Setting the Stage
How Children Think
The Preschool Years
Early School Years
Children at Work & Miscellaneous
100
proper nutrition, open-ended playthings, and toys for pretend play
What is a brain building environment for toddlers?
100
Period of time when children have quick, dramatic shifts in thinking
What are between the ages of two to seven?
100
rhymes, instruments, and tunes are used to aid children with these types of patterns
What are auditory patterns?
100
*get their attention *make connections between old and new ideas *make charts, maps, and lists
What are ways to help your child with schoolwork at home?
100
THIS can lead to behavior problems, lower creativity, and higher anxiety
What is "too heavy, too soon"?
200
toy tools, costumes, pots & pans
What are toys used for pretend play?
200
The functional unit that converts messages to meaningful signals
What is the second functional unit?
200
the age or time period when children can begin some abstract thought processes
What is the toddler time period?
200
missing addends, reversible equations, relational words
What are abstract concepts/ideas?
200
visual and motor learning opportunities, hands-on experiences, and literacy immersion
What are some things that should be included in early learning?
300
blocks, beads, nesting cups
What are open-ended toys?
300
These are used to hook bits of learning together
What are "schemas"?
300
A child's brain needs downtime for THIS
What is reflection?
300
The area of the brain that can change up to 85% between the ages of five to seven
What is the area involved with language and spatial awareness?
300
THIS is a process, not a product
What is childhood?
400
THIS helps to produce children that are more playful and curious, more responsive to adults, and better able to focus their attention
What is a safe environment?
400
model thinking, ask questions, give think time
What are ways that help a child bridge gaps between schemas?
400
playing sports informally and without pressure
What is the best way to prepare a child for a sport?
400
Choose your child's elementary school based on the high school you prefer (true/false)
What is false?
400
The age in which mature reasoning may begin to occur
What is around 11 or 12?
500
link sensory terms to "play" vocabulary, model self-evaluation questions, don't inhibit exploration with unreasonable rules
What are some guidelines for caregivers?
500
the third functional unit does THIS
What is evaluate information and plan behavior?
500
THIS is today's building block for tomorrow's learning
What is play?
500
This educator said to stop worrying about how fast we can make intelligence grow and concentrate on how far
Who is Jean Piaget?
500
THIS is the most important thing for early learning
What is PLAY?
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