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What affect does quality early care on children? - correct answer ✅academic benefits lasting into high school What age group is considered early childhood? - correct answer ✅birth to 8 years old Age appropriateness - correct answer ✅considering what is typical for a child within a given age group Individual appropriateness - correct answer ✅considering the needs of each child as a unique individual Social/Cultural appropriateness - correct answer ✅considering the social and cultural contexts in which children grow and live Intentionality - correct answer ✅having clearly defined goals for children and thoughtfully prepared environments, experiences and activities to meet those goals Three critical challenges impacting early childhood practices are:
- correct answer ✅-Addressing differences in school success and achievement -Integrating and aligning preschool and elementary school programming -Improving teacher preparation, professional development and ongoing support
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Structural Indicators Examples - correct answer ✅Licensure Lower ratios Smaller group size Caregiver qualifications Professional development for staff Health and safety regulations Inclusive environment Structural indicators - correct answer ✅are things that are "regulable," meaning they can be monitored and are important for providing consistent care. Process Indicators Examples - correct answer ✅Curriculum and established routines Language and reasoning activities Sensitive, responsive interactions Collaboration and provisions for parents and families Parent, teacher, and child interactions Child-sized furnishings Well defined and equipped space that meets the needs of all children
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High Quality Child Care - correct answer ✅A safe, nurturing environment where children learn and grow, staff are properly trained and supported. Parents have access to the program at all times. Program is well organized to promote optimal skill development. Motivational theories - correct answer ✅focus on the belief that humans are controlled by many factors. They place more emphasis on personal motivation and desires. Based on these theories, you might consider what motivates children to act the way they do. Social development theories - correct answer ✅focus on emotional and personality development. Each stage of development lays foundational patterns that influence a person's ability to resolve conflict throughout life. Intellectual/Cognitive development theories - correct answer ✅focus on children developing an intellectual understanding of their world. Children interact with materials and people in the environment to construct knowledge. Maslow's Needs - correct answer ✅Self-Actualization (People cannot become everything they are capable of becoming until all needs are met.) Self-Esteem Belongingness and Love (Social) Safety and Security (Comfort)
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Physical (Basic) Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - correct answer ✅This theory suggests children move through stages as certain needs are met. Erik Erikson - correct answer ✅8 Stages of Social Development Erik Eriksons Theory - correct answer ✅Erikson's theory explores what a person learns when development proceeds successfully throughout life, from birth to old age. Trust vs. Mistrust (Erikson's 8 Stages) - correct answer ✅Birth to 1 year "I am all right" Autonmy vs Doubt (Erikson's 8 stages) - correct answer ✅1 to 3 years "I can make choices" Initiative vs Guilt (Erikson's 8 stages) - correct answer ✅4 to 5 years "I can do and I can make" Industry vs Inferiority (Erikson's 8 stages) - correct answer ✅6 to 12 years "I can join with others" Identity vs Role Confusion (Erikson's 8 stages) - correct answer ✅Adolescence "I can be to others what I am to myself"
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Sensorimotor (Piaget's 4 stages) - correct answer ✅birth to 2 years "Children learn through sensory perception and motor activity." Preoperational (Piaget's 4 stages) - correct answer ✅2 years to 7 years "child learns by what they experience directly" Concrete Operational (Piaget's 4 stages) - correct answer ✅ 7 years to 11 years "Child becomes more rational in their thinking" Formal Operations (Piaget's 4 stages) - correct answer ✅ 11 years to beyond "thinking becomes very abstract" Piaget's 4 Stages - correct answer ✅Sensorimotor (birth to approximately 2 years) Preoperational (2 years to 7 years) Concrete-Operational (7 years to 11 years) Formal Operations (11 years and beyond) Two developmental levels of ability (Vygotsky) - correct answer ✅The ability to do something with help or assistance The ability to do something without help or assistance Zone of Proximal Development. - correct answer ✅The distance between these two levels is called
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Vygotsky - correct answer ✅children create knowledge by interacting with their environment AND through social interactions, their culture and the use of language. Neuron - correct answer ✅specialized nerve cells that make up the central nervous system Axon - correct answer ✅a fiber that sends messages "away" to other neurons Dendrites - correct answer ✅accept incoming messages from the axons. Structure of a Neuron - correct answer ✅Neuron Axon Dendrites How many neurons are in a brain at birth? - correct answer ✅already nearly 100 billion neurons in the child's brain Physical Development - correct answer ✅Physical development refers to the development of large and small muscles as they gradually develop. It involves typical growth patterns, changes in weight and height, and general health and safety.
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Cooperative play - children play together by planning and working toward a common goal (5 years old through adolescence) Stages of Development - correct answer ✅Stages of development for young children are commonly clustered into domains related to physical development, language and communication, social and emotional, cognitive development and general knowledge, and approaches to learning. Classroom Structure - correct answer ✅Children are better able to adapt to the demands of formal schooling when they have been provided opportunities to explore and practice within an environment that is consistent and predictable, yet flexible and inviting. Classroom Structure should include - correct answer ✅-Furniture for routine care and play should be child sized. -open shelves, baskets and cubbies should be placed on the child's level so they can easily reach them. -printed words that are meaningful and at a level where children can easily see them. -Children's art and writing samples should be displayed around the classroom at the children's eye level. Interactive Learning Centers - correct answer ✅-Dramatic Play/Home Living: kitchen furniture, mirrors, dress-up clothes, baby dolls, tables/chairs
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-Library: books, cozy area/ listening center, rugs, puppets, soft pillows/furniture, natural lighting -Discovery/Sensory/Science: items found in nature (pine cones, shells, rocks), water/sand table, sensory items (shakers, smelling jars) -Blocks/Construction: wooden/plastic/cardboard blocks, trucks/cars, doll house -Art/Creative Expression: paper, paints, pencils, markers, pens, collage materials, brushes, easels -Music/Movement: records, tapes, CDs, musical instruments -Manipulatives: pop beads, stack/nesting toys, puzzles -Wood Working: tools, Styrofoam, glue, toy hammer/nails -Feeding Area: tables/chairs, utensils, garbage can, sinks -Sleeping Area: individual cots, blankets, transitional objects, sheets, soothing music, dim lights -Writing Center: pencils, crayons, markers, dry-erase board, paper, sticky notes, erasers, stamps -Parent Communication Board Room Arrangement - correct answer ✅-Exits clearly marked -Remove clutter and eliminate blind spots -clear pathways that allow for smooth traffic flow in and out of each area -Keep toys and supplies on low, open shelves with picture and word labels that are appropriate for the children's age and abilities
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Two great resources for finding inexpensive, creative ideas are Beautiful Junk Creative Classroom Uses for Recyclable Materials by Karen Brackett and Rosie Manley and Beautiful Stuff! Learning with Found Materials by Cathy Weisman Topal and Lella Gandini. Daily Schedule - correct answer ✅-written and posted in class -structure and sequences -balanced (loud and quiet, physical and non physical, active and passive) Transitions - correct answer ✅-Transitions take place all day long, whenever one activity stops and another starts -Some transitions are more difficult because of the number of steps involved (lunch to nap) -It is easier to move from quiet to loud/active than from loud/active to quiet activities The following ideas will help you ease chaos during transition times: - correct answer ✅-Encourage children to clean up after play so you can supervise rather than clean -Plan your daily schedule so there are as few transitions as possible -Have materials ready so one activity can end and another can begin without having the children wait -Use methods like music or a movement activity to hold children's attention during the transition
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-Offer choices to the children. For example, "You can sit at the table until we finish or you can listen to the story." -Help children become familiar with the routine, so they know what to expect -Give children a warning just before the transition to help them prepare and get ready for what is coming next Scaffolding - correct answer ✅assistance a teacher or more skilled peer provides Three components of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: - correct answer ✅age appropriateness, individual appropriateness, social/cultural appropriateness Prohibited disciplinary practices - correct answer ✅severe, humiliating, frightening, or associated with food, rest, or toileting or spanking or any other form of physical punishment Three critical challenges - correct answer ✅-reduce the achievement gap -align and integrate learning experiences from birth to age 8 -teachers are often inadequately prepared and minimally supported
