History
Types of Programs
Young Child
Learning Theorists
Environment
100
Froebel is considered the Father of _________
What is kindergarten?
100
Schools serving children ages 2-5, in which children actively explore materials in learning centers to help develop skills and interests of child.
What is a nursery school?
100
Every child goes through these sequential phases but not at the same time.
What are developmental stages?
100
Zone of Proximal Development
Who is Vygotsky?
100
Physical plant, available resources and program goals
What are three common elements of the classroom environment?
200
Nationwide reform movement, Progressive Movement, is credited to _________.
Who is John Dewey?
200
Schools located on a college campus focusing on teacher training, research and innovative education.
What is a lab school?
200
Descriptions of common characteristics organized by ages.
What are Word Pictures?
200
Multiple Intelligences
Who is Gardner?
200
All early childhood programs should include _________ practices.
What are Developmentally Appropriate Practices?
300
Patty Smith Hill founded the National Association for Nursery Education which became known as ________.
What is the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)?
300
Schools organized and ran by parents, offering parents a unique opportunity for parentsto be involved in the education.
What is a parent cooperative school?
300
Word Pictures are characteristics in each of these developmental domains.
What are physical, social-emotional, language, cognitive and creative?
300
Hierarchy of Human Needs
Who is Maslow?
300
An environment that explores similarities and differences that make up the group and helps children appreciate each other.
What is an anti-bias environment?
400
A project that began in 1965 aimed at providing educational, social, medical, dental, nutritional and mental health services.
What is Head Start?
400
Schools that are housed in a church or synagogue.
What is a faith based school?
400
Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic
What are learning styles?
400
Stages of cognitive development.
Who is Piaget?
400
An environment that encourages children to become independent and responsible for their own care, learning and emotions.
What is a self-help environment?
500
Both a philosophy of child development and a plan for guiding growth.
What is Montessori concept?
500
A type of schooling that is growing, because parents are looking for an alternative to public schools.
What is home schooling?
500
When a child with a disability is a full-time member of a regular classroom.
What is inclusion?
500
Social and emotional development progresses in stages.
Who is Erikson?
500
Key to creating a safe, creative, environment both indoors and outdoors.
Who is the teacher?
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