DCF CGDR Practice

The sand/water table would be found in the ______________ Center.

developed eight psychosocial stages through which humans develop throughout their entire life.

____includes activities where children pretend, “I’m the mommy, you be the baby, Let’s play school. Let’s pretend that…”

Developmentally Practices are age appropriate, individually appropriate ,socially, and culturally appropriate.

refers to a child’s ability to move about and control various body parts.

Establishing a schedule it helps children feel secure and comfortable by letting them know what to expect.

Before babies utter their first word, they are preparing for language in many ways

Which activity in a childcare setting has an effect on the child’s development learning?

____________ includes activities such as sculpting, painting, cutting, sewing, and drawing.

___ refers to the child’s ability to communicate with others. It involves a child’s ability to see, hear, speak, read

10. A is the connection between two nerve cells. The connections are being formed throughout the brain throughout life.

GROWTH OR DEVEOLOPMENT refers to increase in complexity – the child acquires more refined knowledge and behavior skills.

Stimulation and experience determine what connections are formed in brain . Negative experiences create one set on conn

Encouraging experimentation, exploration ,stimulating the imagination are reasons why learning centers are of value

A child with a developmental obstacle may experience slowed development.

Vygotsky focused on the connection between people and the culture in which they interact.

Developmentally Appropriate Practices may have to be modified for children who have special needs.

According to Maslow:

Routines are consistent on a daily basis

When working with children with special needs or children from a different culture, it is important to follow the 3-A’s

periods or times when the children are receptive to their surroundings with other people are called windows

Every day, time must be devoted for children to practice writing at their level

______________ includes activities such as: solving puzzles, counting, classifying, and sorting.

An infant begins to process language and communication skills before birth because hearing matures to listening

___ is a broad area that focuses on how children feel about themselves and their relationships with others.

Studies show that the more children read and are read to, the better readers they become.

Is a prevailing or dominant quality that characterize a person.

GROWTH OR DEVELOPMENT refers to specific changes in the body – size, weight, height.

According to Piaget, the concrete operational stage occurs when:

Children’s development progresses in “fits and starts”.

It is sometimes too early to start reading to children.

Children need limits that take into account their particular stage of development and capabilities

Knowledge of child development is essential to working with young children.

Play contributes positively to child development.

Reading and Writing Skills develop in children at the same time.

Developmental progress does not occur during repetitive, mindless activities.

According to Maslow, rest, sleep, food, health care are examples of:

An environment with Art, books related to lessons, vocabulary strips, maps, and posted ABC signs is an example of a/n

Children will not grow at perfectly steady rates – they experience growth spurts

Locate centers in areas accessible to children in wheelchairs or with braces is necessary for

Children develop in relatively the same ways and there is a typical sequence of Development

As children experiment with _____________, they learn important concepts such as gravity, stability, and patterning.

__________is the most impact that a person’s immediate society has on how a person perceives and reacts to the worlds.

A routine is predictable sequence of steps or activities that are performed to complete a task.

is the blend of physical and temperamental characteristics inherited by a child from both parents

A child begins to engage with his/he5r caregiver and surroundings at

As the child learns, the responsibility is gradually transferred to him. This instructional technique is called:

The Cognitive and General Knowledge Domain refers to the child’s__. It includes discovery, concept and memory formation,

This theorist is most known for his work on the psychology if intelligence.

For child care professionals, Erickson’s theory emphasizes a relationship with children based on trust.

Cognitive Development and General Knowledge Domain involves the child’s

Both Environmental Influences and Genetics affect how children grow and develop. This statement demonstrates:

The theorist who developed the social development (sociocultural) theory of learning.

When children become good readers in the early grades, they are likely to become better throughout their school year.

Birth Order influences how children develop.

______________ includes activities such as: building with interlocking blocks or toy logs and using tools.

At 24 months, a child’s ________________________ vocabulary are the words he understands. It contains about 300 words.

Babies are born with the ability to hear. This ability begins to develop in the womb.

According to Erickson, an infant’s trust is developed over time by providing a consistent, comforting environment.

Reflexes control most of a newborn child’s movements

. Around____________ months, infants begin to make vowel-like noises, called cooing

Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) is often referred as “Ages and Stages”.

Environment plays a powerful role in determining how children develop. The most important environmental influences are:

According to what theorist, do individuals go through eight stages called emotional conflicts.

Providing simple activities and organizing materials in easy-to-follow steps is necessary for children with

From , the infant/child is trying to communicate with the world around them.

Dress up clothes, pots and pans and dishes would be found in the _____________ Center.

A child in good health has a better opportunity to grow with fewer developmental challenges than an unhealthy child.

Babies are born with the ability to hear.

Young Babies don’t really like looking at the human face and don’t find it very interesting.

A ____ is a predictable sequence of steps or activities that are performed to complete a task.

Temperament is different from personality.

Cars, trucks, and small blocks would be found in the _____________ Center.

Crying is the first way that an infant has of communicating

Development is even – children progress in all skills at the same time.

A child’s family has no real impact on a child’s health status

Providing specific steps for the activity and controlling the number of children at the center is necessary for

What are the three elements needed for creating developmentally appropriate programs.

The Domain __, refers to a child’s eagerness to learn. It includes curiosity, persistence, problem solving

Providing tactile clues for activities is necessary for children with