early childhood
1Early childhood — is a stage in human development. It generally is the sum of toddlerhood and play age, the latter which in psychosocial development more specifically is age 3 6.EducationInfants and toddlers experience life more holistically than any other age… …
2early-childhood — adj. Early childhood is used with these nouns: ↑education …
3Early childhood education — is the formal teaching and care of young children by people other than their family or in settings outside of the home. Early childhood is usually defined as before the age of normal schooling five years in most nations, though the U.S. National… …
4Early Childhood Australia — is the peak early childhood advocacy organisation in Australia, acting in the interests of young children, their families and those in the early childhood education and care field.HistoryEarly Childhood Australia began as the Australian Pre… …
5Early childhood caries — Early childhood caries, also known as baby bottle caries, baby bottle tooth decay, and bottle rot, is a syndrome characterized by severe decay in the teeth of infants or young children. Early childhood caries (ECC) is a very common bacteria… …
6Early childhood educator — An early childhood educator is a teacher who works with young children in a classroom setting. This occupation emphasizes two goals of early childhood education (children from infancy to age 8): #the focus of academically, socially, emotionally,… …
7Early childhood intervention — Developmental therapy redirects here. For other developmental therapies, see Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities. Early childhood intervention is a support system for children with developmental disabilities or… …
8Early childhood professional — Used as an umbrella term to refer to anyone who directly works with young children from infancy to age 8. Most often referred to as an early childhood teacher.These professionals include: *Teachers *Daycare workers *Social workers *Educational… …
9Early Childhood Education Act — The Early Childhood Education Act is the name of various landmark laws passed by the United States Congress outlining federal programs and funding for childhood education from pre school through kindergarten. The first such act was introduced in… …
10early childhood caries — severe dental caries promoted by the sugars, acids, or sometimes Streptococcus mutans in a bottle of milk or juice left in contact with a child s primary teeth; it can also occur from contact with breast milk left in a sleeping child s mouth.… …
