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ELG intro
Mass Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers - Introduction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Active learners | Children who learn by “doing,” “participating,” and “playing” |
| Age ranges | Overlapping ages of young children described in four categories: younger infant, older infant, younger toddler, older toddler |
| Appropriate | What is usually expected for a child’s age and ability |
| Characteristics | Individual traits or qualities |
| Community | A social group of any size whose members live in a specific location, share a government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage |
| Competency | Ability to perform a specific task, action or function successfully |
| Consistent | Steady, harmonious, and free from contradiction |
| Culture | Shared attitudes, beliefs, histories, arts, customs, and social or family practices that generally characterize a particular group of people. |
| Delay | Slow to progress in one or more domains of learning |
| Demonstrate | To show clearly |
| Domain | a broad category of children’s learning and development, the overlap and vary by the age of the child. |
| Educators | Males and females who play an important role in supporting learning for infants and toddlers, such as family members, center |
| Family | Refers to the closest relationships that a child has, customarily thought of as a mother or father, but often includes foster family, grandparents and others who are significant in the child’s life |
| Indicators | Describe expected observable behaviors or skills of children |
| Learning experiences | Provide educators with examples of ways to support child’s development |
| Learning guideline | A specific expectation of what children should know and be able to do |
| Peers | Children who are about the same age |
| Proficiency | Mastery of a specific behavior or skill demonstrated by consistently superior performance |
| Routines | A pattern of events or interactions planned and occurring on a regular basis |
| Transition | Time of change or moving children from one activity or place to another |