Vocabulary
This is a guiding set of moral principles.
What is Ethics?
How children express their feelings.
What is emotional development?
Who is a nanny?
Plans the curriculum and activities for the children
Who are the teachers?
CDA stands for...
A person who creates and owns their own business.
Who is an entrepreneur?
How children communicate with others, form relationships, learn to share and develop friendships.
What is social development?
A person who works with young children between the ages of 3-5 in an educational setting.
Who is an early childhood/preschool teacher?
Takes care of the children's needs and keeps the children safe.
Who is an Early Childhood teacher?
480 hours of experiences, 120 hours of coursework and the creation of a portfolio are needed to obtain this.
What is CDA?
Covers the period from birth to nine years old.
What is early childhood?
Understanding right from wrong.
What is moral development?
Who is an Au Pair?
How children learn best:
What is observing, participating in hands-on learning activities?
This percentage of mothers with preschool children work outside the home.
What is 62%?
The full range of Early Childhood programs including preschool, childcare centers, head start, and home based childcare.
What is pre-kindergarten?
The use of fine and gross motor skills using small and large body muscles.
What is physical development?
This person is employed by the state with the role to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of children attending childcare centers.
Who is a licensing specialist?
Children learn from their....
What is surroundings and environment?
Name 3 characteristics of successful teachers.
What is patient, compassionate, understanding, creative, flexible, organized, etc?
A set of guidelines that focus on the outcome of learning activities and is based on the fact that children learn from play.
What is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
Growth in the mental processes that is used to help children gain knowledge such as thought, reasoning and imagination.
What is intellectual development?
The person who oversees the childcare program, helps to plan and create curriculum, hires employees, and controls finances.
Who is a Childcare Director?
When an employer offers daycare in the workplace for employees to send their children too.
What is corporate sponsored childcare?
Largest professional teacher organization for young children and what does it stand for.
What is NAEYC and the National Association of Education for Young Children?