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Question 1

Who developed the Developmentally Appropriate Practice?

Answer 1

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Question 2

What age does DAP focus on?

Answer 2

children ages birth to 8 years old

Question 3

What three principal components does DAP make up?

Answer 3

Age, individual, and social/cultural appropriateness

Question 4

What factors of a child could affect their development?

Answer 4

Age, temperament, personality, and family history

Question 5

What intentionality should teachers have?

Answer 5

They have clearly defined goals for children and thoughtfully prepared environments, experiences, and activities to meet those goals.

Question 6

What goals and outcomes should DAP programs have?

Answer 6

These goals need to be achievable yet challenging

Question 7

What three critical challenges impact early childhood practices?

Answer 7

1. reduce the achievement gap
2. align and integrate children’s learning experiences
3. improving teacher preparation, professional development and on site support

Question 8

what are structural and process indicators?

Answer 8

Structural can be monitored while process are observable interactions

Question 9

What does quality experience early in life lead to?

Answer 9

Better outcomes for children

Question 10

What is classified as high quality care?

Answer 10

Children are getting the solid foundation they need to be healthy, happy, and successful throughout life.

Question 11

What is one way we support healthy growth and development in child?

Answer 11

Forming partnerships with parents

Question 12

What type of person do children attach to?

Answer 12

People who are responsible and provide comfort and reassurance through quality interactions

Question 13

What are some barrier to family engagement in the classroom?

Answer 13

Language, single parenting, and special needs

Question 14

how should caregivers keep parents informed?

Answer 14

answer questions and educating them

Question 15

what should caregivers keep in mind?

Answer 15

The role they play, the need for them to model behavior, and the practice that they preach

Question 16

What is motivational theories and its development by who?

Answer 16

Focuses on the belief that humans are controlled by many factors and that you should consider what motivates children to behave the way they do.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Question 17

what is social development theory and who developed it?

Answer 17

Focuses on emotional and personality development, helping shape ones personalities by being able to negotiate conflicts in stages and their ability to resolve conflicts.
ERIC ERICKSON

Question 18

what are intellectual/ cognitive development theories and who developed it?

Answer 18

focuses on an intellectual understanding of their world. They learn best when they are stimulated and interested in what they are doing.
JEAN PIAGET

Question 19

what is zone of proximal development?

Answer 19

distance between being able to do something with and without help

Question 20

what are neurons

Answer 20

specialized nerve cells that make up the central nervous system

Question 21

What is an axon?

Answer 21

a fiber that sends messages away to other neurons, each neuron has one

Question 22

what are dendrites?

Answer 22

they accept incoming messages from the axons, one neuron has many

Question 23

what is synapse

Answer 23

when messages are sent and the connection is received, is how the brain learns, develops, and allows us to learn new words, skills, and abilities

Question 24

What statue was passed?

Answer 24

in 1998, it was required birth to 5 years in state funded programs to be read to for at least 30 mins a day as children begin to develop language by imitating what is said to and around them.

Question 25

what first letters are children interested in and can recognize?

Answer 25

Letters in their own name

Question 26

what does writing start as?

Answer 26

random scribbling and progresses to invented spelling

Question 27

how does shapes develop for children?

Answer 27

from dewing free radicals into drawing basic shapes, then representation of people, places, and ideas

Question 28

what is a free radical?

Answer 28

a jumble of straight or curved lines that are freely floating on paper

Question 29

What did Mildred Parten define?

Answer 29

Four types of play:
solitary- by themselves
parallel- side by side but not crossing
associative- done freely
cooperative- has a goal

Question 30

what warning signs may indicated a child has a developmental delay?

Answer 30

described as activities that a child is not able to perform by a certain age

Question 31

what is one way children can be exposed to a variety of experiences daily?

Answer 31

through interactive learning cents for engagement

Question 32

how should classrooms be for children?

Answer 32

they should welcome, warm, and invite young children. safe and organized as well

Question 33

what should DAP toys and materials be?

Answer 33

safe, appealing, age appropriate, avoid stereotypes, and reflect the diversity of the classroom

Question 34

what should a daily schedule follow?

Answer 34

should contain words and pictures, provide structure and sequence for the events and activities for the day.

Question 35

how much playtime should a child get?

Answer 35

one hour

Question 36

what guidelines should mealtimes meet?

Answer 36

should be positive and stress free as there as many skills children can learn during

Question 37

what are transitions?

Answer 37

when one activity stops and another starts, takes place all day long