Child Development Unit 1 Review

How can you benefit from studying children?

• Better understand children

• Gain skills

• Learn about yourself

• Build for the future

What is the difference between heredity and environment?

• Heredity are traits from places around you

• Environment includes the things around you

• Environment has no influence on you

• Heredity is better than environment

Why do we observe children?

• Identify children's needs

• To practice writing

Objective observations

• use feelings and interpretations

• use facts

Write down everything you observe for a set period of time

• Anecdotal record

• Developmental checklist

• Frequency count

• Running record

Write down everything that relates to a specific behavior

• Anecdotal record

• Developmental checklist

• Frequency count

• Running record

A tally of how often a certain behavior occurs

• Anecdotal record

• Developmental checklist

• Frequency count

• Running record

A list of skills a child should be able to demonstrate at a a given age

• Anecdotal record

• Developmental checklist

• Frequency count

• Running record

What level of career would someone work at if they are a daycare provider?

• Entry-level

• Paraprofessional

• Professional

• Entrepreneur

Preschool teachers are part of which level?

• Entry-level

• Paraprofessional

• Professional

• Enterpreneur