Characteristics of DAP
The amount of body movement the child displays
What is Activity Level?
NAEYC
What is National Association for the Education of Young Children?
This is based on stages of development for each age, and understands that each child is unique in the way that he/she develops and learns,
What is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
Creating concrete experiences are a basis for developing important concepts and problem solving skills.
What is cognitive development?
Secure, Disorganized and Anxious
What are types of attachment?
The energy level at which the child reacts to situations
What is Intensity?
“Community Begins Here"
What is the Kiddie Academy logo?
Each child is unique and develops at his/her own pace, rate, and style through the universal stages and sequence of growth. The experiences and environment should match each child’s developmental abilities.
What is "individual appropriateness"?
Occurs when the teacher encourages children to participate in surveys, elections and other decision making processes.
What are group decisions?
A variety of fun materials are provided to promote the development of fine motor skills
What is Physical Development?
Teaching in ways that match the way children develop and learn.
What is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?
Having many opportunities to use reading and writing skills in the classroom setting creates a ______________________ environment.
What is print rich?
Children are free to interact with the given materials in a classroom, but within a framework established by the teacher.
What are "child initiated" activities?
Inviting Environment
Print Rich Environment
Learning Centers
What are three elements of the classroom setting?
Teachers are sensitive to and explain the children’s actions, intentions, and feelings, encouraging children to express their feelings in a positive manner.
What is Social/Emotional development?
The amount of physical stimuli it takes to elicit a reaction
What is Sensory Threshold?
These are an essential ingredient in a successful early childhood classroom
What are Learning Centers?
Experiences and materials match the general age level of the children it serves.
What is "age appropriate"?
Offers many opportunities in the classroom setting with books and printed materials to become literate and learn to read and write for enjoyment.
What is a Print Rich Environment?
Concrete experiences are a basis for developing important concepts and problem solving skills
What is Cognitive Development?
The child is extremely distressed when a caregiver leaves the room but ambivalent at her return
What is an Insecure Attachment?
•Daily Infant/Toddler Reports
•Parent Curriculum Letters
•Lunch/ Nap Chart
•Center Newsletters
What are ways teachers communicate with families?
The teacher creates a framework and learning opportunities in which children can have some control, input, and make choices based on their individual interests and abilities.
What are "teacher directed" activities"?
This should allow for a balance of teacher-led and child initiated activities.
What is a daily schedule?
The part of one’s personality that is apparent and present at birth.
What is temperament?