California Preschool Learning Foundations - ECEZero2Three ...

approaches to learning. Children’s classroom
engagement, motivation, and
participation
attachment figures. Caregivers on whom
children are emotionally reliant, such
as a parent, grandparent, or nonparental
caregiver; adults who assume a
parenting function
caregiver. An adult with responsibility for
children in a family child care home,
or an adult who provides family, friend,
or neighbor care
Glossary
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family caregiver. A mother, father,
grandparent, or other adult raising
the child
early childhood setting. Any setting in
which preschool children receive
education and care
teacher. An adult with responsibility for
the education and care of children in
a preschool program
theory of mind. Children’s developing
ability to explain people’s behavior with
respect to internal mental states
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT