EC1000-Assignment 2

3. The overall beauty or appeal of an object or environment.
4. The ways in which parents, children, and family members engage with using literacy at home and in their community.
8. A person who has acquired the necessary knowledge and skills required by their profession.
10. Imaginative play where children behave as if something or someone is real.
14. Maximum number of children that can be assigned to each staff member.
15. A prompt or encouragement from an educator for a child or group of children to take part in an activity.
16. The ability to read and write using written language.
17. A collection of educational records documenting an individual’s progress over time.
19. Using touch, hearing, smell, and sight to learn about objects and discover what happens when interacting with them.
20. To take control of a place or another country and live there.
21. A written account of an event or interaction, capturing what was observed and heard.
23. Adjusting a schema when it doesn't fit a new object or situation.
24. The different areas of learning in early childhood education settings.

1. The essential elements that support life—air, fire, earth, and water.
2. Observing what a child knows and can do to help plan future learning experiences.
5. A full-day early childhood education program for four- and five-year-old children in Ontario public schools that uses a play-based learning approach.
6. The smallest unit of speech that can be used to make one word different from another word.
7. Meeting physical and emotional needs to ensure safety and well-being.
9. Adjusting existing schemas so they work for most situations a child experiences.
11. A teaching method where the educator leads the instruction to teach specific skills or information
12. Factors like adult-child ratios, group size, and staff education that can be controlled and regulated.
13. Organizing workers into a group (union) to discuss and negotiate work conditions with their employer.
18. A system of communication by written or spoken words
22. Activities where children identify an exciting physical challenge, evaluate it, and choose how to handle it safely to avoid getting hurt.