It is an invisible measure of feelings, these are expressed in safety are far easier to deal with than those which ae left unresolved.

A method of Education that is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning and collaborative play.

The approach to early childhood education views young children as individuals who are curious about their world and have powerful potential to learn from all that surrounds them.

Focus on real rather than virtual experiences to support the child in forming a healthy relationship to the world.

Play is often used as an educational jumping off point.

The curriculum is constructed as a guideline for how the center/ programs/ schools can be united to provide the best possible care. it is based on the finding of six theorists.

Designed to provide a rich academic foundation while promoting independence, decision making, cooperation, creativity, and problem solving in young children.

It is the plan for helping children the desired outcomes of your program.

A way of teaching and learning that requires teachers to observe and listen to the children.

Classroom arrangement is an art and a science.

Give children what they need. Recognize that children spend a lot of time in your program, and everybody needs a break sometimes.

Keep safe and priority. When designing your space, you can unsupervised all areas, including private spaces.

Remember your classroom can't sends messages to children, we want our classroom to help children say "I can't do things on my own" and "this is the place that i can't trust".

Outdoor Play areas, designed with equipment that is age and developmentally appropriate and that is located in clearly defined spaces with semi-private areas where children can play alone or with a friend.

Positive Parent-Child interactions after benefits to parents and caregivers, in addition to promoting young children's socio-emotional development.

Children with weak socio-emotional skills do better in school.

Relationships are central to children's development because relationships enable children to safety explore their surroundings and learn how to be members of their social and cultural worlds.

Teachers model developmentally appropriate language to help children deal with conflict or solve problems with each other.

Do not allow children to express their feelings and carefully listen to them

DAP means

DAP is ___________________________

3 Areas of knowledge to consider by teachers in making decisions except one. (select 1 that is not appropriate)

Children need relationships with caring adults who engage in many one-on-one, face to face interactions with them to support their oral language development and lay foundation for later literacy.

A balance instructional program that includes systematic code instruction along with meaningful reading and writing activities.

Teaching strategies and experiences that develop phonemic awareness, such as songs, fingerplays, games, poems and stories.

A professional membership organization that works to promote high quality early learning for all young children

Critical components in making good decisions

(DAP 5 Key Areas) Build positive and responsive relationships between children, staff and families

(DAP 5 Key Areas) Provide a balance of teacher-directed and child-initiated activities and plan experiences that meet individual needs and interests.

(DAP 5 Key areas) Work in partnership with families to learn about each child, to develop two-way communication and to establish supportive relationship with all families.

(DAP 5 Key Areas) Develop a written curriculum that reflect developmental milestones and appropriate early learning goals.

Link assessment to curriculum and early learning standards and use authentic assessment methods to measure a child's progress.

Babies learn through movement

Increasingly able to enter and remain involved in mature socio-dramatic play.

A strategy that usually involves showing a procedure that needs to be done in a certain way - the correct way to do something.

Let the children know that we have noticed by giving positive attention or comments.

A strategy that provoke children's thinking.

Directly giving children facts, verbal labels, and other information.

The characteristics and experiences unique to each child, within the context of their family and community, that have implications for how best to support their development and learning.

Learning did not follow sequences

Child cant develop best when they have unsecure relationships.

All areas of development and learning are important

Children Learn in variety of ways.

Development of learning advance when children are challenged

Play is an important vehicle for developing self-regulation as well as for promoting language, cognition and social competence.

Children should not be engaged in physical play , object play, dramatic play, constructive play, and games with rules.

In and out of the classroom, young children learn best even they are not actively involved.

For meaningful experience, we all learn best when information and concepts are meaningful to us.

Young children are not mentally active learners who are always "constructing" their knowledge or understanding of the world.

Children of primary grade age now are more capable of playing cooperative, rule regulated games and sticking the rules.

Research shows that child-guided, teacher-supported play benefits children in very minimal ways.

Play is the only thing that children do in developmentally appropriate classrooms.

Dramatic Play experiences are specially advantageous for impulsive children who are behind their peers in self-regularly development.

Observing play can be a window into their understanding and concerns.