ECE 200 chap 1 quiz

NAEYC's definition of early childhood Kindergartners

5-and6-year olds

NAEYC's definition of early childhood Primary grades 1 , 2 and 3

6-,7-, and 8-year olds

NAEYC's definition of early childhood Preschoolers

:3- and 4-year olds

High-quality, full inclusive programs

Access provides children with a continuum of learning opportunities, activities, and environments. Participation is the engagement of all children and supports are the educational and legal framework of inclusion.

family child care

An arrangement in which an individual uses his/her own home as a place to provide care for other people's children

Culture

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

Why Obama's budget request?

Supports voluntary, universal preschool. Builds on the success of the Preschool Development Grants program to help jumpstart Preschool for All. Supports special education services to children ages 3 through 5. Provides additional funds for early intervention services for infants and toddlers.

Kindergarten

designed for five- and six- year old children as the preparatory year before first grade.

Early childhood inclusion

embodies the values, policies, and practices that support the right of every infant and young child and his or her family, regardless of ability, to participate in a broad range of activities and contexts as full members of families, communities, and society.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

emerged with a romantic belief of the child as innocent.

National Association for the Education of Young Children

world's largest and most widely recognized professional organization of early childhood educators. Its major objective is to serve as a voice and advocate for the needs, rights, and welfare of young children from birth through age 8.

Prekindergarten (Pre-K)

refers to state- and locally-funded preschools serving primarily children from low-income families and children deemed "at-risk" due to factors such as the home language being one other than English.

Early intervention

to services for children ages birth to three with, or at risk for, developmental delays or disabilities basis. The services - including speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.

John Locke

was one of the first to emphasize the importance of early childhood experience, the importance of education, and the importance of play. believed that children are born a blank slate.

childcare

when children are supervised and cared for by a person other than a parent or caregiver.

Orbis Pictus

(The World in Pictures) Considered the first picture book for children.

Johann Amos Comenius key ideas

1) Learning should be pleasurable and not punitive, 2) Teachers should follow children's lead in learning, 3) Children should learn in their home language.

Bank Street Approach

-based on Dewey's work -development of the "whole child" -children are democratic communities -play is essential -children are encouraged to think, reason, and make choices a hands-on curriculum based on individual children's development which is intentionally scaffolded by well-trained teachers.

Early childhood is influenced by

1) an increased knowledge of child development and learning, 2) research-based, intentional curricula that provides learning opportunities for even the infant, 3) the increasing prevalence of preschool programs, 4) research that corroborates the notion that high-quality early childhood education has a positive and lifelong effect on children

Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)

Education that focuses on the typical developmental patterns of children (age-appropriateness) and the uniqueness of each child (individual-appropriateness).

quality rating systems (QRS)

Established standards to assess and acknowledge program quality.

child care centers

Full-day child care facilities that focus on basic nutritional, social, emotional, intellectual, and physical needs.

Roles of early childhood educators

Instructional Leader, Nurturer, Communicator, Facilitator, Planner, Lifelong Learner, Reflective Practitioner, Advocate

Assimilation

Interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas. Fitting it into a child's existing belief

Why the Investment in Quality Early Childhood Education Pays Off

Investment in early childhood development directly influences economics, health and social outcomes for individuals and society. • Quality early childhood education from birth to age 5, when brain development is at its most rapid rate, fosters cognitive skills in addition to attentiveness, motivation, self-control and sociability. • At-risk children from disadvantaged environments are less likely to get effective early childhood supports, but are in need of them most. • Poor health, dropout rates, special education rates, poverty and crime can be addressed and substantially reduced by investment in quality early childhood education and societal supports.

child care licensing standards

Minimum requirements, legally established by each state, for a child care program to operate.

accreditation system

NAEYC's voluntary system for identifying high-quality early childhood centers and schools serving children from birth through kindergarten

Child Development Associate Credential (CDA)

National competency-based credential for entry-level early childhood educators

Head Start Program Performance Standards

National standards that establish the level of quality of services provided by every Head Start program.

Behaviorist Theory

Personality is constructed by a series of learning experiences that occur through interactions between the individual and their environment.

Six Standards of Professional Development

Promoting Child Development and Learning, Building Family and Community Relationships, Observing Documenting and Assessing, Using Developmentally Effective Approaches to Connect with Children and Families, Using Content Knowledge to Build Meaningful Curriculum, Becoming a Professional

Setting Standards for Quality Child Care

Relationships, Curriculum, Teaching, Assessment of children's progress, Health, Teachers, Families, Community relationships, Physical environment, Leadership and management,

Head Start

a federally funded program for children from low-income families that also provides healthcare, nutrition services, and social services

What is an early childhood teacher?

a high-quality professional that possess the knowledge, skills, dispositions necessary to teach, design and implement programs, and inform families and communities about early childhood issues. They must also possess the disposition of reflectiveness on their teaching and collaborations and continually improve and broaden their skills and knowledge. endorse high standards for themselves and their students.

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)

a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.

The CDA Program

a national credentialing program that provides early childhood professionals working with infants to 5-year olds the opportunity to develop in a competency-based assessment system.

disposition

a person's inherent qualities of mind and character

Accommodation

adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information. the child changing his/her ideas to accept the new information

Preschool

an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school

Johann Amos Comenius

believed that the education of children should begin immediately so that the child could learn about faith, cognizance of moral actions, and familiarity with arts and language.

NAEYC's definition of early childhood Infants and toddlers

birth to 36 months

Tabula Rasa

blank slate

Early Childhood Special Education

provides services organized and delivered to children age 3 through 8 with disabilities and special needs.