesson plan
Articulation
Developmental milestones
Portfolios
33. A degree earned after successfully completing a four year course of study at a university.
34. When someone demonstrates how to appropriately complete a task - action or behavior.
Budget
Lesson plan
Physical abuse
Model
35. A connection between child and caregiver/parent
NAEYC
Attachment
Objective observations
Director Designee
36. A map that outlines major concepts and ideas related to a theme.
Flow chart/Web
Development
ECERS
Communicable Diseases
37. 'the process of memorizing using routine or repetition - often without full attention or comprehension.'
Confidentiality
Freud
Rote
Mission Statement
38. Through psychosocial development personality goes through eight stages one being trust vs. mistrust
Regular License
Mission Statement
Erikson
Direct learning experience
39. The written plan giving an overall view - vital to planning a balanced curriculum.
Au pair
Direct learning experience
Proximodistal principle
Block plan
40. Extreme allergic reaction
Anaphylactic Shock
Entrepreneurs
Proximodistal principle
Checking-in services
41. Mississippi Early Childhood Association: is the largest state organization for early childhood professionals.
Suggest
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Service learning
MECA
42. School program in which students volunteer in their community.
Service learning
Participation charts
Temperament
Malnutrition
43. The number of adults who must be in the classroom with the children
Adult to Child Ratio
Theme
Confidentiality
Aptitude
44. Equipment - activities and guidance matched to the developmental characteristics and needs of each age group.
Internship
Multiple Intelligences
Developmentally Appropriate Activities
CDA
45. Most visible type of abuse such as bites - burns - bruises - broken bones or other unexplainable non-accidental injuries
hild Care Center
Laboratory Schools
Paraprofessional
Physical abuse
46. Recording your opinions rather than facts as to why you believe a behavior is occurring.
Subjective observation
Language comprehension
rogram Goals
Erikson
47. Moving from one activity to another
Epilepsy
Laboratory Schools
emotional abuse
Transitions/Closures
48. Training required for designated employees by MSDH annually to maintain licensure
Communicable Diseases
Aptitude
Head Start Programs
Staff Development
49. Words arranged in an order that makes sense - and contains almost all nouns and verbs - usually two word phrases.
Interpersonal Skills
Social development
Department of Human Services
Telegraphic speech
50. Statements of purpose reflecting the end result of curriculum.
ognitive/ intellectual development
Moral Development
Initial assessment
rogram Goals