Toddler Play
Toddler Vocabulary
Cognitive Development
All Things Toddler
Toddler Theory
100

Play that occurs alongside another toddler with little reciprocal interaction.

What is Parallel Play?

100

An emotional episode of upset behavior. Usually involves crying or yelling.

What is a temper tantrum?

100

When two words are combined, usually a verb and a noun.

What is telegraphic speech?

100

Children between the ages of 1 and 3 years.

What is are toddlers?

100

Theorist who is theory involved operant conditioning.

Who is Skinner?

200

Additional skills your child should be developing.

What are abilities?

200

Substances that when given in liquid or shot form, produce or boost immunity to a specific disease such as measles or mumps.

What are inoculations?

200

When caregivers and older peers or siblings help children learn at their level.

What is Scaffolding?

200

Which of the following is not a motor skill learned in the toddler years? 

Kicking, Undressing, Walking, Writing

A. Writing

200

This theorist proposed the idea that children use discovery to solve problems.

Who is Vygotsky?

300

Climbs, Runs, Kicks are this type of milestones.

What are motor?

300

Scientifically supported behavioral or physical checkpoints seen in infants and children as they grow and develop.

What are milestones?

300

One word descriptors used for many different, but related objects.

What are holophrases?

300

11- 14 hours.

How many hours of sleep do toddlers need?

300

Erikson's stage in which young children begin to see themselves as separate from their caregivers, without feelings of embarrassment or uncertainty.

What is autonomy vs shame and doubt?

400

True or False?

Common toddler sleep problems include having trouble settling to sleep and not wanting to stay in bed at bedtime.

A. True
400

Essential to learning, memory formation, emotional regulation, and physical and mental development.

What is toddler sleep?

400

The level at which a child can learn with help, as theorized by Vygotsky.

What is zone of proximal development (ZPD)?

400

Which of the following is not a recommendation for helping toddlers sleep better at night? 

Encouraging them to run off energy before bedtime 

or 

Giving them a stuffed animal with which to sleep with?

A. Encouraging them to run off energy before bedtime.

400

Theorist who found that a toddler's knowledge of the world is limited to their sensory perceptions.

Who is Piaget?

500

Milk, Water, and Juice.

What drinks should be made available to a toddler?

500

This toddler show encourages speech and language learning with sign language and imaginative play.

What is Ms. Rachel?

500

True or False? Although most children learn to do things and reach specific milestones by a certain age, not all do. Different children develop at different rates. 

A. True

500

Many toddlers need to eat often — as much as six times a day, including 1 meal and 5 snacks.

A. False

500

Asking your toddler to find objects for you or name body parts and objects. Playing matching games with your toddler, like shape sorting and simple puzzles. Helping to develop your toddler's language by talking with them and adding to words they express.

What is developmental encouragement?

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