ECED Chapter 2 terms

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Across
  1. 2. plasticity - The brain is constantly adapting and reorganizing as new neurological connections are made and reinforced.
  2. 5. care centers - A place for care of children for a large portion of their waking day; includes basic catering activities of eating, dressing, resting, and toiling, as well as playing and learning time.
  3. 6. Intervention - A federally funded program for children who are at risk or developmentally delayed; includes comprehensive services, multidisciplinary approach; and an Individualized Plan is created for each child's educational path.
  4. 8. - Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale for assessment of quality of early learning programs in home care settings.
  5. 10. - A concept of teaching as both educating and care giving; coined by Magda Gerber in referring to people working with infants and toddlers.
  6. 12. child care - Care for children in a small, homelike setting; usually six or fewer children in a family residence.
  7. 13. school - A school that teaches religious dogma.
  8. 16. - The brain will get rid of unused synapses as it grows and refines itself.
  9. 18. - The practice of keeping a teacher and a group of children in a class together for two or more years.
  10. 19. core components of DAP - What is known about child development and learning, what is known about each individual child, and knowledge of the social and cultural contexts in which children live.
  11. 20. - A school or class for children 4-6 years old; in the US, it is the first year of formal, public school.
  12. 22. appropriate practices - Curriculum that helps children understand the way individual histories, families of origins, and ethnic family cultures make us similar and yet different from others.
  13. 23. - Coordinated curriculum between various levels of education as well as between curriculum and learning standards.
Down
  1. 1. group - The practice of placing children of several levels, generally one year apart, into the same classroom. Also referred to as family grouping, heterogeneous groups, multiage grouping, vertical grouping, and ungraded classes.
  2. 3. - Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale for evaluating quality in early learning settings serving children 2+ through 5 years of age.
  3. 4. child care - Child care that begins in the morning and goes through the day, often arranged for the hours that parents work.
  4. 7. Start - The first federally funded, large-scale, comprehensive program for low-income children who are 3, 4, & 5 years old.
  5. 9. - Keeping children back one year or allowing children to repeat one year in school.
  6. 11. - Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale for evaluating quality in early learning settings designed for children from birth to 2+ years of age.
  7. 14. Appropriate Practices - Practices that are suitable or fitting to the development of the child and are relevant and respectful to the social and cultural aspects of children and friends
  8. 15. Sponsored Child Care - Offered on or near a job site, is an employee benefit options for parents; may also be available as a voucher for any child care arrangement.
  9. 17. - School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale for measuring quality in group care programs serving children 5 to 12 years of age.
  10. 19. nursery school school/preschool - The core of early childhood educational theory and practice; program designed for children aged two-and-a-half to five years of age, which may be a part- or an all-day program.
  11. 21. Head Start - Federally funded comprehensive program for low-income infants, toddlers, and pregnant women.