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Infants
Toddlers
Preschoolers
Middle Childhood
100
The sum of all traits passed on through genes from parents to children.
What is heredity
100
Red, wrinkled, misshapen head, flat nose
What is the appearance of a newborn?
100
The term used for the unsteady way children move when they begin to walk.
What is toddle?
100
Children playing with their friends.
What is cooperative play?
100
Another name for middle childhood.
What are school-age children?
200
All of the conditions and situations that surround and affect an individual.
What is environment?
200
A doctor specializing in the care and development of children.
What is a pediatrician?
200
Running, jumping, throwing a ball, scribbling, toilet training are a part of this type of development.
What is physical growth?
200
Playing on swings, riding a tricycle, and skipping use these motor skills.
What are gross motor skills?
200
Periods of rapid growth.
What is growth spurt?
300
Refers to inner traits, such as conscience, moral strength, and social attitudes.
What is character?
300
Rolling over, crawling, sitting up, standing up and walking
What is physical development in infants?
300
Beginning to show signs of memory, discovering object permanence, and learning concepts like one or many are all a part of this type of development.
What is intellectual development?
300
Buttoning buttons, zipping zippers, and brushing teeth use these motor skills.
What are fine motor skills?
300
Expected behaviors of males and females.
What are gender roles?
400
The placing of students of varying abilities in the same class.
What is inclusion?
400
Recognizing familiar voices, playing peek-a-boo, and sensitivity to strangers
What is emotional and social growth in infants?
400
Playing beside other children instead of with them.
What is parallel play?
400
Practicing sharing encourages what type of growth and development?
What is social/emotional growth?
400
Building this is vital during middle childhood.
What is self-esteem?
500
Some abilities are acquired more easily during certain time-sensitive periods.
What are windows of opportunity?
500
The approximate number of words in a 3-yr. old's vocabulary
What is 500?
500
Questions that help prepare children for reading lessons that will come later are called ___________________.
What are reading readiness exercises?
500
The scientific term for baby teeth.
What are deciduous teeth?