Chapter 2

1. Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale for evaluating quality in early learning settings designed for children from birth to 2+ years of age.
3. School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale for measuring quality in group care programs serving children 5 to 12 years of age.
8. A concept of teaching as both educating and care giving; coined by Magda Gerber in referring to people working with infants and toddlers.
9. The brain will get rid of unused synapses as it grows and refines itself.
10. Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale for evaluating quality in early learning settings serving children 2+ through 5 years of age.

2. Keeping children back one year or allowing children to repeat one year in school.
4. A school or class for children 4-6 years old; in the US, it is the first year of formal, public school.
5. Coordinated curriculum between various levels of education as well as between curriculum and learning standards.
6. Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale for assessment of quality of early learning programs in home care settings.
7. The practice of keeping a teacher and a group of children in a class together for two or more years.