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| What is Early Childhood Education? |
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| Why should you study Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers? |
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1.) The first three years are a pivotal period in development.
2.) Understanding Brain Development.
3.) Understanding Social-Emotional Development. |
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| What are three historic views of infants and toddlers? |
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1.) Woman had many Children.
2.) Wealthy women had a wet nurse and did not breast feed.
3.) Disabled infants were killed or abandoned. |
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| What is Locke's view and Rousseau's view of Children? |
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1.) Locke believed Infants were a blank slate.
2.) Rousseau's viewed Children as good, and parents were the ones who corrupted them. |
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| Where can you find infant and toddler information? |
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1.) Internet
2.) Books
3.) Magazines |
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| National Association for the Education of Young Children |
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| What government information can you find about infants and toddlers? |
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1.) Information on Birth defeats.
2.) Information on SIDS.
3.) Information on Autism. |
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| What is one core concept about Infant and Toddler development? |
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| Children Develop at there own time. |
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| What makes quality Child Care? |
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1.) Safety
2.) Environment
3.) Adult-child ratio |
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| What are three foundations or standards for infants and toddlers? |
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1.) Relationships
2.) Communication
3.) Self-Regulation |
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| What is the Code of Ethical Conduct? What are the four areas of responsibility? |
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Guidelines and Rules for Teachers and Caregivers.
1.) Responsibility to the Family.
2.) Responsibility to the Child.
3.) Responsibility to the Community.
4.) Responsibility to Society. |
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| Name one NAEYC Statement of Commitment. |
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| Why should you study physical motor, and sensory Development? |
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Motor Milestones help identify developmental patterns.
Understanding and Knowing how the brain sensory develops. (5 senses). |
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| Describe a child's physical growth? (height, weight, and length) |
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Average height 19 to 21 inches long.
Weight 71/2 lbs |
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| What are axons, dendrites, neurons, and synapses? |
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1.)Axons- impulses transmit away from the body.
2.) Dendrites- impulses to nerve cells.
3.) Neurons-cells of the Central Nervous System
4.) Synapses- connections |
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| What are three strategies to enrich infant and toddler brain development? |
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1.) Active learning
2.) Enrich Environment
3.) Good nutrition |
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| What is Motor Development? What is Gross Motor? What is Fine Motor? |
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Motor Development includes all areas of development. Gross Development- large muscles.
Fine Development- small muscles. |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
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| What is crusing, and crawling, and creeping? |
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1.) Crusing- walking sideways holding on to something stable such as furniture.
2.) Crawling- using arms and legs with stomach on the ground.
3.) Creeping- moving on hands and knees with stomach off the ground. |
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5 Senses
(Smell, Sight, Taste, Touch, Hear) |
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| Why Should you study Cognition and Intellectual Development? |
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| Learning Determines how the brain is wired. |
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| The ability to process information and apply knowledge. |
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| What is memory? What is metacognition? |
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1.) The process of storing information for short or long time.
2.) Thinking about Thinking. |
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| What are race, culture, and ethic identity? |
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| Universal asppects of cognition. |
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| What is Piaget Theory of Cognition Development? What is Schema? |
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He believes cognitive development encompasses a complex variety of factors. (Children work independently).
A concept or a Mental Category. |
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| What is Vygotsky Theory? What is Scaffolding? |
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Children Cognitive Development depend on the environment.
Adult structures and supports a learning situation leading infants and toddlers. |
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| What self-regulation? What is private speech/Self-talk? |
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The ability to gain control of bodily functions, manage powerful emotions, and maintain and focus attention.
Communicating or Thinking outloud. |
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| What is the Social Learning Theory? |
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| The child is shaped by individual experience and learn through Invitation and Observation. |
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