Glossary for Session 4 word definition example Restrain The boy had lost his temper To control the actions or behaviour of someone by force. and had to be restrained to stop him hurting himself. Throw A sudden period of uncontrolled anger. When the parent wouldn’t When you have a tantrum it is often said tantrums buy her sweets she a ‘threw that you a tantrum’. ‘throw tantrum.’ Crawling To move slowly on your hands and The child crawled across the knees. floor. He was crawling. Shuffling The child couldn’t walk yet To walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them. Small but he could get across the children often move around on their room by shuffling along on bottoms over the floor. his bottom. Tricycle A bicycle that has three wheels, The child’s first bike was a designed to be easier to balance. tricycle and he found he could ride it well. Threading The children enjoyed to put something long and thin such as string or thread through a narrow hole or treading wooden beads on into a small space. to a string. Preferences When you like something or someone The children preferred (had more than another person or a preference for) apple juice. Mark making Making a mark using a pen or crayon If you gave the little boy on paper not writing yet but just some crayons he could hold – making a mark. them well enough to make some marks on the paper, this is mark making. Consequence The teacher was away on a a result of a particular action or situation, one which is bad or not convenient course so there was no class as a consequence. Repetitive Doing something over and over again. The children liked to sing the same song over and over and it got very repetitive. Babbling The baby lay in her bed and To talk or say something in a quick, confused, excited or silly way. Before babbled to herself. small children talk they often make noises that don’t make sense. Two word Words that are made up of two The words armchair (arm + compound different words they are chair) and bathroom (bath + – compounded (joined) together. room) are two word compounds. Major More important, bigger or more serious Sugar is a major cause of than others. tooth decay. Influence When children fight in the The power to have an effect on people or things. play ground it has an
Glossary for Session 4 word definition example Restrain To control the actions or behaviour of someone by force. The boy had lost his temper and had to be restrained to stop him hurting himself. Throw tantrums A sudden period of uncontrolled anger. When you have a tantrum it is often said that you ‘throw a tantrum’. When the parent wouldn’t buy her sweets she ‘threw a tantrum.’ Crawling To move slowly on your hands and knees. The child crawled across the floor. He was crawling. Shuffling To walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them. Small children often move around on their bottoms over the floor. The child couldn’t walk yet but he could get across the room by shuffling along on his bottom. Tricycle A bicycle that has three wheels, designed to be easier to balance. The child’s first bike was a tricycle and he found he could ride it well. Threading to put something long and thin such as string or thread through a narrow hole or into a small space. The children enjoyed treading wooden beads on to a string. Preferences When you like something or someone more than another person or The children preferred (had a preference for) apple juice. Mark making Making a mark using a pen or crayon on paper – not writing yet but just making a mark. If you gave the little boy some crayons he could hold them well enough to make some marks on the paper, this is mark making. Consequence a result of a particular action or situation, one which is bad or not convenient The teacher was away on a course so there was no class as a consequence. Repetitive Doing something over and over again. The children liked to sing the same song over and over and it got very repetitive. Babbling To talk or say something in a quick, confused, excited or silly way. Before small children talk they often make noises that don’t make sense. The baby lay in her bed and babbled to herself. Two word compound Words that are made up of two different words – they are compounded (joined) together. The words armchair (arm + chair) and bathroom (bath + room) are two word compounds. Major More important, bigger or more serious than others. Sugar is a major cause of tooth decay. Influence The power to have an effect on people or things. When children fight in the play ground it has an
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