Environment
Who is best known for his concept of normalization?
Wolfensberger
Children with developmental differences and challenging behaviors need _____ that reduce prejudice and promote positive outcomes
guidance procedures (discipline)
(True/False)
Summer schedules should have the same amount of outdoor play as other seasons.
False- Summer should have more.
(Ture/False)
Effective transitions require detailed planning.
True
Define induced incompetence
term used to describe the effects of poorly functioning equipment on children with development disabilities
According to Bermier's article, who is the first and second teacher?
First teacher: The parents
Second teacher: Classroom teacher
(True/False)
Helping children learn to behave appropriately increases the differences that often set them apart and produces favorable attitudes toward them.
False
What are major scheduling factors?
Individual differences among children and their changing skill levels over time
Zero to Three recommends that a group size be no larger than ___ group members.
six
______ is also known as free play, child-initiated activity, and free-choice periods; open-ended blocks of time in which children discover the learnings inherent in the play materials
Discovery learning
Minimizing _____ and _____ enhances the ability of all young children to concentrate on the tasks at hand.
Clutter and confusion
________ depends on what teachers do and say to forestall trouble.
Preventive discipline
The visual schedule can help the child transition independently and _________________.
...assist with sequential memory, organization, and understanding of time.
What are the steps to teaching procedures effectively?
Determine what procedures are needed.
Break them down into simple steps.
Teach them visually, orally, and/or kinesthetically.
Check for understanding.
Practice them.
Reinforce them.
Periodically review them.
______ is a strategy in which each teacher is responsible for an area of the classroom.
Zone teaching
What is the 8th indicator of an inclusive early childhood program?
The program includes a social skills component that emphasizes kindness, empathy, and cooperative play.
What is the point to be underscored?
Environmental arrangements are major determinants of children’s behavior.
During what period in the schedule focuses on learning opportunities that enhance children’s perceptual motor skills, speech and language skills, and basic cognitive and problem-solving skills.
Cognitive Activities
A key component of quality infant/toddler programs is ________.
continuity of care
What are ELOs?
the intentional incorporation of specific learning objectives into play and routine classroom activities.
What are the 9 certain basic principles when planning the environment for early learning?
Safety, Visibility, Matching Children and Equipment, Ease of Movement, Promoting Independence, Teacher's Availability, Offering Choice, Novelty Versus Familiarity, and Structured Flexibility
What does preventive discipline accomplish?
It communicates to children how to behave, and then facilitates children’s efforts.
It makes it easy for children to learn the vast number of behaviors and skills necessary for growing up confident and competent in a world that expects much of young children.
It helps children avoid unnecessary and ego-deflating errors that squander children’s time.
It assures a positive climate in which teachers enjoy teaching, and children of different developmental levels enjoy learning together.
______ and _____ are topics that are often overlooked during staff discussions of students’ needs.
Physical settings and the daily schedule
The curriculum shifts during these early elementary years to focus on _______ and _______.
expanded literacy and writing
______ are an art form made up of balanced lengths of wire or string to which pieces of various materials are attached so that air currents move them about when they are hung up
Mobiles