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Early Childhood Education Terms Guide

The document defines key terms used in early childhood education, including environment terms like learning center, staff terms like adult-child ratio and qualifications, routine terms like greeting, health check, and meal routine, and activity terms like structured activities, unstructured activities, and joint activities.

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Early Childhood Education Terms Guide

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02 Terms

Term Definition

Environment

learning center A place in a classroom where materials are organized to accomplish a


specific purpose

Staff

adult-child ratio The number of adults for each child present

qualifications Requirements to be able to get a job, including education and work


experience

Routines

greeting Saying hello as children arrive

health check Checking to see if children feel well/are sick

meal routine Regular ways of serving, eating, cleaning up after meals

Activities

structured activities Activities that have routine procedures that are expected to be
followed

unstructured activities Activities that have a greater degree of freedom of choice, options for
the participants

joint activities Activities for more than one age group

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