What is the sensorimotor period.

What did Piaget call the stage before the age of 2, when children learn by experiencing their environment with all their senses?

What is a bidirectional interaction that is responsive to the baby's needs.

What is synchrony?

What is 1) Teachers must be capable of hearing and seeing all sleeping children, 2) Visual check every 5 minutes, 3) Must be able to respond quickly, 4) Sound monitors may be used, 5) Video monitors cannot replace visual checks, 6) Infants must be placed to sleep on their backs.

What are the 6 criterion for supervision of sleeping infants as per the NAEYC?

What is interactions between adults and children and among the children themselves.

What does the psychosocial area povide for?

What is mainstreaming.

What can infants and toddlers with special needs benefit from?

What is trust vs. mistrust.

What did Erik Erikson call the stage from birth until one year of age in which infants are learning to trust themselves and others?

What is to manage their anxiety about placing their infant in child care.

Why do parents need to be involved?

What is their senses.

What do infants and toddlers use to explore their environment and to organized information about the world around them?

What is during the second year.

During what year do children learn to use words to express their ideas, thoughts, and feelings?

What is 1) albums with photos fo the children and their families, 2) picutres at the children's eye level, 3) books adults can read to or share with children, 4) activities children need to optimize their development.

Name 4 things a quaility program will provide for children with special needs.

What is moving away from their caregiver, while still returning at intervals for reassurance.

Babies with the strongest attachments to parents or caregivers are the most comfortable doing what?

What is choosing caregivers who have good language skills themselves.

What is the first step (in a child care center) toward encouraging children to use language skills?

What is providing books and pictures of families from other cultures, decorating with cultural objects, playing ethnic musics or singing folk songs, and using mirrors.

What are 2 ways to support cultural diversity in the classroom?

What is indoor and outdoor.

What 2 areas do we need to consider when planing space for large motor activities?

What is seek out community resources and consultation.

What should a director do before planning an environment or program for children with special needs?

What is 9 months.

At about what age do infants begin to express some anxiety over seperation?

What is consistency.

What is "especially important to infants and toddlers" regarding staff?

What is because they are growing and changing so rapidly.

Why do infants and toddlers require flexibility?

What is strengthen their small muscles such as their fingers and hands.

What do fine motor activities help children do?

What is attainment of control over themselves and their environment.

What basic need is especially important for children with special needs?

What is about the second year.

About when does the child's ability to tell others exactly what is needed develop?

What is safe, while allowing the maximum possibility for exploration.

What should the environment of an infant-toddler program be like?

What is secure heavy furniture, cover electrical outlets, pad sharp corners on furniture, check for thing that might entrap a baby's head, use gates or grates, and always have a telephone or intercom in the room.

Name 3 safety precautions to be taken in an infant-toddler classroom.

What is significant social play and interaction.

What will a well set up diapering area foster?

What is 1) be appropriate for each child's capabilities, 2) offer challenges while also ensuring success, 3) be safe, 4) provide appropriate sensory stimulation, 5) provide an assortment of tactile materials, 6) provide auditory material, and 7) include orthopedic equipment.

In order to achieve mastery, the environment should: